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While doing custom projects for Joomla, we have come across plenty of free and paid Joomla extensions some of them are simply great. Following are few which are perfect, especially as they are free and highly usable.

These can be used on any Joomla websites, and have seemed to worked on the sites we have developed. We will continue to use these, try these out.

JoomlaXplorer
This Joomla component is a robust file manager that works within Joomla. Although you must be working with an external FTP program but this is a coolest add on and certainly helps people who are not actively into development. It would be great to see this extension to get integrated into Joomla some day.

Artio JoomSEF
This Joomla component gets you to include SEO and on your Joomla driven website. There are plenty of SEO plugins, but its support makes it stand apart and highly useful. Patched version of Artio JoomSEF is GPL and ad free. SEO is a must for you to get online presence and a lot of effort has to be taken in order to rank better. This Joomla extension is highly recommended for SEO while being on Joomla.

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Joomla 1.5.4 is out, this is just an update, nothing major. This version will fix several issues including some minor security issues, bug fixes and add carries few more improvements. Check following list for the issues which were addressed in this update.

Security Issues Fixed

• Added security to file caching to prevent unauthorized access to cached pages
• User Redirect Spam fix
• htaccess global variable security fix when SEF is enabled

List of Bug Fixes

• Major Cache overhaul, including unit testing for quality assurance
• Router issues related to extending the router
• Menu ordering issues when nested menus were used Read the rest of this entry »