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Joomla 2.5 Help So you have installed Joomla 2.5 and under "Extension Manager: Warnings" you get the following error: The PHP temporary directory is not set The PHP temporary directory is the directory that PHP uses to store an uploaded file before Joomla! can access this file. Whilst the directory not being set isn't always a problem, if you are having issues with manifest files not being detected or uploaded files not being detected, setting this in your php.ini file might fix the issue. You can use one of the fixes below: If you have access to your httpd.conf file Add your temp directory to it, it will look something like this: php_value upload_tmp_dir = /my/path/to/my/websites/home/dir/tmp This is the full home directory path to your joomla 2.5 site, with the '/tmp' added Note: Replace my sample path with yours If you have access to your php.ini file the add the following line: Add your temp directory to it, it will look something like this: upload_tmp_dir = /home/accountname/public_html/tmp 1. 3.

RSS Feed Search Engine Instant RSS Search engine will help you discover RSS feeds on the web around your favorite topics. You may use the tool to search RSS feeds for blogs, news websites, podcasts and more. It is instant search and hence the search results display as you type. You can subscribe to the feeds in your favorite RSS Reader (like Feedly) or use the Preview link to see the 10 most recently published articles from that feed. Joomla 2.5 Help: Joomla 2.5 Installation Security Check List After many years of installing & customising Joomla websites I thought it might be useful to share some tips on Security:When installing make sure you don't use the default jos_ table prefix for your joomla database, rename this via phpMyAdmin if necessary .Never use the default Super Admin username of "admin" always change this to something else less predictable.Never use the user ID: 42, either change the user ID via phpMyAdmin, or demote this user to registered and then select "block this user" via Joomla user manager.Redirect the admin url to something other than /administrator/, you can do this via a .htaccess redirect, although their are plenty of great extensions out there that will aid in securing the url of your admin panel from potential hack attempts. Jsecure Authentication is one I highly recommend, this component with allow you to choose the new admin panel address i.e. /administrator/?whateveryouwant!

SiteGround: Top hosting solutions and free website resources How do you recover or reset your admin password? This page is only for Joomla! 2.5 and higher versions. If you are still using Joomla! Normally, you can add, edit and delete users and passwords from the back-end User Manager. In some situations, this may not be possible. In these cases, it is still possible to alter the Joomla! Method 1: Configuration.php file If you have access to your configuration.php file for the Joomla installation on your server, can recover the password using the following method. 1.) 2.) 3.) public $root_user='myname'; to the bottom of the list where myname is a username with administrator access that you know the password for. 4.) This user will now be a temporary super administrator. 5.) 6.) 7.) If you have no users who know their passwords and you can't utilize front end registration you may need to make a change in your database as outlined below in this document. Method 2: Direct Editing of Database Change the Password in the Database Navigate to phpMyAdmin and select the database for the Joomla! 3.1.x

Plantillas Web | Plantillas Flash | Diseño de Plantillas web How to fix Safe Path is empty error in VirtueMart? After first install a new version of VirtueMart 2, a popular Joomla e-commerce extension, you’ll probably get a warning message: “Warning, the Safe Path is empty, for safety reasons it is very important to create a folder in a path not accessible by an URL…”. Don’t worry this is not a real error, it’s only notification suggests you name the folder vmfiles and that you also set up an invoices directory. Of course you can create a new folder with this name, but for safety reasons it’s better to change a name a little bit. Remember that this folder will store your sensitive data. This “Safe Path” is used also for working with “files for sale”. Follow these steps to fix a error: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. After saving you can see that virtuemart component created a new the invoices directory.

Cómo optimizar la etiqueta Meta Description Hace un tiempo el blog de Google Webmaster Central expuso los conceptos básicos para poder escribir una buena meta description. En su post, Google explica que la calidad de las descripciones -pequeños textos que se previsualizan en sus resultados de búsqueda- pueden tener un impacto directo en la atracción de mayor cantidad de tráfico. Para personalizar estas descripciones en una página web, lo que debemos hacer es utilizar la equita <META> de la siguiente manera: Un ejemplo de buena descripción es la que realiza Google Video en inglés (esto lo dice el propio Google). Siguiendo su descripción, en español un buen ejemplo, sería la que realiza la wikipedia en su portada (ver imagen). Siguiendo este ejemplo, Google Webmaster Central nos da básicamente 4 tips que un sitio web debe cumplir, si es que desea optimizar correctamente las meta descriptions: 1. 2. Por ejemplo, si el título de la página es el nombre de un libro. 3. Básicamente lo que decíamos en el primer punto. 4. 5. 6. 7.

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