Kunena 6.2.6 released

The Kunena team has announce the arrival of Kunena 6.2.6 [K 6.2.6] which is now available for download as a native Joomla extension for J! 4.4.x/5.0.x. This version addresses most of the issues that were discovered in K 6.1 / K 6.2 and issues discovered during the last development stages of K 6.2

This section is for questions directly related to the procedure for installing Kunena for the first time or upgrading from an older version of Kunena.

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  • to ask how to install or upgrade; or
  • if you encountered problems during the installation or upgrade procedure.

Use a different category to ask questions about problems that you may be having after you successfully installed or upgraded the currently supported version. If you are unsure what is the current supported version of Kunena, please go to the download page.

Question Is there an upgrade path from v5.X to v6.X?

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2 years 4 months ago #1 by karaokeamerica
Is there an upgrade path from v5.X to v6.X? was created by karaokeamerica
I have a stable Joomla site v3.10.4 and Kunena v5.2.7.

I am looking to use the one click upgrade to Joomla v4.05. Kunena v6 shows it is compatible with this. However, the currently installed version shows in the checker as NOT being compatible.

Can this be upgraded somehow?

Will leaving v5.X installed, upgrading Joomla then installing Kunena v6 work? Will it upgrade the Kunena installation brining in the existing content?

Does Kunena have to be uninstalled, Joomla upgraded then Kunena v6 installed after? If so, will that retain existing content and make it compatible with the new version?

Appreciate the help here before I try upgrading!

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2 years 4 months ago - 2 years 4 months ago #2 by rich
Replied by rich on topic Is there an upgrade path from v5.X to v6.X?
Hint: To upgrade, you must have at least Kunena 5.1 installed!

These steps have always worked at my tests to upgrade from Joomla 3.10 to Joomla 4.0 and Kunena 6.0:
1. Uninstall Kunena via the Joomla extension manager (it uninstalls the Forum along whith the Kunena menu)
2. If there are other (custom) menu items that relate to your Kunena forum, remove all these menus and menu items 
3. Upgrade Joomla 3.10 to 4.0
4. Install Kunena 6.0
5. Create the Kunena menu (click on this button in the Dashboard)
6. Publish the menu item created for you in your top-level/main menu.

Note: Kunena 6.0 is a beta version and there are still routing issues. You should definitely try it out on a test page, not on your official web page.
Last edit: 2 years 4 months ago by rich.

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