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Joomla! version: 2.5.14
PHP version: 5.3.27
MySQL version: 5.5.30-30.1
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Admin Tools version: 2.5.8

Description of my issue:

Hi Nick. As always, I can get nothing from the Joomla forum about this, but I thought I'd ask here, since you removed the Joomla update notification from Admin Tools *for SOME reason*.

The problem is that there is a security release, 2.5.16, but my 2.5.14 doesn't seem to know that -- it keeps telling me I have the latest version, even though I know I don't. I have turned on EVERY LAST method possible for telling me about an update, but 2.5.14 stubbornly refuses to recognize there's an update. I asked at the Joomla forum, got one answer which was a NON-answer ("just do it manually"), and when I asked, well how do I do that? I got no further response at all. It's been probably 5 years since I needed to update a site manually, and I really don't know how to do it, and frankly, the size of the Joomla upload makes that a *VERY* unappealing prospect (I always install with softaculous for that exact reason -- even on a 25 megabit connection, that upload takes FOREVER!!).

But what I REALLY want to know is why 2.5.14 won't recognize the update and how I can FORCE it to do so! AARGH! Why would they release an update that Joomla itself can't recognize?!?!

So anyway, I turned on the XSS shield, since that's the type of hack that 2.5.16 is supposed to address, so I hope that will suffice until such time as I can knock some sense into my 2.5.14. I really don't have a clue what to do about this, and at the Joomla forum I either get no answers, non-answers, or rude surly responses, so I figured I'd ask here. I realize you're out of town until tomorrow, so I hope the XSS shield will protect me in the meantime.

Thx,
Andria

Thank you so much! Actually all I had to do was the "purge cache" thing, and when I then went to Joomla Update, it showed the 2.5.16 -- I really wish I knew why there's all this caching; it does nothing but cause me problems. I get that caching speeds up the front end, but for the back end, I wish I could just do away with caching altogether. ARGH!

Thanks! And unexpectedly quick -- I figured I wouldn't hear anything till tomorrow, given your long-distance travelling. Hope it was a good trip!

Thx much!
Andria

PS: where can I check that allow_url_fopen thing? Would it be in phpinfo? Thx!

Here's a weird thing, though I don't think it affected the update, but I just don't know -- it's showing that I'm now running 2.5.16, but before the "success" line, there are four lines that say: Refresh Manifest Cache failed: Extension is not currently installed. -- Any idea what that's about?

Thx!!
Andria

Ok, I checked the system info, found the allow_url_fopen, and it's set to "ON" -- so that's what I want it to be, right?

Arvixe has so far never let me down on their software or settings. :)
(just sometimes on their speed! ;-P )

Thx!!
Andria