BuyHTTP Corporate Blog http://blog.buyhttp.com Updates from BuyHTTP Internet Services Mon, 19 May 2008 07:51:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en MiaCMS - Mambo Fork http://blog.buyhttp.com/miacms-mambo-fork/ http://blog.buyhttp.com/miacms-mambo-fork/#comments Mon, 19 May 2008 07:28:48 +0000 admin http://blog.buyhttp.com/?p=27 And what a fork it is. Several of the developers who did such a great job taking Mambo from 4.5 to 4.6 have left the project and started MiaCMS.

While the default frontend template might not look like much, the code under the hood is extremely high quality. And since it’s based on the Mambo 4.6 releases, all Mambo extensions and most Joomla extensions should work with no problems.

I’ve worked with a couple of the core MiaCMS developers on projects in the past and have nothing but the best things to say about them. While this CMS may only be a couple weeks old, it appears to have a very bright future.

BuyHTTP is proud to offer a free installation of MiaCMS with any new hosting account.

]]> http://blog.buyhttp.com/miacms-mambo-fork/feed/ Security issue in Expose http://blog.buyhttp.com/security-issue-in-expose/ http://blog.buyhttp.com/security-issue-in-expose/#comments Fri, 27 Jul 2007 07:46:54 +0000 admin http://blog.buyhttp.com/security-issue-in-expose/ There is a fairly major security issue with Expose, and a fix is available. This issue affects all versions. First, you want to make sure to upgrade to the latest release (4.6.1) and apply the patch available at http://joomlacode.org/gf/project/expose/frs/.

]]> http://blog.buyhttp.com/security-issue-in-expose/feed/ Round Cube Webmail http://blog.buyhttp.com/round-cube-webmail/ http://blog.buyhttp.com/round-cube-webmail/#comments Mon, 18 Jun 2007 18:47:30 +0000 admin http://blog.buyhttp.com/round-cube-webmail/ We have just finished installing Round Cube webmail on all of our shared and semi dedicated servers. As a part of this install we have removed SquirrelMail as there have been a number of recent security issues.

Round Cube is still in Beta stage, so please report any problems to the helpdesk and let us know if you like it or not.

It’s currently being installed on dedicated servers by request, submit a ticket to the helpdesk support department to have it installed on your server.

]]> http://blog.buyhttp.com/round-cube-webmail/feed/ Page Caching in Joomla http://blog.buyhttp.com/page-caching-in-joomla/ http://blog.buyhttp.com/page-caching-in-joomla/#comments Sat, 07 Apr 2007 15:49:19 +0000 admin http://blog.buyhttp.com/page-caching-in-joomla/ We have had a number of requests recently asking about various page caching components. It’s always nice to be able to squeeze that extra bit of performance out of your site. We decided to test out the page cache component from Ircmaxell as it seemed to have the most promise.

We first installed it on MamboDemo and noticed page loading times decrease between 90%-98%. We’re using about half of the server resources today that we were using yesterday. That’s a pretty impressive decrease.

The we decided to see what it would do on a high traffic site and popped it on MamboHUT. We got the same 90%+ decrease in page loading times. The impact on server load wasn’t as great, but that’s because we’re running phpAdsNew on MamboHUT as well and that is the cause of almost all of the load it creates.

We didn’t notice any bugs on either site and installation was a breeze. We highly recommend this component for use on our servers.

]]> http://blog.buyhttp.com/page-caching-in-joomla/feed/ WordPress Security Updates http://blog.buyhttp.com/wordpress-security-updates/ http://blog.buyhttp.com/wordpress-security-updates/#comments Sat, 07 Apr 2007 15:37:03 +0000 admin http://blog.buyhttp.com/wordpress-security-updates/ WordPress has released updates to both the 2.1 and 2.0 branches. These releases fix XSS and XML-RPC errors and are highly recommended.

]]> http://blog.buyhttp.com/wordpress-security-updates/feed/ tutorials.buyhttp.com Fixed http://blog.buyhttp.com/tutorialsbuyhttpcom-fixed/ http://blog.buyhttp.com/tutorialsbuyhttpcom-fixed/#comments Sat, 17 Mar 2007 03:19:56 +0000 admin http://blog.buyhttp.com/tutorialsbuyhttpcom-fixed/ We’ve been receiving periodic reports of tutorials not wanting to show on tutorials.buyhttp.com but were having problems tracking down the issue since we were always able to see them. It turns out the problem was related to the different issue that IE and Firefox use to get source information for flash files. We’ve isolated and fixed the issue, so you should be able to view all tutorials from IE now.

]]> http://blog.buyhttp.com/tutorialsbuyhttpcom-fixed/feed/ New Joomla and Mambo security check service http://blog.buyhttp.com/new-joomla-and-mambo-security-check-service/ http://blog.buyhttp.com/new-joomla-and-mambo-security-check-service/#comments Tue, 13 Mar 2007 20:25:26 +0000 admin http://blog.buyhttp.com/new-joomla-and-mambo-security-check-service/ We are proud to offer a new security check service for your Joomla and Mambo sites. We will do a full audit of your site and automatically implement a number of security features as well as give you a checklist of additional items and best practices.

We will implement the suggestions outlined in the Joomla Security Checklist and make sure you are setup for a secure future. This setup covers everything from changing the username of your admin user and setting up a more secure password to stopping some of the worst attacks before they even reach your site.

In conjuction with this service we are also offering discounts on some of our most popular addons and services. If you order the security check service you will also receive:

  • 25% off our daily backup service (BuyHTTP web hosting customers only)
  • 25% off a Joomla or Mambo upgrade
  • Free hack recovery if you signup for the daily backup (BuyHTTP web hosting customers only)

You get all of this for only $99 if you are a BuyHTTP web hosting customer. Sign up now!
If you use a different host or have your own server the cost is only $149. Sign up now!

]]> http://blog.buyhttp.com/new-joomla-and-mambo-security-check-service/feed/ iJoomla Tutorials Added http://blog.buyhttp.com/ijoomla-tutorials-added/ http://blog.buyhttp.com/ijoomla-tutorials-added/#comments Thu, 08 Mar 2007 08:10:08 +0000 admin http://blog.buyhttp.com/ijoomla-tutorials-added/ We have added a series of 10 iJoomla Magazine tutorials. The series goes through installing iJoomla all the way through getting your content displayed. You can view the tutorials as our tutorials site.

]]> http://blog.buyhttp.com/ijoomla-tutorials-added/feed/ New helpdesk location http://blog.buyhttp.com/new-helpdesk-location/ http://blog.buyhttp.com/new-helpdesk-location/#comments Wed, 07 Mar 2007 06:39:02 +0000 admin http://blog.buyhttp.com/new-helpdesk-location/ We have moved our helpdesk to http://support.buyhttp.com. Please update your bookmarks.

]]> http://blog.buyhttp.com/new-helpdesk-location/feed/ Major security issue in WordPress 2.1.1 http://blog.buyhttp.com/major-security-issue-in-wordpress-211/ http://blog.buyhttp.com/major-security-issue-in-wordpress-211/#comments Sat, 03 Mar 2007 05:18:57 +0000 admin http://blog.buyhttp.com/major-security-issue-in-wordpress-211/ If you upgraded to WordPress 2.1.1 you need to upgrade immediately to 2.1.2.

From the WordPress notification:

Longer explanation: This morning we received a note to our security mailing address about unusual and highly exploitable code in WordPress. The issue was investigated, and it appeared that the 2.1.1 download had been modified from its original code. We took the website down immediately to investigate what happened.

It was determined that a cracker had gained user-level access to one of the servers that powers wordpress.org, and had used that access to modify the download file. We have locked down that server for further forensics, but at this time it appears that the 2.1.1 download was the only thing touched by the attack. They modified two files in WP to include code that would allow for remote PHP execution.

You can download WordPress here.

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