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The best thing you can do is to create a new FTP account, that has access only to the Joomla files and folders. In order to do that, you need to log into your cPanel account > Files > FTP Accounts. Then you need to choose the following:   Login – this is the name [...]

The default permissions that you need to apply on your files and folders in order to secure them are:   Permissions of .htaccess file – 644 Permissions of configuration.php file – 644 while still in development and 444 when your website is love Permissions of all directories – 755 Permissions of all files – 644

Hotlinking is when images on your account are being embed into another website, which does not own those files. The reason is that using hotlinking is basically an unauthorized use of the bandwidth of someone else. In order to avoid that you need to enter the following code into the .htaccess file on your account: [...]

To make sure that the extension that you plan to install is secure, you need to review for the following:   Make sure that the latest version of the extension is not older than one year. If it is not, this means that the development team is still working on the extension and it is [...]

  This means that the extension in question might cause security issues with your Joomla website. Note that you need to always make sure that the extensions on your website are upgraded to their latest stable versions. Also make sure that you remove any extensions that are not used at the moment. What ‘vulnerable’ Joomla [...]

You will be able to check the security of your Joomla installation, by using the following component:   http://joomlacode.org/gf/project/jts/   It is designed especially for that task and it will perform an audit of the environment for your Joomla website, advise, report, diagnose and provide a lot of useful information for your installation

You can check the database for your Joomla website, by reviewing the configuration file of your script. To do that, you need to log into your cPanel account > Files > File Manager. Then navigate to the directory of your Joomla website and select the configuration.php file. Click on the View button at the top [...]

The error message is pretty much self-explanatory. It informs you that the XML setup file cannot be located in the components that you are trying to install. Note that this might have been caused due to the improper structure of the archive file for the component that you are trying to install. What you can [...]

The procedure for clearing the cache of your Joomla website is slightly different for the different versions of the script   Joomla 1.5   You need to log into the administrative area of your website > Tools > Clean Cache   Joomla 2.5   You need to log into the administrative area of your website [...]

Note that the job of protecting a website from hacker attacks might require an extensive development work. There is a number of different reasons why your website might get hacked, however, in order to make sure that such issues do not appear in the future, you should do the following:   Make sure that your [...]

To insert YouTube videos in your Joomla website, there are a number of different components that offer that functionality. You can review them from the following link:   http://extensions.joomla.org/search?q=youtube   Before installing one of them on your website, make sure that it is compatible with the current version of Joomla that you are using.

To create and manage PDF documents from within your Joomla website, there are a number of different components that offer that functionality. You can review them  from the following link:   http://extensions.joomla.org/search?q=pdf   Before installing one of them on your website, make sure that it is compatible with the current version of Joomla that you [...]

The Joomla platform is very powerful and you can basically create any type of website that you wish. If you would like to use Joomla for blogging, there are a number of components that will convert your website and give it a Blog look. You can review them from the following link:   http://extensions.joomla.org/index.php?option=com_mtree&task=listcats&cat_id=1759&Itemid=2   [...]

To make an universal error page for your Joomla website, you need to do the following:   Generate the universal error page that you wish to be displayed for the errors (403, 404, 500, etc) Create a subfolder in the main directory of Joomla and call it “errors” Upload your universal page to that subfolder. [...]

There are two ways of enabling the RSS feeds in Joomla   Log into the administrative area of your website > Extensions > Module Manager Click on the New button Review the list of available options and click on the Feed Display Enter the name of the module, select the position for it and enter [...]

The best way to protect your Joomla website from spam messages is to install the Akismet component. It is designed specifically for that task and you can download it here:   http://akismet.com/   You can refer to our article on how to install components on Joomla. When you enable it, you can configure the component [...]

To enable caching in Joomla, you need to log into the administrative area of your website > Site > Global Configuration > System. You will notice the available options on the right side of the screen, in the Cache Settings section.

To optimize your Joomla website for better performance, we can suggest that you do the following:   Enable caching for your Joomla website Disable or remove all the components, modules and plugins that you are not using Enable the debugging from the administrative area of your website> Site > Global Configuration > System. This will [...]

To secure your Joomla website we can suggest that you perform the following steps:   Password-protect the “administrator” folder of your Joomla website on your account. You can do that from your cPanel account > Security > Password Protect Directories Go to your website’s administrative area > Site > System Information If you are using [...]

There is a difference for this option with the different versions of Joomla:   Joomla 2.5 For this version of Joomla, if you would like to access your website from more than one domain name, you only need to add the additional domains from your cPanel account > Parked Domains. This will park them on [...]

To transfer your website, you need to create a full backup of it’s files, folders and the database that it is using.  The next step is to upload all those files on the new account, where you would like to transfer your website. Make sure that you upload them in the right location, so they [...]

If you would like to enable the short/SEF URLs for your Joomla website, you need to do the following:   Rename the htaccess.txt file in the main directory of your Joomla script to .htaccess Log into the administrative area of your website > Site > Global Configuration Enable the following two options: Search Engine Friendly [...]

There are a number of plugins available for installation for Joomla and you can review them from the following link:   http://extensions.joomla.org/   Before installing a new plugin, make sure that it is compatible with the current version of Joomla that is installed on your account. If so, then proceed with the following steps:   [...]

There are a number of free templates, provided by TMDHosting that you can review from the following link:   http://www.tmdhosting.com/templates/free-joomla-templates.html   Before installing a new template, make sure that it is compatible with the current version of Joomla that is installed on your account. If so, then proceed with the following steps:   Log into [...]

To change the password for the administrative account of your website, you need to first log into the back-end of Joomla > Site > My Profile. You will notice the empty boxes for Password and Confirm Password. Enter the new one in there and click on the Save button to make the change.

To do that, you need to edit the following two files on your Joomla website:   /administrator/index.php   Find the following line:   define( ‘_VALID_MOS’, 1);   and add just after it:   //Redirect to https if accessed over http (except when running locally) if ($_SERVER['SERVER_NAME'] != “localhost”) {   $port = $_SERVER["SERVER_PORT"];   $ssl_port [...]

There are two ways of upgrading your Joomla website:   A minor update. For example, this is when you are updating your Joomla website from one 1.5.x version to another   To perform this kind of update, you only need to download the correct patch and extract all the files on your local computer. Then [...]

The best way to edit the configuration file of Joomla is from your cPanel account > Files > File Manager. Then navigate to the location of the file, select it and click on the Edit button at the top of the screen. This will allow you to edit the file in real-time, while it is [...]

The file is located in the main directory, where you have installed Joomla. For example if your cPanel username is “user” and you have installed Joomla in the public_html directory of your account, the configuration file will be located as follows:   /home/user/public_html/configuration.php

The best place for additional resources for Joomla is the official website of the product at the following link:   http://www.joomla.org   You can also review the following:   The Joomla official documentation – http://docs.joomla.org/ The Joomla forum – http://forum.joomla.org/ The Joomla community portal – http://community.joomla.org/translations.html The Joomla resource directory – http://resources.joomla.org/ The Joomla extensions [...]

Joomla 2.5.x, 1.7.x and 1.6.x PHP version: minimum 5.2.4+ Web server: Apache 2.x+ Database server: MySQL 5.0.4 +   Joomla 1.5 PHP version: minimum 4.3.10 Web server: Apache 1.3 Database server: MySQL 1.3  

If you would like to install Joomla manually on your account, you can download the product from the following link to the official website:   http://www.joomla.org/download.html   Here are the steps that you need to follow in order to install Drupal on your account manually:   Download the script on your local computer Extract the [...]

It is easy to install Joomla through Softaculous. In order to do that, you need to log into your cPanel account > Software/Services > Softaculous. When you open the service, you will notice different categories on the left side of the screen. The Joomla application is located in the Portals/CMS category. There are two available [...]

Joomla is a content management system (CMS) that will allow you to build up and maintain your own website. It is a very powerful platform that can be used for a lot of different types of websites and you do not need to possess an extensive knowledge in order to navigate through the script successfully. [...]