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hi there,

i made problem myself. have had website on joomla 2.5.6. basis of having no experience web sites, , friend installing joomla in firstplace , got me started website have learned post , basic administration works site, , noticed time ago "update available joomla" , without thinking started updating 3.0 , on...

i chose take akeeba backup site first, or option when doing update, , when updating seemed finishing, got error message telling me "your host needs use php 5.3.1 or higher run version of joomla!"

if has advice me, how joomla 2.5.6 , backup of website restored, appreciate greatly.

i have ftp access anyway site, don´t understand files there.. guess might needed via ftp administration site gives same error message trying access actual site.

-jukka

if have backup (which hope do) can akeeba:

1)use ftp client (filezilla?) connect , transfer backup over
-usually ftp.<yourdomain>.<extension>, username , password
-if backup still on server (which think is) use ftp move root of site or better yet new sub directory in root, they're in /administrator/components/com_akeeba/backups/ think...?
2)get kickstart same site got akeeba from
-transfer of files on same directory backup resides (in root if moved there or sub directory in root)
3)access kickstart using browser , have extract , setup site
4)fill in details
5)get site back

filezilla, akeeba/kickstart, , googling give lot more detailed instructions.

if stuck can try , fill in more details.

i've helped couple people reverse engineer 2.5.8 upgrade 3.0 2.5.8 it's easier use backup. sucks going through stuff you'll learn , better in future .

i recommend using new database , installing backup sub directory. safe , not "clobber" can remove unwanted after...installing in sub directory doesn't mean have access site via sub directory in browser, it's easy way organize things if have multiple sites.

oh , think akeeba pro has backup restore right admin in joomla...but i'm not 100% sure. might worth money though don't have go through again....it has backups cloud awesome (like amazon or other places).