The cult of the amateur
Amateur hour has arrived, and the audience is running the show
In a hard-hitting and provocative polemic, Silicon Valley insider and pundit Andrew Keen
exposes the grave consequences of today’s new participatory Web 2.0 and reveals how it threatens our values, economy, and ultimately the very innovation and creativity that forms the fabric of American achievement.
Is your Joomla password secure?
I bet you are amongst the majority of internet users who use one password for everything.
A password is only as strong as the weakest link and if you use the same password on multiple sites it is only as strong as the security on the weakest site.
And if you recently had an account at typo3.org you just found the weakest site as their site was compromised over the weekend.
Joomla 1.5 ACL explained
Despite claims to the contrary Joomla 1.5 does have an ACL system. It may be rudimentary but when fully understood can be very useful.
To help you I've created a simple table with an overview of who can do what.
Joomla Security Alert!!
It should be obvious but it seems that people need a reminder.
You should only ever download files from their original source!! If you don't how will you ever be certain that what you are downloading is the real deal and doesnt have some hidden backdoor.
Not long ago a new version of wordpress was released at www.wordpresz.org which wasn't actually the real deal.
Don't fall into the same trap!.
Joomla extensions - 4000 and counting
The greatest strength of Joomla is the wide range of extra components, modules, plugins and tools that are available.
But sadly for so many web masters this is also Joomla's greatest weakness. Just because they are there doesn't mean you have to use them.
Please think twice before installing any extension and ask yourself this question.
"Is this extension of benefit to my site, does it offer something extra that my users would benefit from. Or am I just installing it because I can."
I mean, come on people, who needs a clock on a website there is already a clock on the screen without you adding one.
