Magento Guide, Part 2 - Using Magento Connect

There have been more than a few updates to Magento in the last 2 months or so, and unless you’ve just installed it or haven’t worked on it, an update is going to be a bit of an annoyance. You certainly don’t want to reinstall Magento and copy or, even worse, add all your products and skin changes all over again.
The best way by far to update Magento is to use the Magento Downloader facility. To do that, all you need is a paper, pencil, a die… no, wait. You need Magento installed and an Internet connection. An FTP client and/or a helpful Web Host will come in handy as well. Continue reading







