Joomla Site slow after upgrade?

Is your Joomla powered website running slow? Maybe you just upgraded from v1.5 to 2.5? Good news is that there is most likely a fix for this. The issue lies in the “Assets” table of your mysql installation that needs to be repaired, and there is a script available to do this at : https://github.com/ikajaste/Joomla-2.5-Asset-Weaver Many…

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Block attacks on WordPress using iptables

Over the last few months, there has been a sustained attack on all WordPress powered sites across the world. While WordPress is very powerful and one of the best CMS systems available, its popularity also makes it an easy target for hackers. Rather than find exploits in the code, the current attack simply tries to…

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ELH5 Server Issue

An issue this morning with Server ELH5, 91.223.9.40, is no resolved. Some users may have had issues retrieving emails or viewing their website in the past 2 hours. This has been fully resolved now. Apologies for the inconvenience. Elive Support

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WordPress Attack

We have become aware of a very large distributed attack on WordPress site across the internet. It would appear that automated scripts on infected computers are checking sites randomly to see if they have a wp-login.php file (the access file to the backend of WordPress). If this file is found, then the site is attacked…

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Server ELH11 Offline

18:02 Server ELH11 (IP 91.223.9.20) is currently offline due to a power supply failure. New PSU is being fitted. Estimated downtime is 5 mins. Update 18:14: Server is back online now.

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Issues emailing Hotmail Users

We have had a number of reports of problems sending to email to users with @hotmail.com email addresses. Email are not being recived or being bounced back to the sender. The issue seems to relate to Hotmail updating Blacklists to include a number of Broadband providers IP ranges. You will need to report this issue…

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WordPress 3.4 Released

WordPress 3.4 has been released. As always, we recommend all users of WordPress to upgrade their WordPress installation to the latest version immediately. Firstly make sure you backup your website files and database. Next, we recommend you disable all plugins, in case there are any incompatibilities, then perform the upgrade from within your WordPress admin…

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Elive launch 1891LoCost Dialup

Elive have today announce that you can now access our 56k and ISDN Dialup Network using the new LoCost access number 1891 147 147 in Limerick and Dublin This gives our customers a cheaper option for accessing the internet, a welcome development to help save you money.    

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