How to rename the installation directory of Joomla using cPanel
You will need to log into cPanel with your supplied username and password. Normally this URL is: http://www.yourdomain.com/cpanel 1) Select the Username field and enter your username 2) Next select the...
View ArticleHow to secure your Joomla installation’s PHP settings using FTP
This tutorial assumes you have a FTP application and have opened and logged in to your server via FTP There are a number of both free and commercial FTP applications. In this example we will be using...
View ArticleHow to secure your Joomla installation’s PHP settings using cPanel
You will need to log into cPanel with your supplied username and password. Normally this URL is: http://www.yourdomain.com/cpanel 1) Select the Username field and enter your username 2) Select the...
View ArticleHow to prevent image hotlinking for Joomla using FTP
Hotlink protection can prevent other websites from linking to your images and files using your bandwidth for their website. In this tutorial we can manually enable hotlink protection for a Joomla site...
View ArticleHow to enable Hotlink Protection using cPanel
You will need to log into cPanel with your supplied username and password. Normally this URL is: http://www.yourdomain.com/cpanel 1) Select the Password field and enter your password 2) Select the...
View ArticleHow to replace the default Joomla favicon
Web site favicons display on browser page tabs and next to the URL of the page you are on. You can create your own 16 x 16 pixel icon to replace the default Joomla favicon This tutorial assumes you...
View ArticleHow to reset your Joomla admin password using phpMyAdmin
You will need to log into cPanel with your supplied username and password. Normally this URL is: http://www.yourdomain.com/cpanel 1) Select the Username field and enter your username 2) Next select the...
View ArticleHow to reset your Joomla admin password using a custom PHP script
We will create a PHP script to reset our admin password in Joomla. Using a text editor enter the code exactly as illustrated here The value entered for the variable $password (password1234) will be the...
View ArticleHow to create a database backup of Joomla using phpMyAdmin
You will need to log into cPanel with your supplied username and password. Normally this URL is: http://www.yourdomain.com/cpanel 1) Select the Username field and enter your username 2) Select the...
View ArticleHow to migrate a Joomla 1.5 to 2.5 web site
This tutorial assumes you are already logged into your Joomla admin panel In this tutorial we will be using jUpgrade, a third party component by Redcomponent, for upgrading from Joomla 1.5 to 2.5. It...
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