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Preventing spam in RSMembership! has just gotten easier. With the new version of our component we have introduced an integration with the new no CAPTCHA reCAPTHA. Read this blog post for more information on what's new, fixed or improved!

After updating to Joomla! 3.4.0, you may have encountered some extensions that did install in previous Joomla! versions are now throwing the message:

What is causing the error

Joomla! 3.4.0 introduced a new security feature, scanning uploaded files for potential dangerous code. For example, it scans uploaded archives for PHP code - something that should not be done in the Extensions Installer (com_installer). Fortunately, Joomla! contributors already debugged and fixed this (pull request here) so if you don't want to wait until 3.4.1 is released, read this blog post.

Why go slow when you can go faster... right? The truth is - site visitors get agravated if an website takes forever to load and will eventually find relevant content somewhere else. Needless to say that user browsing experience has a big thing to say when it comes down to SEO ranking. There are a lot of factors that take a toll within the overall page load time, but here we will focus on what you can do to improve website performance from a Joomla! configuration point of view, namely cache.

Although it just got launched, RSContact! v1.1.0 is here! Due to the community's strong response to it, we decided to rethink, improve and even add some functionality that you suggested. Read more in this article.

In this release we've included 2 new placeholders that may really come in handy, read this post for more information.