We have now introduced a page with a captcha to help address the ongoing attempts by the botnet to access WordPress and Joomla websites. When you go to your admin/ login page you will be asked to enter the captcha to continue. We feel this is a more elegant, user friendly and secure approach. The …

Websites running the first version of Joomla! are becoming increasingly targeted by hackers, so we urge you to upgrade as soon as possible to avoid your website being compromised. All versions of Joomla! 1 are no longer being patched by the developers as it is end of life, so you will need to upgrade beyond …

We recently de-listed the search engine submission tool from within eXtend, and we have had a few comments come in via the feedback form asking us to bring it back, and believing we made the decision based on financial reasons.

The decision to remove the search engine submission tool was 100% technical. It was not to …

In our continuing effort to provide the latest software for both security and performance, we are upgrading MySQL from version 5.1.57 to 5.5.25a over the next few weeks. Below is a brief summary of the MySQL changes; all information here is sourced from the official MySQL documentation. However, for more in-depth information please visit the official …