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Today at last I have the answer

Attention: open in a new window. PDF | Print | E-mail Sun 01 Nov 09 18:37 Mister Men Brian Teeman

answer to lifeToday after a very long time of waiting I've finally reached the age where I have the answer and I'm happy to say that Douglas Adams was correct it really is 42.

So for those of you that are still waiting I'd like to tell you that it really is true and life really is that simple.

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Not closing the blog

Attention: open in a new window. PDF | Print | E-mail Wed 28 Oct 09 17:44 Mister Men Brian Teeman

After sleeping on it for a few days and reading your many kind comments, tweets and emails I've decide that I will continue writing the blog after all.

Normal service will be resumed on friday.

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Closing the blog?

Attention: open in a new window. PDF | Print | E-mail Mon 26 Oct 09 00:04 Mister Men Brian Teeman

Still deciding but right now I'm seriously considering closing this blog and taking it offline.

I really wanted to be writing a good news blog today/tonight but ...

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Help my Wordpress site has been hacked!

Attention: open in a new window. PDF | Print | E-mail Fri 23 Oct 09 06:50 Tips and Tricks Brian Teeman

On Wednesday I explained how your Joomla site might be exploited

"Just because you keep your server secure and your software up to date you may have been exploited yesterday, ready to be hacked tomorrow."

Today I read an article article explaining the exact same thing happening on a Wordpress site. I had tried to explain this to the site owner 6 weeks earlierearlier but...

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When will Joomla 1.6 be released?

Attention: open in a new window. PDF | Print | E-mail Thu 22 Oct 09 22:08 Joomla GPS Brian Teeman

guess the dateEvery day we get closer and closer to the release of Joomla! 1.6, and with the release of Joomla! 1.6 Alpha 2 imminent,  I thought it would be a bit of fun to have a competition to correctly detect the date and time of the release of Joomla! 1.6.0 Stable.

To avoid any confusion the time will be defined as GMT.

There will be a very special prize for the winner.

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Help my Joomla web site has been hacked!!

Attention: open in a new window. PDF | Print | E-mail Wed 21 Oct 09 12:46 Tips and Tricks Brian Teeman

..or how do you keep your Joomla web site secure?

help my joomla web site has been hackedI've sat on this blog post for a few weeks as I wanted to separate any connection to the specific client for who this relates to.

So I'm sat in a hotel bedroom, idling away the time before bed, browsing a news sites when a skype window pops up on my Mac.

"Please help!!!! I've got 12 sites all on different servers and they keep getting defaced."

Now obviously I then ran through my usual set of questions:

  1. "Are the sites running the latest version of Joomla?"
  2. "Are the file and directory permissions set sensibly?"
  3. "Do you monitor the extensions and make sure they are all up to date?"

And the answer was yes to all of the above.

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How to make a Joomla template

Attention: open in a new window. PDF | Print | E-mail Fri 16 Oct 09 13:51 Tips and Tricks Brian Teeman

design a joomla templateActually this article should really be titled "How NOT to make a Joomla template".

I've blogged in the past about using Joomla Template Clubs and software to create your own joomla template and I know many people like to design their own template from scratch.

But there is still a significant number of people who just take one of the three default Joomla templates and modify them to suit their needs.

If you are one of those people then this is especially at you.

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Joomla Hidden Secrets - the movie

Attention: open in a new window. PDF | Print | E-mail Tue 13 Oct 09 11:07 Tips and Tricks Brian Teeman

joomla hidden secretsYou may have been lucky enough to have seen this presentation live in The Netherlands or Germany or even listened to it at slideshare but now you can watch the presentation in all it's glory.

Thanks to my cameraman Fotis EvangelouFotis Evangelou the entire presentation is now here for you to enjoy.

It's 31 minutes of pure entertainment - I hope you enjoy it as much as those who saw it live.

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A lot happens in a week, or does it?

Attention: open in a new window. PDF | Print | E-mail Mon 12 Oct 09 21:17 Across the globe Brian Teeman

nothing happens in the desertRegular readers will have noticed, I hope, that last week I was on holiday and was not online.

Due to changed personal circumstances that no longer means picking up a back pack and travelling to one of the more remote parts of Africa, Asia or Arabia. Instead I would be doing a more traditional sun, sea and swimming vaction on the Greek island of Kos.

I checked before leaving the UK and the hotel had wifi in all areas and I was already  taking my laptop with me to watch some movies.

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Almost finished

Attention: open in a new window. PDF | Print | E-mail Thu 01 Oct 09 11:46 Across the globe Brian Teeman

joomla on the beachDo I really have to leave?

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