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Carelessness Kills a Cat

Posted by myjoomla on August 24, 2008

About 2 weeks ago, I received an e-mail from Barrie North of Compass Designs, telling me about a security vulnerability within Joomla 1.15 wherein a person could get in and change my admin password, thus advising me to urgently upgrade to version 1.5.6 to avoid disaster. Sadly, I did not take notice.

A few days after that, I received an e-mail from somebody, telling me about the same vulnerability. The only difference is that he told me he would fix the issue for $200. So I logged in to my administrator’s control panel and behold… that person changed my admin password. Luckily though, that was the only problem and I have a database back-up so I restored the original password. Right away I downloaded and applied the patch from Joomla.

Lesson learned: always check and apply new patches, especially security patches, and always listen to experts. Yeah I should have listened to Barrie in the first place… :)

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My First Jomla 1.5 (Stable) Website

Posted by myjoomla on February 24, 2008

After a few months from its official release, I finally got a chance to use Joomla 1.5 in a production environment, not just test sites. It’s a little different from the earlier versions and I’m still getting the hang of it. It seems to me though that it’s easier to use when you get more familiar with it. Maybe a few more sites and I will grasp the essence of the new version of Joomla. :)

Anyway, here’s the new site: The Philippine Condotels

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Free Template and Slideshow Module from JoomlaShine

Posted by myjoomla on December 3, 2007

I just built another site, Condotels Cebu, using the free template and slideshow module provided by JoomlaShine.condotel-cebu.gif

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Free Template from Shape5

Posted by myjoomla on November 24, 2007

I just built another Joomla! powered website using the FREE template from Shape5. The project is for Hilton Cebu Resort and Towers.

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