We are all dealing with new challenges that have never been seen before. As we all continue to navigate through these unique challenges on a moment to moment basis, we want you to know that John and I at Joomstore/MediaBlitz are here for you.
We are going to give you step-by-step instructions on how to set up a Google Maps API key for use on your website. Navigating the Google Cloud console isn't entirely straight forward but it's easy if you know where you're going. It should only take about 10 minutes.
As the world is well aware, thanks to the onslaught of "We have updated our privacy policy" emails, General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) came into effect on 25 May, 2018. Anybody, with customers or users in the EU needs to ensure their website and privacy procedures are compliant. With the upcoming release of Joomla 3.9 and 3.10 that is about to get a whole lot easier.
On March 23, 2018, a dangerous, privacy destroying piece of legislation was deceitfully signed into law in the US that affects everybody globally. The CLOUD Act was quietly hidden in the 2,232 page omnibus spending bill. Senators had 24 hours to review the bill. Almost none did. There was no argument, no debate, no analysis. This dangerous legislation is now law.
If you are a maintenance client of Joomstore you may have noticed we have applied 3 separate Joomla updates to your site over the past few weeks.
Joomla released version 3.4.6 on December 14 to address a security vulnerability discovered in PHP. Hackers discovered a way to exploit this vulnerability in Joomla. The issue was further addressed by Joomla with patch 3.4.7 and then 3.4.8 on Christmas eve which we applied that day.
