Install Joomla! the right way
Disable the FTP layer
Check the PHP environment
Enable the System - Joomla! Notification plugin
Update Sites
Disinfect the website
Backup the website
Use a separate site for testing
Keep those third-party extensions up-to-date
Use the Joomla! Update component
Joomla! is a popular way for people to build their websites: it’s easy to installI produced a video tutorial a few years ago that shows how to create a basic Joomla! website in under 15 minutes. and it’s easy to maintain. So why do people have trouble maintaining their Joomla! websites?
In a previous article, we discussed the importance of having a maintenance strategy so that you won’t wake up up one day to see months or years of hard work suddenly disappear with inexplicable HTTP error messages or remnants of your craft indistinguishable from a jig-saw puzzle with half the pieces missing. This article contains the top ten things that you can do today to make sure you will be able to maintain your Joomla! websites for many more months or years to come.