Dodging the Bullets: A Disaster Preparation Guide for Joomla!™ Web Sites (Paperback)

by Thomas Canavan (Author)

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Product Description
Don’t let technical problems rob you of time and revenue! Dodging the Bullets is your one-stop resource for preparing your Joomla! Web site for unexpected emergencies. From software or hardware failures all the way to attacks by malcontents on the Internet, this invaluable guide is perfect for the small- to medium-sized business that depends on its Web sites for sales and customer support.

Written in an easy-to-read format, Dodging the Bullets offers a multitude of solutions to assist you in planning for unforeseen events, including:

· Forms and processes to use in your specific environment
· Instructions on backups and restores for your Joomla! Site
· Protection techniques for your site to keep it as fortified as possible
· Directions on how to conduct a mock disaster drill

Drawing on his extensive experience in the information technology industry, author Tom Canavan gives you a complete set of instructions for building your own disaster preparedness handbook and shows you the process of maintaining, documenting, upgrading, and patching your site. Canavan’s comprehensive forms help you test and deploy new components, modules, and much more. Don’t get caught unaware—be prepared for the worst with Dodging the Bullets!

About the Author
Tom Canavan is the managing partner of a firm specializing in development of commercial software products as well as being an industry consultant. He has spent over twenty-two years in the IT industry and has a degree in Robotics and Computer Numerical Control. Canavan resides in north Texas with his wife and daughters.

Product Details

• Paperback: 280 pages
• Publisher: iUniverse, Inc. (June 7, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 059543956X
• ISBN-13: 978-0595439560
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.1 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #971,103 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Important Reference Book for Joomla, February 27, 2008

By	Barrie North - See all my reviews

If you have a website, then security should be a consideration during its development. Dodging the Bullets is a very useful reference for webmasters grappling with the security of their Joomla powered site.

For smaller sites, the book does a great job at explaining two important aspects of making your site secure, the all important htaccess file and folder and file permissions.

For sites of larger organizations, the book really comes into its own. Many of the later chapters deal with the process of setting up protocols within your organization to ensure stability of your site. Forms are usefully provided to help webmasters document and distribute the responsibility of uptime.

For any webmaster of a Joomla site for a larger organization, such as a school or municipality, Dodging the Bullets is an important bookshelf reference.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Made me aware of what I didn't know I needed, March 1, 2008

By	Micheal A. Carson (Chicago) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I have been a web designer for many years. But I had never thought too deeply about security and getting hacked until a lot of my friends started experiencing those problems. I got nervous and read everything that I could on the net to try to make my site more secure. However, I NEVER thought about what I would do if the bad guys ever got in anyway. This book SERIOUSLY WOKE ME UP! This book makes you develop an action plan in case you are attacked. Setting up your site is one thing but having a plan in place to get it back was something I never thought of until I read this book. Dodging the Bullets is just that! When the bullets are flying your way, what are you going to do to keep from getting hit in your vital organs? Thanks Tom.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Firm Grasp of the Obvious, February 6, 2008

By	RonM - See all my reviews

If you enjoy acres of whitespace and lotsa forms that you can photocopy and fill out to track such things as where your backups are stored this might be the book for you. Or if you don't do backups this book might get you started. By page 13 I was thinking "Come on already!"

I would guess that perhaps 90% of the pages are dedicated a general description of how important it is to do a professional job of protecting a website site, making and testing backups, and so on. These are all good things to know, but if you know them already and are interested in securing a Joomla! Site you will learn little here that you can't online. There are LOTS of forms to copy and fill out.

That said I learned a trick or two and put Post-its on a half-dozen pages, having mostly to do with permissions settings, so there is value in there, you just need to dig quite a bit.

I was thrilled to find the title, not so thrilled to read the book. A little like expecting Haggan Das and biting into low cal nonfat frozen yogurt.