A client had an odd request, the specifics of which probably do not have a lot of application in the real world, but the method in which I achieved the result does offer powerful flexibility when implementing Joomla functionality.

When porting a Joomla! installation from a development server to a production server, and you are using the DOCman extension, remember to update the $dmpath variable in the administrator/components/com_docman/docman.config.php file.

In order to backup your database on a GoDaddy shared hosting plan, first enable SSH and then create a sitebackup.sh file with the following commands: