Joomla Performance Tip: Delete Old Entries in the “content_frontpage” Table

Unlike WordPress, Joomla has the unique ability that allows an administrator to label an article as a featured article, which means that the article will display on a page where the menu item is of type Featured Articles (typically, this page is the homepage). You might think, well, that’s not so special, but there is […]

Joomla Displays Altered Content on Some Pages (Hint: It Is Hacked)

A few days ago, a client of ours emailed us and told us that some of the pages on her company website were displaying content that was not theirs. The content was not technically malicious, but it consisted of ads, which had nothing to do with the client’s business. Clearly, the website was hacked. Since […]

“Error loading component: com_fields, Component not found.” Error After Updating Joomla to 3.7.x

One of the nice features in Joomla is that you can update the CMS from either the backend or from the filesystem. We typically update our clients’ websites from the backend, but, when we encounter the minor of issues, we update it using the filesystem. Here’s how: We ssh to the server as root and […]

Lack of Full Time Testers is Joomla’s Biggest Problem

A few weeks ago, we discussed the main advantages that WordPress has over Joomla. One of these advantages is the fact that WordPress has full time developers and a huge testing team. Of course, for those of us working with Joomla, we know that this isn’t the case for our beloved CMS. Joomla is supported […]

The Hacked “index.html” File on Joomla Sites

A new client called us yesterday afternoon and told us that his company website was displaying a weird page instead of his normal page (his company sells restaurant equipment). The weird page consisted of some gibberish in random languages. It was a no-brainer that the website was hacked. Since the client was in a hurry, […]