How To Reset Joomla Admin Password

Gaurav — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 13:51:32 +0000

If you are a Joomla user and forgot your Administrator password then don’t think of re-installation. There is an easy way to change your Administrator Password.
To get your password recovered you will need following things.

Access to PhpAdmin

If you are Cpanel user you will find the link to PhpAdmin in your Cpanel itself otherwise you have to get the way to run SQL Query for Joomla’s Database.
Below is the query which you have to Execute while changing respective words.

UPDATE `jos_users` SET `password` = MD5( ‘new_password’ ) WHERE `jos_users`.`username` = “admin” ;

Please replace ‘new_password’ with the password you would like to have.
Please replace ‘admin’ with your Admin Username.
If you do follow all the instructions you will be able to log In to your Joomla Installation.
PS: This method will work in both Joomla 1.5 and Joomla 1.0 versions.

Courtesy:
Dreamz Hosting
Web Hosting India | Hosting India

Share and Enjoy:

Keep in Mind while Changing Web Host

Gaurav — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 07:33:02 +0000

Keep in Mind while Changing Web Host – India

Web Hosting India

What is Web Hosting? Web hosting India is a type of service that lets user to put the website on the internet. The part of web hosting comes after the user has decided the domain name and has registered it too. User has three options possible for choosing a web hosting service that a web host can offer. They are virtual private server hosting, shared web hosting and dedicated server hosting. In case a user wants to switch web host then the user should keep following consideration in mind.

User should start looking for new web host at least few days before user run out of credit for present account. This will help in keeping your website on the air for the maximum time. Before switching to the new web host, first make a backup copy of the website in the same tree structure in which you want to upload it later, Also look for any permissions that you might have set on any folder or file. This is so as these permissions need to be reset when files are uploaded to the new web server. Copy of the database/databases has to be made too.

Another consideration that user has to make is that user should be aware of the hosting requirements like beginner are concern with the amount that they have to pay to the disk space they are provided.If the user is a professional, entrepreneur or online business then the user can make following requirements, which are:-

Choosing the type of web hosting

user has mainly two options, Shared server or dedicated server. If a user expects to get huge traffic then the user must go for dedicated server as it has much greater bandwidth then the shared one. This is also required if you need to have complex app, secure information and customized option in your website.

Type of OS for hosting

If your website is build on technologies like JSP, ASP etc and require other Microsoft add like MSACCESS or MS SQL database the one should go for windows hosting. On the other hand if the user is using technologies like Cold Fusion then it can run on Linux as well as Windows platform.

Bandwidth and Space Requirements

Many web hosts are providing 1GB – 3GB of disk space but if your site require more space and/or receives lot of traffic then one should consider other web host as this will then just not be enough.

Requirement for number of sub domains and parked domains

Parked domain are advantageous for high traffic websites as they can handle them better whereas dub domain helps in improving reputation of your website on the search engine. Most of the web host charge extra money for them.

Active more than 99.99%:

Many web hosts are now guaranteeing up time of up to 99.99%, but then they are costlier and should be chosen if you require so like in commercial websites.

Keep in Mind while Changing Web Host

Share and Enjoy:

Hosting-Dreamz Hosting » joomla hosting india

How To Reset Joomla Admin Password

Keep in Mind while Changing Web Host