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Top 10 Stupidest Administrator Tricks

10. Use the cheapest hosting provider you can find.

Preferably use a shared server that hosts hundreds of other sites, some of which are high-traffic porn sites. Don't check the list of recommended hosting providers.

FYI: You can use a tool such as Robtext (if you are using a shared Hosting Provider) To see who you are sharing space with and if you should be proactive to request a move to another shared space. For example: http://www.robtex.com/dns/joomla.org.html or for REALLY cool information: Google.com: http://www.robtex.com/dns/google.com.html shows domain,shared,whois,blacklist,analysis,contact

Pagination links not working in article index?

I came across this issue which completely baffled me!

I have a site which is using Artio JoomSEF for it's SEF url generation, and lots of very long articles which needed splitting into pages, however using the page break feature was generating URL's which pointed at <rooturl>/#page1 when they should link to <rooturl>/pagename/#page1.

How to redirect "You need to Log In" to a content article

Sometimes you might have the situation where you would rather have an informational piece of text to advise the user that they need to register to view the content article or so forth, rather than have them dumped to the "You need to log in to view this" page. Here's how!

How can I remove "Welcome to the Frontpage"

This can be quite infuriating to those new to Joomla!, so hopefully this article will be helpful! In Joomla! it is possible to show an article's title by default - sometimes you would want this, for example, if you want the page title to be something other than the article name, however it can be most annoying at times! By default, the "home" page in Joomla! has the title of "Welcome to the Frontpage" so this is what most people google search for when trying to remove page titles!

How do I edit the Joomla Generator Tag?

While we would not generally encourage removing the Joomla! tag which appears in the meta information, we also appreciate there are some instances where this might be necessary to remove and/or adapt it, so here's how to do it!