I remember those days of 2008 when hackers were trying to break each and every password of my Joomla websites while spreading malware. I researched a lot by any means and spend a few sleepless nights searching the web to reset the Admin password. Unfortunately, both the web and the user manuals disappointed me. There was no solid guidance on the web at that time and sadly failed to give a soul to my sites.

I was looking for a PHP script that I can easily configure (within seconds) and could tell me if the mysql connection was successful and show me the available tables. This is very easy via SSH but I was looking for a script in PHP, With little help some stack overflow & github, I came up with the following code that you can easily upload to your server and get it going.

This will show if the connection is successful and also provide you with the list of tables in your database.

Configure your DB connection in the first 4 lines and take it from there:

There are many paid and free web designing tools available in the market which helps website designers or owners to make their tasks hassle-free. The world of web design tools never stands still, it is growing exponentially. Technology keeps on advancing, standards are getting better, and every hour new tools are added to solve our divergent purposes.

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Buying a web hosting space and developing a website on WordPress is easier than you can imagine but the real deal comes with the maintaining it securely against all odds like data loss, hacks, server crashes and so. In this article, we will be discussing the 13 quick preventive ways for a secured WordPress website. If you have a Joomla Website, must check out this article to make sure your Joomla site is secure.

It is quite common the requirements of the website may change depending on the server speed, traffic raise, and technology support. Whatever may be the reason, the website will need to be migrated to better servers with all the configurations carried on to the new space without affecting its appearance on web and search engines. 

After WordPress, Joomla is another popular platform to start eCommerce websites. There are many great e-commerce extensions like VirtueMart, Hikashop, etc. which makes Joomla more flexible for eCommerce sites.

If you are a Joomla user, you will be aware, that there is no any functionality available in Joomla which allow you to import products from VirtueMart anywhere in your Article or Joomla.

So today, in this article, I am going to share that How you can import Virtuemart Products in your article or anywhere in Joomla. So let’s start with Virtuemart.

Why should we have a fast loading website?

As written in Google Webmaster Guidelines, page load optimization is the best practice to get the internet site on top of SEO rankings. On another hand, a fast loading website is friendlier to visitors. Users may leave several websites just because they are slow. 

When there was any Joomla update released, the only one question raised that why you should upgrade to latest Joomla version (Here is an awesome guide to update Joomla)?  

The Answer is very simple. As you know, that Joomla Community always tries to make Joomla more secure, and easy to use for users. So to secure your website from malicious attacks you need to upgrade your Joomla site to the latest Joomla Version.