Drupal 6.13 and 5.19 released

Drupal 5.19 and 6.13 were released in response to the discovery of security vulnerabilities. There are no new features in these releases, but Drupal security team strongly recommend you upgrade your existing Drupal 5 and 6 sites.

Only fixes for security vulnerabilities and other bugs have been committed. New features are only being added to the forthcoming Drupal 7.0 release. Read the complete release announcement here.

Sites are urged to upgrade immediately after reading the official security announcement: SA-CORE-2009-007 Drupal core – Multiple vulnerabilities.

Drupal 6.13

The full list of changes between the 6.12 and 6.13 releases can be found by reading the Drupal 6.13 release notes. A complete list of all bug fixes in the stable DRUPAL-6 branch can be found here.

Drupal 5.19

The full list of changes between the 5.18 and 5.19 releases can be found by reading the 5.19 release notes. A complete list of all bug fixes in the stable DRUPAL-5 branch can be found here.

Tags: development, Drupal, Hosting and Security, open source

Change your Joomla database prefix

By default the prefix for your Joomla database is jos_. Hackers will utilize this knowledge and attempt a variety of attacks using this little default tidbit.

Quick security tip for your Joomla site

Have you ever heard of people talking about a SQL Injection?  Rest assured it has nothing to do with your doctor, and more to do with you and your site getting hacked.

“Crap, now I am scared, what do I do?” (more…)

Tags: Extensions, Hosting and Security, Joomla

Website hosting – what you need to know

At some point in our lives we all hope our websites get popular enough to generate some traffic and get us some exposure. No matter if you have built a small family website, or a large corporate site you will hope to have a lot of people view your site.

If you are new to website building you might be a bit confused about what type of hosting is best for you. You now have to worry about your sites security, running backups and keeping things running smooth.

For example if your site gets hacked or goes offline and you don’t know about it, or know how to fix it, all your hard work is wasted. Here are some tips anybody who works on websites for a living needs to know. (more…)

Tags: hosting, Hosting and Security, Joomla, technology, useful tips

Joomla Updates

I am embarrassed to say we are mentioning these Joomla updates so late. We have been really busy around here at JoomlaJunkie with all sorts of things on the frontend like templates and modules, as well as top secret backend stuff.

Nevertheless, Joomla has updated to Joomla 1.5.4 and then soon after 1.5.5. These releases covered important SEF URL improvements and fixes for com_content in addition to a number of bug fixes and improvements. Make sure you set aside some time to update your sites. You never know when some dope might hack your site, and keeping it updated is vital to your websites health, and in turn, your wealth.

Tags: Hosting and Security, Joomla