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  1. Thanks for the tip BD. So far, search results I've looked at all favour using a subfolder. Are you saying there are no rewrites at all, using a subdomain ? P PS are the rewrites referred to just pathway adjustments, or something more ?
  2. hi all Not sure if I can post this here but I'm having trouble finding help even through google ( I don't really know how to phrase it I think ). I've just moved to MDD, and I'm now wanting to upgrade and redesign my joomla based sites entirely, while keeping the current sites online and active. But I don't know how I do this ? What's the best way to do it ? It appears that I just create a subdirectory inside the root folder of the current site and build the entire site there. Then I'm not sure what the process or steps are to delete the current site and replace with the new one using the original URL. Does that explain it enough ? Is this how I do it ? are there several ways and are there things I need to be aware of ? And also, are there recognised search terms to find some help through google ? It's all new territory for me doing this. Thanks for any help Pabs PS I've found a few things using 'how build new website keep current website active' search terms, but I forgot to specify joomla as I got lots of wordpress. I'll try that. But if anyone here can help, please jump in...
  3. I was a bit confused by your response wording above - it had me wondering if I was possibly doing the migration....don't know why it came across like that, it just did....anyway, going by info elsewhere it seems MDD does the migration ( even if it's a laborious one like mine might be ). So I'll run with that. Sorry if it seemed an inane question. paul
  4. Don't mean to bump, and I assume you're very busy, but did you miss this last question / response of mine ? ( above ) thanks mike, paul
  5. And is the migration something I will be doing or can / will you be doing it ?
  6. Joomla is currently in a transitional period of versions. Versions that are total rewrites of the platform so it's a migration rather than an upgrade. I don't want to risk complicating things with a migration of versions along with a migration of sites ( as well as the control panel differences that may or may not mean extra care ). Firstly, I would like to get away from the current webhost, especially given recent circumstances. Move to somewhere I feel I might be able to trust more ( like MDD ! ). I'd like to be able to do it your way but I think I'm going to take smaller, ( simpler, less risky ? ) steps, one thing at a time.
  7. hi mike Was wondering if there are any potential issues or concerns with migrating my sites from their current Hsphere control panel environment to the MDD cPanel environment ? It was suggested I just run it by you in the forums here. ( just in case ) thanks, paul
  8. So am I. Especially as I'm no longer sure of who or what kind of service I'm dealing with there. It's definitely changed there. Thanks for the tips. Think I'll follow that approach, makes sense. ( about doing the migration first ) Joomla has a third party backup and restore app that's pretty good ( usually ). Gets used for backing up everything, inlcuding dbs, making any changes necessary if the url is a different one to the original, and reinstalling entire sites at a different url. It's called Akeeba. I'll check on its suitability in this instance, and also for best options if that isn't it. And run it by MDD too of course. I appreciate the heads up, by the way.
  9. Just an update - now they're saying they made a mistake, "looked at the wrong folders" ( sure they did ), double checked and that the folders seem to be leftovers from an old server incident in 2010 ( when they were uploaded ), that was fixed at that time, and that there has been no recent activity from the files in question ( via the logs ). I do remember a server wide issue over something back about then. So, I'm deleting all the files, and gearing up to move. Is there a standard procedure for changing hosts ? How does it work usually ? sign up with MDD first, then I contact my current host or does MDD make all the communication ? I've never changed hosts before... thanks, paul
  10. hi fshagan - it's now into the 3rd day since I notified the webhost about the hacked / installed files I found. I left them there for them to see, investigate and clean. They had done this a few years ago, and even in the recent post exchanges with them they said that's what they would be doing. I had just posted again to them, in a friendly tone at that, asking them what was happening. Within minutes a return post came back that they were unable to complete an invetsigation as I had removed all the hacked files ( which I specifically hadn't ). I went to check and the files were all still there, despite what they'd said. Something has really gone bad at that host. This is not how I've experienced their support before. Fancy telling me I'd removed the suspicious files and even leaving them there after saying that ??!!! Unbelievable really. Makes me want to run far away from them as fast as possible. I won't go into any more of what's happening there, but I was wondering if you could advise me at all with where and how to look for anything suspicios in the dbs ? ( and then I'll delete the folders myself, do backups of sites and data, and sign up here ) I had a look and couldn't see any unusual items ( but maybe I wasn't lookig deep enough ? ). It appears that there is a small 'subwebsite' installed, going by the folders observed at site via ftp viewing. Possibly just pages installed outside of the db, as you mentioned ? ( I didn't want to go opening any active type files - I had a look at some txt files I downloaded, and changed the file types of some js files, before downloading, to look at them as a txt file, and they were pretty suss and incriminating. ) I don't know anyone else I could ask - except google I guess ( which I'll start on ) If you can throw any suggestions at me I'd appreciate it. If not, no worries, I understand. It's not your prob, I know. I hope I can get out of there cleanly and without loss of data. I'm in a bit of shock really, as to how they responded....oh well, best get to it. It's going to be a long night. ( and thanks, in advance, should you be able to advise at all )
  11. I actually now do remember a small but similar incident a few years back now, and it was dealt with by the system admins - they investigate and 'clean' everything and give it a safety pass before they let you have it back ( or at least this is what they said was done, and they provide a tech report on the whole thing. So I'm assuming this is what will or should be happening now. I think either understaffing or the Good Friday holidays ( if they have them ) may be interferring with progress. IXwebhosting apparently has their own 'Hacking Department ' ( by title ). And Hsphere does sound familiar as the control panel. I've used cPanel before at another host, a bit, but find the Hsphere panel more pleasing and easier on the eye, designwise. CPanel has always seemed like a Windows 2000 era design and layout type. Everything small and boxed in, old style icons etc. It could use a makeover. Thanks for the feedback, by the way. PS I also don't want to bring a hacked site to MDD. And I'd like a clean start ( even psychologically ).
  12. PS I mentioned upgrading from joomla1.5 to 2.5, but it's not an upgrade, it's a migration, which is a much bigger deal than a standard upgrade. J2.5 is a totally new rewrite of the platform and as such, a standard upgrade is not possible.( JFYI - though you probably know anyway - and for others who aren't familier with joomla )
  13. hi fshagan When I say unused or left idle ( while I worked on other sites of mine ) I'm referring to content and design. I always kept them up to date with joomla updates and am quite au fait with using update manager or ftp to update. I always kept third party apps up to date as well. I'm very security conscious as well, careful with things like directory permissions htaccess file set up. ( though the benefit is that I've had to learn about site performance - bots, xml sitemapping, page speed testing, setting up a CDN ( content delivery network using cloud technology ) and so on. So it's been a bonus in that way ) One of the reasons I'm relocating is that I want to make use of a third party app designed for site migration with joomla, so I can upgrade from 1.5 to 2.5, which would be no easy or short task without it. It needs PHP5.3, and I currently only have 5.2.17 ( I did ask them about any future php ugrades by the way ). J1.5 is still supported till this month I think anyway, and I've been waiting for all the third party dvelopers to bring their apps up to speed for 2.5 before I made across the board changes. J1.5.26 is still pretty solid though. The auto shutdown comes from server overload ( well their settings for it at least ) - lots of spambot hits - which is why I've spent the last two weeks learning about and setting up various things to improve site performance and control bot hits ( hopefully ). I also suspect that there may be a little account overcrowding of the server, something that some webhosts are guilty of ( which is one reason I'm attracted to and like MDD ). My sites' peformance, in many areas, has actually seemingly genuinely improved ( testing with various site performance and page speed testers online ). You have to remember I couldn't actually get to deal with system admins directly, to get more information or advice, the way that I used to be able to with this webhost. Seems I only got to deal with 'customer service' who weren't so great with either their expertise or communication skills. And I want better than that. Only about 10 hours ago I discovered 3 sites on my account had been hacked, and I'm thinking this may have been the primary source of the server overload issue ( I'm hoping ). I'm still waiting for their security team to address the issue - and am not doing anything with the sites till they clean it and report to me. ( seems again a long wait to get security attention though ). After that I'll double check, and begin my own backups after I finish adding and tweaking further performance enhancements. When it's all in good shape, I'll start the process of moving. Not before. This webhost, whom I won't mention here, has a history of DNS attacks and poor support ( for some others ), though I always had what seemed pretty good tech support and response time, and reasonably good uptime and performance over the 5 or 6 years I've been with them, with no serious issues or anything like this happening before. I didn't like being shutdown without notice or warning, and also again in the middle of an arranged site enabled time and monitoring period to work on things. Mostly I didn't like the 4 day response time I had to initially wait for with them to even tell me what was going on - that was the worst thing really. They used to be much better than this and I suspect they have lost tech staff over the past period leading up to this, leaving them understaffed, but I can only guess. Even now the response times are less than I expect, especially for what now looks like a hacking issue. So I'm moving ( Plus litespeed servers might be faster for my sites than apache, which I'm looking forward to ). I don't expect a host to 'fix' things, especially and obviously not for site side related issues, unless it's their fault or responsibility. But I do expect some general advice or support or information if I really need it, if they have it, or more tech info as to what any issue may be coming from etc, to point me in the right direction. That is what support is supposed to do and be, isn't it ? I did a lot of backgrounding looking for a good webhost to get to MDD, and they seem to actually have genuinely good and real praise in their reviews. Trying to discern the real from the manufactured webhost ratings and reviews is the hardest thing, as you'd probably know. So, sorry to gab on a bit here, hope you don't mind. And I hope I can be a part of MDD Hosting sometime soon. I AM genuinely looking forward to it.
  14. btw - I use the term cpanel as a generic term for all control panels. Not specifically the cpanel brand product. And when I mentioned stats I was referring to cpu usage and bot hits - I don't know if that would be of any useful or relevant info for you re my sites coming over to MDD. P
  15. Here's a link to their demo cpanel page ( You may be able to identify it by its appearance that you're probably familiar with - or not, I guess ): iX demo cpanel And it's an unlimited pro account - plan details here Hope that helps a bit. Please let me know if not and actually what specific info you need or would like, and I'll get it to you. P PS The thing about the account is that the sites have mostly been sitting there, no traffic, virtually unused with the same configurations and content for more than a year, and only now there is an issue.
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