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  • Brewin Dolphin 10th Jersey Regatta
    This weekend (Friday to Sunday) I’ll be talking part in the Brewin Dolphin 10th Jersey Regatta (Yacht Racing) around the coast of Jersey, Channel Islands. I’ll be offline from Friday morning until Monday morning as I join skipper Mark Tucker as crew on his yacht to race in the events on the coast of Jersey.  If [...]

  • Joomla KB and SEF Urls
    Hey there! Well I have had several reports of the problems people are now having with Joomla KB and some popular SEF Extensions. (SEF Advance and sh404sef) I can confirm that there are issues at the moment, and that I will work to resolve these asap.  I will release more news as soon as I have some.  [...]

  • How many articles can a Joomla! website contain?
    I stumbled upon some interesting facts about Joomla today (Although I probably knew these things, I had never written them down before). And as I am a little low on blog posts this month I thought I would share these with you. So, How many articles can a Joomla! website contain? Believe it or not there [...]

  • Joomla 1.5.x Password Hash Generator
    Following the recent spate of hacks using the security vulnerbility in all Joomla 1.5.x versions prior to 1.5.6 I have had a need to generate new password hashes for manual inputting into the Joomla jos_user database table If you have no idea what this is or why you need it then this tool is not intended [...]

  • Creating a Joomla Demo Site the right way
    Ok for some reason four people emailed int he last 24 hours asking how I created my demo site to refresh every hour so this must be an interesting topic at the moment. The first thing you really need is full root access to your server - although you can probably do this in a normal [...]

  • All Forums Now Closed
    We are sad to say that we have taken the unpopular decision to remove this facility from our website and will be reverting to a more personal support-by-email solution. (Currently this announcement does NOT apply to Joomla Forms Forum - which is live as per normal - for now!) We have taken this action for several reasons. The [...]

  • xMap Extension Plugin for Joomla Knowledgebase
    Following a rather disturbed, abusive and threatening email from a customer (with a fancy PhD!) I commissioned Guillermo Vargas, the developer of the xMap extension, to develop a xMap plugin for Joomla Knowledgebase so that all the categories and articles would be listed in sitemaps generated by xMap. I did this, not because of the threats [...]

  • Joomla 1.5.x security vulnerability discovered
    Yesterday a major issue was found in ALL JOOMLA! 1.5.x versions! If you are running Joomla 1.5.0, 1.5.1, 1.5.2, 1.5.3, 1.5.4, 1.5.5 then you ARE VULNERABLE and should upgrade as soon as possible.  The security bug is not platform dependent. The immediate availability of Joomla! 1.5.6 [Vusani] is the solution to the security bug. This is a [...]

  • Back to work - full steam ahead
    Following our success in winning the Yacht Race, and my subsequent RYA Day Skipper Assessment passage, I am pleased to say that I am now back at work and tackling the 3128 emails I just downloaded! (Yes, that includes spam Please be patient as I catch up over the next few days, all emails [...]

  • We Came First!! - We won overall and won our class!
    Just a quick update.  I am now home after the yacht race from Jersey to La Trinite-Sur-Mer, with great news. Along with our skipper, Mark Tucker, and other crew members Dan and Chris, we managed to dodge the force 5 winds and fog and rain to take the 1st prize overall (on corrected time) in the [...]


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