Theres There's also a handy way to upgrade your Joomla version. (requires command line) [[Joomla/Update_Joomla_by_Hand | Tutorial Here]] = Upgrade from 1.7 to 2.5 = It's now easy to update your installation of Joomla from within the Administration Panel.You may wish to back up your files and put your site into offline mode before updating. 1. Log into Administration usually: http://joomla/administrator/index.php 2. Go to the ''Extensions'' menu and choose ''Extension Manager'' 3. Choose the ''Update'' menu option 4. Click on the ''Find Updates'' icon in the upper right. 5. Tick the check box next to the update and click the orange Update icon in the upper right.  6. You should now be on the latest version.