Joomla!® Maintenance Solutions
Why should you maintain your Wynchcote website built on the Joomla! platform?
Why should you back up your website and keep it up to date?
Three BIG REASONS!
- You will significantly reduce the risk of losing data from hacker attack, user error or server malfunction.
- You will minimise inconvenience if your website is subject to an attack or corrupted by user error or server malfunction.
- The Official Joomla! Documentation says so (see below)!
"Internet security is a fast moving challenge and ever present threat."
Source: The Official Joomla! Security Checklist.
Wynchcote already provides you with a secure web hosting environment, but no shared hosting can ever be totally secure from the ever present threats on the web. For this reason, we strongly advise all our customers to regularly backup and update their Joomla! websites.
Illustration of a typical year of Joomla! Maintenance
Click on the image below to see an example of a Wynchcote Maintenance Schedule for a typical customer's Joomla! website.
The illustrated website is supported by a Monthly Maintenance Plan.
Wynchcote also offers Quarterly, Weekly and Daily Maintenance Schedules.
Compare our Joomla! Miantenance Plans.
What can you do about these threats?
Either request a Wynchcote Joomla! Maintenance Plan or engage in a some DIY (Do It Yourself).
Read on to find out which approach is right for you.
Wynchcote Joomla! Maintenance Plans
Our Joomla! Maintenance Solutions offer:
- backup of your Joomla! Website's Database;
- backup of your Joomla! Website's Directories and Files;
- upgrade to the latest release of Joomla! version being used by your website following an announcement by The Joomla! Project during the preceding maintenance period (quarter, month, week, day):
- upgrade to the latest release of up to 5 third party Joomla! extensions being used by your website following an announcement by a third party developer during the preceding maintenance period (quarter, month, week, day);
- storage of the backup made of your Joomla! website directories files and database for a period of 90 days;
- delivery to you of a Zip File copy of your backed up Directories, Files and Database;
- restoration of your backed up Joomla! website if and when required.
Compare our Joomla! Maintenance Plans.
DIY Joomla! Maintenance
Regular DIY Joomla! maintenance should include:
- periodic backing up of your website database (Example: monthly);
- retention of a copy on your PC of uploaded files (images, documents, multimedia etc);
- maintenance of notes of changes you have made to the configuration of extensions (if any);
- registration with The Joomla! Project for news about Joomla! Upgrades;
- registration with developers of third party extensions you are using - again for news about upgrades;
- regular upgrade of third party Joomla! extensions (after first backing up your site).
IMPORTANT:
Always back up your website before upgrading or installing new extensions.
Useful Guides
Register with Joomla! for Security Updates
The Joomla!® name is used under a limited license from Open Source Matters in the United States and other countries. Wynchcote Limited is not affiliated with or endorsed by Open Source Matters or the Joomla! Project.
