Artful will update our server database version soon as part of a necessary upgrade.

This is a major server based database update.

We cannot predict how negatively it will impact older websites.

• It is highly likely to negatively affect websites running severely outdated versions of Joomla, Wordpress and PHP.
• This will cause downtime or complete site failure and you might lose important functionality or data in the process.

Old versions of Joomla and PHP are also more vulnerable to security breaches, so moving to a newer version is a critical protection against potential hacking or data loss.

What‘s wrong with Joomla 3?

Joomla 3.x is END OF LIFE and no longer receives security updates or fixes. It is highly unstable and vulnerable.

 "No further security releases will be made - Not even security releases!" Sadly Joomla 3 website software is now marked obsolete by it's developers.

This must be updated ASAP because:

• No tech support for any issues with website or plugins
• Hacking risk as no more security updates
• Joomla 3 websites can stop working after any server software update

NB Artful must also update our server, OS and database software by May.
We can't guarantee your site will work after these major updates.

Why move your site to Joomla 4.x or 5.x are to:

• STRENGTHEN SITE SECURITY
• MAINTAIN SITE DATA

Options available to you:

• NEW SITE BUILD WITH JOOMLA 4 or 5
• CONVERT YOUR WEBSITE TO A STATIC HTML PAGE WITHOUT A BACKEND
• DO NOTHING AND TAKE THE RISK

What next?

If you would like some more information please don’t hesitate to contact us to discuss. We are here to help make the switch to a more secure and functional website as smooth as possible for you.

It is essential to maintain Wordpress plugin and theme software to keep your website functioning and secure.

Old versions of Wordpress and PHP e.g. php7.4 will become increasingly unstable.

Issues outdated Wordpress software causes:

• Outdated or retired themes installed on your Wordpress website are extremely unstable
• Increasingly vulnerable to hacking attempts
• Server level software updates may conflict with old website software resulting in your website being taken offline unexpectedly.
• Missed website performance opportunities and new Wordpress features.

Recently Artful have made changes to our processes to ensure your websites are kept up to date and secure. We endeavour to maintain the security of your site by updating all integral CMS (Joomla/Wordpress etc) core extensions at no extra charge to you, as part of your hosting agreement.  Core extensions are those that we have used on your site, usually for backup and security functionality, that are created and maintained by trusted third party developers.

• Priority access as an existing domain holder ends 19 September 2022. 
• Application fee of $35 includes 1 year registration. (if successful) 
• Just email us to confirm and we can grab your eligible .au Direct domains for you.

 If you have email hosted with Artful below is the configuration settings you will need to set it up on your devices.

You can also use webmail to access your email from anywhere with a web browser. Use the url below to access it, remembering to change the words ‘yourdomainname’ to your actual domain name.

https://www.yourdomainname.xxx.xx/webmail

As with normal email you need to use your full email address to login and current email password.

It's free to get and generally takes less than 30 minutes to enable on Joomla & Wordpress wesbites. All you need is a Google account. Go to https://www.google.com/recaptcha & select the blue blox Get reCaptcha.

Prevent spam on your website with minimum impact on genuine website users.