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As per the instructions:

CiviCRM front-end pages require a session to be started in order to function properly. You will need to patch the front-end index.php page to accomplish this:

    * Open <site root>/index.php in your favorite editor and find this line. (note that the below line might be slightly different based on your exact version of Joomla!.

// mainframe is an API workhorse, lots of 'core' interaction routines
$mainframe = new mosMainFrame( $database, $option, '..', true );

You may need root privileges or special permissions to edit this file. Add the following lines ABOVE the "$mainframe..." line you just found.

// These lines are needed for proper function of CiviCRM at the frontend
session_name( md5( $mosConfig_live_site . '_frontend' ));
session_start();

When I upload the new index.php file I get the following error:

Template File Not Found! Looking for template:joomla_admin


Thanks for any advice

mxm

I used FTP, will try using joomlaXplorer next time.

mxm