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Joomla 3.6.0 to 3.6.1 results in a "invalid security token" error

If you don't have Akeeba Backup installed: Go back to the Joomla Update page Upload and install the Joomla 3.6.1 Update Package using the "Upload & Update" tab Go to Extensions >> ...
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Joomla 3.6.0 to 3.6.1 results in a "invalid security token" error

Details about this issue can now be found in the Joomla Docs: What is the cause? 3.6.1 introduced a CSRF token check to the update component as an extra level of security. 3.6.0 down to 2.5.4 (...
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Update Server for template

I think the article is not up-to-date because update server is working properly with template. Here's the code I use in the templateDetails.xml <updateservers> <server type="extension" ...
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Joomla 3.6.0 to 3.6.1 results in a "invalid security token" error

I also had the same error message after upgrading 3.6.0 -> 3.6.1: 0 Failed to start the session: already started by PHP ($_SESSION is set). To resolve, you need to use PHP Selector and change from 5....
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Find Updates does not find latest Joomla core update

For Joomla core updates go under Components > Joomla! Update. If it does not appear the new update click on the "Clear Cache" button and all should be fixed. Extensions > Manage > Update refers only ...
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How to update an online website?

If I'm not mistaken, moving changes from your localhost/dev-environment to the live site should be pretty straight forward. Before doing anything, keep a backup of your site live. As I'm sure you'...
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Mass Joomla sites Updates / Maintenance

I could suggest the following: Watchful.li A subscription based service, to monitor, audit, backup, manage, update Joomla sites remotely from a single location. You install the Watchful.li client ...
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How to use Github as an auto-update deployment server for Joomla 3.x extension

Have a look at the Weblinks repo It does exactly what you want to do. The updateserver points to the manifest hosted on that repo. Download packages are served from the repo as well. Of course you ...
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How to update an online website?

I haven't try it myself. It's a recent discovery of mine in JED, it is called StageIt and it looks promising. StageIt claims it is the ideal staging environment solution for Joomla, making the ...
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Joomla 3.6.0 to 3.6.1 results in a "invalid security token" error

If people can't log into the back-end, there is an additional fix on github here: https://github.com/joomla/joomla-cms/pull/11430/files You must change the following lines on libraries/joomla/...
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How to update an online website?

For advanced website staging, you could look into Akeeba UNiTE: UNiTE is an automated, unattended backup archive restoration tool. It is software written in PHP, designed to restore and customise ...
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error: Update: :Extension: Could not open https://update.joomla.org/core/sts/extension_sts.xml

I didn't find a solution for this error, what i did was going to Joomla.org download page and download an 3.4.x to 3.4.8 package and installed in the Extensions manager and uploaded it this way. it ...
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Joomla 3.6.0 to 3.6.1 results in a "invalid security token" error

It appears that I have clicked that update button little to fast... again... If I have read official Release News The Joomla! 3.6.1 Update a little bit more carefully, I would have learned following ...
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My Updateserver returns Error 510

I've found out that (after the error.log was rendered correctly) my updateserver hoster blocks these connections: [Wed Apr 29 10:44:49.949248 2020] [:error] [pid 2849] [client **IP**:48884] [client **...
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Unable to Use Live Update for Joomla! 3.6.1 (403 Access Forbidden)

Go to Components > Joomla! Update. On the "Live Update" tab, click the link to the update file to download it locally. Click the "Upload & Update" tab. Click the "Browse" button to navigate to the ...
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Joomla update server with custom download url

I don't see any reason why it shouldn't work. Akeeba Release System (built for software distribution, mainly Joomla) uses URLs like this, and it works for me: <downloadurl type="full" format="...
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Joomla Update: ERROR:AJAX Loading Error: Not Found

After checking for : Permissions and all seems to be okay. Php config settings (memory_limit, max_execution_time etc) all are set at adequate values, so they shouldn't be a problem. This seemed to ...
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Joomla 1.7 Extension Manager: Update not showing any updates

Okay, this isn't really an answer because I've not successfully migrated from 1.7.x to 2.5 but it might be useful information for someone else, or lead to an answer. As far as I can tell, the ...
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