tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-60150103734657127492011-12-30T02:48:19.207+02:00Former blog of the JoomlaPack backup component.Nicholas D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13630779764152744486noreply@blogger.comBlogger221100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6015010373465712749.post-77760537170562523872010-01-09T01:08:00.003+02:002010-01-09T01:13:28.737+02:00

Well, for the last few months our official blog has been moved inside our site, at http://joomlapack.net/resources/blog.html.We do recognize that some people have occasional problems with accessing our forum, e.g. their registration confirmation email is caught in the spam box and they can't retrieve it. As a result we'll keep the comments of this blog post open so that you can contact us in such

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In my previous blog posts I described some of the new features arriving with JoomlaPack 2.3 and presented the brand new JPI4 installer. This time, I'd like to talk about a different feature, less visible, but very important nonetheless: Split archive support. Some hosts impose a hard limit on the maximum size a file can have on their server. It's different than the account quota we're all used

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One of the features we were working on with utmost secrecy – or not so much of it if you are following us on Ohloh – is that of a new installer script, duped JoomlaPack Installer 4, or JPI4 for short. JPI4 is supposed to be a site installer script which, unlike its predecessors, doesn’t depend on the Joomla! Framework and has less chance of failing when some ACL components are installed. It’s

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With JoomlaPack 2.2 Stable being only one week away from official release (it's scheduled for May 24th), work has began on JoomlaPack 2.3. You may think it's a little too soon, but it's never early enough to design new exciting features, don't you think?Before I start ranting about new features, I want to share with you some exciting last-minute features added in JoomlaPack 2.2:Easy to navigate,

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Whereas it’s true that most JoomlaPack features are exposed by means of its graphical user interface, its the most important aspect is the backup core engine. What matters the most is having reliable backups every time, under any circumstances. This is what the backup core engine (CUBE) does and that’s why I had to improve it for the upcoming JoomlaPack 2.2. Up until now, certain bottlenecks in

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With only half an hour before 20:30 local time in Greece, I am turning off the lights on my house. Don't know what I'm talking about? It's this year's Earth Hour. We just turn off all the lights for an hour, 20:30 to 21:30 local time, wherever we are on the planet. It's the least we can do for the planet we live in.Being a person who cares, I've decided to participate. For this hour I am turning

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In my last blog post I shared my thoughts with you about having two versions of JoomlaPack, one paid and one for free. Well, 2.1 Stable is released and – as you noticed – it remains free of charge. There was a number of factors which led me to this decision. The most important of which was the sentimental factor. I began creating JoomlaPack as a small personal project in order to help me

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I have been considering a way to make a little money out of JoomlaPack. The donations are not very disappointing, but let’s face it: donations can only go that far. On the other hand, I detest proprietary (closed-source) software. Moreover, I believe that users should be able to pay in order to use a software only if they choose to do so. So, how do you combine Free (as in speech and as in beer)

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We are getting closer to the release of 2.1.b2, a landmark release of JoomlaPack. With this version, we are getting closer to what we considered feature-complete all along those two years. The new features – compared to 2.0 – are: Easy Mode. We were all newbies and inexperienced users. Some of you have installed Joomla! only a short while ago and find the plethora of JoomlaPack’s features,

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It's almost a week since 2.0.1 was released, but we haven't been lying dormant. On the contrary, this has been a very productive week with major work having been carried out towards the next beta release of our component, JoomlaPack 2.1 Beta 1. The major highlights of this upcoming release are:Off-site directory inclusion. You can now backup directories above your site's root, provided that your

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After 6 months in development, countless hours of testing by JoomlaPack Developers, JATS and regular users, fixing a pile of bugs, one alpha and one beta release, we are finally ready to release JoomlaPack 2.0 Stable. So, spread the word around...JoomlaPack 2.0 StableGlobal LaunchSunday, December 7th, 2008 - Noon, UTCOur site will be down for 2-3 days for maintenance and a necessary face-lift. It

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A topic I was willing to cover for quite a while is the toolchain used to build JoomlaPack. Some programmers have even asked me what are the best tools to build Joomla! extensions. While probably not perfect, the combination I'll present here has worked wonders for me.Integrated Development Environment. After having tried a number of different PHP IDE's, I settled for Eclipse PHP Development

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Lately I have sporadically "leaked out" some of my thoughts on JoomlaPack's future and features I am working on lately. One particular feature, is providing XMLRPC services. Why is it so important, you might wonder? Well, let's see what XMLRPC is all about.Most people have published on a blog using a desktop application, be it ScribeFire, Windows Live Writer, w.bloggar, etc. The common feature of

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You talk, we hear. We hear you and we think hard. Then, we come up with a solution, code it, test it and release it. That sums up the development process here at JoomlaPack Developers.This time, we heard a lot of you complaining that sometimes backup archives are hard to extract. It seems that PHP4 users have a lot of grief with ZIP files, because on their platform the larger files appear to be

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This article is long owed to the community. I apologise for taking forever to write it down, but development of the 1.3 version was much more higher in my priority list. In the light of the new Joomla! 1.5.7 release - and having two sites demanding urgent update - I have decided to share the secret with you: It's upgrade time and Kickstart can be used to apply the Joomla! update patches to your

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JoomlaPack is the new Joomla! Editor's pick for extensions. We are greatly honored to be chosen. An official announcement of this will be made later on the site.JoomlaPack has a new site template. The template was designed by JoomlaPraise and it is their Joomla! 1.5 template contest entry. We chose this template because of its clean design and its emphasis on content. There still are some minor

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We might be just a few days before the release of 1.2.1 stable, but the JoomlaPack development team doesn't call it a day. We are actively developing the upcoming minor number version of the component. As with all past minor number versions, it brings along many new features. We feel it's only fair to share with you.Joomla! 1.5.x native mode only. If you follow Joomla! announcements you should

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Just over a week ago the stable 1.2 version was released to the public. As always, the stable release signifies the beggining of a new development cycle. This time, instead of jumping straight to developing version 1.3, we decided to improve the latest release in order to produce a safer, more performing, mature component. This is the list of features we are currently working on, for version

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One of the tasks I had to perform less than a month ago was to migrate a site from Joomla! 1.0.15 to Joomla! 1.5.x. The site's operation couldn't be suspended for more than a few minutes. This was an exceptional challenge for testing JoomlaPack's tools in a real world task. Let's sum up the mission objectives and get to work: The original Joomla! 1.0.15 site must be upgraded to the latest

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After having done a lot of work the past few days, we are getting closer to releasing 1.2.b1. The most notable additions are: Support for accessing the backend with HTTPS (still needs some intensive testing) Single file exclusion filter Backing up without using AJAX The codebase had the HTTP protocol hard-coded in the URL generation part, which made using the component impossible for

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One of the most notable additions in JoomlaPack 1.2 - which is still in Alpha - is that we now offer a renowned archive format, the JoomlaPack Archive (JPA) format. Its major benefit is that it can be more reliably created in the context of PHP script, such as JoomlaPack. On the downside, it is a custom format, without support from external tools. In here I will tell you not only how you can

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Since mid-March there has been an ongoing development effort towards version 1.2 of the JoomlaPack backup component. There are several new features and enhancements in this version. This post is a brief summary of what we intend to implement. I thought this is the most appropriate very first post on our brand new blog :) Major features for 1.2 Native mode for both Joomla! 1.5.x and Joomla!

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