Download and extract a zip file (
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Our code is housed at
https://github.com/Fabrik/fabrik. We have two main branches, one for Fabrik 3.0.x and one for Fabrik 3.2.x
- For Fabrik 3.2 for Joomla 3.0:
This is NOT an installable ZIP, do not try running it through any installers
- Extract to your local system.
- Navigate to the folder where all the files and folder are displayed (folder "Fabrik-fabrik-xxx" containing "administrator","components",...). The contents should something like this:
Updating Your Site With The New Files (top)
First take a BACK-UP of your site!
Have you backed your site up yet? If not, go back one square!!
After making a backup, choose
one of the following methods to update your site:
1. FTP Update (top)
- Use filezilla or any FTP tool.
- If your server will allow it, set number of connections to e.g. 10.
- Upload the contents of the Fabrik-fabrik-xxx folder (i.e. "administrator","components",...) to your Joomla root -- the following folders, WITHOUT the fabrik_build folder:
- Set the options to overwrite your existing Fabrik files. (If you want to increase speed substantially you can overwrite only if the file sizes are different and accept the risk of a file having changed but the size being exactly the same number of characters.)