From jmsullivan50 at yahoo.com Tue Jul 9 17:05:40 2013 From: jmsullivan50 at yahoo.com (Janet Sullivan) Date: Tue, 9 Jul 2013 14:05:40 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [joomla] Can the admin user login be deleted? Message-ID: <1373403940.51905.YahooMailNeo@web122305.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> The software that my hosting provider uses to do a joomla install automatically sets up a user "admin" with super user privileges. If I add another user with super user privileges, can I safely delete the "admin" user... I feel like it's a invitation for someone to hack into the site.... Thanks! ? Janet -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From owain.baber at mihia.co.uk Tue Jul 9 17:08:13 2013 From: owain.baber at mihia.co.uk (Owain M Baber) Date: Tue, 9 Jul 2013 22:08:13 +0100 Subject: [joomla] Can the admin user login be deleted? In-Reply-To: <1373403940.51905.YahooMailNeo@web122305.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> References: <1373403940.51905.YahooMailNeo@web122305.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <010601ce7ce8$6f2f70c0$4d8e5240$@mihia.co.uk> Why not just change the username for 'admin' From: joomla-bounces at lists.nyphp.org [mailto:joomla-bounces at lists.nyphp.org] On Behalf Of Janet Sullivan Sent: 09 July 2013 22:06 To: joomlanyc at yahoogroups.com; NYPHP Joomla Subject: [joomla] Can the admin user login be deleted? The software that my hosting provider uses to do a joomla install automatically sets up a user "admin" with super user privileges. If I add another user with super user privileges, can I safely delete the "admin" user... I feel like it's a invitation for someone to hack into the site.... Thanks! Janet -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From gjschaller at psi-13.com Tue Jul 9 17:19:57 2013 From: gjschaller at psi-13.com (Geoffrey Schaller) Date: Tue, 9 Jul 2013 17:19:57 -0400 Subject: [joomla] Can the admin user login be deleted? In-Reply-To: <010601ce7ce8$6f2f70c0$4d8e5240$@mihia.co.uk> References: <1373403940.51905.YahooMailNeo@web122305.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> <010601ce7ce8$6f2f70c0$4d8e5240$@mihia.co.uk> Message-ID: One of the common security tricks is to A) rename the account, so it's no longer Admin, and B) Deactivate it. In the event something goes wrong, you can edit the DB directly to reactivate the account, but no one will be able to use it until then. -Geoffrey -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From charles.simonton at gmail.com Tue Jul 9 18:22:31 2013 From: charles.simonton at gmail.com (charles simonton) Date: Tue, 9 Jul 2013 18:22:31 -0400 Subject: [joomla] The admin user can be deleted safely. Message-ID: If you have direct access to the database you can delete the admin user that was created for you without creating another administrative user. If you wish to use an administrative user at a later time you can insert the row containing an administrative user into your #__users table (replace #_ with your Joomla sites database prefix this is the way you will see table names referred to in Joomla and component source code). If you use the same user ID as the original administrative account you will not need to modify any other tables. However, if you wish to use a new user ID you must also modify the #__user_group_map table to assign Super User group privileges to your new user. Some installed components may only allow special privileges, to the super user who installed them (e.g. VirtueMart, I believe they check by user ID) or other potentially quirky or otherwise bad coding practices so be warned. You can very easily create a new Joomla user admin or otherwise from another Joomla installation; say one on your localhost. If the one you use is a copy of the Joomla site you are working on the group privileges will also be created for you properly. Simply insert the rows associated with that users id into the site you wish to update's user and group-map tables. For simplicity and most purposes, however I would agree with the first response; that changing the username of the super user should be sufficient. 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When you click on it the title "Articles" appears on top of page. * Business Phone System - VoIp || SL1100 Communications System. Smart communications for ... < that's ok but it doesn't show my SPTABS? * Unitel.biz - unitel.biz - Serving the New York State lower Hudson Valley business ...< When clicked on link I have no idea where is going -why is it displaying that page. * SL1100 - This unique communications Platform is the ideal solution for ... < This one is correct. SL1100 is a menu item. And is displaying the page correctly SP TABS and all. * Title: Ipitomy Native IP - Voice Over IP. This is the Tag Line - digital & VoIP System. By ...< I have no idea where this one is coming from. Although when I unpublished my "categories" it goes away. * Products - This unique communications Platform is the ideal solution for ... < Products - This unique communications Platform is the ideal solution for ... < Products is a menu heading, why is it displaying that page? * SL1100 System NEC SL1100 - SL1100 System Pos.15 NEC SL1100 VoIP Digital Hybrid ... < That's one of the sub-categories that I deleted. * IP Paging Systems - ... VoIP IP PBX - IP Phones - SIP Telephony - IP CCTV - IP ... < Again no idea where is getting this page from. * CCTV - is a category that I disabled - Why is it displaying categories in the search results???? * IP Telephony vs. VoIP < This one is correct. Can someone explain what's going on? Best regards, Marcos Miranda --- -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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On Wed, Jul 17, 2013 at 2:03 PM, Unitel wrote: > ** ** ** > > When I type unitel.biz in google I get the following results:**** > > ** ** > > I know where this is entry coming from - **** > > unitel.biz - *Unitel*.*biz* | Sales and service of Voice-over-IP (VoIP) > equipment for Small to Medium sized Businesses (SMBs). Products include > business phone systems, *...* > > * * > > *But the rest of the results are somewhat of a mystery to me!* > > * * > > - *The entry ?Articles? *IPitomy is an all in one business phone > system. PBX, voip phone *.. | I have no idea where in the site is > coming from. Yes it is a page in my site but why ?Articles? . When you > click on it the title ?Articles? appears on top of page.* > - *Business Phone System ? VoIp || *SL1100 Communications System. > Smart communications for *... < *that?s ok but it doesn?t show my*SPTABS? > * > - *Unitel.biz ? unitel.biz - *Serving the **New York** **State**lower > ****Hudson** **Valley**** business *...< When clicked on link I have > no idea where is going ?why is it displaying that page.* > - *SL1100 - *This unique communications Platform is the ideal > solution for *... < This one is correct. SL1100 is a menu item. And > is displaying the page correctly SP TABS and all. * > - *Title: Ipitomy Native IP - *Voice Over IP. This is the Tag Line - > digital & VoIP System. By *...< I have no idea where this one is > coming from. Although when I unpublished my ?categories? it goes away.* > - *Products - *This unique communications Platform is the ideal > solution for *... < Products - *This unique communications Platform > is the ideal solution for *... < Products is a menu heading, why is it > displaying that page?* > - *SL1100 System NEC SL1100 - *SL1100 System Pos.15 NEC SL1100 VoIP > Digital Hybrid *... < That?s one of the sub-categories that I deleted.* > - *IP Paging Systems - ...* VoIP IP PBX - IP Phones - SIP Telephony - > IP CCTV - IP *... < Again no idea where is getting this page from.* > - *CCTV ? is a category that I disabled ? Why is it displaying > categories in the search results????* > - *IP Telephony vs. VoIP < This one is correct.* > > * * > > *Can someone explain what?s going on?***** > > ** ** > > Best regards,**** > > ** ** > > Marcos Miranda **** > [image: ---] > > ** ** > > _______________________________________________ > New York PHP SIG: Joomla! 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Name: image001.gif Type: image/gif Size: 3357 bytes Desc: not available URL: From unitelny at gmail.com Thu Jul 18 10:16:11 2013 From: unitelny at gmail.com (Unitel) Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2013 10:16:11 -0400 Subject: [joomla] Google - Search Results Page In-Reply-To: References: <11BAAF47B3B848FBBC69592ABF1008EE@OwnerPC> Message-ID: Yes I have put content in meta-tags - somewhere I read that meta tags in Joomla are hierarchical - in other words menu meta tags are at the top of the list and everything else follows, so if you have meta tags info in your menus you don't need them in articles and so forth. Do you agree? Yesterday I did enter meta info in articles - just in case. What had me confused was the source of some of the entries for example this entry >> SL1100 System NEC SL1100 - SL1100 System Pos.15 NEC SL1100 VoIP Digital Hybrid ... < OOPS I just realized where this info was coming from. For testing purposes I had setup custom html modules and assigned them to different positions in the template. They are now deleted. Can you suggest a sitemap extension for Joomla - am told that Xmap by VARGAS is the best? Thank you for your response to my question << Best regards, Marcos Miranda --- _____ From: joomla-bounces at lists.nyphp.org [mailto:joomla-bounces at lists.nyphp.org] On Behalf Of Stephen Britton Sent: Wednesday, July 17, 2013 11:35 PM To: NYPHP SIG: Joomla Subject: Re: [joomla] Google - Search Results Page Google search needs help. You need to configure a few things before you can expect good results. Have you put content in the description meta tags? This is information that should be displayed in search results once your site has been indexed. And have you uploaded an XML file to your Google Webmaster Tools account? This tells Google when and where to search you site. On Wed, Jul 17, 2013 at 2:03 PM, Unitel wrote: When I type unitel.biz in google I get the following results: I know where this is entry coming from - unitel.biz - Unitel.biz | Sales and service of Voice-over-IP (VoIP) equipment for Small to Medium sized Businesses (SMBs). Products include business phone systems, ... But the rest of the results are somewhat of a mystery to me! * The entry "Articles" IPitomy is an all in one business phone system. PBX, voip phone .. | I have no idea where in the site is coming from. Yes it is a page in my site but why "Articles" . When you click on it the title "Articles" appears on top of page. * Business Phone System - VoIp || SL1100 Communications System. Smart communications for ... < that's ok but it doesn't show my SPTABS? * Unitel.biz - unitel.biz - Serving the New York State lower Hudson Valley business ...< When clicked on link I have no idea where is going -why is it displaying that page. * SL1100 - This unique communications Platform is the ideal solution for ... < This one is correct. SL1100 is a menu item. And is displaying the page correctly SP TABS and all. * Title: Ipitomy Native IP - Voice Over IP. This is the Tag Line - digital & VoIP System. By ...< I have no idea where this one is coming from. Although when I unpublished my "categories" it goes away. * Products - This unique communications Platform is the ideal solution for ... < Products - This unique communications Platform is the ideal solution for ... < Products is a menu heading, why is it displaying that page? * SL1100 System NEC SL1100 - SL1100 System Pos.15 NEC SL1100 VoIP Digital Hybrid ... < That's one of the sub-categories that I deleted. * IP Paging Systems - ... VoIP IP PBX - IP Phones - SIP Telephony - IP CCTV - IP ... < Again no idea where is getting this page from. * CCTV - is a category that I disabled - Why is it displaying categories in the search results???? * IP Telephony vs. VoIP < This one is correct. Can someone explain what's going on? Best regards, Marcos Miranda --- _______________________________________________ New York PHP SIG: Joomla! Mailing List http://lists.nyphp.org/mailman/listinfo/joomla NYPHPCon 2006 Presentations Online http://www.nyphpcon.com Show Your Participation in New York PHP http://www.nyphp.org/show_participation.php -- Stephen Britton Technology Consultant sbritton at gmail.com Twitter: @StephenBritton ph: 914-661-0040 "Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself." - George Bernard Shaw -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001.gif Type: image/gif Size: 3357 bytes Desc: not available URL: From sbritton at gmail.com Thu Jul 18 11:49:30 2013 From: sbritton at gmail.com (Stephen Britton) Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2013 11:49:30 -0400 Subject: [joomla] Google - Search Results Page In-Reply-To: References: <11BAAF47B3B848FBBC69592ABF1008EE@OwnerPC> Message-ID: Not sure what is going on with the meta description tags on your site. I always fill out the description tags found in the "Site > Global Configuration" and then on the first page, you will find "Metadata Settings." I put the general site description here. And on the Articles page, I use the "Metadata Options" and fill out the description based on the content in the article. Limit content to three sentences or less. The fewer characters the better, but make sure the sentences make sense because they show up in the search results. Also use a different meta description for each article. While you are filling out the descriptions, you might as well put in some keywords too. Generally Google search works like this: when it indexes a page, it first checks to see if there is content in the meta description tags and if so, it uses those in the search results. If it cannot find the description tag or content in the description tag then it looks for content on the page. Do a "view source" on one of your web pages and see if there is a meta description tag in the header (or head) section. It should look like this And yes, I highly recommend the Xmap extension. I have been using it for years and it has always worked for me. Stay cool! - - - Steve On Thu, Jul 18, 2013 at 10:16 AM, Unitel wrote: > ** ** ** ** ** > > Yes I have put content in meta-tags ? somewhere I read that meta tags in > Joomla are hierarchical ? in other words menu meta tags are at the top of > the list and everything else follows, so if you have meta tags info in your > menus you don?t need them in articles and so forth. Do you agree? Yesterday > I did enter meta info in articles ? just in case. What had me confused was > the source of some of the entries for example this entry >> *SL1100 > System NEC SL1100 - *SL1100 System Pos.15 NEC SL1100 VoIP Digital Hybrid > *... < ** OOPS I just realized where this info was coming from. For > testing purposes I had setup custom html modules and assigned them to > different positions in the template. They are now deleted.* > > ** ** > > Can you suggest a sitemap extension for Joomla ? am told that Xmap by > VARGAS is the best?**** > > ** ** > > Thank you for your response to my question <<**** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > Best regards,**** > > ** ** > > Marcos Miranda **** > [image: ---] > > ** ** > ------------------------------ > > *From:* joomla-bounces at lists.nyphp.org [mailto: > joomla-bounces at lists.nyphp.org] *On Behalf Of *Stephen Britton > *Sent:* Wednesday, July 17, 2013 11:35 PM > *To:* **NYPHP SIG: Joomla** > *Subject:* Re: [joomla] Google - Search Results Page**** > > ** ** > > Google search needs help. You need to configure a few things before you > can expect good results.**** > > ** ** > > Have you put content in the description meta tags? This is information > that should be displayed in search results once your site has been indexed. > **** > > ** ** > > And have you uploaded an XML file to your Google Webmaster Tools account? > This tells Google when and where to search you site.**** > > ** ** > > On Wed, Jul 17, 2013 at 2:03 PM, Unitel wrote:**** > > When I type unitel.biz in google I get the following results:**** > > **** > > I know where this is entry coming from - **** > > unitel.biz - *Unitel*.*biz* | Sales and service of Voice-over-IP (VoIP) > equipment for Small to Medium sized Businesses (SMBs). Products include > business phone systems, *...***** > > * ***** > > *But the rest of the results are somewhat of a mystery to me!***** > > * ***** > > - *The entry ?Articles? *IPitomy is an all in one business phone > system. PBX, voip phone *.. | I have no idea where in the site is > coming from. Yes it is a page in my site but why ?Articles? . When you > click on it the title ?Articles? appears on top of page.***** > - *Business Phone System ? VoIp || *SL1100 Communications System. > Smart communications for *... < *that?s ok but it doesn?t show my*SPTABS? > ***** > - *Unitel.biz ? unitel.biz - *Serving the **New York** **State**lower > ****Hudson** **Valley**** business *...< When clicked on link I have > no idea where is going ?why is it displaying that page.***** > - *SL1100 - *This unique communications Platform is the ideal > solution for *... < This one is correct. SL1100 is a menu item. And > is displaying the page correctly SP TABS and all. ***** > - *Title: Ipitomy Native IP - *Voice Over IP. This is the Tag Line - > digital & VoIP System. By *...< I have no idea where this one is > coming from. Although when I unpublished my ?categories? it goes away.* > **** > - *Products - *This unique communications Platform is the ideal > solution for *... < Products - *This unique communications Platform > is the ideal solution for *... < Products is a menu heading, why is it > displaying that page?***** > - *SL1100 System NEC SL1100 - *SL1100 System Pos.15 NEC SL1100 VoIP > Digital Hybrid *... < That?s one of the sub-categories that I deleted.* > **** > - *IP Paging Systems - ...* VoIP IP PBX - IP Phones - SIP Telephony - > IP CCTV - IP *... < Again no idea where is getting this page from.***** > - *CCTV ? is a category that I disabled ? Why is it displaying > categories in the search results????***** > - *IP Telephony vs. VoIP < This one is correct.***** > > * ***** > > *Can someone explain what?s going on?***** > > **** > > Best regards,**** > > **** > > Marcos Miranda **** > > [image: ---]**** > > **** > > > _______________________________________________ > ****New York**** PHP SIG: Joomla! Mailing List > http://lists.nyphp.org/mailman/listinfo/joomla > > NYPHPCon 2006 Presentations Online > http://www.nyphpcon.com > > Show Your Participation in ****New York**** PHP > http://www.nyphp.org/show_participation.php**** > > > > **** > > ** ** > > -- > Stephen Britton > Technology Consultant > sbritton at gmail.com > Twitter: @StephenBritton**** > > ph: 914-661-0040**** > > ** ** > > "Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself." - > George Bernard Shaw**** > > _______________________________________________ > New York PHP SIG: Joomla! Mailing List > http://lists.nyphp.org/mailman/listinfo/joomla > > NYPHPCon 2006 Presentations Online > http://www.nyphpcon.com > > Show Your Participation in New York PHP > http://www.nyphp.org/show_participation.php > -- Stephen Britton Technology Consultant sbritton at gmail.com Twitter: @StephenBritton ph: 914-661-0040 "Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself." - George Bernard Shaw -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001.gif Type: image/gif Size: 3357 bytes Desc: not available URL: From davidalanroth at gmail.com Mon Jul 22 07:34:54 2013 From: davidalanroth at gmail.com (David Roth) Date: Mon, 22 Jul 2013 07:34:54 -0400 Subject: [joomla] SobiPro slow? Message-ID: I installed SobiPro's latest stable version on Joomla 2.5.11 and it's very slow. I have their Cache On and the SobiPro Data Accelerator on, but it's still slow. I confirmed that SQLite3 is installed. I don't even have many records in it since I'm still just checking it out. Anyone have any experience with SobiPro? Could I be overlooking something? Thanks! David Roth From kenny at whyknott.com Mon Jul 22 12:26:52 2013 From: kenny at whyknott.com (Kenny Berwager) Date: Mon, 22 Jul 2013 12:26:52 -0400 Subject: [joomla] Recommended Multi-site component Message-ID: <36257ED3-6D30-4BE8-B7F6-42C8A722350C@whyknott.com> What component does everyone recommend when setting up one Joomla install and having 10 other real estate agents have their own space on a subdomain like agent1.mydomain.com when you visit their page it only shows their content that resides from the main Joomla site. All 10 agents would be handled the same way and I'd only need to manage 1 Joomla install for all agents but to them its like they are managing their own website. Any advice after reading what I mentioned above would be great!! Thanks, Kenny Berwager From unitelny at gmail.com Fri Jul 26 10:49:22 2013 From: unitelny at gmail.com (Unitel) Date: Fri, 26 Jul 2013 10:49:22 -0400 Subject: [joomla] SEO Extension Message-ID: <2E6797E27FA54538B972D552D9549858@OwnerPC> Hello Everyone! Joomla 2.5 Is it a good idea to install one of the SEO extensions, such sh404SEO or MijoSEO. Can someone recommend one that they are currently using? Also should I install xmap from Vargas even if I install an seo extension. Best regards, Marcos Miranda --- -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001.gif Type: image/gif Size: 3357 bytes Desc: not available URL: From sbritton at gmail.com Fri Jul 26 15:00:16 2013 From: sbritton at gmail.com (Stephen Britton) Date: Fri, 26 Jul 2013 15:00:16 -0400 Subject: [joomla] SEO Extension In-Reply-To: <2E6797E27FA54538B972D552D9549858@OwnerPC> References: <2E6797E27FA54538B972D552D9549858@OwnerPC> Message-ID: I know there are others who think differently, but I have found that Joomla 2.5/3.1 does not require the SEO extensions that were necessary in Joomla 1.5. Just using the features built-in to Joomla 2.5/3.1, you can create SEF friendly URLs, unique page title tags, and meta description tags. And it is also possible to re-map URLs. Right now the only "SEO" extension that I use is Xmap. I always try to take advantage of the native features in Joomla before I start looking for third-party extensions. It cuts down on code bloat. As you may have heard, Joomla 3.1 now includes article tags, and there are article tag extensions for Joomla 2.5 if you want to put tags on your site. I have never bothered with article tags, but now that they are part of Joomla 3.1, I have started using them. So far, I have not seen any SEO benefits from tags, but they are helpful for on-site search and organizing articles. As long as the site has good content, good meta descriptions, unique title tags on each pages, and the sitemap XML file has been uploaded to Google and Bing webmaster tools, it should rank well in search. - - - Steve On Fri, Jul 26, 2013 at 10:49 AM, Unitel wrote: > Hello Everyone!**** > > ** ** > > Joomla 2.5**** > > ** ** > > Is it a good idea to install one of the SEO extensions, such sh404SEO or > MijoSEO. Can someone recommend one that they are currently using? Also > should I install xmap from Vargas even if I install an seo extension.**** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > Best regards,**** > > ** ** > > Marcos Miranda **** > [image: ---] > > ** ** > > _______________________________________________ > New York PHP SIG: Joomla! Mailing List > http://lists.nyphp.org/mailman/listinfo/joomla > > NYPHPCon 2006 Presentations Online > http://www.nyphpcon.com > > Show Your Participation in New York PHP > http://www.nyphp.org/show_participation.php > -- Stephen Britton Technology Consultant sbritton at gmail.com Twitter: @StephenBritton ph: 914-661-0040 "Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself." - George Bernard Shaw -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001.gif Type: image/gif Size: 3357 bytes Desc: not available URL: From unitelny at gmail.com Fri Jul 26 18:23:24 2013 From: unitelny at gmail.com (Unitel) Date: Fri, 26 Jul 2013 18:23:24 -0400 Subject: [joomla] SEO Extension In-Reply-To: References: <2E6797E27FA54538B972D552D9549858@OwnerPC> Message-ID: Thank you Steve, I will follow your common sense advice! Best regards, Marcos Miranda --- _____ From: joomla-bounces at lists.nyphp.org [mailto:joomla-bounces at lists.nyphp.org] On Behalf Of Stephen Britton Sent: Friday, July 26, 2013 3:00 PM To: NYPHP SIG: Joomla Subject: Re: [joomla] SEO Extension I know there are others who think differently, but I have found that Joomla 2.5/3.1 does not require the SEO extensions that were necessary in Joomla 1.5. Just using the features built-in to Joomla 2.5/3.1, you can create SEF friendly URLs, unique page title tags, and meta description tags. And it is also possible to re-map URLs. Right now the only "SEO" extension that I use is Xmap. I always try to take advantage of the native features in Joomla before I start looking for third-party extensions. It cuts down on code bloat. As you may have heard, Joomla 3.1 now includes article tags, and there are article tag extensions for Joomla 2.5 if you want to put tags on your site. I have never bothered with article tags, but now that they are part of Joomla 3.1, I have started using them. So far, I have not seen any SEO benefits from tags, but they are helpful for on-site search and organizing articles. As long as the site has good content, good meta descriptions, unique title tags on each pages, and the sitemap XML file has been uploaded to Google and Bing webmaster tools, it should rank well in search. - - - Steve On Fri, Jul 26, 2013 at 10:49 AM, Unitel wrote: Hello Everyone! Joomla 2.5 Is it a good idea to install one of the SEO extensions, such sh404SEO or MijoSEO. Can someone recommend one that they are currently using? Also should I install xmap from Vargas even if I install an seo extension. Best regards, Marcos Miranda --- _______________________________________________ New York PHP SIG: Joomla! Mailing List http://lists.nyphp.org/mailman/listinfo/joomla NYPHPCon 2006 Presentations Online http://www.nyphpcon.com Show Your Participation in New York PHP http://www.nyphp.org/show_participation.php -- Stephen Britton Technology Consultant sbritton at gmail.com Twitter: @StephenBritton ph: 914-661-0040 "Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself." - George Bernard Shaw -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Lead Developer Construct Template Development Framework Phone: 203.632.9322 Twitter: @betweenbrain Github: https://github.com/betweenbrain Composed and delivered courtesy of Nexus 7. ** ** Thank you Steve,**** ** ** I will follow your common sense advice!**** ** ** ** ** ** ** Best regards,**** ** ** Marcos Miranda **** [image: ---] ** ** ------------------------------ *From:* joomla-bounces at lists.nyphp.org [mailto: joomla-bounces at lists.nyphp.org] *On Behalf Of *Stephen Britton *Sent:* Friday, July 26, 2013 3:00 PM *To:* NYPHP SIG: Joomla *Subject:* Re: [joomla] SEO Extension**** ** ** I know there are others who think differently, but I have found that Joomla 2.5/3.1 does not require the SEO extensions that were necessary in Joomla 1.5. **** ** ** Just using the features built-in to Joomla 2.5/3.1, you can create SEF friendly URLs, unique page title tags, and meta description tags. And it is also possible to re-map URLs. Right now the only "SEO" extension that I use is Xmap. I always try to take advantage of the native features in Joomla before I start looking for third-party extensions. It cuts down on code bloat. **** ** ** As you may have heard, Joomla 3.1 now includes article tags, and there are article tag extensions for Joomla 2.5 if you want to put tags on your site. I have never bothered with article tags, but now that they are part of Joomla 3.1, I have started using them. So far, I have not seen any SEO benefits from tags, but they are helpful for on-site search and organizing articles.**** ** ** As long as the site has good content, good meta descriptions, unique title tags on each pages, and the sitemap XML file has been uploaded to Google and Bing webmaster tools, it should rank well in search.**** ** ** - - - Steve**** **** ** ** On Fri, Jul 26, 2013 at 10:49 AM, Unitel wrote:**** Hello Everyone!**** **** Joomla 2.5**** **** Is it a good idea to install one of the SEO extensions, such sh404SEO or MijoSEO. Can someone recommend one that they are currently using? Also should I install xmap from Vargas even if I install an seo extension.**** **** **** **** Best regards,**** **** Marcos Miranda **** [image: ---]**** **** _______________________________________________ ****New York**** PHP SIG: Joomla! Mailing List http://lists.nyphp.org/mailman/listinfo/joomla NYPHPCon 2006 Presentations Online http://www.nyphpcon.com Show Your Participation in ****New York**** PHP http://www.nyphp.org/show_participation.php**** **** ** ** -- Stephen Britton Technology Consultant sbritton at gmail.com Twitter: @StephenBritton**** ph: 914-661-0040**** ** ** "Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself." - George Bernard Shaw**** _______________________________________________ New York PHP SIG: Joomla! Mailing List http://lists.nyphp.org/mailman/listinfo/joomla NYPHPCon 2006 Presentations Online http://www.nyphpcon.com Show Your Participation in New York PHP http://www.nyphp.org/show_participation.php -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001.gif Type: image/gif Size: 3357 bytes Desc: not available URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001.gif Type: image/gif Size: 3357 bytes Desc: not available URL: From unitelny at gmail.com Wed Jul 31 12:42:56 2013 From: unitelny at gmail.com (Unitel) Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2013 12:42:56 -0400 Subject: [joomla] Site Map - Webmaster Site Verification Message-ID: <88B8E90D6BE84D74904A1E009108A094@OwnerPC> I submitted my site map to Google and Bing/Yahoo. Any suggestions regarding other search engines I should submit to? Webmaster Site Verification: I listed with; 1. Google 2. Bing 3. Alexa Is there any special need to be listed with different search engines? Or one is enough, for example just Google. For site maps I used the xmap. For web Master Site Verification I used extension from Bybe, listed in the JED. Any comments will be welcomed. Best regards, Marcos Miranda --- -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001.gif Type: image/gif Size: 3357 bytes Desc: not available URL: From unitelny at gmail.com Thu Jul 18 12:23:08 2013 From: unitelny at gmail.com (Unitel) Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2013 16:23:08 -0000 Subject: [joomla] Google - Search Results Page In-Reply-To: References: <11BAAF47B3B848FBBC69592ABF1008EE@OwnerPC> Message-ID: <98155F79A93D469888E0B093C72D3AF9@OwnerPC> Check this out Stephen, --> Google / home page -> view source -> Description and Keywords: Are coming from my Menu/Home/ Meta Description/Keywords. Not from Global configuration. Hum? Should I be concerned? Best regards, Marcos Miranda --- _____ From: joomla-bounces at lists.nyphp.org [mailto:joomla-bounces at lists.nyphp.org] On Behalf Of Stephen Britton Sent: Thursday, July 18, 2013 11:50 AM To: NYPHP SIG: Joomla Subject: Re: [joomla] Google - Search Results Page Not sure what is going on with the meta description tags on your site. I always fill out the description tags found in the "Site > Global Configuration" and then on the first page, you will find "Metadata Settings." I put the general site description here. And on the Articles page, I use the "Metadata Options" and fill out the description based on the content in the article. Limit content to three sentences or less. The fewer characters the better, but make sure the sentences make sense because they show up in the search results. Also use a different meta description for each article. While you are filling out the descriptions, you might as well put in some keywords too. Generally Google search works like this: when it indexes a page, it first checks to see if there is content in the meta description tags and if so, it uses those in the search results. If it cannot find the description tag or content in the description tag then it looks for content on the page. Do a "view source" on one of your web pages and see if there is a meta description tag in the header (or head) section. It should look like this And yes, I highly recommend the Xmap extension. I have been using it for years and it has always worked for me. Stay cool! - - - Steve On Thu, Jul 18, 2013 at 10:16 AM, Unitel wrote: Yes I have put content in meta-tags - somewhere I read that meta tags in Joomla are hierarchical - in other words menu meta tags are at the top of the list and everything else follows, so if you have meta tags info in your menus you don't need them in articles and so forth. Do you agree? Yesterday I did enter meta info in articles - just in case. What had me confused was the source of some of the entries for example this entry >> SL1100 System NEC SL1100 - SL1100 System Pos.15 NEC SL1100 VoIP Digital Hybrid ... < OOPS I just realized where this info was coming from. For testing purposes I had setup custom html modules and assigned them to different positions in the template. They are now deleted. Can you suggest a sitemap extension for Joomla - am told that Xmap by VARGAS is the best? Thank you for your response to my question << Best regards, Marcos Miranda --- _____ From: joomla-bounces at lists.nyphp.org [mailto:joomla-bounces at lists.nyphp.org] On Behalf Of Stephen Britton Sent: Wednesday, July 17, 2013 11:35 PM To: NYPHP SIG: Joomla Subject: Re: [joomla] Google - Search Results Page Google search needs help. You need to configure a few things before you can expect good results. Have you put content in the description meta tags? This is information that should be displayed in search results once your site has been indexed. And have you uploaded an XML file to your Google Webmaster Tools account? This tells Google when and where to search you site. On Wed, Jul 17, 2013 at 2:03 PM, Unitel wrote: When I type unitel.biz in google I get the following results: I know where this is entry coming from - unitel.biz - Unitel.biz | Sales and service of Voice-over-IP (VoIP) equipment for Small to Medium sized Businesses (SMBs). Products include business phone systems, ... But the rest of the results are somewhat of a mystery to me! * The entry "Articles" IPitomy is an all in one business phone system. PBX, voip phone .. | I have no idea where in the site is coming from. Yes it is a page in my site but why "Articles" . When you click on it the title "Articles" appears on top of page. * Business Phone System - VoIp || SL1100 Communications System. Smart communications for ... < that's ok but it doesn't show my SPTABS? * Unitel.biz - unitel.biz - Serving the New York State lower Hudson Valley business ...< When clicked on link I have no idea where is going -why is it displaying that page. * SL1100 - This unique communications Platform is the ideal solution for ... < This one is correct. SL1100 is a menu item. And is displaying the page correctly SP TABS and all. * Title: Ipitomy Native IP - Voice Over IP. This is the Tag Line - digital & VoIP System. By ...< I have no idea where this one is coming from. Although when I unpublished my "categories" it goes away. * Products - This unique communications Platform is the ideal solution for ... < Products - This unique communications Platform is the ideal solution for ... < Products is a menu heading, why is it displaying that page? * SL1100 System NEC SL1100 - SL1100 System Pos.15 NEC SL1100 VoIP Digital Hybrid ... < That's one of the sub-categories that I deleted. * IP Paging Systems - ... VoIP IP PBX - IP Phones - SIP Telephony - IP CCTV - IP ... < Again no idea where is getting this page from. * CCTV - is a category that I disabled - Why is it displaying categories in the search results???? * IP Telephony vs. VoIP < This one is correct. Can someone explain what's going on? Best regards, Marcos Miranda --- _______________________________________________ New York PHP SIG: Joomla! 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