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Message from Dean - May 8th 2007
I am currently testing out a new version of the APF Bridge Component - If you notice any errors within this demo store please drop me a line.
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 005
EAN: 9780595439560
ISBN: 059543956X
Label: iUniverse, Inc.
Manufacturer: iUniverse, Inc.
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 280
Publication Date: June 07, 2007
Publisher: iUniverse, Inc.
Studio: iUniverse, Inc.
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Dont let technical problems rob you of time and revenue! Dodging the Bullets is your one-stop resource for preparing your Joomla! Web site for unexpected emergencies. From software or hardware failures all the way to attacks by malcontents on the Internet, this invaluable guide is perfect for the small- to medium-sized business that depends on its Web sites for sales and customer support.
Written in an easy-to-read format, Dodging the Bullets offers a multitude of solutions to assist you in planning for unforeseen events, including:
· Forms and processes to use in your specific environment
· Instructions on backups and restores for your Joomla! Site
· Protection techniques for your site to keep it as fortified as possible
· Directions on how to conduct a mock disaster drill
Drawing on his extensive experience in the information technology industry, author Tom Canavan gives you a complete set of instructions for building your own disaster preparedness handbook and shows you the process of maintaining, documenting, upgrading, and patching your site. Canavans comprehensive forms help you test and deploy new components, modules, and much more. Dont get caught unawarebe prepared for the worst with Dodging the Bullets!
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I have been a web designer for many years. But I had never thought too deeply about security and getting hacked until a lot of my friends started experiencing those problems. I got nervous and read everything that I could on the net to try to make my site more secure. However, I NEVER thought about what I would do if the bad guys ever got in anyway. This book SERIOUSLY WOKE ME UP! This book makes you develop an action plan in case you are attacked. Setting up your site is one thing but having a plan in place to get it back was something I never thought of until I read this book. Dodging the Bullets is just that! When the bullets are flying your way, what are you going to do to keep from getting hit in your vital organs? Thanks Tom.
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If you have a website, then security should be a consideration during its development. Dodging the Bullets is a very useful reference for webmasters grappling with the security of their Joomla powered site.
For smaller sites, the book does a great job at explaining two important aspects of making your site secure, the all important htaccess file and folder and file permissions.
For sites of larger organizations, the book really comes into its own. Many of the later chapters deal with the process of setting up protocols within your organization to ensure stability of your site. Forms are usefully provided to help webmasters document and distribute the responsibility of uptime.
For any webmaster of a Joomla site for a larger organization, such as a school or municipality, Dodging the Bullets is an important bookshelf reference.
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Overall, I was very impressed by Tom's book. If you use Joomla to run your personal blog, you might not need it, although the early chapters help explain a great deal about basic site security.
However, the real target of the book is larger businesses for whom a site outage will hit income hard. If you're using Joomla in a corporate / enterprise environment and don't have a thorough back-up plan, this book will give you a jump-start.
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This book is light on content, with little or no valuable information and in many cases only referenced to third party web sites. It has very little on Joomla and is full of 'filler' white space and generic risk management type forms - most of which are not relevant. It even gives you a form for how to take your backup CD/Tape to the fireproof storage area!! Has this guy even heard of the Internet? Don't waste your money - I did.
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If you enjoy acres of whitespace and lotsa forms that you can photocopy and fill out to track such things as where your backups are stored this might be the book for you. Or if you don't do backups this book might get you started. By page 13 I was thinking "Come on already!"
I would guess that perhaps 90% of the pages are dedicated a general description of how important it is to do a professional job of protecting a website site, making and testing backups, and so on. These are all good things to know, but if you know them already and are interested in securing a Joomla! Site you will learn little here that you can't online. There are LOTS of forms to copy and fill out.
That said I learned a trick or two and put Post-its on a half-dozen pages, having mostly to do with permissions settings, so there is value in there, you just need to dig quite a bit.
I was thrilled to find the title, not so thrilled to read the book. A little like expecting Haggan ... Read More
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