The Importance of Website Updates
There have been some repercussions for some of my Joomla clients after VentraIP updated their server fleet to PHP version 5.3.9 this week. Clients with older versions of JCE Editor found that some features (e.g. spell checker, insert image) would not work until JCE Editor was updated to the latest version.
Domino Effect
To further complicate matters, once JCE Editor was updated to the latest version, this caused issues with older versions of AcyMailing. This too was easily fixed by installing the latest version of AcyMailing.
Regular Reviews and Updates
If there is a lesson to be learned from events this week, then it is worthwhile conducting a regular review of your website and ensuring that extensions are kept reasonably up to date. This is also the best way to keep your website safe from hackers.
Let me know if you'd like a free review of your Joomla website showing your extension versions compared to the current extension versions.
Joomla Monitoring Update:
I have a myJoomla subscription and can now monitor Joomla clients websites for out of date extensions, out of date Joomla versions and also for malware. I am subscribed to the Joomla Vulnerable Extensions feed and when a vulnerability is announced, it is very quick for me to check which websites are affected and to update them.
Website Health Check
To find out how well your website is configured, order a Website Health Check for $90.
The Health Check includes:
- check CMS and third party extension/plugin versions
- check Google is seeing the website as responsive
- check website page load speed
- check robots.txt
- check free space
- check backup is enabled and suitably configured
- check web hosting configuration and suitability
- recommendations on how best to address any discovered issues
Note that no changes are made to your website during the Website Health Check without consulting you first.
The cost of a Website Health Check is refundable if you purchase a 12 month Website Maintenance and Backup Subscription within 30 days of the check.
Website Maintenance and Backup Subscriptions
| Economy | Business | Enterprise | |
| Monthly Cost | $39 per month | $69 per month | $99 per month |
| Annual Cost | $390 per year* | $690 per year* | $990 per year* |
| Third party extensions | up to 10 extensions | up to 20 extensions | up to 30 extensions |
| Monthly Report | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Free initial security audit (valued at $220) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Monitor new CMS and third party extension/plugin updates | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| High priority CMS updates installed within 24 hours | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| High priority third party extension/plugin updates installed within 24 hours | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Non-critical CMS and third party extension/plugin updates installed quarterly | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Monthly off-site backups | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Non-critical CMS and third party extension/plugin updates installed monthly | No | Yes | Yes |
| Installation of web application firewall (e.g. Akeeba Admin Tools Pro) | No | Yes | Yes |
| Weekly off-site backups | No | No | Yes |
| Monthly malware scan | No | No | Yes |
* Pay 12 months in advance and get 2 months free.
