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Written by: Tim Davis Created: 07 December 2020 Published: 08 December 2020 Last Updated: 24 August 2024

Parent Category: Joomla Training Cohort Category: Maintenance Monday

Streamed live on Dec 8, 2020 Joomla Security

PHP 7.3 has gone into protective custody, it is only receiving security updates but is otherwise no no longer in development. It's time to update to at least PHP 7.4 for your Joomla sites.

Written by: Tim Davis Created: 23 November 2020 Published: 24 November 2020 Last Updated: 24 August 2024

Parent Category: Joomla Training Cohort Category: Maintenance Monday

Streamed live on Nov 24, 2020 Joomla Security

If you display your email address(s) in plain sight on Joomla sites is is safe from being farmed by bots who collect email addresses for spammers? It is if you use the core "Content - Email Cloaking" plugin or even better yet "Email Protector" from Regular Labs. In this video we'll see how to hide email addresses from spammers.

Written by: Tim Davis Created: 16 November 2020 Published: 17 November 2020 Last Updated: 24 August 2024

Parent Category: Joomla Training Cohort Category: Maintenance Monday

Streamed live on Nov 17, 2020 Joomla Security

Lol, I'll be honest with you folks; I don't fully understand the HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS) policy mechanism. But what I do get is that it makes my website more secure so I'm going to use it. As I've said before, website security is like the rivets on an airplane: you want every single one as tight as possible and so try to use everything you can to secure your site.

Written by: Tim Davis Created: 02 November 2020 Published: 03 November 2020 Last Updated: 24 August 2024

Parent Category: Joomla Training Cohort Category: Maintenance Monday

Streamed live on Nov 3, 2020 Joomla Security

The `Send Copy To Submitter` feature in Joomla's contact component is a handy function for people contacting you who want to remember what they asked. However, spammers find it a very handy tool for sending out spam and so you may want to turn it off! In this video we talk a little bit about this and how to decide what you want to set your site for.

Written by: Tim Davis Created: 26 October 2020 Published: 27 October 2020 Last Updated: 24 August 2024

Parent Category: Joomla Training Cohort Category: Maintenance Monday

Streamed live on Oct 27, 2020 Joomla Security

Is it possible someone is displaying your Joomla site on their webpage using iframes and in so doing is furthering their goals at your expense? You can stop/prevent this from happening by using the X-Frame-Options Security Header. How to set that up is the topic of this video.