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#9835 Remove Generator from joomla backend

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Latest post by nicholas on Thursday, 19 May 2011 12:41 CDT

Wednesday, 13 April 2011 11:51 CDT

user28344

Hi,

I have activated the admintools Meta and generator. It changes the frontend (site)generator from joomla to my name but in the backend source code still generator remains to joomla.
I would like to know how could I remove the generator from the backend by using the admintools.
I appreciate any advise
Ben

Wednesday, 13 April 2011 15:25 CDT

nicholas

Removing the generator tag from the front-end makes sense, as you don't want random web visitors to see that your site is made with Joomla! and -more importantly- you don't want search engines to cache that information because hackers do Google searches on Joomla!'s generator tag to find potential target sites.

Now, what is the point of removing the generator tag in the back-end pages which are only accessible to authorised people who know exactly how the site is built and, in fact, administer it? There's no point. As a result there is absolutely no reason for me to create a feature which wastes CPU cycles without doing anything useful. And that's exactly why that Admin Tools Professional feature is only active in the front-end of your site.

Nicholas K. Dionysopoulos

Lead Developer and Director

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Thursday, 19 May 2011 12:12 CDT

user28344

Hi,

I had to change the account(Cpanel) username and its url but after that the admin security url (backend) doesn't work and it redirect me to the frontend and I don't know what to do!

Would you please advise

Best Regards,
Ben

Thursday, 19 May 2011 12:41 CDT