1. Preparing Your Joomla! ®
Site for the World
By @JustinHerrin
www.justinherrin.com

2. Before we begin…
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Milwaukee, WI

3. We’re so excited!
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4. Lots of Hard Work
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5. Deployment Strategy
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6. Deployment Strategy
Make the time to plan things out...
• Proper web hosting needed
• Find ways to limit downtime during the transition
• Take proper backups
• Schedule a good time
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7. Picking a Good Host
“Choose wisely, you will.”
Joomla System Requirements
Cheap hosts are cheap for a reason.
Select Managed Hosting
(unless you are a System Administrator and
know what you are doing)
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8. The Great Migration
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9. The Great Frustration
FTP Files
+
Export/Import Database SQL
+
Update Configuration File
+
Test
=
FRUSTRATION
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10. The Great Automatic Migration
www.akeebabackup.com
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11. Optimizing Your Site
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12. Optimizing Your Site
Turn on Cache
Global Configuration > System
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13. Optimizing Your Site
Turn on Cache
Global Configuration > System
Adjust Session Times
Global Configuration > System
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14. Optimizing Your Site
Turn on Cache
Global Configuration > System
Adjust Session Times
Global Configuration > System
Enable Gzip Page Compression
(if server allows)
Global Configuration > Server
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15. Optimizing Your Site
Extensions > Plug-in Manager
Enable the
System – Cache
Plug-in
Use the Browser’s Power
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16. Optimizing Your Site
3rd Party Maintenance Tools
www.akeebabackup.com
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17. Optimizing Your Site
Clean Temp-Directory
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18. Optimizing Your Site
Clean Temp-Directory
Repair & Optimize Tables
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19. Optimizing Your Site
Clean Temp-Directory
Repair & Optimize Tables
Purge Sessions
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20. Too Much Clutter
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21. Disabling Unneeded Extensions
BEFORE
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22. Disabling Unneeded Extensions
BEFORE
Extensions Manager > Manage
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23. Disabling Unneeded Extensions
BEFORE AFTER
Extensions Manager > Manage
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24. Discovering Invalid URLs
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25. Discovering Invalid URLs
Discover old, invalid URLs that visitors are attempting to access…
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26. Discovering Invalid URLs
Create redirectors to valid URLs…
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27. Discovering Invalid URLs
Success… no more 404 pages!
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28. Adding Extra Security
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29. Expand the Default .htaccess
http://docs.joomla.org/Htaccess_examples_(security)
http://akeeba.assembla.com/code/master-htaccess/git/nodes/htaccess.txt
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30. Keeping Your Site Safe
“You’ll thank me later…”
• Have proper permissions on directories and files
• 755 for Directories
• 644 for Files (444 for configuration.php)
• Avoid 777 at all costs
• Change your Super Admin user ID
• Use strong username/password combinations
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31. Managing Users & Registrations
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32. Managing Users & Registrations
User Manager > Options
Disable User Registration
(in most cases)
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33. Managing Users & Registrations
User Manager > Options
Disable User Registration
(in most cases)
Require Admin Activation for
new accounts
(new feature in 1.7)
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34. Making Updates
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35. Making Updates – J! Core
Built-in
1-Click Updates
3rd Party
1-Click Updates
(AdminTools)
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36. Making Updates – J! Core
“Old fashioned” FTP method
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37. Making Updates – Extensions
Built-in 1 Click Updates
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38. Making Updates – Where Exactly?
Development Site
- vs -
Production Site
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39. Remember the Golden Rules
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40. Remember the Golden Rules
ALWAYS TEST extensions LOCALLY
before implementing them in a
live production environment.
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41. Remember the Golden Rules
Keep your website up to date...
Joomla! Core and 3rd Party Extensions
Review the Vulnerable Extensions List often
(http://docs.joomla.org/Vulnerable_Extensions_List)
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42. Remember the Golden Rules
An untested backup is not a backup.
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43. Now We’re Good!
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44. … and that’s a wrap!
www.justinherrin.com
www.joomlanh.org
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45. Photo Credits
http://www.google.com
http://www.flickr.com
http://www.photobucket.com
http://www.findwaldo.com
http://www.healtharticless.com
http://www.globalanimal.org
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