From donnamarievincent at yahoo.com  Thu Mar  5 17:55:13 2009
From: donnamarievincent at yahoo.com (Donna Marie Vincent)
Date: Thu, 5 Mar 2009 14:55:13 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [joomla] CB user integraiton with shopping cart system
Message-ID: <177049.2071.qm@web35602.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

Does anyone know of a synchronization/integration with a shopping cart system?  There isn't one for Virtuemart/CB.  Beat mentioned in the forum that it's a major undertaking.


 
________________________________
Donna Marie Vincent
JoomSites, LLC
Web Development with Joomla!? WDP
www.JoomSites.com  -  info at joomsites.com
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From scott at wolpow.com  Thu Mar  5 18:11:16 2009
From: scott at wolpow.com (Scott Wolpow)
Date: Thu, 05 Mar 2009 18:11:16 -0500
Subject: [joomla] CB user integraiton with shopping cart system
In-Reply-To: <177049.2071.qm@web35602.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
References: <177049.2071.qm@web35602.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <49B05C14.4080402@wolpow.com>

There is one for VM and CB

http://www.joomlapolis.com/component/option,com_mtree/task,listcats/cat_id,142/Itemid,55/

Scott

On 3/5/2009 5:55 PM, Donna Marie Vincent wrote:
> Does anyone know of a synchronization/integration with a shopping cart 
> system?  There isn't one for Virtuemart/CB.  Beat mentioned in the 
> forum that it's a major undertaking.
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Donna Marie Vincent
> JoomSites, LLC
> Web Development with Joomla!? WDP
> www.JoomSites.com <http://www.joomsites.com>  - info at joomsites.com 
> <mailto:info at joomsites.com>
> Tel.: (718) 874-6741  -  Fax: (646) 731-6861
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> _______________________________________________
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From donnamarievincent at yahoo.com  Thu Mar  5 18:16:13 2009
From: donnamarievincent at yahoo.com (Donna Marie Vincent)
Date: Thu, 5 Mar 2009 15:16:13 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [joomla] CB user integraiton with shopping cart system
In-Reply-To: <49B05C14.4080402@wolpow.com>
References: <177049.2071.qm@web35602.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
	<49B05C14.4080402@wolpow.com>
Message-ID: <941250.81698.qm@web35603.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

Thanks, but I don't think that one works.  :-)  At least from what I read in the forums.  It's for an old version of VM.  But I'll try it out.  






________________________________
From: Scott Wolpow <scott at wolpow.com>
To: NYPHP at lists.nyphp.org; SIG at lists.nyphp.org
Sent: Thursday, March 5, 2009 6:11:16 PM
Subject: Re: [joomla] CB user integraiton with shopping cart system

There is one for VM and CB

http://www.joomlapolis.com/component/option,com_mtree/task,listcats/cat_id,142/Itemid,55/

Scott

On 3/5/2009 5:55 PM, Donna Marie Vincent wrote:
> Does anyone know of a synchronization/integration with a shopping cart system?  There isn't one for Virtuemart/CB.  Beat mentioned in the forum that it's a major undertaking.
> 
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Donna Marie Vincent
> JoomSites, LLC
> Web Development with Joomla!? WDP
> www.JoomSites.com<http://www.joomsites.com>  - info at joomsites.com <mailto:info at joomsites.com>
> Tel.: (718) 874-6741  -  Fax: (646) 731-6861
> 
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> _______________________________________________
> 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
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> No virus found in this incoming message.
> Checked by AVG.
> Version: 7.5.557 / Virus Database: 270.11.8/1984 - Release Date: 3/4/2009 7:17 PM
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From lists at zaunere.com  Thu Mar  5 19:57:02 2009
From: lists at zaunere.com (Hans Zaunere)
Date: Thu, 5 Mar 2009 19:57:02 -0500
Subject: [joomla] IP Hosting and Cached Host Name
Message-ID: <080e01c99df6$7685ddd0$63919970$@com>

Hello,

So for a site that isn't using name virtual hosting, I'm having issues with
Joomla caching erroneous hostnames during link creation/etc.

For example, if someone points badman.badplace.com to www.mysite.com and
happens to hit a page that hasn't been cached yet, the URLs generated now
point to http://badman.badplace.com/some-url which is obviously a bad thing.

I understand that now $live_site variable isn't supported.  How can this be
resolved?

Thanks,

H





From donnamarievincent at yahoo.com  Thu Mar  5 22:13:33 2009
From: donnamarievincent at yahoo.com (Donna Marie Vincent)
Date: Thu, 5 Mar 2009 19:13:33 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [joomla] CB user integraiton with shopping cart system
References: <177049.2071.qm@web35602.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
	<49B05C14.4080402@wolpow.com>
Message-ID: <405440.57592.qm@web35607.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

I located a newer version of the plugin and module, but take a look at the readme file:

"This module will run the sync-users command for CB silently whenever it is shown. 

"Just publish, set it to not display the title, and it will run a sync-users each time it's shown.

"Ensure that you publish this on every page the CB login module is shown, as you need the user database to be synced before the user attempts to login."

Considering that I have a login module on every page (in the header), the sync will occur on every page load.  Isn't that a bit much?


 
________________________________
Donna Marie Vincent
JoomSites, LLC
Web Development with Joomla!? WDP
www.JoomSites.com  -  info at joomsites.com
Tel.: (718) 874-6741  -  Fax: (646) 731-6861





________________________________
From: Scott Wolpow <scott at wolpow.com>
To: NYPHP at lists.nyphp.org; SIG at lists.nyphp.org
Sent: Thursday, March 5, 2009 6:11:16 PM
Subject: Re: [joomla] CB user integraiton with shopping cart system

There is one for VM and CB

http://www.joomlapolis.com/component/option,com_mtree/task,listcats/cat_id,142/Itemid,55/

Scott

On 3/5/2009 5:55 PM, Donna Marie Vincent wrote:
> Does anyone know of a synchronization/integration with a shopping cart system?  There isn't one for Virtuemart/CB.  Beat mentioned in the forum that it's a major undertaking.
> 
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Donna Marie Vincent
> JoomSites, LLC
> Web Development with Joomla!? WDP
> www.JoomSites.com <http://www.joomsites.com>  - info at joomsites.com <mailto:info at joomsites.com>
> Tel.: (718) 874-6741  -  Fax: (646) 731-6861
> 
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> _______________________________________________
> 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
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> No virus found in this incoming message.
> Checked by AVG.
> Version: 7.5.557 / Virus Database: 270.11.8/1984 - Release Date: 3/4/2009 7:17 PM
>    
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From scott at wolpow.com  Thu Mar  5 22:48:44 2009
From: scott at wolpow.com (Scott Wolpow)
Date: Thu, 05 Mar 2009 22:48:44 -0500
Subject: [joomla] CB user integraiton with shopping cart system
In-Reply-To: <405440.57592.qm@web35607.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
References: <177049.2071.qm@web35602.mail.mud.yahoo.com>	<49B05C14.4080402@wolpow.com>
	<405440.57592.qm@web35607.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <49B09D1C.3030301@wolpow.com>

My guess is that it has to sync each time because it does not write to 
the CB table.
SW

On 3/5/2009 10:13 PM, Donna Marie Vincent wrote:
> I located a newer version of the plugin and module, but take a look at 
> the readme file:
>
> "This module will run the sync-users command for CB silently whenever 
> it is shown.
>
> "Just publish, set it to not display the title, and it will run a 
> sync-users each time it's shown.
>
> "Ensure that you publish this on every page the CB login module is 
> shown, as you need the user database to be synced before the user 
> attempts to login."
>
> Considering that I have a login module on every page (in the header), 
> the sync will occur on every page load.  Isn't that a bit much?
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Donna Marie Vincent
> JoomSites, LLC
> Web Development with Joomla!? WDP
> www.JoomSites.com <http://www.joomsites.com>  - info at joomsites.com 
> <mailto:info at joomsites.com>
> Tel.: (718) 874-6741  -  Fax: (646) 731-6861
>
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> *From:* Scott Wolpow <scott at wolpow.com>
> *To:* NYPHP at lists.nyphp.org; SIG at lists.nyphp.org
> *Sent:* Thursday, March 5, 2009 6:11:16 PM
> *Subject:* Re: [joomla] CB user integraiton with shopping cart system
>
> There is one for VM and CB
>
> http://www.joomlapolis.com/component/option,com_mtree/task,listcats/cat_id,142/Itemid,55/
>
> Scott
>
> On 3/5/2009 5:55 PM, Donna Marie Vincent wrote:
> > Does anyone know of a synchronization/integration with a shopping 
> cart system?  There isn't one for Virtuemart/CB.  Beat mentioned in 
> the forum that it's a major undertaking.
> >
> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > Donna Marie Vincent
> > JoomSites, LLC
> > Web Development with Joomla!? WDP
> > www.JoomSites.com <http://www.JoomSites.com> 
> <http://www.joomsites.com>  - info at joomsites.com 
> <mailto:info at joomsites.com> <mailto:info at joomsites.com 
> <mailto:info at joomsites.com>>
> > Tel.: (718) 874-6741  -  Fax: (646) 731-6861
> >
> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > 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
> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > No virus found in this incoming message.
> > Checked by AVG.
> > Version: 7.5.557 / Virus Database: 270.11.8/1984 - Release Date: 
> 3/4/2009 7:17 PM
> >
> _______________________________________________
> 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
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From ircmaxell at yahoo.com  Fri Mar  6 08:55:56 2009
From: ircmaxell at yahoo.com (Anthony Ferrara)
Date: Fri, 6 Mar 2009 05:55:56 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [joomla] IP Hosting and Cached Host Name
Message-ID: <492824.86945.qm@web110503.mail.gq1.yahoo.com>


$live_site is supported... Just fill it in...

--- On Thu, 3/5/09, Hans Zaunere <lists at zaunere.com> wrote:

> From: Hans Zaunere <lists at zaunere.com>
> Subject: [joomla] IP Hosting and Cached Host Name
> To: joomla at lists.nyphp.org
> Date: Thursday, March 5, 2009, 7:57 PM
> Hello,
> 
> So for a site that isn't using name virtual hosting, I'm
> having issues with
> Joomla caching erroneous hostnames during link
> creation/etc.
> 
> For example, if someone points badman.badplace.com to
> www.mysite.com and
> happens to hit a page that hasn't been cached yet, the URLs
> generated now
> point to http://badman.badplace.com/some-url which
> is obviously a bad thing.
> 
> I understand that now $live_site variable isn't
> supported.? How can this be
> resolved?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> H
> 
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
> 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
> 


      


From lists at zaunere.com  Fri Mar  6 11:14:41 2009
From: lists at zaunere.com (Hans Zaunere)
Date: Fri, 6 Mar 2009 11:14:41 -0500
Subject: [joomla] IP Hosting and Cached Host Name
In-Reply-To: <492824.86945.qm@web110503.mail.gq1.yahoo.com>
References: <492824.86945.qm@web110503.mail.gq1.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <09d901c99e76$a84c6c00$f8e54400$@com>

> $live_site is supported... Just fill it in...

Yeah, apparently this is the only solution.  I looked through the code too,
and JURI is using HTTP_HOST, which won't exist in this case.  Seems as
though it could use SERVER_NAME or at least failover to it.

H

> > So for a site that isn't using name virtual hosting, I'm having issues
with
> > Joomla caching erroneous hostnames during link creation/etc.
> >
> > For example, if someone points badman.badplace.com to www.mysite.com and
> > happens to hit a page that hasn't been cached yet, the URLs generated
now
> > point to http://badman.badplace.com/some-url which is obviously a bad
thing.
> >
> > I understand that now $live_site variable isn't supported.? How can this
be
> > resolved?



From dan.horning at planetnoc.com  Fri Mar  6 11:22:30 2009
From: dan.horning at planetnoc.com (Daniel Horning)
Date: Fri, 6 Mar 2009 11:22:30 -0500
Subject: [joomla] IP Hosting and Cached Host Name
In-Reply-To: <09d901c99e76$a84c6c00$f8e54400$@com>
References: <492824.86945.qm@web110503.mail.gq1.yahoo.com>
	<09d901c99e76$a84c6c00$f8e54400$@com>
Message-ID: <001b01c99e77$bfeae930$3fc0bb90$@horning@planetnoc.com>

You COULD cheat it a bit and setup rewrite rules in .htaccess for any cases
that don't match a list of domains

RewriteEngine On 
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www\.validdomain1\.com #list each domain that
should exist 
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^validdomain1\.com #list each domain that should
exist 
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www\.validdomain2\.com #list each domain that
should exist 
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^validdomain2\.com #list each domain that should
exist 
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www\.validdomain3\.com #list each domain that
should exist 
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^validdomain3\.com #list each domain that should
exist 
RewriteRule ^(.*) http://www.defaultdomain.com/$1 [L,R=301] #rewrite to a
default domain

This was my method of making sure that people were on valid domains

Just a thought

--
Dan Horning

American Digital Services - Where you are only limited by imagination.
dan.horning at planetnoc.com :: http://www.americandigitalservices.com
1-518-444-0213 x502 . toll free 1-800-863-3854 . fax 1-888-474-6133
15 Third Street, PO Box 746, Troy, NY 12180 (by appointment only)


-----Original Message-----
From: joomla-bounces at lists.nyphp.org [mailto:joomla-bounces at lists.nyphp.org]
On Behalf Of Hans Zaunere
Sent: Friday, March 06, 2009 11:15 AM
To: 'NYPHP SIG: Joomla'
Subject: Re: [joomla] IP Hosting and Cached Host Name

> $live_site is supported... Just fill it in...

Yeah, apparently this is the only solution.  I looked through the code too,
and JURI is using HTTP_HOST, which won't exist in this case.  Seems as
though it could use SERVER_NAME or at least failover to it.

H

> > So for a site that isn't using name virtual hosting, I'm having issues
with
> > Joomla caching erroneous hostnames during link creation/etc.
> >
> > For example, if someone points badman.badplace.com to www.mysite.com and
> > happens to hit a page that hasn't been cached yet, the URLs generated
now
> > point to http://badman.badplace.com/some-url which is obviously a bad
thing.
> >
> > I understand that now $live_site variable isn't supported.? How can this
be
> > resolved?

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From compustretch at gmail.com  Mon Mar  9 11:15:29 2009
From: compustretch at gmail.com (Compustretch)
Date: Mon, 9 Mar 2009 11:15:29 -0400
Subject: [joomla] Joomla Meeting on 3/12?
Message-ID: <c2f754300903090815i48cd99bdp9818121f402ea74d@mail.gmail.com>

Just wondering, bc it would be wonderfully ironic if there were no meeting
the one month I could actually attend.

best to all,

Forest
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From sikileng at gmail.com  Mon Mar  9 11:28:44 2009
From: sikileng at gmail.com (Steve)
Date: Mon, 9 Mar 2009 18:28:44 +0300
Subject: [joomla] Converting HTML Template to JOOMLA Templates
Message-ID: <d8fd3b970903090828m2a3f4a7dm7c8a0b987f191d4c@mail.gmail.com>

HI guys

Anyone with a tutorial or applications that can help me convert HTML
templates too work on joomla 1.5

Thanks
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From donnamarievincent at yahoo.com  Mon Mar  9 11:29:01 2009
From: donnamarievincent at yahoo.com (Donna Marie Vincent)
Date: Mon, 9 Mar 2009 08:29:01 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [joomla] Joomla Meeting on 3/12?
In-Reply-To: <c2f754300903090815i48cd99bdp9818121f402ea74d@mail.gmail.com>
References: <c2f754300903090815i48cd99bdp9818121f402ea74d@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <334418.92264.qm@web35606.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

I can't believe it's time for the next meeting already and I still haven't had a minute to update the site yet!

I will do it today.  Sorry.

 
________________________________
Donna Marie Vincent
JoomSites, LLC
Web Development with Joomla!? WDP
www.JoomSites.com  -  info at joomsites.com
Tel.: (718) 874-6741  -  Fax: (646) 731-6861





________________________________
From: Compustretch <compustretch at gmail.com>
To: NYPHP SIG: Joomla <joomla at lists.nyphp.org>
Sent: Monday, March 9, 2009 11:15:29 AM
Subject: [joomla] Joomla Meeting on 3/12?

Just wondering, bc it would be wonderfully ironic if there were no meeting the one month I could actually attend. 

best to all, 

Forest
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From compustretch at gmail.com  Mon Mar  9 11:32:55 2009
From: compustretch at gmail.com (Compustretch)
Date: Mon, 9 Mar 2009 11:32:55 -0400
Subject: [joomla] Converting HTML Template to JOOMLA Templates
In-Reply-To: <d8fd3b970903090828m2a3f4a7dm7c8a0b987f191d4c@mail.gmail.com>
References: <d8fd3b970903090828m2a3f4a7dm7c8a0b987f191d4c@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <c2f754300903090832o68cc460ax42c981f89c1f828e@mail.gmail.com>

Are you in New York?

If you come to the Joomla meeting on Thursday I'm sure anyone there could
show you how to do this in about 5 minutes.

-?orest



On Mon, Mar 9, 2009 at 11:28 AM, Steve <sikileng at gmail.com> wrote:

> HI guys
>
> Anyone with a tutorial or applications that can help me convert HTML
> templates too work on joomla 1.5
>
> Thanks
>
> _______________________________________________
> New York PHP SIG: Joomla! Mailing List
> http://lists.nyphp.org/mailman/listinfo/joomla
>
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From donnamarievincent at yahoo.com  Mon Mar  9 11:37:59 2009
From: donnamarievincent at yahoo.com (Donna Marie Vincent)
Date: Mon, 9 Mar 2009 08:37:59 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [joomla] Joomla User Group Meeting this Thursday -- Mar. 12, 2009
Message-ID: <818283.31271.qm@web35604.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

Topics for this Thursday's meeting:

1.  Joomla Extension Demo - TBD*

2.  KickApps for Joomla:  "From social networking and user-generated content to video-sharing and widgets, social media & online communities have emerged as a very effective way to grow and increase audience engagement. We?ll discuss nine steps for creating a successful social media website." -- Michael Chin, SVP Marketing, KickApps


-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
For more information (when, where, etc.), see the NYC JUG website at http://www.joomlanyc.org


*Please contact me if you would like to present a demo



 
________________________________
Donna Marie Vincent
JoomSites, LLC
Web Development with Joomla!? WDP
www.JoomSites.com  -  info at joomsites.com
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From bobbysoho at hotmail.com  Mon Mar  9 11:52:51 2009
From: bobbysoho at hotmail.com (Bobby w)
Date: Mon, 9 Mar 2009 11:52:51 -0400
Subject: [joomla] Joomla User Group Meeting this Thursday -- Mar. 12,
 2009
In-Reply-To: <818283.31271.qm@web35604.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
References: <818283.31271.qm@web35604.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <BLU111-W424901CD461D59723D2AE1A0A00@phx.gbl>


Where exactly will the meeting be held and what are the hours?

 

Thanks.
 


Date: Mon, 9 Mar 2009 08:37:59 -0700
From: donnamarievincent at yahoo.com
To: joomla at lists.nyphp.org
Subject: [joomla] Joomla User Group Meeting this Thursday -- Mar. 12, 2009




Topics for this Thursday's meeting:

1.  Joomla Extension Demo - TBD*

2.  KickApps for Joomla:  "From social networking and user-generated content to video-sharing and widgets, social media & online communities have emerged as a very effective way to grow and increase audience engagement. We?ll discuss nine steps for creating a successful social media website." -- Michael Chin, SVP Marketing, KickApps


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For more information (when, where, etc.), see the NYC JUG website at http://www.joomlanyc.org


*Please contact me if you would like to present a demo



 

Donna Marie VincentJoomSites, LLCWeb Development with Joomla!? WDPwww.JoomSites.com  -  info at joomsites.comTel.: (718) 874-6741  -  Fax: (646) 731-6861



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From donnamarievincent at yahoo.com  Mon Mar  9 11:59:03 2009
From: donnamarievincent at yahoo.com (Donna Marie Vincent)
Date: Mon, 9 Mar 2009 08:59:03 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [joomla] Joomla User Group Meeting this Thursday -- Mar. 12,
	2009
In-Reply-To: <BLU111-W424901CD461D59723D2AE1A0A00@phx.gbl>
References: <818283.31271.qm@web35604.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
	<BLU111-W424901CD461D59723D2AE1A0A00@phx.gbl>
Message-ID: <411904.21895.qm@web35605.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

As per the website mentioned in the the email (http://www.joomlanyc.org):

Location:  KickApps, 29 W. 38th Street, betw. 5th and 6th Aves., 5th Floor
Time: 6:30pm-8pm





________________________________
From: Bobby w <bobbysoho at hotmail.com>
To: joomla at lists.nyphp.org
Sent: Monday, March 9, 2009 11:52:51 AM
Subject: Re: [joomla] Joomla User Group Meeting this Thursday -- Mar. 12, 2009

 Where exactly will the meeting be held and what are the hours?
 
Thanks.
 
________________________________
 Date: Mon, 9 Mar 2009 08:37:59 -0700
From: donnamarievincent at yahoo.com
To: joomla at lists.nyphp.org
Subject: [joomla] Joomla User Group Meeting this Thursday -- Mar. 12, 2009

 
Topics for this Thursday's meeting:

1.  Joomla Extension Demo - TBD*

2.  KickApps for Joomla:  "From social networking and user-generated content to video-sharing and widgets, social media & online communities have emerged as a very effective way to grow and increase audience engagement. We?ll discuss nine steps for creating a successful social media website." -- Michael Chin, SVP Marketing, KickApps


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For more information (when, where, etc.), see the NYC JUG website at http://www.joomlanyc.org


*Please contact me if you would like to present a demo



 
________________________________
 Donna Marie Vincent
JoomSites, LLC
Web Development with Joomla!? WDP
www.JoomSites.com  -  info at joomsites.com
Tel.: (718) 874-6741  -  Fax: (646) 731-6861
 

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From bobbysoho at hotmail.com  Mon Mar  9 14:50:52 2009
From: bobbysoho at hotmail.com (Bobby w)
Date: Mon, 9 Mar 2009 14:50:52 -0400
Subject: [joomla] Joomla User Group Meeting this Thursday -- Mar. 12,
	2009
In-Reply-To: <411904.21895.qm@web35605.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
References: <818283.31271.qm@web35604.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
	<BLU111-W424901CD461D59723D2AE1A0A00@phx.gbl> 
	<411904.21895.qm@web35605.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <BLU111-W31D951A347354507D15BFEA0A00@phx.gbl>


Duh on me!  :)  Thanks
 


Date: Mon, 9 Mar 2009 08:59:03 -0700
From: donnamarievincent at yahoo.com
To: joomla at lists.nyphp.org
Subject: Re: [joomla] Joomla User Group Meeting this Thursday -- Mar. 12, 2009




As per the website mentioned in the the email (http://www.joomlanyc.org):

Location:  KickApps, 29 W. 38th Street, betw. 5th and 6th Aves., 5th Floor
Time: 6:30pm-8pm






From: Bobby w <bobbysoho at hotmail.com>
To: joomla at lists.nyphp.org
Sent: Monday, March 9, 2009 11:52:51 AM
Subject: Re: [joomla] Joomla User Group Meeting this Thursday -- Mar. 12, 2009



Where exactly will the meeting be held and what are the hours?
 
Thanks.
 


Date: Mon, 9 Mar 2009 08:37:59 -0700
From: donnamarievincent at yahoo.com
To: joomla at lists.nyphp.org
Subject: [joomla] Joomla User Group Meeting this Thursday -- Mar. 12, 2009




Topics for this Thursday's meeting:

1.  Joomla Extension Demo - TBD*

2.  KickApps for Joomla:  "From social networking and user-generated content to video-sharing and widgets, social media & online communities have emerged as a very effective way to grow and increase audience engagement. We?ll discuss nine steps for creating a successful social media website." -- Michael Chin, SVP Marketing, KickApps


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For more information (when, where, etc.), see the NYC JUG website at http://www.joomlanyc.org


*Please contact me if you would like to present a demo



 

Donna Marie VincentJoomSites, LLCWeb Development with Joomla!? WDPwww.JoomSites.com  -  info at joomsites.comTel.: (718) 874-6741  -  Fax: (646) 731-6861





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From li_gordon at yahoo.com  Mon Mar  9 15:37:17 2009
From: li_gordon at yahoo.com (Laura Gordon)
Date: Mon, 9 Mar 2009 12:37:17 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [joomla] Joomla User Group Meeting this Thursday -- Mar. 12,
	2009
In-Reply-To: <818283.31271.qm@web35604.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
References: <818283.31271.qm@web35604.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <695762.88549.qm@web31808.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

Can we also have some time set aside to discuss joomladay nyc, as I iwll have quotes, and ll of the details by thursday night.

-- Laura
?
www.RytechSites.com
Create Dynamic Websites for your Company with Joomla! CMS 
Create Captivating Websites for your Business with HTML/FLASH 
....the choice is yours!




________________________________
From: Donna Marie Vincent <donnamarievincent at yahoo.com>
To: Joomla Users Group List <joomla at lists.nyphp.org>
Sent: Monday, March 9, 2009 11:37:59 AM
Subject: [joomla] Joomla User Group Meeting this Thursday -- Mar. 12, 2009


Topics for this Thursday's meeting:

1.? Joomla Extension Demo - TBD*

2.? KickApps for Joomla:? "From social networking and user-generated content to video-sharing and widgets, social media & online communities have emerged as a very effective way to grow and increase audience engagement. We?ll discuss nine steps for creating a successful social media website." -- Michael Chin, SVP Marketing, KickApps


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For more information (when, where, etc.), see the NYC JUG website at http://www.joomlanyc.org


*Please contact me if you would like to present a demo



________________________________
Donna Marie Vincent
JoomSites, LLC
Web Development with Joomla!? WDP
www.JoomSites.com? -? info at joomsites.com
Tel.: (718) 874-6741? -? Fax: (646) 731-6861
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From li_gordon at yahoo.com  Mon Mar  9 15:39:27 2009
From: li_gordon at yahoo.com (Laura Gordon)
Date: Mon, 9 Mar 2009 12:39:27 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [joomla] Converting HTML Template to JOOMLA Templates
In-Reply-To: <c2f754300903090832o68cc460ax42c981f89c1f828e@mail.gmail.com>
References: <d8fd3b970903090828m2a3f4a7dm7c8a0b987f191d4c@mail.gmail.com>
	<c2f754300903090832o68cc460ax42c981f89c1f828e@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <285388.19293.qm@web31801.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

I suggest Media65, it includes a complete tutorial that is outstanding,?plus the tools to convert from a dreamweaver html template into joomla...

http://www.m65.net/

-- Laura
?
www.RytechSites.com
Create Dynamic Websites for your Company with Joomla! CMS 
Create Captivating Websites for your Business with HTML/FLASH 
....the choice is yours!




________________________________
From: Compustretch <compustretch at gmail.com>
To: NYPHP SIG: Joomla <joomla at lists.nyphp.org>
Sent: Monday, March 9, 2009 11:32:55 AM
Subject: Re: [joomla] Converting HTML Template to JOOMLA Templates

Are you in New York? 

If you come to the Joomla meeting on Thursday I'm sure anyone there could show you how to do this in about 5 minutes. 

-?orest




On Mon, Mar 9, 2009 at 11:28 AM, Steve <sikileng at gmail.com> wrote:

HI guys

Anyone with a tutorial or applications that can help me convert HTML templates too work on joomla 1.5

Thanks

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From sikileng at gmail.com  Tue Mar 10 06:14:18 2009
From: sikileng at gmail.com (Steve)
Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2009 13:14:18 +0300
Subject: [joomla] Converting HTML Template to JOOMLA Templates
In-Reply-To: <c2f754300903090832o68cc460ax42c981f89c1f828e@mail.gmail.com>
References: <d8fd3b970903090828m2a3f4a7dm7c8a0b987f191d4c@mail.gmail.com>
	<c2f754300903090832o68cc460ax42c981f89c1f828e@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <d8fd3b970903100314j2f319867l95ccc550be7d23ac@mail.gmail.com>

Thanks laura will check the link and to compustretch am actually in kenya
but if u can send a tutorial or a link i will appreciate it..

thanks guys

On Mon, Mar 9, 2009 at 6:32 PM, Compustretch <compustretch at gmail.com> wrote:

> Are you in New York?
>
> If you come to the Joomla meeting on Thursday I'm sure anyone there could
> show you how to do this in about 5 minutes.
>
> -?orest
>
>
>
> On Mon, Mar 9, 2009 at 11:28 AM, Steve <sikileng at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> HI guys
>>
>> Anyone with a tutorial or applications that can help me convert HTML
>> templates too work on joomla 1.5
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> 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
>
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From maureen at whyhunger.org  Tue Mar 10 17:26:29 2009
From: maureen at whyhunger.org (Maureen Kelly)
Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2009 17:26:29 -0400
Subject: [joomla] Seeking Joomla programmer
Message-ID: <B553D7BEB8299A42A45426D48F0BD453BDB612@whyfs.WHY.local>

Immediate Work Needed on site in New York City. Seeking a Joomla
programmer for temporary work to rename and organize 740 backend pages
on a non-profit CMS website in an effort to better reflect individual
section names for ease of ongoing search and edit.  Please send resume,
previous Joomla websites, along with time and cost estimate to
maureen at whyhunger.org 

 

 

 

Maureen Kelly, Content Manager
Food Security Learning Center <http://whyhunger.org/fslc> 
Global Movements Program
WHY (World Hunger Year)
505 8th Ave., Suite 2100
New York, NY 10018
phone: 212-629-8850
direct: 212-629-5169
web: whyhunger.org <http://www.whyhunger.org> 
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From mitch.pirtle at gmail.com  Tue Mar 10 22:54:47 2009
From: mitch.pirtle at gmail.com (Mitch Pirtle)
Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2009 22:54:47 -0400
Subject: [joomla] Joomla User Group Meeting this Thursday -- Mar. 12,
	2009
In-Reply-To: <695762.88549.qm@web31808.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
References: <818283.31271.qm@web35604.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
	<695762.88549.qm@web31808.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <330532b60903101954p7fa2741cl753a4bf6c06758c2@mail.gmail.com>

Yup, we should definitely discuss it.

As for the Joomla Extension TBD, can I demo MetaMod? I'm having a hell
of a lot of fun playing around with it, and am starting to think it is
the swiss army knife of module tools.

Also as a heads up, WebTechNY will be tomorrow night at KickApps. The
planned speaker ended up not being able to make it, so we're going
with Josh (the guy that sits across from me) making an impromptu demo
of the Widget Studio. He's the product manager of the Widget Studio
and gives a much more compelling demo than I can.

I know it is two days in a row (yucky for me too) but if you're
interested and can make it, please do!

-- Mitch

On Mon, Mar 9, 2009 at 3:37 PM, Laura Gordon <li_gordon at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Can we also have some time set aside to discuss joomladay nyc, as I iwll
> have quotes, and ll of the details by thursday night.
>
> -- Laura
>
>
> www.RytechSites.com
>
> Create Dynamic Websites for your Company with Joomla! CMS
>
> Create Captivating Websites for your Business with HTML/FLASH
>
> ....the choice is yours!
>
> ________________________________
> From: Donna Marie Vincent <donnamarievincent at yahoo.com>
> To: Joomla Users Group List <joomla at lists.nyphp.org>
> Sent: Monday, March 9, 2009 11:37:59 AM
> Subject: [joomla] Joomla User Group Meeting this Thursday -- Mar. 12, 2009
>
> Topics for this Thursday's meeting:
>
> 1.? Joomla Extension Demo - TBD*
>
> 2.? KickApps for Joomla:? "From social networking and user-generated content
> to video-sharing and widgets, social media & online communities have emerged
> as a very effective way to grow and increase audience engagement. We?ll
> discuss nine steps for creating a successful social media website." --
> Michael Chin, SVP Marketing, KickApps
>
>
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> For more information (when, where, etc.), see the NYC JUG website at
> http://www.joomlanyc.org
>
>
> *Please contact me if you would like to present a demo
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> Donna Marie Vincent
> JoomSites, LLC
> Web Development with Joomla!? WDP
> www.JoomSites.com? -? info at joomsites.com
> Tel.: (718) 874-6741? -? Fax: (646) 731-6861
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> 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
>


From donnamarievincent at yahoo.com  Fri Mar 13 10:17:16 2009
From: donnamarievincent at yahoo.com (Donna Marie Vincent)
Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2009 07:17:16 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [joomla] Artiseer
Message-ID: <543557.53108.qm@web35601.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

Has anyone tried http://www.artisteer.com for making Joomla templates?


 
________________________________
Donna Marie Vincent
JoomSites, LLC
Web Development with Joomla!? WDP
www.JoomSites.com  -  info at joomsites.com
Tel.: (718) 874-6741  -  Fax: (646) 731-6861
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From barrie at compassdesigns.net  Fri Mar 13 10:26:16 2009
From: barrie at compassdesigns.net (Barrie North)
Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2009 10:26:16 -0400
Subject: [joomla] Artiseer
In-Reply-To: <543557.53108.qm@web35601.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
References: <543557.53108.qm@web35601.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <53efb6970903130726k710d6371od317cda24cffb4b9@mail.gmail.com>

Yes, its pretty nifty...

As a template vendor, I think its awesome. There are *so* many
vendors/websites that are selling averagely coded templates at high prices,
with lackluster support, *cough* Mr Monster *cough*.

This tool will seperate the wheat from the chaff....

They have a free trial, check it out.

Barrie North
~Fully Managed Joomla Sites~
www.simplweb.com/joomla
~Join the Community at compassdesigns.net~
www.compassdesigns.net/join-the-community.html


On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 10:17 AM, Donna Marie Vincent <
donnamarievincent at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Has anyone tried http://www.artisteer.com for making Joomla templates?
>
>
> ------------------------------
> Donna Marie Vincent
> JoomSites, LLC
> Web Development with Joomla!? WDP
> www.JoomSites.com <http://www.joomsites.com>  -  info at joomsites.com
> Tel.: (718) 874-6741  -  Fax: (646) 731-6861
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> 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
>
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From steve at sbritton.com  Fri Mar 13 14:22:32 2009
From: steve at sbritton.com (Stephen Britton)
Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2009 14:22:32 -0400
Subject: [joomla] Artiseer
In-Reply-To: <53efb6970903130726k710d6371od317cda24cffb4b9@mail.gmail.com>
References: <543557.53108.qm@web35601.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
	<53efb6970903130726k710d6371od317cda24cffb4b9@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <f1e371d60903131122g77f7360era91b3c301496f905@mail.gmail.com>

Interesting... looks Windows-only and there is no Mac version :-(

On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 10:26 AM, Barrie North
<barrie at compassdesigns.net> wrote:
> Yes, its pretty nifty...
>
> As a template vendor, I think its awesome. There are *so* many
> vendors/websites that are selling averagely coded templates at high prices,
> with lackluster support, *cough* Mr Monster *cough*.
>
> This tool will seperate the wheat from the chaff....
>
> They have a free trial, check it out.
>
> Barrie North
> ~Fully Managed Joomla Sites~
> www.simplweb.com/joomla
> ~Join the Community at compassdesigns.net~
> www.compassdesigns.net/join-the-community.html
>
>
> On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 10:17 AM, Donna Marie Vincent
> <donnamarievincent at yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>> Has anyone tried http://www.artisteer.com for making Joomla templates?
>>
>>
>> ________________________________
>> Donna Marie Vincent
>> JoomSites, LLC
>> Web Development with Joomla!? WDP
>> www.JoomSites.com? -? info at joomsites.com
>> Tel.: (718) 874-6741? -? Fax: (646) 731-6861
>>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> 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
>



-- 
Stephen Britton
Technology Consultant
Internet / VoIP / Tech Support
e-mail: sbritton at gmail.com
cell phone: 914-661-0040


From mitch.pirtle at gmail.com  Fri Mar 13 17:45:10 2009
From: mitch.pirtle at gmail.com (Mitch Pirtle)
Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2009 17:45:10 -0400
Subject: [joomla] Artiseer
In-Reply-To: <f1e371d60903131122g77f7360era91b3c301496f905@mail.gmail.com>
References: <543557.53108.qm@web35601.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
	<53efb6970903130726k710d6371od317cda24cffb4b9@mail.gmail.com>
	<f1e371d60903131122g77f7360era91b3c301496f905@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <330532b60903131445q18201217kbab3f83b1104e8c1@mail.gmail.com>

Windows only? Welcome to the nineties, baby!

-- Mitch, shaking his head, vaguely remembering no less than 5 apps
that did this a decade ago

On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 2:22 PM, Stephen Britton <steve at sbritton.com> wrote:
> Interesting... looks Windows-only and there is no Mac version :-(
>
> On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 10:26 AM, Barrie North
> <barrie at compassdesigns.net> wrote:
>> Yes, its pretty nifty...
>>
>> As a template vendor, I think its awesome. There are *so* many
>> vendors/websites that are selling averagely coded templates at high prices,
>> with lackluster support, *cough* Mr Monster *cough*.
>>
>> This tool will seperate the wheat from the chaff....
>>
>> They have a free trial, check it out.
>>
>> Barrie North
>> ~Fully Managed Joomla Sites~
>> www.simplweb.com/joomla
>> ~Join the Community at compassdesigns.net~
>> www.compassdesigns.net/join-the-community.html
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 10:17 AM, Donna Marie Vincent
>> <donnamarievincent at yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Has anyone tried http://www.artisteer.com for making Joomla templates?
>>>
>>>
>>> ________________________________
>>> Donna Marie Vincent
>>> JoomSites, LLC
>>> Web Development with Joomla!? WDP
>>> www.JoomSites.com? -? info at joomsites.com
>>> Tel.: (718) 874-6741? -? Fax: (646) 731-6861
>>>
>>>
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> 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
>>
>
>
>
> --
> Stephen Britton
> Technology Consultant
> Internet / VoIP / Tech Support
> e-mail: sbritton at gmail.com
> cell phone: 914-661-0040
> _______________________________________________
> 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
>


From maureen at whyhunger.org  Fri Mar 20 08:01:28 2009
From: maureen at whyhunger.org (Maureen Kelly)
Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2009 08:01:28 -0400
Subject: [joomla] Joomla programmer needed
Message-ID: <3417F229-A7B8-4DB3-A598-F48577DEE93B@mimectl>

Seeking a Joomla programmer for temporary work to rename and organize 740 backend pages on a non-profit CMS website in an effort to better reflect individual section names for ease of ongoing search and edit.  
Also looking for Joomla design work..
Please send resume, previous Joomla websites, along with time and cost estimate to maureen at whyhunger.org 
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From li_gordon at yahoo.com  Sat Mar 21 12:52:00 2009
From: li_gordon at yahoo.com (Laura Gordon)
Date: Sat, 21 Mar 2009 09:52:00 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [joomla] problem with fake registrations
Message-ID: <299764.94236.qm@web31807.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

Hi all,

I am having a problem with registrations in joomla.  I am using version 1.0.15, we have a fake organization creating fake accounts through the registration page.

I have blocked the domain's ip from accessing the site, but we are still getting the fake registrations.

What should I do next?

thanks,
Laura

 
www.RytechSites.com
Create Dynamic Websites for your Company with Joomla! CMS 
Create Captivating Websites for your Business with HTML/FLASH 
....the choice is yours!
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From fgabrieli at gmail.com  Sat Mar 21 13:51:57 2009
From: fgabrieli at gmail.com (Fernando Gabrieli)
Date: Sat, 21 Mar 2009 14:51:57 -0300
Subject: [joomla] problem with fake registrations
In-Reply-To: <299764.94236.qm@web31807.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
References: <299764.94236.qm@web31807.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <be1d525a0903211051r4ec05ff6i33df48405719698e@mail.gmail.com>

Laura, did you check if it is possible to set a Captcha in Joomla? I am not
sure but that would help you with this problem

Best
Fernando

2009/3/21 Laura Gordon <li_gordon at yahoo.com>

> Hi all,
>
> I am having a problem with registrations in joomla.  I am using version
> 1.0.15, we have a fake organization creating fake accounts through the
> registration page.
>
> I have blocked the domain's ip from accessing the site, but we are still
> getting the fake registrations.
>
> What should I do next?
>
> thanks,
> Laura
>
>
> www.RytechSites.com
>
> Create Dynamic Websites for your Company with Joomla! CMS
>
> Create Captivating Websites for your Business with HTML/FLASH
>
> ....the choice is yours!
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> 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
>
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From scott at wolpow.com  Sat Mar 21 17:44:24 2009
From: scott at wolpow.com (Scott Wolpow)
Date: Sat, 21 Mar 2009 17:44:24 -0400
Subject: [joomla] Lower Nav
Message-ID: <49C55FB8.9070501@wolpow.com>

Client wants to have a lower nav, that matches upper nav.

Is there a way to have it in two positions?

If I have to create a second menu, I rember Athony talking about a means 
to use the same links rather than creating new ids.

Scott Wolpow


From donnamarievincent at yahoo.com  Sat Mar 21 17:48:35 2009
From: donnamarievincent at yahoo.com (Donna Marie Vincent)
Date: Sat, 21 Mar 2009 14:48:35 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [joomla] Lower Nav
In-Reply-To: <49C55FB8.9070501@wolpow.com>
References: <49C55FB8.9070501@wolpow.com>
Message-ID: <889583.23813.qm@web35605.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

You can publish the menu in two places.  Go to modules and create a new menu module using the same menu.

If you want to make a second menu with duplicate links, add a link as an "alias" type and it will give it the same Itemid as the original link.


 
________________________________
Donna Marie Vincent
JoomSites, LLC
Web Development with Joomla!? WDP
www.JoomSites.com  -  info at joomsites.com
Tel.: (718) 874-6741  -  Fax: (646) 731-6861





________________________________
From: Scott Wolpow <scott at wolpow.com>
To: NYPHP at lists.nyphp.org; SIG at lists.nyphp.org
Sent: Saturday, March 21, 2009 5:44:24 PM
Subject: [joomla] Lower Nav

Client wants to have a lower nav, that matches upper nav.

Is there a way to have it in two positions?

If I have to create a second menu, I rember Athony talking about a means to use the same links rather than creating new ids.

Scott Wolpow
_______________________________________________
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
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From donnamarievincent at yahoo.com  Sat Mar 21 17:57:37 2009
From: donnamarievincent at yahoo.com (Donna Marie Vincent)
Date: Sat, 21 Mar 2009 14:57:37 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [joomla] problem with fake registrations
In-Reply-To: <be1d525a0903211051r4ec05ff6i33df48405719698e@mail.gmail.com>
References: <299764.94236.qm@web31807.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
	<be1d525a0903211051r4ec05ff6i33df48405719698e@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <724551.90679.qm@web35606.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

Captcha doesn't help if it's a human entering the registrations.  It can only stop robots.


 
________________________________
Donna Marie Vincent
JoomSites, LLC
Web Development with Joomla!? WDP
www.JoomSites.com  -  info at joomsites.com
Tel.: (718) 874-6741  -  Fax: (646) 731-6861





________________________________
From: Fernando Gabrieli <fgabrieli at gmail.com>
To: NYPHP SIG: Joomla <joomla at lists.nyphp.org>
Sent: Saturday, March 21, 2009 1:51:57 PM
Subject: Re: [joomla] problem with fake registrations

Laura, did you check if it is possible to set a Captcha in Joomla? I am not sure but that would help you with this problem

Best
Fernando


2009/3/21 Laura Gordon <li_gordon at yahoo.com>

Hi all,

I am having a problem with registrations in joomla.  I am using version 1.0.15, we have a fake organization creating fake accounts through the registration page.

I have blocked the domain's ip from accessing the site, but we are still getting the fake registrations.

What should I do next?

thanks,
Laura

 
www.RytechSites.com
Create Dynamic Websites for your Company with Joomla! CMS 
Create Captivating Websites for your Business with HTML/FLASH 
....the choice is yours!

_______________________________________________
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
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From barrie at compassdesigns.net  Sun Mar 22 07:54:07 2009
From: barrie at compassdesigns.net (Barrie North)
Date: Sun, 22 Mar 2009 07:54:07 -0400
Subject: [joomla] Lower Nav
In-Reply-To: <49C55FB8.9070501@wolpow.com>
References: <49C55FB8.9070501@wolpow.com>
Message-ID: <53efb6970903220454r176243eewdb636c1ff5e28729@mail.gmail.com>

If you want them to be linked, create two modules that use the same menu.

The set up submenu items

Then, here is the sneaky part, have the first to expand only "to zero" and
the second to expand "1-99". Then you'll have a split menu where the second
set dynamically change based on the users site navigation choices.


Barrie North
~Fully Managed Joomla Sites~
www.simplweb.com/joomla
~Join the Community at compassdesigns.net~
www.compassdesigns.net/join-the-community.html


On Sat, Mar 21, 2009 at 5:44 PM, Scott Wolpow <scott at wolpow.com> wrote:

> Client wants to have a lower nav, that matches upper nav.
>
> Is there a way to have it in two positions?
>
> If I have to create a second menu, I rember Athony talking about a means to
> use the same links rather than creating new ids.
>
> Scott Wolpow
> _______________________________________________
> 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
>
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From leam at reuel.net  Mon Mar 23 10:28:58 2009
From: leam at reuel.net (Leam Hall)
Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2009 10:28:58 -0400
Subject: [joomla] Comment add-on?
Message-ID: <49C79CAA.2020208@reuel.net>

Any preferences for adding Comment capability to a Joomla 1.5 site? 
Preferences are free, some semblance of anti-spam, and the ability to 
administratively drop an inappropriate comment.

Leam


From leam at reuel.net  Mon Mar 23 10:41:08 2009
From: leam at reuel.net (Leam Hall)
Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2009 10:41:08 -0400
Subject: [joomla] A funny thing happened on the way to the Menu Manager...
Message-ID: <49C79F84.7000506@reuel.net>

No great technical revelation here, just a bit of Monday morning humor. 
While going back through Barrie's book I again saw some of the Menu 
Manager options like:

	# Leading	1
	# Intro		4
	Columns		2
	# Links		4

I've been shell scripting for a while and this is the first time I've 
realized three of the options aren't commented out...

Leam



From atirjavid at gmail.com  Mon Mar 23 13:26:01 2009
From: atirjavid at gmail.com (Atir Javid)
Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2009 13:26:01 -0400
Subject: [joomla] Hello. I am offering professional Joomla design and
	development.
Message-ID: <4cfc14cf0903231026h73e11f02ue531048c0888205a@mail.gmail.com>

Hello,
My name is AJ.  I am an OO PHP5 Developer.  I have experience using
MVC design pattern in various CMS/Frameworks.  I use primarily Joomla.
 I have developed numerous Joomla powered websites.

Some of my Joomla clients include

http://www.prehab.com/index.php  -- Pre Surgury Rehabilitation
http://www.nycoda.com/index.php -- New York Dramatic Arts Competition
http://www.queenscommunityhouse.org/index.php -- Queens Community House
http://www.bambooyogini.com/index.php -- Holistic Fitness and Such
(Integrated Eventlist/GroupJive/Fireboard/CommunityBuilder to work
together)
http://www.justincutting.com/index.php -- Photographer's Image Gallery
http://www.oldgold4cash.com/index.php -- Sell Used Gold

I am currently available for any PHP project.  Compensation can be
negotiated upon discussion of project details.

Thank you very much.
Sincerely,


Atir Javid
IT Consultant & Software Developer
http://www.FrostedWeb.com
atirjavid at gmail.com
(225)328-1234


From donnamarievincent at yahoo.com  Mon Mar 23 17:18:02 2009
From: donnamarievincent at yahoo.com (Donna Marie Vincent)
Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2009 14:18:02 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [joomla] several 1.0 sites hacked this week!
Message-ID: <410875.32775.qm@web35607.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

Several of my clients' 1.0.15 sites have been hacked this week!  Is there a problem with 1.0?  

I don't see an announcement on joomla.org


 
________________________________
Donna Marie Vincent
JoomSites, LLC
Web Development with Joomla!? WDP
www.JoomSites.com  -  info at joomsites.com
Tel.: (718) 874-6741  -  Fax: (646) 731-6861
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From donnamarievincent at yahoo.com  Mon Mar 23 17:19:22 2009
From: donnamarievincent at yahoo.com (Donna Marie Vincent)
Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2009 14:19:22 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [joomla] Comment add-on?
In-Reply-To: <49C79CAA.2020208@reuel.net>
References: <49C79CAA.2020208@reuel.net>
Message-ID: <238736.1533.qm@web35605.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

I use jXtended.com's commenting system.  Not free, but I trust them.  $30


 
________________________________
Donna Marie Vincent
JoomSites, LLC
Web Development with Joomla!? WDP
www.JoomSites.com  -  info at joomsites.com
Tel.: (718) 874-6741  -  Fax: (646) 731-6861





________________________________
From: Leam Hall <leam at reuel.net>
To: NYPHP at lists.nyphp.org; SIG at lists.nyphp.org
Sent: Monday, March 23, 2009 10:28:58 AM
Subject: [joomla] Comment add-on?

Any preferences for adding Comment capability to a Joomla 1.5 site? Preferences are free, some semblance of anti-spam, and the ability to administratively drop an inappropriate comment.

Leam
_______________________________________________
New York PHP SIG: Joomla! Mailing List
http://lists.nyphp.org/mailman/listinfo/joomla

NYPHPCon 2006 Presentations Online
http://www.nyphpcon.com

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From donnamarievincent at yahoo.com  Mon Mar 23 18:52:06 2009
From: donnamarievincent at yahoo.com (Donna Marie Vincent)
Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2009 15:52:06 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [joomla] bludomain.com's flash templates
Message-ID: <971294.72480.qm@web35605.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

Has anyone used BluDomain's flash templates?  They cost $400!  

 
________________________________
Donna Marie Vincent
JoomSites, LLC
Web Development with Joomla!? WDP
www.JoomSites.com  -  info at joomsites.com
Tel.: (718) 874-6741  -  Fax: (646) 731-6861
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From barrie at compassdesigns.net  Mon Mar 23 19:20:51 2009
From: barrie at compassdesigns.net (Barrie North)
Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2009 19:20:51 -0400
Subject: [joomla] Comment add-on?
In-Reply-To: <238736.1533.qm@web35605.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
References: <49C79CAA.2020208@reuel.net>
	<238736.1533.qm@web35605.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <53efb6970903231620o473ad953r1c52e61d9770a7a0@mail.gmail.com>

I use Azrul's Jomcomment. Seems to be the most mature solution out there...

Barrie North

On 3/23/09, Donna Marie Vincent <donnamarievincent at yahoo.com> wrote:
> I use jXtended.com's commenting system.  Not free, but I trust them.  $30
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> Donna Marie Vincent
> JoomSites, LLC
> Web Development with Joomla!? WDP
> www.JoomSites.com  -  info at joomsites.com
> Tel.: (718) 874-6741  -  Fax: (646) 731-6861
>
>
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: Leam Hall <leam at reuel.net>
> To: NYPHP at lists.nyphp.org; SIG at lists.nyphp.org
> Sent: Monday, March 23, 2009 10:28:58 AM
> Subject: [joomla] Comment add-on?
>
> Any preferences for adding Comment capability to a Joomla 1.5 site?
> Preferences are free, some semblance of anti-spam, and the ability to
> administratively drop an inappropriate comment.
>
> Leam
> _______________________________________________
> 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
>


-- 
Barrie North
~Fully Managed Joomla Sites~
www.simplweb.com/joomla
~Join the Community at compassdesigns.net~
www.compassdesigns.net/join-the-community.html


From graham at nuthinwerked.com  Tue Mar 24 12:12:11 2009
From: graham at nuthinwerked.com (Graham Spice)
Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2009 12:12:11 -0400
Subject: [joomla] Anyone want to take over a project?
In-Reply-To: <mailman.3.1237910402.32492.joomla@lists.nyphp.org>
Message-ID: <C5EE7E9B.AE6D%graham@nuthinwerked.com>

Hello Joomla NYC-

    I created a project called gigCalendar a few years ago and it has been
very successful. I?m not in a position right now to focus my energies on
gigCalendar and would love to hand it off to someone interested in taking it
to Joomla 1.5. Contact me directly if you?re interested:
captgigcal at gmail.com

Best-
Graham Spice

http://gigcalendar.net
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From scott at wolpow.com  Tue Mar 24 18:56:11 2009
From: scott at wolpow.com (Scott Wolpow)
Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2009 18:56:11 -0400
Subject: [joomla] Anyone want to take over a project?
In-Reply-To: <C5EE7E9B.AE6D%graham@nuthinwerked.com>
References: <C5EE7E9B.AE6D%graham@nuthinwerked.com>
Message-ID: <49C9650B.6070509@wolpow.com>

I may be interested, what are the details?

Scott



On 3/24/2009 12:12 PM, Graham Spice wrote:
> Hello Joomla NYC-
>
> I created a project called gigCalendar a few years ago and it has been 
> very successful. I?m not in a position right now to focus my energies 
> on gigCalendar and would love to hand it off to someone interested in 
> taking it to Joomla 1.5. Contact me directly if you?re interested: 
> captgigcal at gmail.com
>
> Best-
> Graham Spice
>
> http://gigcalendar.net
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> _______________________________________________
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> 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
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From masimko at verizon.net  Wed Mar 25 23:23:22 2009
From: masimko at verizon.net (Mark Simko)
Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2009 23:23:22 -0400
Subject: [joomla] several 1.0 sites hacked this week!
Message-ID: <1238037802.7402.271.camel@jersey>


Several of my clients' 1.0.15 sites have been hacked this week!  Is
there a problem with 1.0?  

I don't see an announcement on joomla.org

I just saw that my site was hacked the other day. Fortunately they
bunged it up a bit, so the code didn't run, but instead gave an error
message.

What they had done is append javascript to the index.php file. It was
disguised as ascii codes, and there were several var defined and
substituted in, but the result was that it attempted to open a hidden
iframe directed to siplank.com. When I tried to open siplank.com in a
web browser (yes, I did that! I do lots of crazy things out of
curiosity) Firefox stopped it with a warning about the site being known
for malware.

I'm running 1.5.9 on a shared host. I will be calling my host and asking
them what they can find out from their logs as to what happened.



From atirjavid at gmail.com  Thu Mar 26 03:59:15 2009
From: atirjavid at gmail.com (Atir Javid)
Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2009 03:59:15 -0400
Subject: [joomla] several 1.0 sites hacked this week!
In-Reply-To: <1238037802.7402.271.camel@jersey>
References: <1238037802.7402.271.camel@jersey>
Message-ID: <4cfc14cf0903260059r562ebc27jcf048e8cafffef78@mail.gmail.com>

Top 10 Stupidest Administrator Tricks
>From Joomla! Documentation


10. Use the cheapest hosting provider you can find.

    Preferably use a shared server that hosts hundreds of other sites,
some of which are high-traffic porn sites. Don't check the list of
recommended hosting providers.

9. Don't waste time with regular backups.

    Maybe the hosting provider will help you out.

8. Don't waste time adjusting PHP and Joomla! settings for increased security.

    Hey, the install was brain-dead easy. How bad could the rest be?
Worry about those details only if there's a problem.

7. Use the same username and password for everything.

    Use the same username and password for your on-line bank account,
Joomla! administrator account, Amazon account, Yahoo account, etc.
Hey, who has time to keep track of so many passwords? And anyway,
since you don't change passwords, it's easier to just use the same one
all the time, everywhere.

6. Install your brand new beautiful Joomla!-powered site, and
celebrate a job well done.

    Don't worry about it again. After all, if you don't make any more
changes, what can go wrong?

5. Do all upgrades on the live site right away.

    Who needs a development and testing server anyway? If an
installation fails, you'll just uninstall it again. That will
hopefully also undo any damage the installation caused.

4. Trust third-party extensions.

    Install all the cool-looking stuff you can find. Anyone smart
enough to write a Joomla! extension will provide perfect code that
blocks every known exploit attempt, now and forever. After all, almost
all this stuff is provided for free by well-meaning, good-hearted
people who know what they are doing.

3. Don't worry about updating to the latest version of Joomla!

    Hey, nothing has gone wrong so far, and if it ain't broke don't
fix it! Same plan for the third-party extensions. Too much work;
life's a beach.

2. When your site gets cracked, panic your way into the Joomla! Forums.

    Start a new post with a very familiar title: "My Site's Been
Hacked! (sic)" Be sure not to leave relevant information, such as
which obsolete versions of Joomla! and third party extensions you
installed.

1. Once your site's been cracked, fix the defaced index.php file and
assume all else is well.

    Don't check raw logs, change your passwords, remove the entire
directory and rebuild from clean backups, or take any other overly
paranoid-seeming action. When the attackers return the next day,
scream loudly that you've been "hacked again," and it's all Joomla!'s
fault. Ignore the fact that removing a defaced file is not even step
one in the difficult process of fully recovering a cracked site.


From atirjavid at gmail.com  Thu Mar 26 04:00:47 2009
From: atirjavid at gmail.com (Atir Javid)
Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2009 04:00:47 -0400
Subject: [joomla] several 1.0 sites hacked this week!
In-Reply-To: <4cfc14cf0903260059r562ebc27jcf048e8cafffef78@mail.gmail.com>
References: <1238037802.7402.271.camel@jersey>
	<4cfc14cf0903260059r562ebc27jcf048e8cafffef78@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <4cfc14cf0903260100g741e989cj9bf6654f8f4166c@mail.gmail.com>

You should look into upgrading to 1.5.9 for all your 1.0 sites.
Check all your logs to try and find out HOW they got in.

AFAIK there are no known security holes atm.


From barrie at compassdesigns.net  Thu Mar 26 08:59:29 2009
From: barrie at compassdesigns.net (Barrie North)
Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2009 08:59:29 -0400
Subject: [joomla] several 1.0 sites hacked this week!
In-Reply-To: <1238037802.7402.271.camel@jersey>
References: <1238037802.7402.271.camel@jersey>
Message-ID: <53efb6970903260559h60ed0a6av4676b41d4e96739f@mail.gmail.com>

We got hacked last month by a brute force attack on our FTP password. Once
they had that, they got into the Joomla files.

Any site can be hacked. The other half of the equation is vigilance and
backups :)

Barrie North
~Fully Managed Joomla Sites~
www.simplweb.com/joomla
~Join the Community at compassdesigns.net~
www.compassdesigns.net/join-the-community.html


On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 11:23 PM, Mark Simko <masimko at verizon.net> wrote:

>
> Several of my clients' 1.0.15 sites have been hacked this week!  Is
> there a problem with 1.0?
>
> I don't see an announcement on joomla.org
>
> I just saw that my site was hacked the other day. Fortunately they
> bunged it up a bit, so the code didn't run, but instead gave an error
> message.
>
> What they had done is append javascript to the index.php file. It was
> disguised as ascii codes, and there were several var defined and
> substituted in, but the result was that it attempted to open a hidden
> iframe directed to siplank.com. When I tried to open siplank.com in a
> web browser (yes, I did that! I do lots of crazy things out of
> curiosity) Firefox stopped it with a warning about the site being known
> for malware.
>
> I'm running 1.5.9 on a shared host. I will be calling my host and asking
> them what they can find out from their logs as to what happened.
>
> _______________________________________________
> 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
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From mitch.pirtle at gmail.com  Thu Mar 26 10:34:26 2009
From: mitch.pirtle at gmail.com (Mitch Pirtle)
Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2009 10:34:26 -0400
Subject: [joomla] bludomain.com's flash templates
In-Reply-To: <971294.72480.qm@web35605.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
References: <971294.72480.qm@web35605.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <330532b60903260734t5eea1be0n895ada496d03752d@mail.gmail.com>

"They cost $400!"

I think you just answered your own question ;-)

-- Mitch

2009/3/23 Donna Marie Vincent <donnamarievincent at yahoo.com>:
> Has anyone used BluDomain's flash templates?? They cost $400!
>
> ________________________________
> Donna Marie Vincent
> JoomSites, LLC
> Web Development with Joomla!? WDP
> www.JoomSites.com? -? info at joomsites.com
> Tel.: (718) 874-6741? -? Fax: (646) 731-6861
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> 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
>


From paul at gubavision.com  Thu Mar 26 10:52:08 2009
From: paul at gubavision.com (paul at gubavision.com)
Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2009 10:52:08 -0400
Subject: [joomla] bludomain.com's flash templates
In-Reply-To: <330532b60903260734t5eea1be0n895ada496d03752d@mail.gmail.com>
References: <971294.72480.qm@web35605.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
	<330532b60903260734t5eea1be0n895ada496d03752d@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <20090326105208.65223hur2wjgxf2w@204.14.90.11>

No expert here.  I looked at what they offered and it is nicely done.   
I did have some issues with how their sites displayed on Firefox Mac  
OSX. Could I do it myself probably not.  Could I hire someone to do it  
for that money? Maybe? Do I have any volunteers?  I think you can buy  
the template for $200 if you host it yourself. It is hard for me to  
tell I find their wording is kind of cryptic.  I don't like that there  
is limits to what you can do as far as amount of galleries etc.  That  
would be the deal breaker for me.  If you look at something like  
livebooks it seems like a bargain.

Paul Guba


Quoting "Mitch Pirtle" <mitch.pirtle at gmail.com>:

> "They cost $400!"
>
> I think you just answered your own question ;-)
>
> -- Mitch
>
> 2009/3/23 Donna Marie Vincent <donnamarievincent at yahoo.com>:
>> Has anyone used BluDomain's flash templates?? They cost $400!
>>
>> ________________________________
>> Donna Marie Vincent
>> JoomSites, LLC
>> Web Development with Joomla!? WDP
>> www.JoomSites.com? -? info at joomsites.com
>> Tel.: (718) 874-6741? -? Fax: (646) 731-6861
>>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> 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



From masimko at verizon.net  Thu Mar 26 16:39:58 2009
From: masimko at verizon.net (Mark Simko)
Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2009 16:39:58 -0400
Subject: [joomla] several 1.0 sites hacked this week!
In-Reply-To: <mailman.3.1238083201.7928.joomla@lists.nyphp.org>
References: <mailman.3.1238083201.7928.joomla@lists.nyphp.org>
Message-ID: <1238099998.6583.11.camel@jersey>

On Thu, 2009-03-26 at 12:00 -0400, joomla-request at lists.nyphp.org wrote:

Top posting because of the length of the prior post.

The tone of this response appears condescending, although it may not
have been meant that way. Perhaps it's just the title that gives the
post that appearance.

I can think of several reasons why a site may still be running an older
version of Joomla! than the latest and greatest. It may be that the
client does not want to pay for the work involved in an upgrade, or that
the client cannot afford to pay for it. Or, perhaps the extensions being
used on the site do not have stable 1.5 versions yet.

There may be reasons why the site is run on a shared host. To some that
may seem like a less than ideal situation, but for others, shared
hosting and low hosting fees may fit them better.

I think the original post about being hacked was meant to be informative
and perhaps intended to spark a discussion. This reply seems like a
lecture. If so, it's unwarranted. If I'm wrong about the intent, then I
apologize, but sometimes the elitist tone gets my ire up.

Mark

> Top 10 Stupidest Administrator Tricks
> >From Joomla! Documentation
> 
> 
> 10. Use the cheapest hosting provider you can find.
> 
>     Preferably use a shared server that hosts hundreds of other sites,
> some of which are high-traffic porn sites. Don't check the list of
> recommended hosting providers.
> 
> 9. Don't waste time with regular backups.
> 
>     Maybe the hosting provider will help you out.
> 
> 8. Don't waste time adjusting PHP and Joomla! settings for increased security.
> 
>     Hey, the install was brain-dead easy. How bad could the rest be?
> Worry about those details only if there's a problem.
> 
> 7. Use the same username and password for everything.
> 
>     Use the same username and password for your on-line bank account,
> Joomla! administrator account, Amazon account, Yahoo account, etc.
> Hey, who has time to keep track of so many passwords? And anyway,
> since you don't change passwords, it's easier to just use the same one
> all the time, everywhere.
> 
> 6. Install your brand new beautiful Joomla!-powered site, and
> celebrate a job well done.
> 
>     Don't worry about it again. After all, if you don't make any more
> changes, what can go wrong?
> 
> 5. Do all upgrades on the live site right away.
> 
>     Who needs a development and testing server anyway? If an
> installation fails, you'll just uninstall it again. That will
> hopefully also undo any damage the installation caused.
> 
> 4. Trust third-party extensions.
> 
>     Install all the cool-looking stuff you can find. Anyone smart
> enough to write a Joomla! extension will provide perfect code that
> blocks every known exploit attempt, now and forever. After all, almost
> all this stuff is provided for free by well-meaning, good-hearted
> people who know what they are doing.
> 
> 3. Don't worry about updating to the latest version of Joomla!
> 
>     Hey, nothing has gone wrong so far, and if it ain't broke don't
> fix it! Same plan for the third-party extensions. Too much work;
> life's a beach.
> 
> 2. When your site gets cracked, panic your way into the Joomla! Forums.
> 
>     Start a new post with a very familiar title: "My Site's Been
> Hacked! (sic)" Be sure not to leave relevant information, such as
> which obsolete versions of Joomla! and third party extensions you
> installed.
> 
> 1. Once your site's been cracked, fix the defaced index.php file and
> assume all else is well.
> 
>     Don't check raw logs, change your passwords, remove the entire
> directory and rebuild from clean backups, or take any other overly
> paranoid-seeming action. When the attackers return the next day,
> scream loudly that you've been "hacked again," and it's all Joomla!'s
> fault. Ignore the fact that removing a defaced file is not even step
> one in the difficult process of fully recovering a cracked site.
> 
> 




From atirjavid at gmail.com  Thu Mar 26 18:19:08 2009
From: atirjavid at gmail.com (Atir Javid)
Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2009 18:19:08 -0400
Subject: [joomla] several 1.0 sites hacked this week!
In-Reply-To: <1238099998.6583.11.camel@jersey>
References: <mailman.3.1238083201.7928.joomla@lists.nyphp.org>
	<1238099998.6583.11.camel@jersey>
Message-ID: <4cfc14cf0903261519t77cb4bb5y2bd3eff19176adc5@mail.gmail.com>

I posted the 10 top things for fun, its a funny thing.  Don't take it
as condescending please, its not meant like that, instead learn from
it.  Just good fun :)

On Thu, Mar 26, 2009 at 4:39 PM, Mark Simko <masimko at verizon.net> wrote:
> On Thu, 2009-03-26 at 12:00 -0400, joomla-request at lists.nyphp.org wrote:
>
> Top posting because of the length of the prior post.
>
> The tone of this response appears condescending, although it may not
> have been meant that way. Perhaps it's just the title that gives the
> post that appearance.
>
> I can think of several reasons why a site may still be running an older
> version of Joomla! than the latest and greatest. It may be that the
> client does not want to pay for the work involved in an upgrade, or that
> the client cannot afford to pay for it. Or, perhaps the extensions being
> used on the site do not have stable 1.5 versions yet.
>
> There may be reasons why the site is run on a shared host. To some that
> may seem like a less than ideal situation, but for others, shared
> hosting and low hosting fees may fit them better.
>
> I think the original post about being hacked was meant to be informative
> and perhaps intended to spark a discussion. This reply seems like a
> lecture. If so, it's unwarranted. If I'm wrong about the intent, then I
> apologize, but sometimes the elitist tone gets my ire up.
>
> Mark
>
>> Top 10 Stupidest Administrator Tricks
>> >From Joomla! Documentation
>>
>>
>> 10. Use the cheapest hosting provider you can find.
>>
>> ? ? Preferably use a shared server that hosts hundreds of other sites,
>> some of which are high-traffic porn sites. Don't check the list of
>> recommended hosting providers.
>>
>> 9. Don't waste time with regular backups.
>>
>> ? ? Maybe the hosting provider will help you out.
>>
>> 8. Don't waste time adjusting PHP and Joomla! settings for increased security.
>>
>> ? ? Hey, the install was brain-dead easy. How bad could the rest be?
>> Worry about those details only if there's a problem.
>>
>> 7. Use the same username and password for everything.
>>
>> ? ? Use the same username and password for your on-line bank account,
>> Joomla! administrator account, Amazon account, Yahoo account, etc.
>> Hey, who has time to keep track of so many passwords? And anyway,
>> since you don't change passwords, it's easier to just use the same one
>> all the time, everywhere.
>>
>> 6. Install your brand new beautiful Joomla!-powered site, and
>> celebrate a job well done.
>>
>> ? ? Don't worry about it again. After all, if you don't make any more
>> changes, what can go wrong?
>>
>> 5. Do all upgrades on the live site right away.
>>
>> ? ? Who needs a development and testing server anyway? If an
>> installation fails, you'll just uninstall it again. That will
>> hopefully also undo any damage the installation caused.
>>
>> 4. Trust third-party extensions.
>>
>> ? ? Install all the cool-looking stuff you can find. Anyone smart
>> enough to write a Joomla! extension will provide perfect code that
>> blocks every known exploit attempt, now and forever. After all, almost
>> all this stuff is provided for free by well-meaning, good-hearted
>> people who know what they are doing.
>>
>> 3. Don't worry about updating to the latest version of Joomla!
>>
>> ? ? Hey, nothing has gone wrong so far, and if it ain't broke don't
>> fix it! Same plan for the third-party extensions. Too much work;
>> life's a beach.
>>
>> 2. When your site gets cracked, panic your way into the Joomla! Forums.
>>
>> ? ? Start a new post with a very familiar title: "My Site's Been
>> Hacked! (sic)" Be sure not to leave relevant information, such as
>> which obsolete versions of Joomla! and third party extensions you
>> installed.
>>
>> 1. Once your site's been cracked, fix the defaced index.php file and
>> assume all else is well.
>>
>> ? ? Don't check raw logs, change your passwords, remove the entire
>> directory and rebuild from clean backups, or take any other overly
>> paranoid-seeming action. When the attackers return the next day,
>> scream loudly that you've been "hacked again," and it's all Joomla!'s
>> fault. Ignore the fact that removing a defaced file is not even step
>> one in the difficult process of fully recovering a cracked site.
>>
>>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> 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
>


From atirjavid at gmail.com  Thu Mar 26 19:29:00 2009
From: atirjavid at gmail.com (Atir Javid)
Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2009 19:29:00 -0400
Subject: [joomla] several 1.0 sites hacked this week!
In-Reply-To: <53efb6970903260559h60ed0a6av4676b41d4e96739f@mail.gmail.com>
References: <1238037802.7402.271.camel@jersey>
	<53efb6970903260559h60ed0a6av4676b41d4e96739f@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <4cfc14cf0903261629i11ea67cdv8cf366b941b20699@mail.gmail.com>

Hello Barrie,

May I inquire as to how you verified the attack?  I know that FTP
bruteforcing is extremely difficult, and that is very improbable.
What you may have faced was a dictionary attack, which may have worked
with some luck if you had a weak password.  A password including a mix
of

1) UPPERCASE
2) lowercase
3) punctuation/!#$.,
4) numbers

and have a good strong/long password you would never fall victim to dictionary.

As for bruteforce, an ftpd simply denies access after 3 or 5
(configurable, usually defaults to 3) failed login attempts for some
time.  Some hosts go as far as restricting ftp access until you call
them and verify the problem.  Also, brute forcing over a TCP pipe a
slow protocol such as FTP is virtually impossible.  At this rate it
would take YEARS to bruteforce the password if not DECADES.

@ Other users
Also make sure to go into joomla user configuration and change the
username of 'admin' to something else.
To protect your joomla administation section  If you have a static ip,
you can add

order allow,deny
deny from all
allow from your.static.ip.here

to a file called .htaccess in your administration folder.  If for some
reason your ip changes and you get locked out, simply login via FTP
and update the .htaccess file.  There are some other advanced methods
for protecting your administration folder.

Also, FTP was a protocol developed 30+ years ago.  It is not secure,
clear text authentication, etc.  FTP must go.  If you can help it, do
not use ftp, instead SFTP, or SSH.  Just.. anything but FTP.  Sadly,
thats all that is easy to use, highly available across all hosts, and
not everyone on shared hosting provides SSH access.  If you can do
without it, do without it. http://wooledge.org/mywiki/FtpMustDie

I have seen more sites hacked due to unpatched php or bad php
code(mostly from 3rd party addons) more than I have with FTP though.

Still with good security practices you can reduce the risk considerably.

Peace.




2009/3/26 Barrie North <barrie at compassdesigns.net>:
> We got hacked last month by a brute force attack on our FTP password. Once
> they had that, they got into the Joomla files.
>
> Any site can be hacked. The other half of the equation is vigilance and
> backups :)
>
> Barrie North
> ~Fully Managed Joomla Sites~
> www.simplweb.com/joomla
> ~Join the Community at compassdesigns.net~
> www.compassdesigns.net/join-the-community.html
>
>
> On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 11:23 PM, Mark Simko <masimko at verizon.net> wrote:
>>
>> Several of my clients' 1.0.15 sites have been hacked this week! ?Is
>> there a problem with 1.0?
>>
>> I don't see an announcement on joomla.org
>>
>> I just saw that my site was hacked the other day. Fortunately they
>> bunged it up a bit, so the code didn't run, but instead gave an error
>> message.
>>
>> What they had done is append javascript to the index.php file. It was
>> disguised as ascii codes, and there were several var defined and
>> substituted in, but the result was that it attempted to open a hidden
>> iframe directed to siplank.com. When I tried to open siplank.com in a
>> web browser (yes, I did that! I do lots of crazy things out of
>> curiosity) Firefox stopped it with a warning about the site being known
>> for malware.
>>
>> I'm running 1.5.9 on a shared host. I will be calling my host and asking
>> them what they can find out from their logs as to what happened.
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> 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
>


From barrie at compassdesigns.net  Thu Mar 26 20:04:54 2009
From: barrie at compassdesigns.net (Barrie North)
Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2009 20:04:54 -0400
Subject: [joomla] several 1.0 sites hacked this week!
In-Reply-To: <4cfc14cf0903261629i11ea67cdv8cf366b941b20699@mail.gmail.com>
References: <1238037802.7402.271.camel@jersey>
	<53efb6970903260559h60ed0a6av4676b41d4e96739f@mail.gmail.com>
	<4cfc14cf0903261629i11ea67cdv8cf366b941b20699@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <53efb6970903261704r76f29636k7bb010dc6632eefa@mail.gmail.com>

We found the attacks/IP in the server logs. A financially backed hacker
outfit from Nigeria, go figure. The joys of having a PR9 site =P

Our password was 10 chars including letters, numbers and punctuation. We are
hosted on a "secured" rackspace server.

We don't have FTP running any more!

Barrie North
~Fully Managed Joomla Sites~
www.simplweb.com/joomla
~Join the Community at compassdesigns.net~
www.compassdesigns.net/join-the-community.html


On Thu, Mar 26, 2009 at 7:29 PM, Atir Javid <atirjavid at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello Barrie,
>
> May I inquire as to how you verified the attack?  I know that FTP
> bruteforcing is extremely difficult, and that is very improbable.
> What you may have faced was a dictionary attack, which may have worked
> with some luck if you had a weak password.  A password including a mix
> of
>
> 1) UPPERCASE
> 2) lowercase
> 3) punctuation/!#$.,
> 4) numbers
>
> and have a good strong/long password you would never fall victim to
> dictionary.
>
> As for bruteforce, an ftpd simply denies access after 3 or 5
> (configurable, usually defaults to 3) failed login attempts for some
> time.  Some hosts go as far as restricting ftp access until you call
> them and verify the problem.  Also, brute forcing over a TCP pipe a
> slow protocol such as FTP is virtually impossible.  At this rate it
> would take YEARS to bruteforce the password if not DECADES.
>
> @ Other users
> Also make sure to go into joomla user configuration and change the
> username of 'admin' to something else.
> To protect your joomla administation section  If you have a static ip,
> you can add
>
> order allow,deny
> deny from all
> allow from your.static.ip.here
>
> to a file called .htaccess in your administration folder.  If for some
> reason your ip changes and you get locked out, simply login via FTP
> and update the .htaccess file.  There are some other advanced methods
> for protecting your administration folder.
>
> Also, FTP was a protocol developed 30+ years ago.  It is not secure,
> clear text authentication, etc.  FTP must go.  If you can help it, do
> not use ftp, instead SFTP, or SSH.  Just.. anything but FTP.  Sadly,
> thats all that is easy to use, highly available across all hosts, and
> not everyone on shared hosting provides SSH access.  If you can do
> without it, do without it. http://wooledge.org/mywiki/FtpMustDie
>
> I have seen more sites hacked due to unpatched php or bad php
> code(mostly from 3rd party addons) more than I have with FTP though.
>
> Still with good security practices you can reduce the risk considerably.
>
> Peace.
>
>
>
>
> 2009/3/26 Barrie North <barrie at compassdesigns.net>:
> > We got hacked last month by a brute force attack on our FTP password.
> Once
> > they had that, they got into the Joomla files.
> >
> > Any site can be hacked. The other half of the equation is vigilance and
> > backups :)
> >
> > Barrie North
> > ~Fully Managed Joomla Sites~
> > www.simplweb.com/joomla
> > ~Join the Community at compassdesigns.net~
> > www.compassdesigns.net/join-the-community.html
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 11:23 PM, Mark Simko <masimko at verizon.net>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> Several of my clients' 1.0.15 sites have been hacked this week!  Is
> >> there a problem with 1.0?
> >>
> >> I don't see an announcement on joomla.org
> >>
> >> I just saw that my site was hacked the other day. Fortunately they
> >> bunged it up a bit, so the code didn't run, but instead gave an error
> >> message.
> >>
> >> What they had done is append javascript to the index.php file. It was
> >> disguised as ascii codes, and there were several var defined and
> >> substituted in, but the result was that it attempted to open a hidden
> >> iframe directed to siplank.com. When I tried to open siplank.com in a
> >> web browser (yes, I did that! I do lots of crazy things out of
> >> curiosity) Firefox stopped it with a warning about the site being known
> >> for malware.
> >>
> >> I'm running 1.5.9 on a shared host. I will be calling my host and asking
> >> them what they can find out from their logs as to what happened.
> >>
> >> _______________________________________________
> >> 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
> >
> _______________________________________________
> 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
>
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From: mitch.pirtle at gmail.com (Mitch Pirtle)
Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2009 20:40:33 -0400
Subject: [joomla] several 1.0 sites hacked this week!
In-Reply-To: <53efb6970903261704r76f29636k7bb010dc6632eefa@mail.gmail.com>
References: <1238037802.7402.271.camel@jersey>
	<53efb6970903260559h60ed0a6av4676b41d4e96739f@mail.gmail.com>
	<4cfc14cf0903261629i11ea67cdv8cf366b941b20699@mail.gmail.com>
	<53efb6970903261704r76f29636k7bb010dc6632eefa@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <330532b60903261740v762bd8f2va60124af3c29f0ee@mail.gmail.com>

This information is unfortunately too late for Barrie, but I have
found vsftpd (Very Secure FTP Daemon) not only secure but wikkid fast
to boot. It supports SFTP, so folks that don't have SSH/SCP can still
use a half-decent client and run over a moderately encrypted
connection.

As for the defense of folks running PHP4, mass shared hosting, and
whatnot... I just made an off-hand comment a few seconds ago regarding
folks using outdated javascript menus that search bots could not
parse:

"If you're not keeping up with the times, don't expect your website to
perform well."

I cannot stress that enough. Seriously. Don't take your horse and cart
on the information superhighway; and if that is all you can afford,
perhaps you need to save up before you take that first ride, and for
certain stay well away from the fast lane. Just like starting a
business - if you cannot pony up the funds required to incorporate a
legitimate entity, don't expected to be treated like a legitimate
entity!

I know it may sound harsh, maybe I'm just grumpy from working too many hours.

-- Mitch, grumpy from working too many hours

2009/3/26 Barrie North <barrie at compassdesigns.net>:
> We found the attacks/IP in the server logs. A financially backed hacker
> outfit from Nigeria, go figure. The joys of having a PR9 site =P
>
> Our password was 10 chars including letters, numbers and punctuation. We are
> hosted on a "secured" rackspace server.
>
> We don't have FTP running any more!
>
> Barrie North
> ~Fully Managed Joomla Sites~
> www.simplweb.com/joomla
> ~Join the Community at compassdesigns.net~
> www.compassdesigns.net/join-the-community.html
>
>
> On Thu, Mar 26, 2009 at 7:29 PM, Atir Javid <atirjavid at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hello Barrie,
>>
>> May I inquire as to how you verified the attack? ?I know that FTP
>> bruteforcing is extremely difficult, and that is very improbable.
>> What you may have faced was a dictionary attack, which may have worked
>> with some luck if you had a weak password. ?A password including a mix
>> of
>>
>> 1) UPPERCASE
>> 2) lowercase
>> 3) punctuation/!#$.,
>> 4) numbers
>>
>> and have a good strong/long password you would never fall victim to
>> dictionary.
>>
>> As for bruteforce, an ftpd simply denies access after 3 or 5
>> (configurable, usually defaults to 3) failed login attempts for some
>> time. ?Some hosts go as far as restricting ftp access until you call
>> them and verify the problem. ?Also, brute forcing over a TCP pipe a
>> slow protocol such as FTP is virtually impossible. ?At this rate it
>> would take YEARS to bruteforce the password if not DECADES.
>>
>> @ Other users
>> Also make sure to go into joomla user configuration and change the
>> username of 'admin' to something else.
>> To protect your joomla administation section ?If you have a static ip,
>> you can add
>>
>> order allow,deny
>> deny from all
>> allow from your.static.ip.here
>>
>> to a file called .htaccess in your administration folder. ?If for some
>> reason your ip changes and you get locked out, simply login via FTP
>> and update the .htaccess file. ?There are some other advanced methods
>> for protecting your administration folder.
>>
>> Also, FTP was a protocol developed 30+ years ago. ?It is not secure,
>> clear text authentication, etc. ?FTP must go. ?If you can help it, do
>> not use ftp, instead SFTP, or SSH. ?Just.. anything but FTP. ?Sadly,
>> thats all that is easy to use, highly available across all hosts, and
>> not everyone on shared hosting provides SSH access. ?If you can do
>> without it, do without it. http://wooledge.org/mywiki/FtpMustDie
>>
>> I have seen more sites hacked due to unpatched php or bad php
>> code(mostly from 3rd party addons) more than I have with FTP though.
>>
>> Still with good security practices you can reduce the risk considerably.
>>
>> Peace.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> 2009/3/26 Barrie North <barrie at compassdesigns.net>:
>> > We got hacked last month by a brute force attack on our FTP password.
>> > Once
>> > they had that, they got into the Joomla files.
>> >
>> > Any site can be hacked. The other half of the equation is vigilance and
>> > backups :)
>> >
>> > Barrie North
>> > ~Fully Managed Joomla Sites~
>> > www.simplweb.com/joomla
>> > ~Join the Community at compassdesigns.net~
>> > www.compassdesigns.net/join-the-community.html
>> >
>> >
>> > On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 11:23 PM, Mark Simko <masimko at verizon.net>
>> > wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Several of my clients' 1.0.15 sites have been hacked this week! ?Is
>> >> there a problem with 1.0?
>> >>
>> >> I don't see an announcement on joomla.org
>> >>
>> >> I just saw that my site was hacked the other day. Fortunately they
>> >> bunged it up a bit, so the code didn't run, but instead gave an error
>> >> message.
>> >>
>> >> What they had done is append javascript to the index.php file. It was
>> >> disguised as ascii codes, and there were several var defined and
>> >> substituted in, but the result was that it attempted to open a hidden
>> >> iframe directed to siplank.com. When I tried to open siplank.com in a
>> >> web browser (yes, I did that! I do lots of crazy things out of
>> >> curiosity) Firefox stopped it with a warning about the site being known
>> >> for malware.
>> >>
>> >> I'm running 1.5.9 on a shared host. I will be calling my host and
>> >> asking
>> >> them what they can find out from their logs as to what happened.
>> >>
>> >> _______________________________________________
>> >> 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
>> >
>> _______________________________________________
>> 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
>


From barrie at compassdesigns.net  Thu Mar 26 20:47:57 2009
From: barrie at compassdesigns.net (Barrie North)
Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2009 20:47:57 -0400
Subject: [joomla] several 1.0 sites hacked this week!
In-Reply-To: <330532b60903261740v762bd8f2va60124af3c29f0ee@mail.gmail.com>
References: <1238037802.7402.271.camel@jersey>
	<53efb6970903260559h60ed0a6av4676b41d4e96739f@mail.gmail.com>
	<4cfc14cf0903261629i11ea67cdv8cf366b941b20699@mail.gmail.com>
	<53efb6970903261704r76f29636k7bb010dc6632eefa@mail.gmail.com>
	<330532b60903261740v762bd8f2va60124af3c29f0ee@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <53efb6970903261747nd3feabfl6320b960666a24c7@mail.gmail.com>

But why are you using javascript for your menus... ;)

/runs to twitter

Barrie North
~Fully Managed Joomla Sites~
www.simplweb.com/joomla
~Join the Community at compassdesigns.net~
www.compassdesigns.net/join-the-community.html


On Thu, Mar 26, 2009 at 8:40 PM, Mitch Pirtle <mitch.pirtle at gmail.com>wrote:

> This information is unfortunately too late for Barrie, but I have
> found vsftpd (Very Secure FTP Daemon) not only secure but wikkid fast
> to boot. It supports SFTP, so folks that don't have SSH/SCP can still
> use a half-decent client and run over a moderately encrypted
> connection.
>
> As for the defense of folks running PHP4, mass shared hosting, and
> whatnot... I just made an off-hand comment a few seconds ago regarding
> folks using outdated javascript menus that search bots could not
> parse:
>
> "If you're not keeping up with the times, don't expect your website to
> perform well."
>
> I cannot stress that enough. Seriously. Don't take your horse and cart
> on the information superhighway; and if that is all you can afford,
> perhaps you need to save up before you take that first ride, and for
> certain stay well away from the fast lane. Just like starting a
> business - if you cannot pony up the funds required to incorporate a
> legitimate entity, don't expected to be treated like a legitimate
> entity!
>
> I know it may sound harsh, maybe I'm just grumpy from working too many
> hours.
>
> -- Mitch, grumpy from working too many hours
>
> 2009/3/26 Barrie North <barrie at compassdesigns.net>:
> > We found the attacks/IP in the server logs. A financially backed hacker
> > outfit from Nigeria, go figure. The joys of having a PR9 site =P
> >
> > Our password was 10 chars including letters, numbers and punctuation. We
> are
> > hosted on a "secured" rackspace server.
> >
> > We don't have FTP running any more!
> >
> > Barrie North
> > ~Fully Managed Joomla Sites~
> > www.simplweb.com/joomla
> > ~Join the Community at compassdesigns.net~
> > www.compassdesigns.net/join-the-community.html
> >
> >
> > On Thu, Mar 26, 2009 at 7:29 PM, Atir Javid <atirjavid at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> Hello Barrie,
> >>
> >> May I inquire as to how you verified the attack?  I know that FTP
> >> bruteforcing is extremely difficult, and that is very improbable.
> >> What you may have faced was a dictionary attack, which may have worked
> >> with some luck if you had a weak password.  A password including a mix
> >> of
> >>
> >> 1) UPPERCASE
> >> 2) lowercase
> >> 3) punctuation/!#$.,
> >> 4) numbers
> >>
> >> and have a good strong/long password you would never fall victim to
> >> dictionary.
> >>
> >> As for bruteforce, an ftpd simply denies access after 3 or 5
> >> (configurable, usually defaults to 3) failed login attempts for some
> >> time.  Some hosts go as far as restricting ftp access until you call
> >> them and verify the problem.  Also, brute forcing over a TCP pipe a
> >> slow protocol such as FTP is virtually impossible.  At this rate it
> >> would take YEARS to bruteforce the password if not DECADES.
> >>
> >> @ Other users
> >> Also make sure to go into joomla user configuration and change the
> >> username of 'admin' to something else.
> >> To protect your joomla administation section  If you have a static ip,
> >> you can add
> >>
> >> order allow,deny
> >> deny from all
> >> allow from your.static.ip.here
> >>
> >> to a file called .htaccess in your administration folder.  If for some
> >> reason your ip changes and you get locked out, simply login via FTP
> >> and update the .htaccess file.  There are some other advanced methods
> >> for protecting your administration folder.
> >>
> >> Also, FTP was a protocol developed 30+ years ago.  It is not secure,
> >> clear text authentication, etc.  FTP must go.  If you can help it, do
> >> not use ftp, instead SFTP, or SSH.  Just.. anything but FTP.  Sadly,
> >> thats all that is easy to use, highly available across all hosts, and
> >> not everyone on shared hosting provides SSH access.  If you can do
> >> without it, do without it. http://wooledge.org/mywiki/FtpMustDie
> >>
> >> I have seen more sites hacked due to unpatched php or bad php
> >> code(mostly from 3rd party addons) more than I have with FTP though.
> >>
> >> Still with good security practices you can reduce the risk considerably.
> >>
> >> Peace.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> 2009/3/26 Barrie North <barrie at compassdesigns.net>:
> >> > We got hacked last month by a brute force attack on our FTP password.
> >> > Once
> >> > they had that, they got into the Joomla files.
> >> >
> >> > Any site can be hacked. The other half of the equation is vigilance
> and
> >> > backups :)
> >> >
> >> > Barrie North
> >> > ~Fully Managed Joomla Sites~
> >> > www.simplweb.com/joomla
> >> > ~Join the Community at compassdesigns.net~
> >> > www.compassdesigns.net/join-the-community.html
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 11:23 PM, Mark Simko <masimko at verizon.net>
> >> > wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >> Several of my clients' 1.0.15 sites have been hacked this week!  Is
> >> >> there a problem with 1.0?
> >> >>
> >> >> I don't see an announcement on joomla.org
> >> >>
> >> >> I just saw that my site was hacked the other day. Fortunately they
> >> >> bunged it up a bit, so the code didn't run, but instead gave an error
> >> >> message.
> >> >>
> >> >> What they had done is append javascript to the index.php file. It was
> >> >> disguised as ascii codes, and there were several var defined and
> >> >> substituted in, but the result was that it attempted to open a hidden
> >> >> iframe directed to siplank.com. When I tried to open siplank.com in
> a
> >> >> web browser (yes, I did that! I do lots of crazy things out of
> >> >> curiosity) Firefox stopped it with a warning about the site being
> known
> >> >> for malware.
> >> >>
> >> >> I'm running 1.5.9 on a shared host. I will be calling my host and
> >> >> asking
> >> >> them what they can find out from their logs as to what happened.
> >> >>
> >> >> _______________________________________________
> >> >> 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
> >> >
> >> _______________________________________________
> >> 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
> >
> _______________________________________________
> 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
>
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From leam at reuel.net  Fri Mar 27 06:42:45 2009
From: leam at reuel.net (Leam Hall)
Date: Fri, 27 Mar 2009 06:42:45 -0400
Subject: [joomla] several 1.0 sites hacked this week!
In-Reply-To: <53efb6970903261704r76f29636k7bb010dc6632eefa@mail.gmail.com>
References: <1238037802.7402.271.camel@jersey>	<53efb6970903260559h60ed0a6av4676b41d4e96739f@mail.gmail.com>	<4cfc14cf0903261629i11ea67cdv8cf366b941b20699@mail.gmail.com>
	<53efb6970903261704r76f29636k7bb010dc6632eefa@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <49CCADA5.8050008@reuel.net>

PR9?

Keep in mind that FTP passwords were sent in clear text so some of the 
info might have been snooped. Also, some unix versions have an 8 
character password maximum length. If your punctuation came in chars 9 
or 10 it might not have been there. If the host was not using shadow 
passwords the /etc/passwd file might have had encrypted passwords and be 
readable by another user on the system.

Turning off FTP is a great idea, as is using something like SFTP or vsftp.

Leam

Barrie North wrote:
> We found the attacks/IP in the server logs. A financially backed hacker
> outfit from Nigeria, go figure. The joys of having a PR9 site =P
> 
> Our password was 10 chars including letters, numbers and punctuation. We are
> hosted on a "secured" rackspace server.
> 
> We don't have FTP running any more!
> 
> Barrie North
> ~Fully Managed Joomla Sites~
> www.simplweb.com/joomla
> ~Join the Community at compassdesigns.net~
> www.compassdesigns.net/join-the-community.html
> 
> 
> On Thu, Mar 26, 2009 at 7:29 PM, Atir Javid <atirjavid at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> Hello Barrie,
>>
>> May I inquire as to how you verified the attack?  I know that FTP
>> bruteforcing is extremely difficult, and that is very improbable.
>> What you may have faced was a dictionary attack, which may have worked
>> with some luck if you had a weak password.  A password including a mix
>> of
>>
>> 1) UPPERCASE
>> 2) lowercase
>> 3) punctuation/!#$.,
>> 4) numbers
>>
>> and have a good strong/long password you would never fall victim to
>> dictionary.
>>
>> As for bruteforce, an ftpd simply denies access after 3 or 5
>> (configurable, usually defaults to 3) failed login attempts for some
>> time.  Some hosts go as far as restricting ftp access until you call
>> them and verify the problem.  Also, brute forcing over a TCP pipe a
>> slow protocol such as FTP is virtually impossible.  At this rate it
>> would take YEARS to bruteforce the password if not DECADES.
>>
>> @ Other users
>> Also make sure to go into joomla user configuration and change the
>> username of 'admin' to something else.
>> To protect your joomla administation section  If you have a static ip,
>> you can add
>>
>> order allow,deny
>> deny from all
>> allow from your.static.ip.here
>>
>> to a file called .htaccess in your administration folder.  If for some
>> reason your ip changes and you get locked out, simply login via FTP
>> and update the .htaccess file.  There are some other advanced methods
>> for protecting your administration folder.
>>
>> Also, FTP was a protocol developed 30+ years ago.  It is not secure,
>> clear text authentication, etc.  FTP must go.  If you can help it, do
>> not use ftp, instead SFTP, or SSH.  Just.. anything but FTP.  Sadly,
>> thats all that is easy to use, highly available across all hosts, and
>> not everyone on shared hosting provides SSH access.  If you can do
>> without it, do without it. http://wooledge.org/mywiki/FtpMustDie
>>
>> I have seen more sites hacked due to unpatched php or bad php
>> code(mostly from 3rd party addons) more than I have with FTP though.
>>
>> Still with good security practices you can reduce the risk considerably.
>>
>> Peace.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> 2009/3/26 Barrie North <barrie at compassdesigns.net>:
>>> We got hacked last month by a brute force attack on our FTP password.
>> Once
>>> they had that, they got into the Joomla files.
>>>
>>> Any site can be hacked. The other half of the equation is vigilance and
>>> backups :)
>>>
>>> Barrie North
>>> ~Fully Managed Joomla Sites~
>>> www.simplweb.com/joomla
>>> ~Join the Community at compassdesigns.net~
>>> www.compassdesigns.net/join-the-community.html
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 11:23 PM, Mark Simko <masimko at verizon.net>
>> wrote:
>>>> Several of my clients' 1.0.15 sites have been hacked this week!  Is
>>>> there a problem with 1.0?
>>>>
>>>> I don't see an announcement on joomla.org
>>>>
>>>> I just saw that my site was hacked the other day. Fortunately they
>>>> bunged it up a bit, so the code didn't run, but instead gave an error
>>>> message.
>>>>
>>>> What they had done is append javascript to the index.php file. It was
>>>> disguised as ascii codes, and there were several var defined and
>>>> substituted in, but the result was that it attempted to open a hidden
>>>> iframe directed to siplank.com. When I tried to open siplank.com in a
>>>> web browser (yes, I did that! I do lots of crazy things out of
>>>> curiosity) Firefox stopped it with a warning about the site being known
>>>> for malware.
>>>>
>>>> I'm running 1.5.9 on a shared host. I will be calling my host and asking
>>>> them what they can find out from their logs as to what happened.
>>>>
>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>> 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
>>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> 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


From leam at reuel.net  Fri Mar 27 06:56:41 2009
From: leam at reuel.net (Leam Hall)
Date: Fri, 27 Mar 2009 06:56:41 -0400
Subject: [joomla] Thinking through a Joomla vs Drupal artcle
Message-ID: <49CCB0E9.4030705@reuel.net>

Here's a note posted by an "IBM consultant" on a Drupal associated 
website. They make different points in the Joomla vs Drupal debate, not 
in quality so much as in niche. If this sort of thing is true it does 
reinforce my decision in favor of Joomla as I'd like to target small 
businesses.

http://www.topnotchthemes.com/blog/090224/drupal-vs-joomla-frank-comparison-ibm-consultant

What this makes me wonder is how can we market Joomla better when "IBM 
consultants" provide this sort of perception? For me it's a great plus 
but I'd like to see it more public.

How do you all market Joomla to your small business clients?

Leam


From compustretch at gmail.com  Fri Mar 27 09:26:00 2009
From: compustretch at gmail.com (Compi)
Date: Fri, 27 Mar 2009 09:26:00 -0400
Subject: [joomla] Thinking through a Joomla vs Drupal artcle
In-Reply-To: <49CCB0E9.4030705@reuel.net>
References: <49CCB0E9.4030705@reuel.net>
Message-ID: <c2f754300903270626w31c7f3d2i30b850dcfeb27e87@mail.gmail.com>

On Fri, Mar 27, 2009 at 6:56 AM, Leam Hall <leam at reuel.net> wrote:

> s how can we market Joomla better when "IBM consultants" provide this sort
> of perception?


"market" ?

what is this strange word you are using...?

ducking,

/?
-- 
"In theory, theory and practice are exactly the same.
In practice, they're completely different."
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From atirjavid at gmail.com  Fri Mar 27 13:07:45 2009
From: atirjavid at gmail.com (Atir Javid)
Date: Fri, 27 Mar 2009 13:07:45 -0400
Subject: [joomla] Thinking through a Joomla vs Drupal artcle
In-Reply-To: <c2f754300903270626w31c7f3d2i30b850dcfeb27e87@mail.gmail.com>
References: <49CCB0E9.4030705@reuel.net>
	<c2f754300903270626w31c7f3d2i30b850dcfeb27e87@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <4cfc14cf0903271007s8b46b8bm7892524cf3dc0720@mail.gmail.com>

Use the right tool for the job.

A similar argument can be made between say Symfony vs. Zend Framework.

One is always looking to save time.  If one can do that with Joomla
and still make a good site, standards compliant, great functionality
and have a easier learning curve for your clients, then why not?

If one is looking for custom functionality, Things that would be
difficult to accomplish with Joomla, then don't use Joomla, use
Drupal(if it fits the bill), or whatever else that is best for the
project.

You don't simply just install Joomla and try to build a site.  You
define your goals first, have an action plan, and consider a few
different tools before you start the actual work.

While there is a learning curve for Joomla MVC Framework, it is still
as difficult as anything else that is new.  If you're not a developer,
you will have a hard time with Drupal as well as Joomla.

Let me put it this way...  Drupal is very flexible, and as such there
are many ways to do something, and that becomes difficult. Joomla has
certain design/development limitations, and its own conventions in
some areas which go to save one from himself.  Allow me to compare
Zend Framework with any other.  Since ZF is a openly knit and loose
framework, there are numerous ways to do something.  There are no best
practices in many areas (except for coding standards guidelines), and
for new comers, it can be very daunting, to have to actually setup a
bootstrap environment, the front controller design pattern etc. etc.
Advanced coders have no problem.  Symfony or Kohana or Code Igniter or
any other php framework actually has a directory structure built,
their own convention over configuration methods, which aid in
extremely rapid application development.

On the same note, since Joomla has its own ways in a lot of ways, it
is easier to use in the long run, as things are very structures.
Drupal is a victim of its own flexibility and developer freedom.

I vote for Joomla, only when it is needed to throw up a quick site for
a small business.  If you need functionality which is difficult to
achieve in Joomla, then use something else, or hire me! :)
Peace.

2009/3/27 Compi <compustretch at gmail.com>:
>
>
> On Fri, Mar 27, 2009 at 6:56 AM, Leam Hall <leam at reuel.net> wrote:
>>
>> s how can we market Joomla better when "IBM consultants" provide this sort
>> of perception?
>
> "market" ?
>
> what is this strange word you are using...?
>
> ducking,
>
> /?
> --
> "In theory, theory and practice are exactly the same.
> In practice, they're completely different."
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