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Securing a Joomla installation The following are some points to help secure a Joomla installation. Rename the admin username Depending on the scale...
Joomla 2.5 – How to disable MooTools If you’re looking for a quick and easy way to reduce the size of your Joomla 2.5 pages – this...
[SOLVED] Joomla – This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Problem: From a Joomla website, email addresses in the content are not showing. Instead you see an error message which... 1
[SOLVED] Joomla 2.5 – RSS feed empty Problem By default Joomla 2.5 has the capacity to provide RSS feeds of content. It does this using list layouts...
[SOLVED] Joomla 2.5 – Unable to log on with cache lite enabled Problem After enabling ‘cache lite’ on Joomla 2.5 you are unable to log into the Joomla Administration page. You are...
[SOLVED] Google Indexing ‘?tmpl=component&type=raw’ Webpages Problem When doing Search Engine Optimisation tests you discover that your web pages are duplicated in the Google index. One... 1
Joomla – How to use .htaccess to protect the ‘administrator’ directory As a Joomla administrator one of the simplest things you can do to protect your website is to lock down...
[ANSWER] Joomla – How to recover SQL database password If you’ve ever needed to restore or migrate your Joomla website installation you’ve no doubt struggled to find the username...
Joomla 1.5 – Change ‘More Articles…’ text The more articles feature can be utilised to give a list of other articles on your website. This article describes... 3
Joomla 2.5 – Reset Administrator Password If you’ve managed to forget your Joomla log on and are unable to log into the Joomla administration page there’s...
Joomla 3 – 0 (zero) appearing before search module Problem: When using the default Joomla 3 search module and the button is turned off a 0 appears near the...
Joomla – How to rename the ‘admin’ account Since Joomla 2.5 there has been an option to rename the default ‘admin’ account, however in some instances people have...
Joomla – Save failed with the following error: Invalid Parent ID Problem When saving a new or existing article you receive the following error message Save failed with the following error:...
[SOLVED] Joomla 2.5 – File cache option missing Problem You’re attempting to configure ‘File’ caching in Joomla 2.5 and can not see or select ‘File’ under the ‘Cache...
Joomla – Eight tips to secure your site from brute force attacks If you’re running a Joomla website you may be just like me, naively assuming the CMS is secure from attack....
How to Embed Youtube Videos with Joomla The following process describes how to embed a YouTube video into a Joomla article. Upload your video to YouTube Open...
Joomla 1.5 – Change "read more" text Unlike previous versions of Joomla, Joomla 1.5 doesn’t allow you to change the “Read more” text … that is, without... 1
Joomla 1.5 – Change "You already rated this Article today!" Message This article describes how to change the ‘You already rated this Article today!’ message when a user tries to vote...
Joomla 2.5 – Select (drop down) Menu Using JavaScript As a web user you may have noticed the benefit of using ‘select’ menus (also know as drop down lists)...
Joomla 1.5 – Change Article Parameter Defaults When working with Joomla articles there are a set of advanced features which can be used to define additional options...