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Building a question answer site using CMS..

Hi, I want to develop a question answer site like this one, for students to ask schools and career planning related questions. I was planning to use Joomla as CMS but am not sure whether such site could work fine wih a CMS. I have little experience in website development and it will be a learning experience for me.Can such a site work fi...

interesting characters in URL in joomla

i have a URL that looks like this ......index.php?option=com_jumi&fileid=8&Itemid=34 i know that i can view the source of the file just by view source from the browser, but since i have FTP permission for the site, i would like to be able to edit the file. but i dont know which file to edit! how do i find out which file is this link...

Convert simple Javascript script to PHP

I have a simple javascript function to validate a form (RSform!Pro in Joomla) on submit. Problem is bots are able to submit the form without the validate script running when they have javascript disabled. The only option I can think of to prevent this case from happening is to use php instead of javascript. Could someone help me with thi...

Free image gallery extension for Joomla 1.5

I am looking for a free image gallery extension which I can integrate in Joomla 1.5. Any suggestion is greatly appreciated. Regards Ramji ...

joomla site not opening at all

suddenly, out of no where, each time i try to open the site im getting this nonesense Joomla! Logo yoursdproperty.com This site is currently undergoing redesign to add new features. Please check back again soon! how do i reopen it? ...

increasing whitespace - css background

i am very new to CSS. i need to increase the width of the white space of this: http://yoursdproperty.com/index.php?option=com_jumi&fileid=8&Itemid=34 the css file is here: http://yoursdproperty.com/templates/pjo_joomlaforall/css/template_css.css how do know which element to change? ...

joomla: how is the CSS generated?

i made a website that looks like this www.yoursdproperty.com i would like to know how the CSS is generated? where is it generated? how can i edit the settings that generate the CSS? ...

css - increasing size of holder or what ever its called

i have this site: http://yoursdproperty.com/index.php?option=com_jumi&fileid=8&Itemid=34 i need to increase the width of the "holder" where the content is. i need to make it so that the iframe fits and i need everything to remain centered as it is now. how do i increase the width of the content? when i say content i mean eve...

joomla: editing html of menus?

is it possible for me to edit the html of the menus on top here? http://yoursdproperty.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=section&id=1&Itemid=27 the home, buying property, selling property, etc, want to be able to edit the html. is that possible? where would the file be? i actually need them to take up 100% of the top a...

Google app engine for static files in joomla

hi i want to use google app engine for the static data for my joomla website currently my site is http://webkul.com i want to put all the css and js files in the app engine please help i am using google app engine first time if there is any good tutorial please put it here thanks ...

Joomla Login Authentication from external app

I need to check that a Joomla username and password is valid from my external application. It is not necessary that the user is logged into the system just that their account exists. How do I do this? ...

How to show images uploaded by a specific user in Phocagallery - Joomla?

I am using phocagallery to show images/pictures on my site and i am looking for a way to show a link to the user which leads the visiting user to see the albums created by a specific user. Currently I have found way to show the current user's photos etc. but i need a way to see some specific user's pictures. is it possible? If yes then h...

Joomla complient w3c

Im trying to make my joomla powered site w3c compliant. I am stuck with ampersand encoding, I want to encode the '&' to '& amp;'(no space) under the menu, as required. However the menu link can not be directly edited (read-only), I was wondering how I can change this to be encoded? Thanks ...

joomla menu not visible

I am facing somewhat peculiar problem. i have two systems, both running xampp 1.7.1 . our site is based on joomla 1.5.10. One system is using fedora 12, the other one is using rhel 5. The problem is, in rhel system we can create delete and rename menu items. But this changes are not visible on the frontend. I mean, if you login as an adm...

Joomla: How to create a file inside a component that can be accessed directly?

I am trying to override a component. The file structure is like this: templates/mytemplate/html/com_contact/contact/<files> From inside the default_form.php, I want to access another php file. So where do I keep that other file and what changes do I have to make to the component view? I am using Joomla 1.5.15. ...

CURL login by script to a Joomla website

Hello, I need to login by a PHP script that uses CURL to a Joomla website, in order to access to a private page that needs to be processed, but nothwithstanding several attempts I have done, I have always a 403 error. I have done a similar thing with other websites and it worked. Script I use: $uname = "id"; $upswd = "pswd"; $url = "h...

Quickest way to pick up Joomla?

What is the quicket way to pick up Joomla? Books, training etc? We want to train 10 Mid-to-Senior level Java developers in Joomla. ...

[joomla] 'mysql_num_rows(): supplied argument is not a valid argument' when trying to use JDatabase

$select = "SELECT * FROM `jos_users`"; $connection->setQuery($select); $rows = $connection->getNumRows(); $rows does not work it throws the 'mysql_num_rows(): supplied argument is not a valid' error but... $result = $connection->loadObjectList(); $result works fine. Is this a Joomla bug?? Or what am i doing wrong? ...

joomla .htaccess file rewrite rule explanation required

Hi, I'm trying to understand the following lines in joomla's .htaccess file. Can someone explain this please #RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f #RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d #RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/index.php #RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} (/|\.php|\.html|\.htm|\.feed|\.pdf|\.raw|/[^.]*)$ [NC] #RewriteRule (.*) index.php ...

How to show the outcome of joomla menu item type as a module?

I am not sure how to put it ... but I am using certain modules in my joomla site which can be shown only using a menu item e.g. Phoca gallery, hwdvideoshare etc. These modules can not be displayed on any specific position, instead a menu item has to be created which links to these modules and shows them according to the configuration par...