As most of the Joomla users should be aware of Joomla 1.7 which will be released sooner than most of people would think. Joomla is currently accepting the ideas and features to be implemented in Joomla 1.7 from the users. The most valuable suggestion is the display of article first in a blog regardless of the how this category is sorted. […]

joomla · joomla 1.7

Hi everyone. Now that version 1.6.3 is released, the development focus for Joomla can shift gears and we can focus on new features for version 1.7. This is a very exciting time for the project, and the Production Leadership Team (PLT) thought it would be helpful to outline our ideas about the process for adding […]

joomla · joomla 1.7

Joomla 1.6 has been in the making for the last 2.5 years and there are several reasons for that: Joomla 1.5 was basically finished only after the stable release. The developers involved in the 1.5 development process took a deserverd vacation from development after its release and that basically stopped all development on 1.6 The […]

joomla · joomla 1.6 · joomla 1.7

We would strongly recommend that you subscribe to the blog via RSS to ensure you remain informed about any updates to cxs. If you also have the csf firewall installed on your server, you should also upgrade immediately to the latest version of that application which was also found to have a security vulnerability. This […]

ConfigServer · cpanel · Firewall · security

Dear ConfigServer eXploit Scanner Customer, Due to exceptional circumstances we have taken the decision to email all customers of our cxs application. We will only take this step in such circumstances and would not normally send emails to our customers. We have recently discovered several security vulnerabilities in the cxs quarantine procedure and would like […]

ConfigServer · cpanel · eXploit · Scanner · security

Have you ever dreamed the updating Joomla version with one click? Today , I’ve found a new joomla component which does this. The name of the extension is JUpdateMan and developed by Sam Moffatt. It’s an easy component to use and It’s a useful component to use Here is the basic steps to use Click […]

joomla · security · update

You should ensure all of your files are CHMOD to 644 and directories to 755. You should never CHMOD any files or directories to 777, especially your configuration.php file.

joomla · security

Ensure you are setting secure passwords for both your Joomla! administrator user but also your web hosting account control panel and FTP logins. It would be a real shame to have spent lots of time securing your Joomla! install to then let an attacker in through a weak password. I recommend a password that is […]

joomla · security

Joomla is using “admin” username for Super Administrator user account.  Change it from the default “admin” to something else like “use_somethink_difficult_to_guess”. Make it that bit harder for an attacker to compromise your site.

joomla · security · Super Administrator · usernames

It’s developed to as a work around solution in case a user was hosting a site on a server that did not run PHP under the account user. It may be useful but it also opens up a potential security hole since your FTP details are stored in plain text under a Joomla! configuration file. […]

ftp · joomla