Do you want to use Gmail for your domain email instead of the paid Google Suite or your hosting account email service (like Horde, RoundCube, or SquirrelMail)? Here is how you can use Gmail using a POP3 connection to send and receive email using your domain name ( name@domain.com).    When building a new website […]

We had the privilege to work with the owners of 2020 Storage to build out a new website for their business. They came to us looking for an upgrade on their existing website that came over from the prior owners. The old website was not mobile friendly or easy to add. As they provide Denver […]

I thought that I would take a second to write out a quick blog post on how to insert plugin code to a php file so that WordPress will execute the plugin code instead of displaying the literal text. This is my project… I’m building a custom wordpress website for FrankPerea.com, a Midland Texas mortgage […]

Today I was working on upgrading Best Event Rentals shopping cart from Virtuemart 2 to Virtuemart 3, and notice that some of the thumbnails in the category section and in the product section displayed the error image not found symbol (see image above). When I looked further, I noticed that Virtuemart was linking to the […]

For Easyblog Version  5.0.32 and Joomla 3.5.x Go to:  \components\com_easyblog\themes\wireframe\structure\default.php Remove the line: <?php echo EBLOG_POWERED_BY_LINK; ?> For earlier versions of easyblog Go to: /public_html/components/com_easyblog/constants.php Go to: /public_html/components/com_easyblog/controller.php Search for: Powered By Link, or just: Powered Comment out the php line that starts like this: define (‘EBLOG_POWERED_BY_LINK’ Just add // infront of the define text with a space […]

Why remove the Joomla meta tag generator? All Joomla websites come standard with the following meta tag: <meta name=”generator” content=”Joomla! – Open Source Content Management” /> Removing the Joomla meta generator tag is one crucial aspect of securing your website. The Joomla Meta Generator tag tells hackers that your website is a Joomla website. Then, […]

Why remove Show Joomla Version? Showing the Joomla Version is a huge security risk. Why? Because if a hacker knows what Joomla version your website is, and you are a version or thirty behind, you just gave the hacker a list of different ways that your website can be hacked. I’m not sure why Joomla […]