Raymond Furre

Prevent illegal access on your website

rayfurre — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 14:06:13 +0000

A student cannot enter the school premises without the student ID, an employee is required to always wear his uniform and ID so to be recognized by the
company.

Credentials and certificates must be presented when you apply for loan
or any financing program, along with credit card usage is a valid ID and any person who transacts legal matters with anybody or any establishment needs to present valid ID as proof of his genuine identity.

These are not uncommon scenes when we encounter the word authentic. Authentic according to dictionary is synonymous to certain, legitimate, real or trustworthy. Thus, Authentication is the process of determining whether someone or something is, in fact, who or what it is declared to be. With that in mind, it is almost similar or closely related to identification.

What is Authentication?

It is the process of verifying who is accessing the application through some kind of a database query. In private and public computer networks, most especially the Internet, authentication is customary and done through the use of logon passwords.

Typically, user initially registers (or by someone else) by creating a username and self-declared or assigned (some websites do this but as temporary and can later be changed by the user) password. Other useful information is also being asked and must be complied before a successful account is created. In order to avail the full access and services or products offered on that site the user must know and use the previously declared password through login form on each subsequent use.

Why Use Authentication?

In online environments, this process comes first to ensure the validity of the site member and in the same way prevents or limits the access of unwanted users. It is the basis for protecting data, valuable assets or confidential information. If user accounts are not properly identified and not verified through authentication, an organization’s resources and services are at risk especially if not properly controlled. Thus, knowing whom you are doing business with (authenticating their identity), should be at the top list of fundamental security consideration as it serves as the foundation in digital world.

Authentication with Joomla Applications

The Joomla AlphaRegistration extension, an easy and very quick to set up component with secured register form that helps website owner prevent or the least reduce fake accounts (also known as bot accounts) and spamming. It provides effective register protection and also helps clients or customers understand the registration process easily since it allows a display of image for each step or registering user. And what’s more, it comes in different languages.

But this does not all end to functionality and usefulness because an awesome authentication add-on that Joomla created surprisingly gives a little twist on the lay-out of the log-in form. Website owners who are fetish on visual and style and users who are bored with the same old standard login forms can now experience a sheer delight of fun while looking or typing at this SignalLogin form.

Its customizable login design will surely outdo the usual plain formats while effectively protects user login and professionally stops spamming robots. But not only that, it helps site owner remind their users to activate the account, and even novice can easily modify its features such as changing the height and background color, even replacing text like “forgot password” with images can be done. With configurable position, display and other options, your site will look far better than the
others.

Joomla Backup

rayfurre — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 07:30:41 +0000

What comes to mind when you hear the word DATA? The plural of Latin word datum? Matter of fact, yes, but more than that, it is a collection or a group of qualitative and/or quantitative attributes of variable or set of variables. It is something we consider important or valuable from which information or knowledge is derived.

Keeping data is critical back then since things were done manually and storage devices are not readily available. Paper documents, images or pictures once burned are lost forever.

But with the fast progression of technology today, a wide array of solutions is continually developed to secure and even recover lost data. This has become possible through backup.

Importance of Backup
Technology has become part of our daily life. Cellular phones that give us easy, fast and convenient means of communication and most importantly computers which undeniably can do a lot and arguably running our lives in many aspect.

In Information technology, a backup or the process of backing up refers to making copies of data so that these additional copies may be used to restore the original after a data loss event. The term back up in two words is taken as a verb whereas backup which is one word only is a noun. (Word usage here is expound to avoid ambiguity.)

Just imagine our life in a regular basis. When we leave our house, aside from the one bearing the original, we purposely make sure that someone holds another key called duplicate, or hide it somewhere else. Important paper documents in office or personal are kept with several copies in different files. In case one of these is misplaced or worse, lost by accident, would you cry and freak out? Pathetic scenario like this is avoided. You never want this to happen. This is what we call backing up. Backup is one of the most important things that any computer user can do. Computers have become entrenched into our daily lives, and there are things on our computers that we need or want that can never be replaced if lost.

This is why backup is so important to us. Family photographs, stories, business papers, tax documents, whatever you keep on your computer that cannot be replaced: this is what you want to backup. Backups are useful primarily for two purposes. The first is to restore a state following a disaster (called disaster recovery). The second is to restore small numbers of files after they have been accidentally deleted or corrupted.

Types of Backup
There are many different types of data storage devices that are useful for making backups such as external hard drive or CDs and many different ways in which these devices can be arranged to provide geographic redundancy, data security, and portability.

Backing up can be manually done, such as saving your typed documents in one of the computer drives (e.g. Local Disk) and make a copy on flash drive. However it becomes tedious, time-consuming and oftentimes you will forget to do it. Backup Software applications will do a reasonable job for this. It depends on the requirement that suits you upon choosing. Whether you want to run backups without interfering with other applications or enable it with an automatic scheduling. Whether you intend to back up a whole database or only selected critical files, perhaps one or two stand alone desktop PCs or a network of them, or the whole operating system too; huge options are on the market to make this process to be as fast and as painless as possible.

Creating Online Backup : Joomla-Powered Sites
Since data loss is very common and a big portion of internet users have suffered from serious data loss, effective online backup solution has become much more popular in recent years along with software application that employs the solution for you automatically.

We remove these burdens on Joomla-powered sites through Akeeba Backup. It creates a full backup of your site in a single archive. One essential function of this component is that it generates a site backup which contains not only the database but all the files and can be restored on any Joomla-capable server. Recovering the entire site from a backup file is a quick and easy process. It definitely eliminates the hassle of filing and keeping track of important and private information on your computer. One of the most cost-effective and reliable extension to protect your vital data.

Another is the JoomlaCloner which enables the user to move his site to any location without manually reinstalling all the components, plug-ins, templates, database, etc. Instead of creating a new site from scratch, JoomlaCloner resolves this by using the server ftp function manually or automatically.

Joomla Calendars

rayfurre — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 08:37:47 +0000

Calendars are tabular array of days and months in a year and are also defined as the systematic timekeeping and register of dates, social events, and appointments. It is one of the most basic things people need to view from time to time.

Being in a fast-paced world wherein every second counts people sometimes forget and missed a very important event in their life due to inaccurate and ineffective scheduling. That is why tools that prevent such circumstance were created with additional features to give convenience and make our life more manageable like Calendar applications.

These are very useful and essential, most especially for websites to include since it also let visitors see what is happening or upcoming events and other useful information they want to see on that site.

There are several calendar extensions available which you can choose from in Joomla platform. To name a few of the most popular are JCAL PRO, SIMPLE CALENDAR, and GCALENDAR.

SIMPLE calendar, as the name speaks itself, is one of the easiest and simplest forms of calendar extension yet provides efficient event management for small and medium-size organizations such as sports clubs. It shows the date of events in ascending order. Display can also be customized though it already looks pleasant with its quite professional and user friendly interface.

The GCALENDAR on the other hand, connects to a google calendar, which is the main feature of this component, and integrate it to joomla powered site. It’s capable of editing or adding events right on the site without having to go to Google calendar. As such, public events from google calendar can be readily displayed on joomla site. You can also modify or add new features to the component through google account. Upcoming events are shown on a list and with its countdown timer it informs you of the next event.

Last and certainly not the least, is JCAL Pro calendar. It is a more sophisticated and complex type yet easy to install and configure. It offers many options like templating system and multiple language translation. Events or occasions that are recurring are easily manipulated, no need to reschedule every week or every month or repeat the same information. You can display the next event in a recurring series as well as the non-recurring events. It also has the ability to post multi- colored events which corresponds to types of events you planned.

Whether big or small organization, church, clubs, schools or companies, calendar extensions are of great help if utilized properly to its main function. You’ll never miss a date, appointment, meeting or occasion anymore with these add –on components. Clients or friends will not be bothered where you at or what’s keeping you busy if you opt to make your schedule visible.

With Joomla Calendar extensions, you can never go wrong. Just select what works for you and fits your needs. Besides, it’s absolutely free! This is one great advantage of an open source application/software. And if certain troubles arise, technical support is prompt to address or answer your query.

Bruken av STORE BOKSTAVER i kommunikasjon på Internett og i epost

rayfurre — Tue, 25 May 2010 07:48:58 +0000

Det finnes endel kjøreregler som det kan være fornuftig å forholde seg til når det gjelder Internett og epost. En av disse gjelder bruken av STORE bokstaver i setninger;

Den generelle regelen er: Aldri bruk STORE BOKSTAVER når du skriver en epost eller er på chat. Store bokstaver er på Internett og i epost det samme som at du… r o p e r …. eller uttrykker deg på annen høylytt og aggressiv måte.

Strategisk utvalgte webløsninger integrert med hverandre

rayfurre — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:41:16 +0000

Webkonsepter.no har valgt ut unike webløsninger som du kan tenke på som byggeklosser. Hver webløsning er markedsledende i sin nisje og brukes av millioner av mennesker verden over.

Start med en enkel hjemmeside eller nettbutikk. Bygg på med statistikk som viser antall besøkende. Om du trenger Internett markedsføring, kan vi integrere søkemotor optimalisering eller andre former for internett markedsføring inn mot websiden din. Og om du har behov for et godt salgsverktøy eller brukerstøtte løsning, kan dette enkelt integreres mot hjemmesiden eller nettbutikken din.

Helt logisk. Enkelt & veldig brukervennlig!

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Administrer dine markedskampajer online

rayfurre — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 21:43:59 +0000

Nå kan du legge inn all dine markedsaktiviteter online og måle resultater fra kampajen på antall nye besøkende du får på hjemmesiden.

Ta kontakt så får du en demo.

November nyhetsbrev publisert

rayfurre — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 01:53:48 +0000

Nå er november utgaven an webkonsepter.no’s nyhetsbrev sendt til kunder og generelt interesserte.

I denne utgaven har det for våre kunder vært fokusert på info omkring integrasjons muligheter, sosiale medier, 15 gratis joomla kurs og hva som er siste versjon av joomla

Generelt interesserte har fått et eget nyhetsbrev med info om joomla, sosiale medier og en solskinnshistorie fra hyttaitrysil.no

Hvordan skape verdier på Internett – Steg 3: Ta vare på kundene dine ved hjelp av et godt kundepleie system

rayfurre — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 22:31:37 +0000

Internett, hjemmeside, nettbutikk, Internett markedsføring, salgs- og kundepleie, sugarcrm, hvordan tjene penger på Internett, proff hjemmeside, webdesign, web, søkemotor optimalisering

SugarCRM er i dag verdens største åpen kildekode CRM løsning. Dette er et fantastisk produkt til en enda mer fantastisk pris. Med SugarCRM kan du sørge for at dine kunder alltid får den støtte og oppfølging som skal til for at du skal få mersalg og stadig økende kundemasse.

Hvordan skape verdier på Internett – Steg 2: Markedsfør deg!

rayfurre — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 22:27:29 +0000

Internett, hjemmeside, nettbutikk, Internett markedsføring, salgs- og kundepleie, sugarcrm, hvordan tjene penger på Internett, proff hjemmeside, webdesign, web, søkemotor optimalisering

Når du har fått en flott hjemmeside eller nettbutikk er tiden kommet til å skape trafikk til siden din. Det er en masse måter å gjøre det på, og om du følger lenken over finner du en rekke ideer til hvordan du kan drive kostnadseffektiv markedsføring.

Hvordan skape verdier på Internett – Steg 1: Proff hjemmeside eller nettbutikk

rayfurre — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 19:53:21 +0000

Internett, hjemmeside, nettbutikk, Internett markedsføring, salgs- og kundepleie, sugarcrm, hvordan tjene penger på Internett, proff hjemmeside, webdesign, web, søkemotor optimalisering

For å skape verdier på Internett, er det nødvendig å fremstå på en proffesjonell måte. Her finner du oppskriften på hvordan du kan skaffe deg en proff hjemmeside eller nettbutikk