We have just released v1.0.2 of this FREE PLUGIN that speeds up your Joomla 1.5.x admin console.

In the latest version we now have added support for Windows Servers/Hosts and Google Chrome browser (which doesn’t like comments in CSS files!)

Enjoy!

Furthermore we subscribe to the very expensive daily scanning by McAfee Secure (Formally ScanAlert HackerSafe Mark). This scans our sites, servers and infrastructure daily to identify issues. This is what gives us the PCI Certification standard - meaning that VISA and Mastercard allow us to directly accept payments on our servers (although we personally dont, some hosting customers do).

We also use mod_security, complex passwords, ssh key login and a load more security procedures on our servers.

(Note: This is not an invitation to try and hack us )

The reason for this post was to unveil a way of communicating with us in a secure manner. We understand that for whatever reasons, some people just dont “get” encrypting emails, or dont have time to understand this, or what GPG is… well GPG is a way to encrypt text with someones public key so only THEY can decrypt it.

You can now do this in a simple secure way over EV SSL at:

https://secure.phil-taylor.com/encrypt

The output of this form can then be emailed direct to us to read. Meaning you can now send us sensitive information by email - if you so wish

Well take control! Turbo Charge your Joomla 1.5.x Admin Console today with this FREE Plugin! (requires Google Gears, free also!).

Just follow these instructions:

1. Download the FREE plugin (CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD)
2. Install it in Joomla 1.5.x Admin console the normal way for plugins
3. Select Plugin Manager from the Extensions Menu
4. Locate the “System - System - Google Gears Support” plugin
5. Publish it and WAIT 5 Seconds for a new link to appear
6. The new “Update Gears” link will appear top right next to the Preview link
7. Click the Update Gears link and follow the prompts (this is where Google Gears might need installing if you dont already have it)
8. Once the 900+ files are updated to gears you will be able to browse your admin console MUCH faster!!!

Based on the work done in Wordpress (in the core!), this plugin will have a major impact on how you work with your site - well QUICKER!

Please provide feedback to phil@phil-taylor.com or leave comments here.

v1.0.2 - Support for windows web hosts and google chrome browser!

Update:

When you update gears, if you get a message: ”

Error: Invalid manifest - * Line 1, Column 1 Syntax error: value, object or array expected.

Then the manifest file is displaying an error.  To view the manifest file please load the followinf url in your browser (replace domain.com with your domain!)

domain.com/plugins/system/GoogleGears/gears-manifest.php

If you dont understand the error shown on that page then email me the URL and I’ll do my best to help out.

PHP5 Compatible ONLY

if, when viewing the gears-manifest.php file, you get an error like:

Parse error:  syntax error, unexpected T_STRING,
expecting T_OLD_FUNCTION or T_FUNCTION or T_VAR or '}'
in /plugins/system/GoogleGears/gears-manifest.php on line 16

Then you are running PHP4 and cannot use our plugin.  You should upgrade to PHP5 ASAP!

To install a Joomla Extension using the “Install from directory” method follow these simple steps (Joomla 1.5.x):

1. Download your components Zip file to your PC.
2. Extract the Zip files contents
3. Create a folder in your webspace (under the public_hmtl/tmp/ is a good place, for this example call it “kb”)
4. Use FTP to upload your extracted Zip files to the /public_html/tmp/kb/ folder
5. Login to Joomla Admin,
6. Select Extensions
7. Select Install/Uninstall
8. In the “Install Directory:” path enter the full path to your files you uploaded (public_html/tmp/kb/ in our example above)
9. Click “Upload File & Install” Button
10. Thats It !

This will help you overcome any file upload or time limit restrictions set by your web hosts !

Please visit the main website for FULL DETAILS

http://www.Joomla-Mailing-List.com

There you can play with the 100% FREE DEMO

http://www.Joomla-Mailing-List.com/demo

ListMessenger For Joomla 1.5.x New Website

ListMessenger For Joomla 1.5.x exceeds expectations as a Mass Mail/Newsletter Extension that extends Joomla to allow you to send mass emails (Like newsletters) when ever you want DIRECT from your Joomla site.

LM also works on shared hosts that impose limits on sending email, and provides you with a great tool for sending professional newsletters, simply yet very powerful!

ListMessenger for Joomla 1.5.x has been developed by Matt Simpson, and integrated and features added by Phil Taylor, Blue Flame IT (Jersey) Ltd. It is based on the yet unreleased ListMessenger 2.2 standalone version.

This product is one of many that have been released by Blue Flame over the years, and is fully supported by Phil and the team at Blue Flame IT.

ListMessenger For Joomla 1.5.x only works with Joomla 1.5.x on servers running PHP5.x

Powerful, Integrated, Huge Feature List

Here’s a sample of what you can get with ListMessenger:

• Fully Integrated Admin Console
• Runs on YOUR server
• Allows UNLIMITED subscribers & messages
• Allows UNLIMITED Mailing Groups - Send to 1 or many!
• Allows UNLIMITED Custom Fields/Placeholders
• Allows attachments to the messages
• Design & Create your newsletter online, or just paste in your own HTML/Text
• Subscribe/Unsubscribe statistics
• Import/Export from CSV, Typed Entries, Excel Files

ListMessenger for Joomla 1.5 is a fully integrated Mailing List suite that allows you to send mass emails to your mailing list (or your Joomla users by access group!). ListMessenger for Joomla 1.5 has many new features over the old mosListMessenger (Which is NOT Joomla 1.5 compatible!) as it is based on the brand new LM2.2 code developed by Matt Simpson (ListMessenger for Joomla 1.5 is developed under license and with full permission from the original developer.

Here are some screen shots to tempt you…

I’ll be offline from Friday morning until Monday morning as I join skipper Mark Tucker as crew on his yacht to race in the events on the coast of Jersey.  If you are local, then why not go to St Aubins Bay and watch - it will be a great event!

For those Joomla-Users around the world, have a great weekend Joomla-ing… I’ll be back refreshed on Monday!

Well I have had several reports of the problems people are now having with Joomla KB and some popular SEF Extensions. (SEF Advance and sh404sef)

I can confirm that there are issues at the moment, and that I will work to resolve these asap.  I will release more news as soon as I have some.  I kind of took my eye off KB recently to concentrate on Joomla Forms.  Too many plates spinning (a hint for you that I am thinking of pulling the plug on some older extensions soon…)

I have some other improvements I want to roll into Joomla KB as well for the next release, so I appreciate your support and patience as we wrap this up.

Oh, and by the way, dont forget that your purchase of Joomla KB means you get all these improvements, new features and upgrades FOR FREE as soon as they are released! Cool eh!

So, How many articles can a Joomla! website contain?

Believe it or not there is a technical limit to the number of articles (as well as users, categories, sections etc..)

Technical background: All articles are stored in a MySQL database, in a table called jos_contents. Every article has its unique ID, which is stored in the ID field. The ID field is of field type INT(11). The highest number that can be stored in an INT(11) field, and hence the maximum ID that can be used, is 2,147,483,647. So, the maximum number of articles that a Joomla! website can contain is 2,147,483,647.

2,147,483,647 Users

2,147,483,647 Sections

2,147,483,647 Categories

Although I am sure in a real term example the MySQL server would grind to a halt with this size of site unless it was really configured right

So … how many articles do you have ?

UPDATE: It looks like the original article has now been modified, silly me, the int is unsigned - so that now means 4,294,967,295 (over 4 billion) !!!!