Time to update Joomla 2.5.24

[ginjoo]

Hi,
I have been using Joomla 2.5.24 but it's time to update my site, I guess.
Which version can I update to?
How can I do it safely?

Thank you in advance for any suggestions.

[pe7er]

If the website is small, I would install a new Joomla 5 locally
and copy + paste categories/articles/menu items from the old to the new website,
and use Akeeba Backup to create a backup from the local Joomla 5 website that you restore on the server.

If your website contains much data, then first migrate to Joomla 3
https://docs.joomla.org/Joomla_2.5_to_3 ... _Migration

And then migrate to Joomla 4
https://docs.joomla.org/Joomla_3.x_to_4 ... _Migration

From Joomla 4 to Joomla 5 is usually just an update when your server fits the requirements: https://manual.joomla.org/docs/next/get ... uirements/

[ginjoo]

If the website is small, I would install a new Joomla 5 locally
and copy + paste categories/articles/menu items from the old to the new website,
and use Akeeba Backup to create a backup from the local Joomla 5 website that you restore on the server.

If your website contains much data, then first migrate to Joomla 3
https://docs.joomla.org/Joomla_2.5_to_3 ... _Migration

And then migrate to Joomla 4
https://docs.joomla.org/Joomla_3.x_to_4 ... _Migration

From Joomla 4 to Joomla 5 is usually just an update when your server fits the requirements: https://manual.joomla.org/docs/next/get ... uirements/

Hi pe7er,
The website is quite small, but has many images. Anyway, I didn't know there was a way to copy and paste articles.
How can I do that? Via FTP or what?

Futhermore, Joomla 2.5 uses php 5 while joomla 5 uses PHP 8 (7?), so I have to update my php version on my host dashboard, I guess. If so, do I need to update php version before or after I update the whole site?

Thanks

[pe7er]

The website is quite small, but has many images. Anyway, I didn't know there was a way to copy and paste articles.
How can I do that? Via FTP or what?

Futhermore, Joomla 2.5 uses php 5 while joomla 5 uses PHP 8 (7?), so I have to update my php version on my host dashboard, I guess. If so, do I need to update php version before or after I update the whole site?

I would locally install a local web environment (XAMPP, docker with apache/php/mysql containers, or something else)
Just make sure that it has MySQL 8.0.13 or higher, PHP 8.1.0 or higher.

Copying articles manually:
open it on the website, select title + copy, open the new Joomla 5, create a new article and paste the title,
do the same for article text and the intro image.

Copying images: use FTP to copy the image files/folders from /images/ to the /images/ folder on your new website.

[ginjoo]

Thank you. I am going to try it.