Comments for Net Explorers Articles http://www.hosting-netexplorers.co.uk/blog Web Hosting, Web Design and Web Marketing Tips Sat, 05 Jul 2008 02:06:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 Comment on Joomla 1.5.2 Now Auto Installed at Net Explorers by Simon Rycroft http://www.hosting-netexplorers.co.uk/blog/joomla/joomla-152-now-auto-installed-at-net-explorers/#comment-582 Simon Rycroft Wed, 30 Apr 2008 13:56:46 +0000 http://www.hosting-netexplorers.co.uk/blog/joomla/joomla-152-now-auto-installed-at-net-explorers/#comment-582 Joomla 1.5.3 is now available :-) Joomla 1.5.3 is now available :-)

]]> Comment on Joomla 1.5.2 Now Auto Installed at Net Explorers by Simon Rycroft http://www.hosting-netexplorers.co.uk/blog/joomla/joomla-152-now-auto-installed-at-net-explorers/#comment-532 Simon Rycroft Sat, 26 Apr 2008 15:12:47 +0000 http://www.hosting-netexplorers.co.uk/blog/joomla/joomla-152-now-auto-installed-at-net-explorers/#comment-532 It generally takes us a couple of days to upgrade and test our installer scripts so we should have 1.5.3 available for new installations in the early part of next week. We do not automatically patch Joomla because it would break a lot of websites. Every customer has access to their source files so we have absolutely no idea what changes they have made. To give you an idea of how complex this would be eZ Systems provide a similar service for the eZ Publish CMS and it costs several thousands pounds per year per website. Every add-on component has to be certified so that they can guarantee it won't break the site when it is automatically patched and even the templates you use have to be coded in a specific way and approved by the eZ developers. In short, it would be a nightmare! So I'm afraid you will need to patch the website yourself. It generally takes us a couple of days to upgrade and test our installer scripts so we should have 1.5.3 available for new installations in the early part of next week.

We do not automatically patch Joomla because it would break a lot of websites. Every customer has access to their source files so we have absolutely no idea what changes they have made.

To give you an idea of how complex this would be eZ Systems provide a similar service for the eZ Publish CMS and it costs several thousands pounds per year per website. Every add-on component has to be certified so that they can guarantee it won’t break the site when it is automatically patched and even the templates you use have to be coded in a specific way and approved by the eZ developers.

In short, it would be a nightmare! So I’m afraid you will need to patch the website yourself.

]]> Comment on Joomla 1.5.2 Now Auto Installed at Net Explorers by Simon Anthony http://www.hosting-netexplorers.co.uk/blog/joomla/joomla-152-now-auto-installed-at-net-explorers/#comment-528 Simon Anthony Sat, 26 Apr 2008 12:27:51 +0000 http://www.hosting-netexplorers.co.uk/blog/joomla/joomla-152-now-auto-installed-at-net-explorers/#comment-528 Joomla 1.5.3 is out . can we have that please? Also, do you do patch upgrades automatically? Joomla 1.5.3 is out . can we have that please? Also, do you do patch upgrades automatically?

]]> Comment on Joomla! 1.5 is infested with bugs! by Elixir http://www.hosting-netexplorers.co.uk/blog/joomla/joomla-15-is-infested-with-bugs/#comment-367 Elixir Sat, 05 Apr 2008 14:18:34 +0000 http://www.hosting-netexplorers.co.uk/blog/joomla/joomla-15-is-infested-with-bugs/#comment-367 I used to run my site on e107 CMS. It was fast and simple. Then I got into Joomla and Drupal. My first Joomla site 1.0.x loaded faster than my 1.5 site. I have read many threads about Joomla1.5 loading slow. The consensus is: live with it. Well, I can't. My site takes so long to load on the first try that sometimes it times out. That looks great when you're trying to show your site to clients! NOT! Over the last few months, I started to look more favorably at Drupal. I upgraded a Drupal 4.x to 5.7 and it went off smoothly. Much more smoothly than Joomla 1.0 to 1.5 (ugh!) The jury is still out on Drupal 6, though. But it can't be any worse than Joomla 1.5. I have been teaching my techs to use Joomla 1.0 if necessary just because it is faster and apparently more stable than 1.5. But today, I'm changing course and going Drupal again. Yee ha. Maybe back to e107?? LOL! I used to run my site on e107 CMS. It was fast and simple. Then I got into Joomla and Drupal.

My first Joomla site 1.0.x loaded faster than my 1.5 site. I have read many threads about Joomla1.5 loading slow. The consensus is: live with it. Well, I can’t. My site takes so long to load on the first try that sometimes it times out. That looks great when you’re trying to show your site to clients! NOT!

Over the last few months, I started to look more favorably at Drupal. I upgraded a Drupal 4.x to 5.7 and it went off smoothly. Much more smoothly than Joomla 1.0 to 1.5 (ugh!) The jury is still out on Drupal 6, though. But it can’t be any worse than Joomla 1.5.

I have been teaching my techs to use Joomla 1.0 if necessary just because it is faster and apparently more stable than 1.5. But today, I’m changing course and going Drupal again. Yee ha. Maybe back to e107?? LOL!

]]> Comment on Joomla! 1.5 is infested with bugs! by Anil Passi http://www.hosting-netexplorers.co.uk/blog/joomla/joomla-15-is-infested-with-bugs/#comment-212 Anil Passi Tue, 11 Mar 2008 21:17:18 +0000 http://www.hosting-netexplorers.co.uk/blog/joomla/joomla-15-is-infested-with-bugs/#comment-212 404 issue was being faced because the template of Joomla 1.x wasn't in the 1.5 environment. Its resolved now 404 issue was being faced because the template of Joomla 1.x wasn’t in the 1.5 environment.

Its resolved now

]]> Comment on Joomla! 1.5 is infested with bugs! by Simon Rycroft http://www.hosting-netexplorers.co.uk/blog/joomla/joomla-15-is-infested-with-bugs/#comment-199 Simon Rycroft Sat, 08 Mar 2008 10:49:45 +0000 http://www.hosting-netexplorers.co.uk/blog/joomla/joomla-15-is-infested-with-bugs/#comment-199 As yet we have not had any need to migrate any sites to 1.5, but I guess we will have to pretty soon. I don't know how much longer the development team plan to continue supporting the 1.0.x branch. As yet we have not had any need to migrate any sites to 1.5, but I guess we will have to pretty soon. I don’t know how much longer the development team plan to continue supporting the 1.0.x branch.

]]> Comment on Joomla! 1.5 is infested with bugs! by Anil http://www.hosting-netexplorers.co.uk/blog/joomla/joomla-15-is-infested-with-bugs/#comment-168 Anil Sat, 01 Mar 2008 15:18:45 +0000 http://www.hosting-netexplorers.co.uk/blog/joomla/joomla-15-is-infested-with-bugs/#comment-168 Of course the fresh install is stable. But how goes the migration? Joomla Forum is full of postings by people stating 404 errors after migrating their websites to 1.5. But no meangful solutions available yet. I am in a fix whether to leave old site on 1.0.x and start new one with J1.5. Surely this means giving up all the old contents, not ideal at all Of course the fresh install is stable. But how goes the migration?
Joomla Forum is full of postings by people stating 404 errors after migrating their websites to 1.5. But no meangful solutions available yet.

I am in a fix whether to leave old site on 1.0.x and start new one with J1.5. Surely this means giving up all the old contents, not ideal at all

]]> Comment on Joomla! 1.5 is infested with bugs! by Simon Rycroft http://www.hosting-netexplorers.co.uk/blog/joomla/joomla-15-is-infested-with-bugs/#comment-137 Simon Rycroft Mon, 25 Feb 2008 09:22:19 +0000 http://www.hosting-netexplorers.co.uk/blog/joomla/joomla-15-is-infested-with-bugs/#comment-137 We are in the final stages of developing our own auto-installer scripts for 1.5 and so far our tests suggest that fresh installs are very stable. We haven't done any test migrations from 1.0.x installations yet so I would be very interested to hear what experiences people are having. We are in the final stages of developing our own auto-installer scripts for 1.5 and so far our tests suggest that fresh installs are very stable. We haven’t done any test migrations from 1.0.x installations yet so I would be very interested to hear what experiences people are having.

]]> Comment on Joomla! 1.5 is infested with bugs! by Anil http://www.hosting-netexplorers.co.uk/blog/joomla/joomla-15-is-infested-with-bugs/#comment-132 Anil Sun, 24 Feb 2008 16:15:15 +0000 http://www.hosting-netexplorers.co.uk/blog/joomla/joomla-15-is-infested-with-bugs/#comment-132 I am hitting very fundamental bugs with with stable 1.5.1 version Perhaps testing was done well for new installation of Joomla 1.5.x However I believe testing was not done on migrated websites. Even simple things like Old Menu structures os 1.0.x give 404 error I am giving up on my Joomla 1.5.1 migration, after having wasted almost entire weekend I am hitting very fundamental bugs with with stable 1.5.1 version

Perhaps testing was done well for new installation of Joomla 1.5.x

However I believe testing was not done on migrated websites.
Even simple things like Old Menu structures os 1.0.x give 404 error

I am giving up on my Joomla 1.5.1 migration, after having wasted almost entire weekend

]]> Comment on Joomla! 1.5 is infested with bugs! by Ric http://www.hosting-netexplorers.co.uk/blog/joomla/joomla-15-is-infested-with-bugs/#comment-50 Ric Mon, 28 Jan 2008 17:41:04 +0000 http://www.hosting-netexplorers.co.uk/blog/joomla/joomla-15-is-infested-with-bugs/#comment-50 Can anyone really run Joomla1.5.... Can anyone really run Joomla1.5….

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