I have around 100 passwords for various websites and the like. Keeping track of them used to be a pain but it is now quick and convenient. I'm going to describe how I solved this problem with a simple secure solution you can implement for yourself with a 28 line bash script.

Merging two joomla sites into one

This comes up as a job every now and again and its a bit nerve wracking so here's my quick hackers guide to doing it. Don't expect to follow this verbatim but it should help you get the job done. You will need to be working at the linux command line and familiar with mysql client. Let me know if there is anything that needs clarifying or explaining further.

If you are doing this as a client service, take care with making any promises until you've done a dry run. If it is straightforward it will all be done in an hour. If it proves difficult, you could end up spending days on it. The key things that move it from 'straightforward' to 'difficult' are conflicts in extensions and hacks to Joomla itself. These are most likely to involve login and authentication issues or cached references to article ids.