Securing a Joomla website
Regretfully, the Joomla framework sometimes get a bad reputation for security,
not because the core framework is specifically insecure but due to the fact
that there are a ton of factors external to the Joomla framework that make
Joomla driven websites insecure.
If there is a weak spot in the security of any aspect of a Joomla website,
the site can be compromised, hacked into or hijacked.
Most people just turn a blind eye when hearing the words “Joomla" and "security”
spoken in the same sentence. Believe me, You don’t have to!
Securing your Joomla driven site is rather easy, if you know what, where,
and how the Joomla website must be hardened.
I’ve written two Hubs on hardening a Joomla website, there are step-by-step details provided that you can follow. If you have questions do feel free to ask. I’ll do my best to answer. Take a look at Securing a Joomla website part I
Speedup page load times
Google started the trend, but today all Search Engines are paying attention to page load times when they rank a website.
To a website owner this means that if your page takes longer to load than another website’s page carrying identical ( or almost the same ) page content, Google will serve your page in its SERPs lower than the one whose page loads faster. You could miss being on the first SERP completely
This will have an unpleasant impact on your earnings from that web page. If other pages are available Search Engines SERPs ahead of your page then
their page adverts or their affiliate links are being clicked on. The possibility of earning via PPC on their web page will obviously be higher than yours.
There can be any number of reasons why a website page loads more slowly than others. I’ve written a Hub specifically addressing how multiple images in a web page effects it’s page load time. There is a simple rule of thumb here, the greater the number of images contained in a web page the longer the page will take to load.
If you would like to know what you can do, explained step-by-step why not take a look at my Hub which provides details.
I would be really happy to hear if this information benefited you in anyway. If I can improve my material do leave a comment and tell me how I’d really appreciate the time you took.
If you are using ( or thinking of using ) Open source tools and technologies do take a quick look at my Open source tutorials.
View a Joomla website on a mobile device
The mobile web has been the topic of conversation for people for a few years now.
Website owners who have built Joomla driven websites earlier want their Joomla site re-crafted such that the website works perfectly for the iPhone, Android and other mobile devices and operating systems.
There are multiple new smartphones are being released everyday, and website owners are quickly realizing that they need to build mobile friendly websites to tap into that section of site visitors.
Fortunately, today building a website using Joomla that is mobile friendly is definitely not rocket science.
Would you like know how?
A Joomla on a mobile device
Opensourcevarsity – What’s on offer
Opensourcevarsity delivers tutorials on Open source tools and technologies.
Currently the tutorials on offer cover PHP, Apache, MySQL, Joomla, WordPress, OpenOffice, dotProject, Moodle, VirtueMart, PayPal and more.
The tutorials provide a lot of information about:
- Where such tools are obtained from?
- How they are installed and configured?
- How they are updated?
- How do these tools and technologies work together in perfect harmony
- How to use them to produce powerful, secure, scalable, maintainable, Internet driven, websites and commercial applications?
- And a hack of lot more
Currently each tutorial ( and any associated support material) can be downloaded, Free of cost. Access to some tutorials however does require registration.
Here is a short listing of the topics available:
- Apache Web Server Tutorial
- PHP Tutorial
- MySQL Tutorial
- Joomla Tutorial
- WordPress Tutorial
- Search Engine Optimization Tutorial
- Search Engine Marketing Tutorial
- OpenOffice Tutorial
- Javascript Tutorial
- DotProject Tutorial
- Moodle Tutorial
- VirtueMart Tutorial
- PayPal Tutorial
There’s mentoring available, via keyboard chat, from Mr. Ivan Bayross, an internationally recognized author and mentor. Who is Opensourcevarsity’s mentor as well.
Do login and get chatting with him.
There’s also a lively, Open Source Tutorial forum, which rounds off Opensourcevarsity excellent set of deliverables.
Do take a quick look at Open source tutorials, right now.
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- Apache Installation
- Apache Virtual Domains
- Development Blog
- Documentation
- My Books - Link to Ivan Bayross website – books
- MySQL Installation
- PHP Installation
- Plugins
- Support Forum
- The KPMRS Blog - This is a really great Blog about SEO and SEM. The information is beautifully laid out. There is clearly, passion and knowledge here.
- Unni’s Musings - The writing’s of Krishnan Unni, Visionary, Live-Wire, Electronic Marketing Evangelist
- Using Wordpress as a CMS
- WordPress Planet
