How to Clear Cache in Joomla 2.5 for Site Maintenance

Last Updated on Monday, 20 May 2013 05:54 Written by Milton Parada Tuesday, 21 May 2013 12:00

This article is about how to clear cache of your website in Joomla 2.5. The cache manager allows you to delete files from the cache of your site. Cache files are temporary and are created to improve the performance of your site. To avoid any problems caused by the cache when it becomes obsolete, you can delete all files that belong to the site cache.

1. Login as administrator.

Protecting Pages On Your MODX Site — The Easy Way

Last Updated on Saturday, 18 May 2013 10:44 Written by Bob Ray Monday, 20 May 2013 12:00

Suppose you want to make a section of your site private so that only logged-in users can see the Resources. As with most things in MODX, there are several ways to protect Resources.

Contexts

One method is to put all the private Resources in a separate context and protect it by creating a Context Access ACL entry that links the private Context to one or more User Groups. Once you do that, the Resources in the Context will be hidden from everyone who is not a member of the specified group or groups. I try to keep from using Contexts if I can, because they are difficult to set up correctly and they introduce complexities that I’d rather avoid. Links to Resources in other Contexts, for example, can be tricky to implement and users often get sent to the error (page-not-found) page rather than the unauthorized page when trying to access a forbidden resource.

SocialEngine 4: Speed up your Site

Last Updated on Saturday, 18 May 2013 10:44 Written by Andrew Cross Monday, 20 May 2013 12:00

Do you find SE slow and you have your own dedicated Server follow the info here to help speed up your site.

If you have any websites, make sure and read this. A lot of good information:
More info on pagespeed project.

If you have a dedicated server, you can install mod_pagespeed from google.

Prevent Malicious Bots/Spiders From Accessing Your Site Using .htaccess

Last Updated on Saturday, 18 May 2013 10:44 Written by Khaleel Demeri Sunday, 19 May 2013 12:00

There are various types of bots and spiders that transverse sites for different reasons. Among them activities such as email harvesting and other malicious activity. By using a .htaccess file, you can block the majority of well know malicious bots.

Bad bots typically ignore the wishes of your robots.txt file, so you’ll want to ban them using means such as .htaccess. The trick is to identify a bad bot. Below is a useful code block you can insert into .htaccess file for blocking a lot of the known bad bots and site rippers currently out there.

How to Add a Favicon to a Web Site

Last Updated on Saturday, 11 May 2013 06:14 Written by David Bauernschmidt Thursday, 16 May 2013 12:00

Branding a site can include a wide range of initiatives.  Some can take a large amount of time and energy (graphic designs, target marketing, etc.) while others can take just a few minutes.  Today, I am going to show you a way to add branding to your site without paying a dime and take less than 15 minutes.  You don’t need to pay anyone and can do this completely online for free.  The only requirement is that you have a company image.  When you get this then follow the steps below.

Go to a site that will allow you to upload your image and tweak the image like

• favicon.cc
• Degraeve.com
• Favicon-generator.org