Two new templates are offered for free by 123 Integration LLC on the templates site at lifelineearth.com. These templates are Christian themes for Joomla version 1.5.
The Ten Commandments template features a painting made by Rembrandt Van Rijn in 1659 named “Moses” that shows Moses bringing the Ten Commandments down the mountain. The template has a transparency so that the background image can be seen. The Last Supper template features a painting made by artist Leonardo Da Vinci in 1498 named “The Last Supper” in the header, cropped to fit.
Both templates are free to the public to download. We hope you enjoy.
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Recently we set up a new look for our main site, 123integration.com that focuses on ease of use, simplicity, and less confusion. The look has much in common with the core concepts practiced by 123 Integration LLC’s business model which want to keep the simplified approach to get people what they need.
The template was designed specifically for this site and gives the individual look to the expanded offerings and diversity that 123 Integration LLC bring. Even though there are many parts of the country that are offering broadband or dsl, it still pays to have sites with fast download times, which another thing the site was focused on. With the new look, there was a change in offerings to the public. Much of the general information on these matters can be viewed on the main site.
This past month we discussed the need to offer the public free resources that can benefit users and entice them to use the other services offered by us such as hosting services and free installer scripts that come with our hosting products. One of the nicest things about our installer scripts is that an update of a Joomla site is just a few clicks to upgrade to the latest release which makes security patching very easy.
Joomla for example, is a wonderful content management system we have been working with since it’s first release and split from Mambo. We made a basic layout of 8 templates that we offer the public for free to use by download with no registration required. This is a wonderful way to enhance a web design that needs management! This demonstrates the commitment we have to the open source cms community and to the independent users who want to do everything themselves.
We planned an early release date of June 1, 2009 but have actually installed them for use sooner. Details are at the download site. In the future we plan to expand this to 20 templates for the current release of Joomla which is 1.5; a release of 1.6 is due this fall. All the templates we plan to be w3 valid for cross browser compatibility. if you are in the Greenville or Spartanburg area and want a Joomla website designed for you then visit our home page for information.
When purchasing from the internet there are a few things to consider when it comes to security. These are a few guidelines I try to follow that are reasonable.
1. Update your browser frequently when security releases are available.
2. Try to eliminate using third party extensions for your browser that are not necessarily from trusted sources.
3. Do not use auto complete for information. This is a setting that automatically fills in information for you if you let it like passwords, etc…
4. Use a good anti-virus, firewall, anti spy ware, anti spam, etc… Make sure it is enabled properly.
5. Use McAfee site adviser to warn of sites to avoid.
6. Clean activity traces off of your computer which store private information such as profile information (basically washing the system). There is software that will do this for you. Choose properly and carefully. This is also offered as a product by some of the anti virus companies.
7. Try to avoid any unnecessary transactions such as online banking, etc… If possible..
8. If using a laptop / wireless system use the highest encryption available in your system. Try to avoid using the free internet at places for anything you don’t want others to see. If you have a wireless router, is it WEP encrypted?
9. Block popups.
10. Do not answer unsolicited email from untrusted sources, do not download attachments unless you know exactly what you are doing, and who sent it, etc… This is critically important. It cannot be stressed enough. If you can’t resist the temptation to open every attached item people send you then consider the consequences.
11. Delete cookies and all unnecessary information. Many sites require cookies to be enabled to shop, login, etc.. After shutting down the session it’s time to clean them out. Firefox for example has the option to delete cookies automatically when you shut down the internet under the setting at Tools –> Options –> Privacy then select to keep cookiesuntil I closed firefox.
12. The most critical thing is making sure that at the moment the site you are at is asking for your credit card information, (provided you are ready and wanting to buy) etc… that it says https://www.thewebsite.whatever. Not http://www.thewebsite.whatever. The https indicates that you were directed to a secure server who has issued a secure link between your system and theirs.
This is not the perfect solution that will thwart any attempt to harm your system by others, but recognizing the risks of certain behavior and practices and moving to eliminate those risks is especially important. I ran across a posting by AARP on their website a year ago which tells people how to lock down your credit with the credit reporting agencies, if you’ve been the victim of identity theft. This solution does work well for me, but this is just my solution.. Think about your activity, think about your actions, and I suggest reading more on the topics you do not understand; then develop your plan to browse or shop safely.
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Safe internet browsing can be an oxymoron at times especially with the
threats that exist on the internet. It appears that one bad mistake can be costly. If you look at the antivirus software that is available, it offers some comfort in it’s abilities to defend against attacks. Attacks can come in all forms from attachments, downloads, key loggers, etc……..
Where do you look for extra defense? Antivirus software may be good at finding issues with your pc however, it makes for good thought to ask whatcould have been done first. That is, how could an infection have been prevented?
McAfee offers some hope in what it calls site advisor and Avg also has it’s version of a similar product. Yahoo has worked with McAfee to integrate the site advisor into it’s search results. McAfee offers free and paid extensions for Internet Explorer and FireFox and then when you use google for example, the search results will have colored results to the right which can tell if a site has been attributed to suspicious activity such as spamming, linking to sites with potential threats, etc….
This is not a perfect score as not every site has been tested, but it offers a reasonable defensive measure that can help prevent the problem, rather than just fixing the results of one. McAfee’s version is available at
siteadvisor.com
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