Joomla is one of the most secured CMS out there, but of course, you also have to update your website for the patches. Patches can be easily applied within a minute or two. Here's a 3 step guide on how to update your Joomla CMS

1.  Go to Joomla.org website and download the latest patch. You can easily find the download link by clicking on the button  . As of this moment, the latest build is 1.5.14
2. In there, you can see the Download other Joomla 1.5.x packages » Link, just click it and download the current build upgrade, you can see the version of your joomla website on the upper right corner of your admin panel. Example, if you're using 1.5.8, then you'll have to download joomla_1.5.8_to_1.5.14-Stable-Patch_Package.zip (assuming that 1.5.14 is the latest)
3. Unzip and upload every file in the main site using ftp (just overwrite everything), and you're done!

Some of us tend to create url's directly from the link we get from the main website, and SEF is really helpful in making our links much more readable. Though, sometimes, we tend to get the SEF'd url and when we edit the article, we tend to break the link. Here's a quick tip on creating URL's that doesn't need that much maintenance.

• Before editing or creating an article that have links on it (unless its really an external link), try to disable the SEF for a while
• Paste or enter the internal url in this format "index.php?article_link_here " (or the internal non sef'd article link)

Transferring a site is quite easy but when the volume of uncompressed data gets bigger (like as much as 4 gigabytes in our case), you can practically say "the going gets tough"...

Good thing for me, though the site is being migrated, it is still sitting on the same server so the work is not very complicated. Plus, of course, the fact that I am armed with the best arsenal: the Joomla Pack. Just to give a brief overview, the Joomla Pack is an open-source back-up component for Joomla CMS. Plainly-said, its main job is to create a back-up for the site which can be restored to any Joomla-capable server. The whole site back-up is created in a single archive which makes migrating sites as easy as 1-2-3.

The Joomla Pack is a great tool that allows easier migration of database or even a whole website on the Internet. Too bad, there is still no such thing as a perfect migration. Web developers and programmers should always bear in mind to keep a back-up in case something goes wrong and to test the site for any inconsistencies in the database or for corrupted images.