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Hello Jan

I run some dozen Joomla with your beautiful component installed and I would like update it using ftp instead using Joomla backend... I see you propose a ftp zip package but this is the full component and not only a patch. What I would like is to be able to update only the files you have modified and not all files (in the same manner we can update Joomla)..

Did you plan to propose a kind of update package in this way ? If not do you have a solution to propose ? It will be wonderful if when you make an update you write somewhere a little changelog where we can see witch file is modified like that we will able to build our own package...Most probably when you make an update you change only few files and not all..

many thank

cheers

Hi, for now this is not possible because of time issue

But is is easy, just copy new files to your site via FTP and then run FTP installation script.

With copying the files via FTP, all new files will be updated.
With running the FTP installation script - only updates in database will be added (the script will add only new tables or columns into your site) and if there is obsolete menu in Joomla! administration, this will be updated.

Jan

Ok that correct I can just update the files using ftp but in case some update is need also in database I need to run some global queries (for update all database of all joomla installed on my server) and I don't understand well this point..

You explain some point about here:

https://www.phoca.cz/documents/2-phoca-g ... em-solving

...but how I can know what is the correct queries to run without worry to make a mess and delete some table already present ?? For example I have now installed many PhocaGallery version 2.6 and now you have available your version 2.6.2...so what is the eventual database change and what is the related queries to run ??

Hi, for now this is not possible because of time issue

Yes I imagine you don't have too much time for make some patch...I understand...You make already a wonderful work for Joomla community by making the best stuff available for everyone..and this for free and also by providing a great support in your forum...I am personally very grateful for that and I have make some donation to phoca...small donation..I would like do more but right now I am little bit short...

Anyway if you can maintain a small changelog when you make available a new version this will be very helpful...For example I don't know what is new and what is different between your version 2.6 and 2.6.2... You solve some issue ? Some security hole ? You add some news features ? Personally I am happy with your 2.6 version and really no need to add more features...Am just interested to keep the component secure and stable so any improvement about that are welcome...

cheers

Hi, yes, sorry about the missing information in database, here is it described:
https://www.phoca.cz/documents/2-phoca-g ... ca-gallery

In install.bak file you can see the upgrade SQL queries and the versions where they were added, so there you get information about new column or about new table. To be 100% sure, you can compare your tables with SQL query of the tables in install.bak file.

The changelog is displayed on news site:
https://www.phoca.cz/news
RSS:
https://www.phoca.cz/news?format=feed&type=rss


Yes, making changelog with exactly information about files which were updated is not possible yet (because of time issue ) the same like making standard comments in the code

Jan