Joomla! 3.0 Released
Exciting times are here; the first public installer for the next major Joomla version (Joomla 3.0) was released this weekend. The STS (short term release) Joomla 3.0. It’s looking pretty sweet.
Author: Trev
Process oriented individual with experience in software development (Win16/Win32, AS400) in the retail and financial markets (Bank of Scotland, AIB, Bank of Ireland, Halifax, Woolwhich, Edgars, Jessops, Sobey's, Albertsons, Osco, SavOn), web development, VLE management and deployment for national organisations, technical writing (software requirements specifications), Project Management and development and quality process design.
Specialties: Process:
Software Requirements Engineering and system analysis
Software development process design
Project management and scheduling
Technical:
C/C++, PHP, LAMP, MSSQL (7 & 2000 + MSDE), FORTRAN, Visual Basic (ver 3 onwards), C#.
Web Development (sites, applications, services)
Win32
Accessing Joomla Objects from an External Script
Sometimes one needs to access Joomla’s functions and variables from an external script. Typically one should write a Joomla extension to do so but maybe you want something done quick, or you just need a little integration to another system, e.g. I’ve often had the need to grab the name or id of a user…
Joomla 2.5.4 Released
The Joomla team have released Joomla 2.5.4 and associated patch files. This is a pretty low priority security release patching an information disclosure issue and a potential xss vulnerability. It does add 3 new features however. Add option to show full CMS version number in generator tag Implementing Access levels for Content Languages Make the…
Joomla 1.5.26 released
The Joomla team have released Joomla 1.5.26 and associated patch files. It is highly recommended that you upgrade all Joomla 1.5x websites as this patch includes a high severity password reset vulnerability and a low priority information disclosure issue. details here http://www.joomla.org/announcements/release-news/5419-joomla-1526-released.html and here http://developer.joomla.org/security/news/9-security/10-core-security/396-20120305-core-password-change
Joomla 2.5.2 Released – Urgent Update
The Joomla team have released Joomla 2.5.2 and associated patch files. It is highly recommended that you upgrade all Joomla 2.5x websites as this patch includes a high severity security fix to protect against core SQL injection. details here http://developer.joomla.org/security/news/391-20120301-core-sql-injection and here http://developer.joomla.org/security/news/392-20120302-core-xss-vulnerability Announcement here: http://www.joomla.org/announcements/release-news/5415-joomla-252-released.html
Understanding File Permissions
755, 666, 777, What does it all mean? I don’t know what it is about this subject but many people are completely baffled by unix permissions, like 777, 666 and 755 particularly if one is used to using a PC or Mac but don’t have any unix or linux background. So why is it important for…
Best Free File Managers for Joomla
Sometimes one needs to manage files on one’s Joomla installation but FTP isn’t up to the job because of hosting issues, e.g. many of us install Joomla with the apache (or other web server) as the owner and don’t want to open permissions for the FTP user as this often requires a 646, 664 or…
Using the Joomla 1.6+ ACL to Customise the Administrator Experience
One of the common problems for newbies administrators and clients of Joomla websites is the complexity of the administrator console, or to be clearer, the large amount of options available to the user. By default all admins get access to everything, including user manager, configuration options, menu manager, components, articles, categories, featured, module manager, plugin…
Migrating to Joomla 2.5 Step by Step Tutorial
Upgrading / Migrating from Joomla 1.5 to Joomla 2.5 This post presents a step by step tutorial showing how to migrate your Joomla 1.5 website to Joomla 2.5 using two methods, i.e. using SP Upgrade or JUpgrade. Instructions for JUpgrade follow afterwards. SP Upgrade is simpler as it ignores 3rd party extensions. JUpgrade tends to…
Joomla 2.5.1 Released
Joomla 2.5 has had an update in the form of Joomla 2.5.1, addressing two medium priority security issues relating to information disclosure and 30 tracker issues. It’s a recommended security fix so update by: