The Kunena team has announce the arrival of Kunena 7.0.4 [K 7.0.4] in stable which is now available for download as a native Joomla extension for J! 5.4.x/6.0.x. This version addresses most of the issues that were discovered in K 6.2 / K 6.3 / K 6.4 and issues discovered during the last development stages of K 7.0
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Thank you, Rich, for your timely reply. I did see the link you referenced earlier.
My specific question is this: Can I upgrade from Kunena 1.7.2 directly to the 5.0.14 version you referenced in my Joomla 2.5 website before I upgrade Joomla to 3.5.1? I did not think that Kunena 5.X was compatible with Joomla 2.5.28. If it is, that would be great.
I really appreciate your help - this is quite new to me.
My specific question is this: Can I upgrade from Kunena 1.7.2 directly to the 5.0.14 version you referenced in my Joomla 2.5 website before I upgrade Joomla to 3.5.1? I did not think that Kunena 5.X was compatible with Joomla 2.5.28. If it is, that would be great.
Yes, you can install Kunena 5.0.14 on Joomla 2.5 before you upgrade to Joomla 3.5.1. Afterwards, when Joomla is up to date then install also the current Kunena version. Thats in principle all.
Important! Always create a backup before you make any changes to your website!
Thank you again for staying with me. I had a failure installing the 5.0.14 package. So I tried a more step-by-step approach and installed first 3.0.8 and then 4.0.11 successfully. Then I tried 5.0.14 again, but got the same error:
"Joomla! 2.5.28 is not supported. Minimum required version is Joomla! 3.5.1, but it is highly recommended to use Joomla! 3.6.2 or later.
Package Install: Custom install routine failure"
To me, this implies that 5.0.14 is not compatible with Joomla 2.5.28. Maybe you have a suggestion.
Is it possible to do another method: export the Kunena database table and then import that to the Joomla 3 site with a fresh install of Kunena 5.1.10
Yes, Sebi is right. Ignore the questions with Kunena for now. Upgrade your Joomla to the current version, afterwards upgrade Kunena. The intermediate step Kunena 1.7 to Kunena 5.0.14 is only needed, because a directly upgrade from K1.5 or K1.7 to K5.1 does not work.
But a upgrade from K 4.0.11 to K5.1.10 should also works.
Important! Always create a backup before you make any changes to your website!
On further checking, the Kunena 4.0.11 is functional but does have some formatting issues, e.g. little black squares in the menu tabs.
I will take your advice, however, and upgrade Joomla next once I get my other extensions squared away.
I finally realized how to better understand using GitHub to see the release details. The key being to click on the little ticket icon to open the details window. It says there that Kunena 4.0.11 requires Joomla 3.4 or higher. I must be lucky to have it functioning on my Joomla 2.5 system. With this knowledge, I hope my future questions will be more intelligent.
