:ohmy: I downloaded the latest K2 Zip file and installed it through my extension manager. Now, I have lost all my categories and items. K2 appears to work just fine but I have lost ALL my content.

I have Joomla 1.5.26, and am planning upgrade to 2.5 in the spring, but for now I tried loading K2 2.6 into my Joomla 1.5.26 version. Could that be the problem?

I am trying to get my site back up after being hacked and need to update my software.

I found the backup of the web site and downloaded it. What files do I need to pull from the backup to retrieve my content?

I have a backup of the database from before I updated K2 and Joomla 1.5.7 to Joomla 1.5.26. if I replace the database will that affect the update to Joomla 1.5.26? I assume it won't...

Before you restore your site backup, have you tried just rolling back your k2 to the version that was previously installed when your site was working? I had the same issue with my site when I updated to a new version of k2, I had lost all my content. I just reinstalled the older version of k2 (without installing the newer version). Once I did that it corrected all my issues.

However, if that is not the case with yours and you do need to restore your site I suggest you post on the joomla forums as your questions would be more inline with that user base imo.

Just my two cents, I hope you get it working.

Thanks. Unfortunately, I do not have the zip for the older version that I updated from. I did try 2.4.1 but that did not work. I'll have to restore the old K2 files and database... I think.

Any suggestions anyone? I could restore the old site then update it all over again but there has to be a way to retrieve old content. I'd like to learn that method as I'll need it in the future.

You can download previous versions from this site.

Thanks Frost for your help. However, I can't find any previous versions on the site. I've asked support if they have a link.

try this link
getk2.org/downloads/

Thanks. I tried V2.2. It did not restore the content. If I can find the 12-2009 version, which I believe is the one I had, then I'll try that one.

I'm probably going to have to revert to my last backup and rebuild the updates to my software.

Found version 2.0 and it did not work. reverting back did not work.

I dug thru ftp files and found database backup. I replaced the database and retrieved all my content. Then I updated to v2.4, from there update to v2.6.0.