Joomla "Home" on Frontpage

by Vince
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Among the many skills we possess, we manage a number of content management systems (CMS).  Our preferred CMS is Joomla and it seems there's always something I end up hunting down.  On a recent project, "Home" appeared on the frontpage of a client's site.  Initially, I thought it was a breadcrumb but after a little digging around, I discovered the source:

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Manually Run Linux Updates

by Vince
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I've been playing on an Ubuntu machine recently which was not set to automatically update.  The following commands will acquire the updates and install them.  First run:

sudo apt-get update

You will be prompted for an elevated account password which will then be followed by a list of sites, sources and packages scrolling up your screen.  At the end, you should see "Reading package lists... Done" at which point, run the following:

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Enable Windows Telnet Client

by Vince
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I am frequently troubleshooting problems in a Windows Command Prompt.  There are some functions which can be tested at a very basic level.  For example, if I am unable to connect to a server via Windows Explorer, I might jump into a command prompt and try to ping the server. 

ping [servername]

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