I was very happy when asked if I would help design the website for, You Are Not Alone AK . They were very eager and proactive when designing the site, that made the process very easy.  Now, as I follow them on Facebook, watching these young adults train each other on how to save lives, talk troubled teens down from an irreversible decision and watching them in fact save lives, makes me very happy to have been a part of it.  You never know what long-term effects the little volunteer service will have in

I would say that Joomla was my first love. It was my first venture into really creating websites, it was amazing. I remember staying home with my newborn son, and learning Joomla while I was taking care of him. He slept a lot of the time so I was able to get quite a bit of learning in. I worked with Joomla for many years after that, and I still love working with Joomla. At some point It was necessary for me to learn WordPress, to keep myself in charge

It takes time to build a website, if you site goes down due to hacking or a bad plugin, it’s critical to have a complete backup.

Otherwise the only option may be a complete rebuild.

It’s preferable to have the backup stored offline so it can’t be accessed by anyone else. It’s easy enough to upload it and unpack it if needed.

If you are using Joomla than Akeeba Backup is the best choice in my opinion and experience.

If you are a WordPress user than Duplicator is in my opinion, the best choice.

Both

Securi Security is a must have for your website security. I use this myself and have been alerted to security issues as they arouse.

Sucuri discovered that more than 100,000 WordPress sites have been hit with the SoakSoak malware campaign. This campaign has resulted in more than 11,000 domains being blacklisted by Google.

This discovery helped me out before it became a problem.

A new tool for developers

http://pixabay.com/

Finding free images of high quality is a tedious task – due to copyright issues, attribution requirements, or simply the lack of quality.  Pixabay – a repository for stunning public domain pictures. Your source for free vectors, free drawings and free photos. You can use any Pixabay image without attribution in digital and printed form, even for commercial applications.

And let’s not forget morgueFile

http://www.morguefile.com/

Looking for high resolution stock photos for your illustration, comp or design needs? Search morgueFile for free reference images. Yes, they’re all completely free.

According to Jeff Chandler form WPTavern, it looks like WooCommerce is now the most popular eCommerce system.

This is a great combination of WordPress and a top notch eCommerce system like WooCommerce.

Take a look at the full article here.

The First Browser Dedicated to Developers is Coming

This will be great. A browser just for developers to be released on 11-10-14.