Joomla! How-To's

This article applies to Joomla! 1.5 development. This information is subject to change in Joomla! 1.6.

When writing your custom component or module, more often than not, you will want to include your own CSS or Javascript code. If Joomla! did not provide an easy way to do this, you would be forced to use script tags throughout your code. While this approach would technically work, the best practice is to put all scripts inside the head tag of your page. How is that possible when the of your page is only seen on your template index.php file and you're developing a new module or component? The JDocument class is the answer. Let's look at the easiest way to go about doing this.

In our previous articles, we discussed at a high level a few tools, the first of which was Nmap from insecure.org. In this article I want to give you a short primer on Nmap and some of the popular methods to use this powerful tool.

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In my last article, I introduced you to NMAP, WIRESHARK and NETCAT. These fall in the category of diagnostics and troubleshooting. The next two tools known as vulnerability scanners. They check your server, code and in the case of the second tool - Accunetix  - it scans your "code" for such things as SQL Injection flaws and Cross site scripting.

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This article is part one of the TOOL Series. In this I want to introduce you to some of my favorite tools. In the first few articles, I will discuss them generally, then in future articles, I'll spend time discussing each one.

The tools discussed will be both GPL and NON-GPL tools as well as Joomla based tools.  Your comments are welcome and I hope that you find this series helpful.

Good day, if you are reading this, I hope you will take a few moments to really consider the need for a good incident management plan for your website. Ask yourself, What WOULD you do if you were hacked?