This article explains how to perform an ugrade from a previous version of Hot Property 1.0 on Joomla! 1.5.x to the latest version of Hot Property.

Due to the way Hot Property 1.0 is packaged, upgrades can be done using the same package (com_hotproperty-10b4.tar.gz) that is used for new installation. Here's how:

1. Connect to your site's FTP server and browse to your Joomla's root directory. This is usually named public_html or httpdoc.
2. Extract the Hot Property package to your computer.
3. You will find 4 folders from your extraction - back, front, i18n and media. Upload each of the those folders' files to these respective directories in your server. Remember, you're uploading the files to these respective directories, not the folder itself:

      /back/* to /administrator/components/com_hotproperty/
      /front/* to /components/com_hotproperty/
      /i18n/front/* to /language/en-GB/
      /i18n/back/* to /administrator/language/en-GB/
      /media/* to /media/com_hotproperty/

4. If you're upgrading from earlier 1.0 beta version to 1.0.0 Beta 4, the configuration file needs to be renamed. In your server, find the following file:
      /administrator/components/com_hotproperty/configuration.php-dist

   and rename it to configuration.php. This will reset your existing configuration to default. Delete the old configuration file - 'config.hotproperty.php'.

5. Hot Property 1.0 Beta 4 has rename the directories that store the images from /media/com_hotproperty/img to /media/com_hotproperty/images. During your upload in Step 3, you should have the img directory created for you. If you have photos in your earlier version of Hot Property, copy all files from the following target and destination directories:

      /media/com_hotproperty/img/agent to /media/com_hotproperty/images/agent
      /media/com_hotproperty/img/company to /media/com_hotproperty/images/company
      /media/com_hotproperty/img/ori to /media/com_hotproperty/images/ori
      /media/com_hotproperty/img/std to /media/com_hotproperty/images/std
      /media/com_hotproperty/img/thb to /media/com_hotproperty/images/thb

6. The following files and directories are no longer used starting in Beta 4. These can be safely removed:

      /administrator/components/com_hotproperty/admin.hotproperty.class.php
      /administrator/components/com_hotproperty/admin.hotproperty.html.php
      /administrator/components/com_hotproperty/changelog.txt
      /administrator/components/com_hotproperty/function.hotproperty.php
      /administrator/components/com_hotproperty/guide.hotproperty.php
      /administrator/components/com_hotproperty/toolbar.hotproperty.php
      /administrator/components/com_hotproperty/toolbar.hotproperty.html.php
      /administrator/components/com_hotproperty/js
      /administrator/components/com_hotproperty/elements
      /media/com_hotproperty/img

7. Most modules have been updated in 1.0 Beta 4. If you're using any modules from 1.0 Beta 3, the easiest way to upgrade to Beta 4 module would be to uninstall your existing Hot Property module and reinstall the module from 1.0 Beta 4.
8. Your update is complete!