The actual installation procedure takes less than two minutes on most sites. Kunena is a Joomla component and it is installed like any other Joomla extension using the Joomla installer.
Software installation is not something to be done impulsively. It requires good planning and site preparation. The key to a successful and trouble-free upgrade of Kunena depends on having a solid Joomla foundation upon which you can build a web-based discussion forum. This solid foundation relies as much on your own understanding about how to install Joomla extensions as it does on having a dependable hosted environment.
If you never had Kunena (any version) installed before. If you have installed Kunena before then you should look at the article Upgrade Guide. It is important to note that it is not necessary to uninstall Kunena in order to upgrade to a new version.
There are several ways that you can install Kunena
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Installation of Kunena is a trivial process. In fact, there is no real installation. You have two options for installing Kunena. The first, and simplicity way is simply grab the zip, the other way is to install the source from web installer:
The easiest way to install Kunena is to use the ZIP package and install it:
The alternative method is to install Kunena from the GitHub repository and then run a simple dependency installation script:
The first time it loads, there is some compilation happening. Refresh your browser and you will get a faster, cached version.
By default, Kunena comes with some sample topics to give you something to get started with. The forum is configured after the initial installation so that it is in principle ready for safe use. Guests can only read and registered users can read and also write. The same applies when you create a new category. You still need to add content, extend it, or customize it as much as you like.
And you must also enable the menu item Forum in the main menu.
If
there
are
problems
during
the
installation
or
if
the
installation
will
not
be
completed,
then
check
the
log
file.
The
logs
are
saved
in
the
directory
:
/administrator/logs
and
in
the
file
:
com_kunena.log.php
Open
this
file
with
the
notepad
to
see
if
there
are
some
errors.
If any issues are discovered during the initial page load (or after a cache-flush event) you may see an error page:
Please consult the Troubleshooting section for help regarding specific issues.
The preferred method for updating Kunena is to use the joomla extention updater. All you need to do then is navigate to the update manager, and select the kunena update, and clicking on update.
Full information can be found in the Kunena Updates.
It’s important to backup first before doing the update.
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