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how to generate url friendly in Joomla ?

Hi I have a problem with joomla 1.5 friendly url (that not so friendly actually) I am not using SEF at the moment (should i ?) heres is my problem I have some categories and sections. Each has alias. so i can check all news category for example by visiting www.myxyz.com/news/ to check an article the url that generated would become: ...

Wordpress OR Joomla?

Which is better, Wordpress OR Joomla? What are their pros and cons? In which case you use Wordpress over Joomla and vice versa? For development which one I can use as development framework? ...

PHP Image Upload trouble

Hi, I am currently working on a Joomla! website. I am using the Jumi extension (which allows custom scripts to be made and executed within Joomla! itself) to create a simple file upload tool. The problem is that I get the following error: Warning: copy(C:/xampp/htdocs/images/1253889508.jpg) [function.copy]: failed to open stream: No s...

Can't get JCE working on front-end

I've gone through all the tutorials and read through a ton of forum posts, but to no avail. I cannot get JCE to work properly on the front-end of my Joomla project. I have the group settings to allow Editors (and higher levels) to use JCE. When I log in as an editor on the front-end though, I only have text boxes to edit the content, no ...

Client Document Management System - Joomla, Wordpress

Hey Does anyone know of a good open source client document management system? Possibly using Joomla or Wordpress? I need to be able to allow different clients to log into the website to download their documents and upload their documents? Any ideas? ...

CMS which allows unregistered users to submit content

I am looking for a CMS- which would allow unregistered users to submit content. From what I have read so far- that is not possible with Joomla . Is that correct ? Open ID would be an OK compromise- but wouldn't want that either if I can help it - i.e they should be able to participate anonymously... ...

Getting 404 component not found with Chronoforms in 1.5.14

I upgraded Joomla to 1.5.14. Unfortunately I am getting a 404 error (Component not found) while accessing Chrono Forms component. I had been using Chrono Forms succesfully for a long time. The stack trace looks like: # Function Location 1 JAdministrator->dispatch() C:\Users\sdelamo\workspace\SVNHenaresAlDia-Trunk\administrator\i...

Which programming language is the best for my needs?

I'm interested in building a site that has several interactive features for the users, yet want the site to be relatively light and avoid using Java or Flash. The site will start small but will hopefully be scalable. I realize developers tend to prefer a specific language and/or CMS and am wondering if you think a particular language wou...

Joomla! 1.5 notification plugin when a new article has been posted.

I'm in search for a plugin for Joomla! 1.5 that notifies all the registered users on my site when I have published a new article. Are there any plugins available that could do that? ...

Sending email with Joomla and Google Apps

I have the next settings in the Joomla Global Configuration panel. **Mail Settings** Mailer: SMTP Server Mail from: [email protected] From Name: John Smith Sendmail Path: SMTP Authentication: Yes SMTP Security: SSL SMTP Port: 465 SMTP Username: [email protected] SMTP Password: ****** SMTP Host: gmail-smtp-in.l.g...

Forming URL from string and variables

Hi, I am working on a PHP script that automatically displays an image based on certain elements (which don't matter for the sake of the question since that part works perfectly fine.) Out of the browsers I have tested it in, the images are correctly displayed on Google Chrome, Internet Explorer, and Safari. However, they do not appear...

Joomla unified logins for forum and a custom made php sub-site

I'm building a site with Joomla where a forum should exist amongst other things. But also I plan to develop a custom made functionality (diary-like) with a php inserts (it really works, for example with jumi). The problem is that I suppose nobody will understand if the forum and this sub-site will have separated logins. I'd use an existi...

how to display a component at a specific position in joomla template?

hello, I have developed few custom components for joomla. Whenever I execute these components they appear at a specific position in template say the position name be 'showcase' what I wanna do now is how to display the component at some other arbitrary position say 'showcase2'. Help me out my project is stuck due to this??? Thanks i...

get form post data in mootools 1.1 response

Hi friends, I m using mootools 1.1 for developing joomla component. i want to get the form posted data in onComplete block. i don't want to set the post data in response. Is it possible? if yes then please reply how can i do that? Thanks in advance. ...

Some HTML tags (e.g. IFRAME) and Javascript in Joomla 1.5 articles are automatically removed when using the WYSIWYG editor

When using a WYSIWYG editor in Joomla 1.5 to create website content I am not able to freely insert HTML tags, such as IFRAME as the HTML tags will be automatically removed on saving the article. I can either configure Joomla not to use a WYSIWYG editor which makes editing articles a bit of a pain, or I can force the HTML code into the ar...

How to set IFRAME's background color to the BG-color of it's parent document?

I am working on a Joomla 1.5 website and a little self-contained php application, which I want to show within an IFRAME inserted in an article. The template I am using for the website has a dark grey background and the IFRAME shows grey background when loaded in Firefox (I don't quite know why this is so, but I like it like this). Howeve...

PHP/Joomla When to use references

i am reading http://docs.joomla.org/Developing_a_Model-View-Controller_Component_-_Part_3_-_Using_the_Database $db = when do i need to use references? i tried the same thing without reference and it works. i thought objects are passed by reference (probably assignment also)? if i assign by "copy" will there be any difference? maybe dro...

How to get the parameter value of the currently active component in Joomla

I'm creating a custom template, and i have added a parameter 'headerpic' to various views. <param name="headerpic" type="filelist" default="" label="Header Image" description="Select the image for the header" directory="images/headers" filter="\.jpg" /> The client can then change the header image for each page from a drop down list. ...

Joomla - Different forum per page

Hi, I'm fairly new to Joomla - so hopefully this isn't too simple. My client would like to have a separate discussion forums per "Page". For instance, say you user groups Group 1, Group 2 and Group 3 and have Page 1, Page 2, and Page 3. Each Page will have a discussion forum that will only be accessible by the corresponding Group. To ha...

What is the best way to override an existing CSS table rule?

We're using a template for joomla where creators defined the rule in constant.css table { border-collapse:collapse; border:0px; width:100%; } When I need my own table with a custom params (width, border and so on), a nightmare begins. If I use general html params, they don't work since css rules are more important (CMIIW). ...