I’ve lost count of the amount of times I wanted to execute custom code in one of my modules. It’s not exactly hard but depending on template choice, what libraries are included and what I want to do I often have to jump through hoops trying out all the usual suspects or use something less than simple. Advanced Module Manager and Jumi will do this for me or I could code my own module (not [...]

So you’ve gone and developed your website, installed and configured extensions, entered content and built up a membership. You have a wealth of time invested in this project. One day you visit the website and and notice the dreaded “This site contains malware do you want to proceed” notice in your browser or even worse you’re website has been compromised, used to attack other machines and nobody is any the wiser. You and your readership [...]

Here are my picks for the most useful Joomla Extensions as of June 2011. Some of these are old but up to date extensions that I have been using for years, some are new kids on the block that are just too good to overlook. Akeeba Backup This gets installed on all of my websites bar none. Keep a regular backup of your website with Akeeba. One can make an archive of the website in [...]

So you want to build a CMS powered website but are confused as to what to use? Here are some pointers. There are a large variety of content management systems (CMSs) out there including: CMS Made Simple Joomla WordPress Drupal Here are some rules of thumb for me: