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what is the difference between Django and Joomla?

What is the difference between Django and Joomla? Or better still what is the difference between Content Managers (Joomla, Drupal etc) and Web Framworks (Django, Symphony, Zend etc) ...

Which software for intranet CMS - Django or Joomla?

In my company we are thinking of moving from wiki style intranet to a more bespoke CMS solution. Natural choice would be Joomla, but we have a specific architecture. There is a few hundred people who will use the system. System should be self explainable (easier than wiki). We use a lot of tools web, applications and integrated within 3...

Is there a good reference for Joomla 1.5 development?

I've been hacking together some basic Joomla 1.5 components and modules recently and always every time I get into it, I end up tearing my hair out because I simply do not understand how the MVC pattern works. Some examples of the problems I run into: How does the view get access the model? How do you switch to a different view? How do ...

Joomla Forms extension

Hi guys, Does anyone of you know a good free joomla extension to create forms? I have searched the joomla site but most of them are commercial and the free ones very lite and buggy. I have Joomla 1.5 installed. I need to make some forms for my site 34life.org to subscribe some volunteers. Thanks in advance. ...

Joomla Question: How to have different image in Intro Text and Main Text

Joomla Question: Is there a way to have a different image in intro text? I plan to place a different and smaller image in the introtext. ...

mySQL database password change now crashes Joomla.

I have a mySQL database behind a Joomla install. I changed the database password because I forgot it but now Joomla crashes looking for the database. I guess joomla has the password written somewhere - if anyone knows I might be able to manual edit it and enter the new database password. Otherwise I'm hoping a manual install of a back...

How do I edit contacts from the front end in Joomla 1.5x?

I'd have thought this would be a native feature (seeing as joomla allows you to connect contacts with user accounts) but we can't find any way to do this! does anyone know of any extensions/modules that would allow this? I'm not so hot on PHP so i'd really love to not have to code this by hand! ...

Joomla, Drupal, or DotNetNuke?

I'm in the process of starting my own podcasting website. I'm trying to find a good cms to use. At work, I'm a .Net developer and we are starting to use DNN for some small projects around the office. I'd like the new business to be fully open source but it might be nice to use Dnn cause I will already have some experience with it from wo...

Moodle / Joomla / JFusion - best development platform for e-learning, communication and information portal?

I've been asked to develop an information and e-learning website with an emphasis on community aspects that will also encompass a lot of other areas. There is a tight budget to this project, so I'm looking to use off the shelf products where possible - but I need to make sure I pick the best possible platform to begin with. I am a php ...

Joomla 1.5 Iframes

I have a joomla 1.5 installation and for some reason when ever i put in an iframe into the site joomla strips it out. I copy and past this code into the code editor and chose save and it will remove it. How do i make it stop this? <iframe src ="client_login.html" width="100%" height="300px"> <p>Your browser does not support iframes....

What are the best practices to speed up site development with CMS?

How can I speed up site development with a particular CMS if I need to build a lot of sites? Should I prepare a few different solutions based on barebone CMS but with pre-built components and deploy them if similar site is being requested for production? Or should I use some solution generator like Joomla-Builder? Are there any tools fo...

MySQL Client / Benchmarking Tool

I have a site hosted on a godaddy.com Linux shared hosting plan. We recently switched to a Joomla CMS so that the sales department could edit the site without breaking any of my css. The problem is now that each page takes about 4-6 seconds to load. I can load large static images just fine, so that only leaves SQL as the other culprit. E...

Best practice for using window.onload

I develop Joomla websites/components/modules and plugins and every so often I require the ability to use JavaScript that triggers an event when the page is loaded. Most of the time this is done using the window.onload function. My question is: Is this the best way to trigger JavaScript events on the page loading or is there a better...

URL Rewrite with Joomla on IIS7

I have Joomla 1.5.9 running on IIS7. I'm now experimenting with the SEO Settings from the Joomla global configuration page. First I toyed with Search Engine Friendly URLs (that gets rid of the queries part of URLs); that works fine. I also tried to enable the "Use Apache mod_rewrite". I installed "Microsoft URL Rewrite Module for IIS 7...

How to create/find a Joomla/Community Builder 'Latest Users' module? Playing with dates in MySQL/Joomla...

A few years ago when Joomla first sprung up and I moved over from Mambo I remember finding a great little component called Community Builder (CB) that extends the user-based interface behind Joomla. Over the last couple of years both Joomla and Community Builder have grown and flourished. I find myself remembering a small module I found...

HTTPS causes Joomla to revert back to old Domain when creating links

Hello All, I have moved the website BradPPresents.com to BradP.com. URLS ARE NOT SAFE FOR WORK The website links properly on HTTP but as soon as it uses HTTPS the links revert back to BradPPresents.com. I assumed this was a Joomla! configuration.php file but it has already been changed to BradP.com. Also, all instances that I can ...

Joomla 1.5: why does trying to send email result in: PHPMAILER_RECIPIENTS_FAILED

Hi, I'm trying to send emails from Joomla! 1.5.9, but keep getting this error message: PHPMAILER_RECIPIENTS_FAILED*recipient_name*<*recipient_email*> A few more facts: It's a WAMP server (joomla 1.5.9, PHP 5.2.8) Validation emails are sent with no problem at all Joomla! is set to use SMTP The IIS SMTP service is used (though I'm not ...

Joomla! Wrong BASE HREF changing HTTP to HTTPS

Hello All, I just moved my Joomla! website from BradPPresents.com to BradP.com. No Nude, but MAY NOT BE SFW Everything works properly on unsecured HTTP access; But as soon as the site changes to HTTPS: the BASE HREF reverts to the OLD url "BradPPresents.com". I've changed every instance of BradPPresents.com I can find, with no success...

joomla - how do I change the subdirectory in the links?

Hi I had created my website on localhost under a subdirectory "joomla". Now I have ported this website to my hosting server under another subdirectory "testing". After doing this, whenever I user any of the menu items created, they try and find a page under the "joomla" folder instead of "testing" So the links are something like http:/...

Can't find mosConfig_absolute_path in configuration.php

Hi I am trying to move my Joomla1 website from localhost to my bluehost.com domain. For testing I have created a subdirectory on my domain for testing and moved all my Joomla! files to this. I have created this subdirectory under the public_html folder. I am using different menus on the front page (custom page) and remaining pages. My...