With the release of Joomla! 2.5, We’re pleased to announce that we’ve updated our one click install to the latest version. Joomla has continued to develop in leaps and bounds over the years, and 2.5 follows version 1.7 in extending the CMS’s functionality further.

What’s new

Joomla 2.5 is a significant release and there are plenty of new features and improvements across the platform.

New features includes:

• Enhanced developer framework for easier third party themes and plugins
• Improved ‘Smart Search’ website search
• Enhanced offline/maintenance mode
• CAPTCHAs for user registration
• Mobile enhancements
• User notes functionality
• Subcategory filtering
• Custom menu usability changes
• Updated MooTools compatibility.

To find out more about the new features (with detailed explanations of the changes), go here.

How to install

If you’re a Business Pro or Premium package web hosting customer, simply log into eXtend and scroll down to the Joomla 2.5 icon to install via our one-click installer.

Enjoy Joomla 2.5!

Open Web Analytics (OWA) is open source web analytics software that enables you to track and analyze how people use your web sites and applications.
An ideal alternative to Google Analytics, packed with features and fully open source, OWA is a great tool to improve visitor experience by optimizing your web data.
We’re pleased to announce that it’s now available as a quick and easy one-click install from your control panel!

Features include:

• Open source, running on PHP, MySQL and JavaScript
• No limits on data logging
• Ability to track multiple websites
• Heatmaps, conversion goals and goal funnels
• Mouse movement tracking
• Optional command line interface for admins
• PHP and JavaScript tracking clients
• Full integration with WordPress and MediaWiki without the need for third party plugins
• Plugin support for Drupal

And much more!

If you’re a Premium web hosting customer, you can install Open Web Analytics by logging into your eXtend control panel and scrolling down to ‘Web Stats and Logs’

OpenCart is now available via your eXtend control panel if you’re a Business Pro or Premium customer.
A powerful ecommerce solution that is packed with features that enables you to create your own online shop. If you’ve thought about selling online – then OpenCart is an attractive and user-friendly way to create a store and start making money.

Some of OpenCart’s many features include:

• Unlimited Categories
• Unlimited Products
• Unlimited Manufacturers
• Multi Currency
• Multi Language
• Product Reviews
• Product Ratings Open Source
• Free Documentation
• Templatable
• Automatic Image Resize
• 20+ Payment Gateways
• 8+ Shipping Methods

Try out the demo version here.

If you’re a web hosting customer, simply log into eXtend and scroll down to the Ecommerce section to install OpenCart.

Backing up your website or database is like going to the dentist or doing the hoovering, it’s one of those jobs that you will do tomorrow but tomorrow never comes. Whether you choose to go with one of our backup solutions or you choose your own, we strongly recommend you back up your website whenever you make a change to it. Here is how…

Backing up your website is really quick and easy and completely free through your eXtend control panel. To make sure you always have the latest version of your site we strongly recommend you back up your website using this facility whenever you make a change to your website.

Backing up your website files:

- Log in to your eXtend control panel

- In ‘files’ click on ‘backup/restore’

- Follow the on screen instructions

Backing up your database

As with our web files back up service through eXtend, you can also back up your MySQL databases in eXtend with just one click!

- Log in to your eXtend control panel

- In ‘Web tools’ click on ‘MySQL Databases’

- In ‘Manage MySQL Databases’ choose which databases you want to back up and click ‘Now’

You can also download and store a local copy of your database through phpMyAdmin using the ‘Export’ function.

Backing up your website and databases literally takes a couple of clicks of the mouse and can save a lot of pain and heartache down the line! Why not setup a reminder on your phone or in Outlook so you don’t forget to run a backup.