Posts in category Joomla

Joomla> Repair c99madshell hacked site

Jun07
2011 Written by Scott Rowley

This is information on removing the c99madshell hack that can get into some Joomla 1.5 sites. Most of this content is an original article of News Blog. I was only able to find one portion of this myself before finding their article, kudos and thanks go to them.

If you see the following Joomla error appearing on most Joomla pages including admin section

File Not Found The requested URL was not found on this server
OR
If you have a list of spam links

then your installation has likely been compromised. There is a security bug in Joomla 1.5 allowing a hacker to reset your admin password.

You should take the following steps to get rid of the error message and secure your Joomla:
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Posted in Web Development - Tagged button.gif, c99madshell, file, found, hack, not, response.php, spam, tw4x

Joomla> session.save_path error

Oct27
2010 Written by Scott Rowley

“Cookies do not appear to be enabled on your browser client. You will not be able to install the application with this feature disabled. Alternatively, there could also be a problem with the server’s session.save_path. If this is the case, please consult your hosting provider if you don’t know how to check or fix this yourself.”

Should you run into this problem the issue is likely that the session.save_path setting in php.ini is set to either an incorrect setting, a wrong permission on the folder, or no setting at all. If you have access to the servers php.ini file you can change the setting to something like the following:

session.save_path = /tmp

If you do not however, have access to this file then your next option is to use a .htaccess file (obviously you will then need to hope you are on an Apache server, not Windows/IIS). You can then enter this setting into your .htaccess file and achieve the same result. For instance:

php_value session.save_path "/isp/websites/sites/example.com/docs/tmp"
Tagged error, php, save_path, session

Joomla> Preview template before going live

Oct27
2010 Written by Scott Rowley

Simply install/modify the template the way you want it and then specify the template via a URL parameter such as:

Normal Site: http://www.sudobash.net (Note — I’m no longer on Joomla so these links won’t work — you’ll need to do it on your own joomla site(s) )
New Template: http://www.sudobash.net/?template=ja_purity

Then check it out from there. You don’t need to change your template to the “live” one until you are sure its good. Then just change it via the “default” button in the Joomla Templates section like normal.

You may also find it useful to show the templates module locations, this can be done by adding ?tp=1, or if you are doing both it would be something like http://www.sudobash.net/?template=ja_purity&tp=1

Tagged live, preview, template

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