Written by: Tim Davis Created: 18 February 2019 Published: 19 February 2019 Last Updated: 25 January 2024

Parent Category: Joomla Training Cohort Category: Maintenance Monday

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As you can read in the post installation message that is new as of Joomla 3.9.3, "Since Joomla 3.9.3, Joomla is shipped with additional security hardenings in the default htaccess.txt and web.config.txt files. These hardenings disable the so called MIME-type sniffing feature in webbrowsers. The sniffing leads to specific attack vectors, where scripts in normally harmless file formats (i.e. images) will be executed, leading to Cross-Site-Scripting vulnerabilities.

The security teams recommends to manually apply the necessary changes to existing .htaccess or web.config files, as those files can not be updated automatically." How to manually apply these necessary changes to prevent browsers from sniffing your Joomla site is what today's Maintenance Monday is all about.

Written by: Tim Davis Created: 11 February 2019 Published: 12 February 2019 Last Updated: 25 January 2024

Parent Category: Joomla Training Cohort Category: Maintenance Monday

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Using a CDN (Content Delivery Network) can help improve the page load speed of your Joomla site. A CDN serves files from a server location closest to the physical location of your site visitors and users. Not only does it get those files to your users faster, the increased speed of your site can improve your ranking in search results.

It can also help reduce the load on your server or web hosting account. This episode shows how to set up Joomla to use AWS Cloudfront (Amazon Web Services) as a CDN.

If you have a CDN product you'd like to see featured, drop me a line at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. We'll be using CDN for Joomla from Regular Labs in this demonstration ► https://www.regularlabs.com/extension...

NOTE #1: Use your specific URL in the CDN setup - ie, basicjoomla.com or www.basicjoomla.com are different in the example I show in this video. NOTE #2: The chat portion of this live stream ends abruptly due to my computer crashing. Thankfully the meat of the live stream is there.

Written by: Tim Davis Created: 04 February 2019 Published: 05 February 2019 Last Updated: 25 January 2024

Parent Category: Joomla Training Cohort Category: Maintenance Monday

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You log into your Joomla Admin area enough, so why not spiff it up with a custom logo and brand colours for your site or that of your client? How to make your Joomla Admin area look more like your own is what today's #maintenancemonday live stream is about.

Written by: Tim Davis Created: 28 January 2019 Published: 29 January 2019 Last Updated: 25 January 2024

Parent Category: Joomla Training Cohort Category: Maintenance Monday

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If you have a working backup of your entire Joomla site, you can get away with only backing up individual tables in your database if the work you are doing and may want to undo is limited in scope. How to backup individual tables in your Joomla database is what today's Maintenance Monday live stream is all about.