Joomla released security update 1.5.21 on October 8. Don’t get caught with your pants down. The hackers are constantly working to get into your site, and the Joomla development team is fighting back. But they can’t do it alone. YOU have to act. Update your Joomla site with the Joomla 1.5.21 security release ASAP.
For instructions on updating, see How to install a Joomla Security Release.
Joomla releases security updates at least once a month. To keep your site from getting hacked, it is very important to keep your site updated with the latest security release.
Click here to read our new tutorial on how to install a Joomla security patch.
Akeeba Backup component for Joomla is a great piece of software: it makes Joomla site backup a one-click process. If your site gets hacked or corrupted and you have no clean backup, you have no excuse. Get Akeeba Backup! Continue reading
AlphaRegistration for Joomla improves on the default Joomla Registration Component by adding Re Captcha to the registration process. In addition, it adds a visual, 3-step process and indicator to help eliminate confusion about the verification email sent during the registration process. Continue reading
This is a question my clients ask all the time, so here it is: How to change your Joomla Password.
Joomla 1.5 makes it pretty easy to turn on SSL for your whole site, for individual pages, or for administrators only. See our new Joomla tutorial: Turn on SSL for Joomla Website.
With Joomla, you can restrict front end access to individual menu items. For example, you can limit access to content linked to your menu, say, for Registered users only. Once you do this, a user will have to log in before they can access the link’s content. Click here to read how to restrict access to a Joomla menu item or Joomla Link.
Has your Joomla website been hacked? If not, you’re lucky. A client called me last week because her Joomla site had been hacked. There were several weak security issues that might have allowed the hackers to get in, and there are a few simple things she could have done t0 prevent it. Continue reading