Greetings:
RE:
http://help.joomla.org/content/view/1938/302/Given that PHP 4 has been EOL with the EOL being 12/31/2008, I would list PHP 5.2.1x (i.e. .10 .11) as the minimum recommended PHP.
I would also recommend adding a note that PHP 5.2.11 or PHP 5.3.1 are the required versions if one wants to clear current PCI compliance scans.
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RE:
http://help.joomla.org/content/view/1939/302/As a professional security and server administrator I do have an issue with the recommendation to install on a local host.
If the party doing the installation on a local host has
some system administration skills, then that works out ok.
However, from reviewing the various installation problems reported in the forum, I see a lot of people who have trouble with the local installation on the foundation of not knowing how to install or set up mysql locally, how to set up PHP to work with Apache locally, and so on.
I'm not sure of the answer as that relates to
http://help.joomla.org/content/view/1939/302/ other than maybe giving a warning that the local host installation does require at least some system administration skills; and if those skills are lacking to try a remote installation with a hosting provider who can hold their hands.
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RE:
http://help.joomla.org/content/view/1943/302/I'm not sure if it would be here or another location just prior or just after, but there should be a short discussion on the pros and cons of installing Joomla in the root HTML directory and a subdirectory.
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OTHER:
Please consider a security section that includes the well done password discussion along with the following:
http://docs.joomla.org/Category:Security_Checklisthttp://docs.joomla.org/Vulnerable_Extensions_Listhttp://docs.joomla.org/Security_Checklist_7Thank you.
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Peter M. Abraham
http://www.dynamicnet.net/ - Dynamic Net, Inc. - in business since June 1995; a PCI Compliant, managed hosting provider.
