Saguaros
Senior developer & support, ThePixel.dev
Senior developer and support lead at ThePixel.dev with 15 years of experience. Writes about Joomla security, safe updates and fixing sites after an upgrade.
- 15 yrs of development experience
- 19 articles on this blog
- Writes about CiviCRM, VirtueMart, AI & automation
Articles by Saguaros
AI & automation
AI for Joomla Security: Reading the Logs You Already Have
AI & automation
Automating Joomla Maintenance with AI Agents, Safely
CiviCRM
A Safe CiviCRM Update Routine for Joomla Sites
VirtueMart
Test VirtueMart 5 Beta on Joomla 6 Safely: A Staging Walkthrough
CiviCRM
Test CiviCRM Donations, Memberships and Events After an Upgrade: A Checklist
VirtueMart
VirtueMart Test Orders Checklist: What to Test After Every Upgrade
CiviCRM
CiviCRM Pages Return 404 After a Joomla Upgrade: Menu Items and Old Links
CiviCRM
CiviCRM Scheduled Jobs Not Running on Joomla: Fix the Cron
CiviCRM
Which CiviCRM Extensions Work on PHP 8.3? How to Audit Yours
VirtueMart
Check Payment and Shipping Plugins Before a VirtueMart Upgrade
CiviCRM
Check Your Server Before a CiviCRM Upgrade: PHP 8.3, MySQL 8 and Extensions
VirtueMart
"Invalid Token" in the VirtueMart Cart After an Update: 5 Ways to Fix It
AI & automation
AI Extensions for Joomla: A Developer's Checklist Before You Install
VirtueMart
VirtueMart 4.8.0 Security Release: What Shop Owners Should Do
Joomla 7
The Joomla 7 Upgrade Checklist: From Preparation to Go-Live
CiviCRM
CiviCRM 6.17.1 Security Release: What Joomla Sites Should Do
Security
Joomla Security Against Automated Attacks: A Developer's Hardening Guide
Security
Still on Joomla 3 or 4? The Security Case for Moving to 5.4 and 6
News & updates
Taking Over a Joomla Site: The Technical Audit We Run First
Areas of work
CiviCRM
Practical CiviCRM guides for Joomla sites: Joomla 6 compatibility, upgrades, cron, extensions, security...
7 articles →VirtueMart
VirtueMart guides for Joomla shop owners: Joomla 6 status, upgrading from VirtueMart 3, cart and token...
5 articles →AI & automation
AI and Joomla: MCP servers, the REST API, AI extensions, prompts and automation for managing Joomla sites...
3 articles →Security
Joomla security guides: hardening, protection against bots and attacks, updates and best practices to keep...
2 articles →News & updates
News and updates from the Joomla world and ThePixel: releases, awards and what changes for Joomla site...
1 article →Joomla 7
Joomla 7 for developers and site owners: breaking changes, upgrade checklist, dev environment and how to...
1 article →Case studies
Two Multifamily Sites Moved to Joomla 6
Joomla 3 → 6 Migration · T4 Rebuild · K2 Migration
Film Review Site Upgraded to Joomla 6
Redesign · Joomla 6 Upgrade · Security
Print Shop Website Redesigned on Joomla 6
Web Design · Joomla 6 Rebuild
Therapy Center Site Rebuilt on Joomla 6
Joomla 3 → 6 Migration · T4 Rebuild · SEONeed help with a Joomla project?
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