From helvecio.rj at gmail.com Mon Oct 1 05:53:49 2012 From: helvecio.rj at gmail.com (=?UTF-8?Q?Helv=C3=A9cio_da_Silva?=) Date: Mon, 1 Oct 2012 06:53:49 -0300 Subject: [joomla] Homepage Layout In-Reply-To: <79F4DEF82AB044599717F9D96F2F45E8@OwnerPC> References: <79F4DEF82AB044599717F9D96F2F45E8@OwnerPC> Message-ID: Assuming you are workinga a template you've created, you need CSS to accomplish that. Get the code from any of the previously installed templates on Joomla. Best regards, 2012/9/27 Unitel > Hello everyone!**** > > ** ** > > I?m reading the Joomla 2.5 Beginners Guide Book? By Eric Tiggeler.**** > > ** ** > > I want to ?Layout? the home page as follows:**** > > 1. Leading Articles = 1 **** > 2. Intro Articles = 4 **** > 3. Columns = 2 **** > > ** ** > > And what I get is the leading article displayed correctly but the other > articles are not laid out in the two column format. They are displayed in a > single column ? which option flag did I miss?**** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > Best regards,**** > > ** ** > > Marcos Miranda **** > [image: ---] > > ** ** > > _______________________________________________ > New York PHP SIG: Joomla! Mailing List > http://lists.nyphp.org/mailman/listinfo/joomla > > NYPHPCon 2006 Presentations Online > http://www.nyphpcon.com > > Show Your Participation in New York PHP > http://www.nyphp.org/show_participation.php > -- Helvecio "Elvis" da Silva Rio de Janeiro - Brasil - helvecio.rj at gmail.com http://www.helvecio.com - http://blog.helvecio.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED and closes at 5pm wednesday the 17th. http://joomlanyc.org/index.php/register For directions: http://joomlanyc.org/index.php/events/next-nycjug-meeting -- *Marian Konop* Gotham Websites We think SMALL . . . Business *www.gothamwebsites.com* President JoomlaNYC Users Group *www.joomlanyc.org *Team Leader *www.JoomlaDayNYC.com* -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Kirill at hostnetservices.com Mon Oct 8 13:42:07 2012 From: Kirill at hostnetservices.com (Kirill Poliakov) Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2012 13:42:07 -0400 Subject: [joomla] Job Opportunity Message-ID: An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From gjschaller at psi-13.com Wed Oct 10 12:22:06 2012 From: gjschaller at psi-13.com (Geoffrey Schaller) Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2012 12:22:06 -0400 Subject: [joomla] Looking for an Image Rotation module Message-ID: I have a collection of about 20 photos, that I would like to display as thumbnails on a page. I'd like to display 5 at a time, chosen randomly from a folder: [Image1] [Image2] [Image3] [Image4] [Image5] I've tried a few different image rotation / slideshow modules, but none of them seem to QUITE fit the bill I am looking for. Either they only show one image (and no option for more than one), or they slide the whole pool instead of statically choosing 5 on load and sticking with them. I tried the default Joomla 2.5 Random Image Module, loaded 5 times on the page, but it shows the same image in all 5 loads instead of 5 different ones. There's a bazillion modules on the JED - I tried a few and got frustrated, as each one claimed to do what I want, but was missing something in the end. :-( Anyone have a lead on a good module or plugin, that fits the bill for what I need? -- Geoffrey Schaller gjschaller at psi-13.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From gjschaller at psi-13.com Wed Oct 10 16:28:12 2012 From: gjschaller at psi-13.com (Geoffrey Schaller) Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2012 16:28:12 -0400 Subject: [joomla] Looking for an Image Rotation module In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: I *think* I've solved my own issue, in a way... but it requires JoomGallery to be set up, as it's a module that draws from that, rather than from a Joomla images folder. Still, it's a good way to go, esp. if you're already using JoomGallery on your site and want to showcase images elsewhere on your site. -Geoffrey On Wed, Oct 10, 2012 at 12:22 PM, Geoffrey Schaller wrote: > I have a collection of about 20 photos, that I would like to display as > thumbnails on a page. I'd like to display 5 at a time, chosen randomly > from a folder: > > [Image1] [Image2] [Image3] [Image4] [Image5] > > I've tried a few different image rotation / slideshow modules, but none of > them seem to QUITE fit the bill I am looking for. Either they only show > one image (and no option for more than one), or they slide the whole pool > instead of statically choosing 5 on load and sticking with them. > > I tried the default Joomla 2.5 Random Image Module, loaded 5 times on the > page, but it shows the same image in all 5 loads instead of 5 different > ones. > > There's a bazillion modules on the JED - I tried a few and got frustrated, > as each one claimed to do what I want, but was missing something in the > end. :-( > > Anyone have a lead on a good module or plugin, that fits the bill for what > I need? > > -- > Geoffrey Schaller > gjschaller at psi-13.com > -- Geoffrey Schaller gjschaller at psi-13.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From matt at betweenbrain.com Wed Oct 10 16:44:56 2012 From: matt at betweenbrain.com (Matt Thomas) Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2012 16:44:56 -0400 Subject: [joomla] Looking for an Image Rotation module In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: FWIW, I was going to recommend that you take a look at JoomGallery. It's a bit of overkill for this, but a great solution none the less. Best, Matt Sent from my phone that uses an open source operating system. On Oct 10, 2012 4:29 PM, "Geoffrey Schaller" wrote: > I *think* I've solved my own issue, in a way... but it requires > JoomGallery to be set up, as it's a module that draws from that, rather > than from a Joomla images folder. > > Still, it's a good way to go, esp. if you're already using JoomGallery on > your site and want to showcase images elsewhere on your site. > > -Geoffrey > > > On Wed, Oct 10, 2012 at 12:22 PM, Geoffrey Schaller > wrote: > >> I have a collection of about 20 photos, that I would like to display as >> thumbnails on a page. I'd like to display 5 at a time, chosen randomly >> from a folder: >> >> [Image1] [Image2] [Image3] [Image4] [Image5] >> >> I've tried a few different image rotation / slideshow modules, but none >> of them seem to QUITE fit the bill I am looking for. Either they only show >> one image (and no option for more than one), or they slide the whole pool >> instead of statically choosing 5 on load and sticking with them. >> >> I tried the default Joomla 2.5 Random Image Module, loaded 5 times on the >> page, but it shows the same image in all 5 loads instead of 5 different >> ones. >> >> There's a bazillion modules on the JED - I tried a few and got >> frustrated, as each one claimed to do what I want, but was missing >> something in the end. :-( >> >> Anyone have a lead on a good module or plugin, that fits the bill for >> what I need? >> >> -- >> Geoffrey Schaller >> gjschaller at psi-13.com >> > > > > -- > Geoffrey Schaller > gjschaller at psi-13.com > > _______________________________________________ > New York PHP SIG: Joomla! Mailing List > http://lists.nyphp.org/mailman/listinfo/joomla > > NYPHPCon 2006 Presentations Online > http://www.nyphpcon.com > > Show Your Participation in New York PHP > http://www.nyphp.org/show_participation.php > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From gjschaller at psi-13.com Wed Oct 10 16:49:04 2012 From: gjschaller at psi-13.com (Geoffrey Schaller) Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2012 16:49:04 -0400 Subject: [joomla] Looking for an Image Rotation module In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: It's funny - the site I am looking to use this on, is still on Gallery2 bridged with JFusion. I'm trying to migrate to JoomGallery, but there's not a migration script... yet. One of my other sites does use it, though, so that's where I tested it. As soon as I can ditch Gallery2 and be on JoomGallery, I'll be good to go. -Geoffrey On Wed, Oct 10, 2012 at 4:44 PM, Matt Thomas wrote: > FWIW, I was going to recommend that you take a look at JoomGallery. 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If you are unable to attend the November meeting, please email a statement to the about contact form address above, and I will read them at the meeting. Elections will be held at the December meeting. Here is a link to the current Board. http://joomlanyc.org/index.php/contact *Marian Konop* Gotham Websites We think SMALL . . . Business *www.gothamwebsites.com* President JoomlaNYC Users Group *www.joomlanyc.org *Team Leader *www.JoomlaDayNYC.com * -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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I intend to bring this up at tonight's meeting. I can do this as part of the JoomlaNYC users group or just put it up as a Meetup independently of the user's group, so I'd love to get everyone's thoughts on the matter. Also, if anyone knows beginners who might be interested, please have them contact me. Stewart Newfeld Zebra Systems, Inc. Computer Network & Website Support 131 Joralemon Street, Apt. 52 Brooklyn, NY 11201 www.zebrasystems.com 212.675.8414 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From rytech123 at gmail.com Thu Oct 18 23:01:14 2012 From: rytech123 at gmail.com (Laura Gordon) Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2012 23:01:14 -0400 Subject: [joomla] October meeting - minutes Message-ID: Hi all, Great meeting tonight! Special thanks to Robert Half Associates for providing space to have our meeting this month! thanks to John Clapps for chairing the meeting and to Stephen Britton for presenting on SEO and Joomla! I have put some brief minutes up on the website. If Stephen is able to put together something online of his presentation, I will be sure to send that out as well. Our next meeting will go back to our regular dates, the 2nd thursday of the month: Thursday, November 9 at Robert half and associates You MUST REGISTER to attend this meeting, please complete the registration form on the website. (http://www.joomlanyc.org) Thanks again for the newcomers and old timers for taking your time out of your busy work week to join us! Looking forward to another great meeting in November! thanks, -- Laura -- I have a new email address: rytech123 at gmail.com Trainer with www.Video2Brain.com Board Member of www.JoomlaNYC.org Trainer for www.JoomlaTraining.com Sponsor & Coordinator for www.JoomlaDayNYC.com www.RytechSites.com Dynamic Websites for your company! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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On a different note, I just tried to restore a backup to a backup site on a site that was not hacked to test it(I am paranoid now that my backups won't help if they are corrupted). This site has Hikashop and Easyblog on it. The restored backup (to a new database) isn't working right. It is fine until you try to navigate to one of these extensions and I get an error: Multiple Choices The document name you requested (/index.php) could not be found on this server. However, we found documents with names similar to the one you requested. Available documents: /index.html (common basename) Please consider informing the owner of the referring page about the broken link. Any ideas why? Please make my day better! Ellen -- Ellen Rothwax Web Design and Development *Don?t say you can?t afford a website. . .you can?t afford not to have one. *www.ebrwebsitedesigns.com* *(P) 203 572-5756* * -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From unitelny at gmail.com Fri Oct 19 12:30:24 2012 From: unitelny at gmail.com (Unitel) Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2012 12:30:24 -0400 Subject: [joomla] having major issues with hacking and restoring In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <18DA8933BD5742F38DD53903B0B58D81@OwnerPC> In case you don't know! I linked to your site by clicking your logo and when I clicked your menu I got the following response. "Internal Server Error The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was unable to complete your request. Please contact the server administrator, webadmin at kundenserver.de and inform them of the time the error occurred, and anything you might have done that may have caused the error. More information about this error may be available in the server error log. Additionally, a 500 Internal Server Error error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request." Best regards, Marcos Miranda --- _____ From: joomla-bounces at lists.nyphp.org [mailto:joomla-bounces at lists.nyphp.org] On Behalf Of Ellen Rothwax Sent: Friday, October 19, 2012 12:13 PM To: joomla at lists.nyphp.org Subject: [joomla] having major issues with hacking and restoring Hi folks, Not my day!!!! I have been hacked on a couple of my Joomla sites in the past few days. All are hosted on 1 & 1 , they are 1.5 and 2.5 sites, all the latest versions. The hacks are different. One was redirecting to msn.com another messed with my htaccess file and something in the backend because oddly enough although I can see it, the dropdown navigation in the backend doesn't work.The navigation icons in the control panel do, but once you get to a different page, the save and close buttons don't work. I am having the host roll back their backups because mine are not helping. Has anyone had this experience? Other than using Admin tools and removing references to Joomla, any suggestions to securing the sites better? On a different note, I just tried to restore a backup to a backup site on a site that was not hacked to test it(I am paranoid now that my backups won't help if they are corrupted). This site has Hikashop and Easyblog on it. The restored backup (to a new database) isn't working right. It is fine until you try to navigate to one of these extensions and I get an error: Multiple Choices The document name you requested (/index.php) could not be found on this server. However, we found documents with names similar to the one you requested. Available documents: /index.html (common basename) Please consider informing the owner of the referring page about the broken link. Any ideas why? Please make my day better! 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I now host my own sites on servers that I build and stop most exploits long before they even get to the website. Any good host will do that too. Make sure all *extensions* are up to date, not listed at http://docs.joomla.org/Vulnerable_Extensions_List and passwords are strong. I know that /administrator on my servers get hit with dictionary attacks 100's of times a day and using Admin Tools secret URL helps with that. But, your host needs to be doing something better to prevent this behavior before it gets to your site. Hope that helps! Best, Matt Thomas Founder betweenbrain ? Lead Developer Construct Template Development Framework Phone: 203.632.9322 Twitter: @betweenbrain Github: https://github.com/betweenbrain -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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It was definitely worth paying them when I had a multi-site infection. db On Fri, Oct 19, 2012 at 12:30 PM, wrote: > Send Joomla mailing list submissions to > joomla at lists.nyphp.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://lists.nyphp.org/mailman/listinfo/joomla > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > joomla-request at lists.nyphp.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > joomla-owner at lists.nyphp.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Joomla digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. having major issues with hacking and restoring (Ellen Rothwax) > 2. Re: having major issues with hacking and restoring (Unitel) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2012 12:12:39 -0400 > From: Ellen Rothwax > To: joomla at lists.nyphp.org > Subject: [joomla] having major issues with hacking and restoring > Message-ID: > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252" > > Hi folks, > Not my day!!!! > I have been hacked on a couple of my Joomla sites in the past few days. > All are hosted on 1 & 1 , they are 1.5 and 2.5 sites, all the latest > versions. > The hacks are different. One was redirecting to msn.com another messed with > my htaccess file and something in the backend because oddly enough although > I can see it, the dropdown navigation in the backend doesn't work.The > navigation icons in the control panel do, but once you get to a different > page, the save and close buttons don't work. I am having the host roll back > their backups because mine are not helping. > Has anyone had this experience? > Other than using Admin tools and removing references to Joomla, any > suggestions to securing the sites better? > > On a different note, I just tried to restore a backup to a backup site on a > site that was not hacked to test it(I am paranoid now that my backups won't > help if they are corrupted). This site has Hikashop and Easyblog on it. The > restored backup (to a new database) isn't working right. It is fine until > you try to navigate to one of these extensions and I get an error: > Multiple Choices > The document name you requested (/index.php) could not be found on this > server. However, we found documents with names similar to the one you > requested. > > Available documents: > > /index.html (common basename) > > Please consider informing the owner of the referring page about the broken > link. > > > Any ideas why? > > > Please make my day better! > > Ellen > > > -- > > > Ellen Rothwax > Web Design and Development > *Don?t say you can?t afford a website. . .you can?t afford not to have one. > *www.ebrwebsitedesigns.com* > *(P) 203 572-5756* > * > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2012 12:30:24 -0400 > From: "Unitel" > To: "'NYPHP SIG: Joomla'" > Subject: Re: [joomla] having major issues with hacking and restoring > Message-ID: <18DA8933BD5742F38DD53903B0B58D81 at OwnerPC> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > In case you don't know! I linked to your site by clicking your logo and when > I clicked your menu I got the following response. > > > > > "Internal Server Error > > > The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was unable > to complete your request. > > Please contact the server administrator, webadmin at kundenserver.de and inform > them of the time the error occurred, and anything you might have done that > may have caused the error. > > More information about this error may be available in the server error log. > > Additionally, a 500 Internal Server Error error was encountered while trying > to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request." > > > > > > > > > > Best regards, > > > > Marcos Miranda > > --- > > > > _____ > > From: joomla-bounces at lists.nyphp.org [mailto:joomla-bounces at lists.nyphp.org] > On Behalf Of Ellen Rothwax > Sent: Friday, October 19, 2012 12:13 PM > To: joomla at lists.nyphp.org > Subject: [joomla] having major issues with hacking and restoring > > > > Hi folks, > Not my day!!!! > I have been hacked on a couple of my Joomla sites in the past few days. All > are hosted on 1 & 1 , they are 1.5 and 2.5 sites, all the latest versions. > The hacks are different. One was redirecting to msn.com another messed with > my htaccess file and something in the backend because oddly enough although > I can see it, the dropdown navigation in the backend doesn't work.The > navigation icons in the control panel do, but once you get to a different > page, the save and close buttons don't work. I am having the host roll back > their backups because mine are not helping. > Has anyone had this experience? > Other than using Admin tools and removing references to Joomla, any > suggestions to securing the sites better? > > On a different note, I just tried to restore a backup to a backup site on a > site that was not hacked to test it(I am paranoid now that my backups won't > help if they are corrupted). This site has Hikashop and Easyblog on it. The > restored backup (to a new database) isn't working right. It is fine until > you try to navigate to one of these extensions and I get an error: > Multiple Choices > The document name you requested (/index.php) could not be found on this > server. However, we found documents with names similar to the one you > requested. > > Available documents: > > /index.html (common basename) > > Please consider informing the owner of the referring page about the broken > link. > > > > Any ideas why? > > > > Please make my day better! > > Ellen > > > > -- > > > Ellen Rothwax > Web Design and Development > Don't say you can't afford a website. . .you can't afford not to have one. > www.ebrwebsitedesigns.com > (P) 203 572-5756 > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > -------------- next part -------------- > A non-text attachment was scrubbed... > Name: image001.gif > Type: image/gif > Size: 3357 bytes > Desc: not available > URL: > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Joomla mailing list > Joomla at lists.nyphp.org > http://lists.nyphp.org/mailman/listinfo/joomla > > End of Joomla Digest, Vol 70, Issue 10 > ************************************** -- Editor, DSL Prime, Fast Net News, Net Policy News and A Wireless Cloud Author with Jennie Bourne DSL (Wiley, 2002) and Web Video: Making It Great, Getting It Noticed (Peachpit, 2008) From scott at wolpow.com Fri Oct 19 13:39:20 2012 From: scott at wolpow.com (Scott Wolpow) Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2012 13:39:20 -0400 Subject: [joomla] having major issues with hacking and restoring In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <50819048.8020407@wolpow.com> I suggest using Bluehost.com and siteground.com as they were our sponsors. With bluehost.com when you have an issue, let me know about it after talking to support. I have worked with C level management for almost 10 years now. SW On 10/19/2012 12:12 PM, Ellen Rothwax wrote: > Hi folks, > Not my day!!!! > I have been hacked on a couple of my Joomla sites in the past few > days. All are hosted on 1 & 1 , they are 1.5 and 2.5 sites, all the > latest versions. > The hacks are different. One was redirecting to msn.com > another messed with my htaccess file and something in > the backend because oddly enough although I can see it, the dropdown > navigation in the backend doesn't work.The navigation icons in the > control panel do, but once you get to a different page, the save and > close buttons don't work. I am having the host roll back their backups > because mine are not helping. > Has anyone had this experience? > Other than using Admin tools and removing references to Joomla, any > suggestions to securing the sites better? > > On a different note, I just tried to restore a backup to a backup site > on a site that was not hacked to test it(I am paranoid now that my > backups won't help if they are corrupted). This site has Hikashop and > Easyblog on it. The restored backup (to a new database) isn't working > right. It is fine until you try to navigate to one of these extensions > and I get an error: > Multiple Choices > The document name you requested (/index.php) could not be found on > this server. However, we found documents with names similar to the one > you requested. > > Available documents: > > /index.html (common basename) > > Please consider informing the owner of the referring page about the > broken link. > > > Any ideas why? > > > Please make my day better! > > Ellen > > > > -- > > > Ellen Rothwax > Web Design and Development > */Don't say you can't afford a website. . .you can't afford not to > have one. > /*www.ebrwebsitedesigns.com */ > /*(P) 203 572-5756*/ > /* > > > _______________________________________________ > New York PHP SIG: Joomla! Mailing List > http://lists.nyphp.org/mailman/listinfo/joomla > > NYPHPCon 2006 Presentations Online > http://www.nyphpcon.com > > Show Your Participation in New York PHP > http://www.nyphp.org/show_participation.php -- Scott Wolpow 718 275 7765 ------------------- I am participating in the MS Charity Bike ride to raise Money for this good cause, can you please support my ride. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From wkamm at rvyriptide.org Fri Oct 19 15:21:55 2012 From: wkamm at rvyriptide.org (Bill Kamm) Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2012 15:21:55 -0400 Subject: [joomla] having major issues with hacking and restoring In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: I also had a bad experience with 1 and 1, but not with site hacking. When I tried to transfer my domain name to a different registrar, the offshore people I talked to dragged their feet, promising everything but delivering nothing. They had all kinds of excuses for not releasing the domain name. It took several weeks to accomplish it. They were very unprofessional and for their size, surprisingly seemed like a small mom and pop company, with no established procedures in place. Bill On Fri, Oct 19, 2012 at 1:01 PM, Matt Thomas wrote: > On Fri, Oct 19, 2012 at 12:12 PM, Ellen Rothwax wrote: > >> >> Other than using Admin tools and removing references to Joomla, any >> suggestions to securing the sites better? > > > Having used 1&1 in the past, and having sites hacked when using them, I > changed to a different host and most of my security issues when away. I now > host my own sites on servers that I build and stop most exploits long > before they even get to the website. Any good host will do that too. > > Make sure all *extensions* are up to date, not listed at > http://docs.joomla.org/Vulnerable_Extensions_List and passwords are > strong. I know that /administrator on my servers get hit with dictionary > attacks 100's of times a > day and using Admin Tools secret URL helps with that. > > But, your host needs to be doing something better to prevent this behavior > before it gets to your site. > > Hope that helps! > > Best, > > Matt Thomas > Founder betweenbrain ? > Lead Developer Construct Template Development Framework > Phone: 203.632.9322 > Twitter: @betweenbrain > Github: https://github.com/betweenbrain > > _______________________________________________ > New York PHP SIG: Joomla! Mailing List > http://lists.nyphp.org/mailman/listinfo/joomla > > NYPHPCon 2006 Presentations Online > http://www.nyphpcon.com > > Show Your Participation in New York PHP > http://www.nyphp.org/show_participation.php > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From scott at wolpow.com Fri Oct 19 15:41:36 2012 From: scott at wolpow.com (Scott Wolpow) Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2012 15:41:36 -0400 Subject: [joomla] having major issues with hacking and restoring In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <5081ACF0.4070901@wolpow.com> All United Internet companies are scammy. Once had to deal with a mail hosting company. Lousy service, staff were clueless. Turns out to be Untied Internet. SW On 10/19/2012 3:21 PM, Bill Kamm wrote: > I also had a bad experience with 1 and 1, but not with site hacking. > When I tried to transfer my domain name to a different registrar, the > offshore people I talked to dragged their feet, promising everything > but delivering nothing. They had all kinds of excuses for not > releasing the domain name. It took several weeks to accomplish it. > They were very unprofessional and for their size, surprisingly seemed > like a small mom and pop company, with no established procedures in place. > > Bill > > On Fri, Oct 19, 2012 at 1:01 PM, Matt Thomas > wrote: > > On Fri, Oct 19, 2012 at 12:12 PM, Ellen Rothwax > > wrote: > > > Other than using Admin tools and removing references to > Joomla, any suggestions to securing the sites better? > > > Having used 1&1 in the past, and having sites hacked when using > them, I changed to a different host and most of my security issues > when away. I now host my own sites on servers that I build and > stop most exploits long before they even get to the website. Any > good host will do that too. > > Make sure all _*extensions*_ are up to date, not listed at > http://docs.joomla.org/Vulnerable_Extensions_List and passwords > are strong. I know that /administrator on my servers get hit with > dictionary attacks > 100's of times a > day and using Admin Tools secret URL helps with that. > > But, your host needs to be doing something better to prevent this > behavior before it gets to your site. > > Hope that helps! > > Best, > > Matt Thomas > Founder betweenbrain ^(TM) > Lead Developer Construct Template Development Framework > > Phone: 203.632.9322 > Twitter: @betweenbrain > Github: https://github.com/betweenbrain > > _______________________________________________ > New York PHP SIG: Joomla! Mailing List > http://lists.nyphp.org/mailman/listinfo/joomla > > NYPHPCon 2006 Presentations Online > http://www.nyphpcon.com > > Show Your Participation in New York PHP > http://www.nyphp.org/show_participation.php > > > > > _______________________________________________ > New York PHP SIG: Joomla! Mailing List > http://lists.nyphp.org/mailman/listinfo/joomla > > NYPHPCon 2006 Presentations Online > http://www.nyphpcon.com > > Show Your Participation in New York PHP > http://www.nyphp.org/show_participation.php -- Scott Wolpow 718 275 7765 ------------------- I am participating in the MS Charity Bike ride to raise Money for this good cause, can you please support my ride. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From owain.baber at mihia.co.uk Fri Oct 19 15:57:57 2012 From: owain.baber at mihia.co.uk (Owain M. Baber) Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2012 20:57:57 +0100 Subject: [joomla] having major issues with hacking and restoring In-Reply-To: <18DA8933BD5742F38DD53903B0B58D81@OwnerPC> References: <18DA8933BD5742F38DD53903B0B58D81@OwnerPC> Message-ID: <00ae01cdae34$09c7e4c0$1d57ae40$@mihia.co.uk> The reason you're getting 500 errors is because of a misconfiguration concerning SEO friendly URLs, for example http://www.ebrwebsitedesigns.com/the-process will result in an error 500, http://www.ebrwebsitedesigns.com/index.php/the-process will display the page correctly (note the index.php within the URL). It is most likely your .htaccess file, make sure you have renamed it from htaccess.txt or if it doesn't exist download another copy or restore it from backup. Regards OMB From: joomla-bounces at lists.nyphp.org [mailto:joomla-bounces at lists.nyphp.org] On Behalf Of Unitel Sent: 19 October 2012 17:30 To: 'NYPHP SIG: Joomla' Subject: Re: [joomla] having major issues with hacking and restoring Importance: High In case you don't know! I linked to your site by clicking your logo and when I clicked your menu I got the following response. "Internal Server Error The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was unable to complete your request. Please contact the server administrator, webadmin at kundenserver.de and inform them of the time the error occurred, and anything you might have done that may have caused the error. More information about this error may be available in the server error log. Additionally, a 500 Internal Server Error error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request." Best regards, Marcos Miranda --- _____ From: joomla-bounces at lists.nyphp.org [mailto:joomla-bounces at lists.nyphp.org] On Behalf Of Ellen Rothwax Sent: Friday, October 19, 2012 12:13 PM To: joomla at lists.nyphp.org Subject: [joomla] having major issues with hacking and restoring Hi folks, Not my day!!!! I have been hacked on a couple of my Joomla sites in the past few days. All are hosted on 1 & 1 , they are 1.5 and 2.5 sites, all the latest versions. The hacks are different. One was redirecting to msn.com another messed with my htaccess file and something in the backend because oddly enough although I can see it, the dropdown navigation in the backend doesn't work.The navigation icons in the control panel do, but once you get to a different page, the save and close buttons don't work. I am having the host roll back their backups because mine are not helping. Has anyone had this experience? Other than using Admin tools and removing references to Joomla, any suggestions to securing the sites better? On a different note, I just tried to restore a backup to a backup site on a site that was not hacked to test it(I am paranoid now that my backups won't help if they are corrupted). This site has Hikashop and Easyblog on it. The restored backup (to a new database) isn't working right. It is fine until you try to navigate to one of these extensions and I get an error: Multiple Choices The document name you requested (/index.php) could not be found on this server. However, we found documents with names similar to the one you requested. Available documents: /index.html (common basename) Please consider informing the owner of the referring page about the broken link. Any ideas why? Please make my day better! 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All companies handle this very differently, some may charge you $15 others $150, and others it can be backups by the hour, and you can just select one... -- Laura On Fri, Oct 19, 2012 at 4:04 PM, Geoffrey Schaller wrote: > As someone who has yet to be hacked (knock on wood), I'd like to ask the > group - what is best practice to prevent this sort of thing? > > - I already have Akeeba Backup and Admin Tools installed > - I run backups on a daily (DB) and weekly (whole site / server) > basis, and store them offsite. > - I've used Admin Tools to secure the ID of the default Admin / Super > User account. > - All of my extensions are up to date, and none are on the Vulnrable > Extensions list. > > I've seen a few anti-hacking tools on the JED - are they needed? Is there > something else I should be installing, or a specific option I should use > when configuring my Joomla sites? > > -Geoffrey > > _______________________________________________ > New York PHP SIG: Joomla! Mailing List > http://lists.nyphp.org/mailman/listinfo/joomla > > NYPHPCon 2006 Presentations Online > http://www.nyphpcon.com > > Show Your Participation in New York PHP > http://www.nyphp.org/show_participation.php > -- I have a new email address: rytech123 at gmail.com Trainer with www.Video2Brain.com Board Member of www.JoomlaNYC.org Trainer for www.JoomlaTraining.com Sponsor & Coordinator for www.JoomlaDayNYC.com www.RytechSites.com Dynamic Websites for your company! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From matt at betweenbrain.com Fri Oct 19 16:14:29 2012 From: matt at betweenbrain.com (Matt Thomas) Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2012 16:14:29 -0400 Subject: [joomla] having major issues with hacking and restoring In-Reply-To: References: <18DA8933BD5742F38DD53903B0B58D81@OwnerPC> <00ae01cdae34$09c7e4c0$1d57ae40$@mihia.co.uk> Message-ID: Take a look at http://docs.joomla.org/Security_Checklist/Hosting_and_Server_Setup for some other good tips when choosing a provider. Best, Matt Thomas Founder betweenbrain ? Lead Developer Construct Template Development Framework Phone: 203.632.9322 Twitter: @betweenbrain Github: https://github.com/betweenbrain On Fri, Oct 19, 2012 at 4:08 PM, Laura Gordon wrote: > Use a GOOD HOST... > > Call you host ahead of time and ask, 'do you support joomla', also find > out their backup procedures...how many backups do they keep, how easy is it > to restore? All companies handle this very differently, some may charge > you $15 others $150, and others it can be backups by the hour, and you can > just select one... > > > -- Laura > > On Fri, Oct 19, 2012 at 4:04 PM, Geoffrey Schaller wrote: > >> As someone who has yet to be hacked (knock on wood), I'd like to ask the >> group - what is best practice to prevent this sort of thing? >> >> - I already have Akeeba Backup and Admin Tools installed >> - I run backups on a daily (DB) and weekly (whole site / server) >> basis, and store them offsite. >> - I've used Admin Tools to secure the ID of the default Admin / Super >> User account. >> - All of my extensions are up to date, and none are on the Vulnrable >> Extensions list. >> >> I've seen a few anti-hacking tools on the JED - are they needed? Is >> there something else I should be installing, or a specific option I should >> use when configuring my Joomla sites? >> >> -Geoffrey >> >> _______________________________________________ >> New York PHP SIG: Joomla! Mailing List >> http://lists.nyphp.org/mailman/listinfo/joomla >> >> NYPHPCon 2006 Presentations Online >> http://www.nyphpcon.com >> >> Show Your Participation in New York PHP >> http://www.nyphp.org/show_participation.php >> > > > > -- > I have a new email address: rytech123 at gmail.com > > Trainer with www.Video2Brain.com > Board Member of www.JoomlaNYC.org > Trainer for www.JoomlaTraining.com > Sponsor & Coordinator for www.JoomlaDayNYC.com > > www.RytechSites.com > Dynamic Websites for your company! > > > > > _______________________________________________ > New York PHP SIG: Joomla! Mailing List > http://lists.nyphp.org/mailman/listinfo/joomla > > NYPHPCon 2006 Presentations Online > http://www.nyphpcon.com > > Show Your Participation in New York PHP > http://www.nyphp.org/show_participation.php > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From davidalanroth at gmail.com Fri Oct 19 17:33:58 2012 From: davidalanroth at gmail.com (David Roth) Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2012 17:33:58 -0400 Subject: [joomla] having major issues with hacking and restoring In-Reply-To: References: <18DA8933BD5742F38DD53903B0B58D81@OwnerPC> <00ae01cdae34$09c7e4c0$1d57ae40$@mihia.co.uk> Message-ID: If the fear is that the hacking will come in through Joomla's Admin, my advice is to protect /administrator with .htaccess. This puts another login layer before even getting to the back-end prompt. Long complex passwords are better. When it comes to selecting a password for the MySQL database user, make it very long and cryptic. After all, you won't have to be repeatedly typing that password after installation, so you won't be troubled with a complex password to remember. Change passwords frequently. If you use Google Calendar, put a reminder in there to change passwords periodically. If someone is hacking in through a method that has nothing to do with your Joomla installation, but the web hosting service itself, then bolt to a better service. Web hosting is very cheap now and there is competition so look to upgrade if you can. Even though I'm not a fan of most shared hosting services, there should at the very least be a "jail" shell for shared users. This means that each user can't see anyone else's files or processes running. David Roth On Fri, Oct 19, 2012 at 4:04 PM, Geoffrey Schaller wrote: > As someone who has yet to be hacked (knock on wood), I'd like to ask the > group - what is best practice to prevent this sort of thing? > > - I already have Akeeba Backup and Admin Tools installed > - I run backups on a daily (DB) and weekly (whole site / server) > basis, and store them offsite. > - I've used Admin Tools to secure the ID of the default Admin / Super > User account. > - All of my extensions are up to date, and none are on the Vulnrable > Extensions list. > > I've seen a few anti-hacking tools on the JED - are they needed? Is there > something else I should be installing, or a specific option I should use > when configuring my Joomla sites? > > -Geoffrey > > _______________________________________________ > New York PHP SIG: Joomla! Mailing List > http://lists.nyphp.org/mailman/listinfo/joomla > > NYPHPCon 2006 Presentations Online > http://www.nyphpcon.com > > Show Your Participation in New York PHP > http://www.nyphp.org/show_participation.php > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From snewfeld at zebrasystems.com Thu Oct 25 12:10:54 2012 From: snewfeld at zebrasystems.com (Stewart Newfeld) Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2012 16:10:54 -0000 Subject: [joomla] Free Beginners Website Design with Joomla Course In-Reply-To: <008f01cdad4f$9dfc1f20$d9f45d60$@com> References: <008f01cdad4f$9dfc1f20$d9f45d60$@com> Message-ID: <000001cdb2cb$4cbfb5f0$e63f21d0$@com> Hi Joomla People, Please help me find students. I am offering a free "Beginners Website Design with Joomla" course running 5 Tuesday evenings, 7-9PM, Oct. 30 - Nov. 7, 2012 at xCubicle 25 Essex Street (Lower East Side) New York, NY 10002 The class will be limited to 14 students. Prerequistes include: * Computer literacy, - you can create new directories and store and find your documents. Send email messages with attachments. * Desire to do more than 2 hours per week of homework * Students must bring their own wireless-capable PC or MAC laptop to class. * Students must obtain a copy of the course book: Joomla! Explained by Stephen Burge, which is usually in stock at your local Barnes & Noble and online booksellers. I have posted the details including a full syllabus, my bio, and more at http://websitestudies.com/ny/ including a link to meetup where people can sign up. * http://www.meetup.com/New-York-Website-Study-Group/ Feel free to forward this email to anyone. This is my personal adventure done independently of our Joomla NYC Users Group, but I hope my students will want to join the group and our community. Thanks. Stewart Newfeld Zebra Systems, Inc. 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