Archive for the ‘Joomla Tutorials & Posts’ Category

Recently one of my websites got hacked, luckily I had just taken a complete copy of the website files to my local drive and was able to re-upload the copied files.  However when I did the site was a bit of a mess and it took me 3 days and nights to update components, plugins and get everything working in harmony again.  I HATE HACKERS!

Due to this very annoying breech of my Joomla Security I decided to go on the hunt for additional security to make my websites more bullet-proof and also to understand how hackers got through the basic security for joomla.  I found tonnes of interesting info and compiled the following list that would make my joomla websites more secure but it seemed alot of work to manage and keep up-to-date, so I then went further to find a component to do the majority of the work for me and I found one Admin Tools.  I’ll get into Admin Tools further in my post but firstly here is the list of items recommended to keep your joomla website secure.
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Joomla Installation is actually quite an easy process!

Once you have the correct tools and follow my joomla installation guide correctly. In this post I cover the tools required to install joomla along with a video tutorial of the installation process. (more…)

Online Marketing – What is it all about? I intend to define it in layman’s terms and provide info on the best and most cost-effective methods.  It can be done.

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