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Dynamic Product Price According to Number of Days Rented using Virtuemart

I am considering using VirtueMart to set up a client with an easy to update e-commerce solution. I am new to VirtueMart, and Joomla, and am really just looking for a quick easy solution to e-commerce, so I thought to check the software out. Anyhow I have a requirement where the client lists a product for renting purposes, the price to ...

iframe with user details in joomla

I have a site that can be published and has SSO. The SSO works with an iframe, the user's details are given in the querystring, and one of the details has to be hashed (MD5). E.g: http://www.come2play.com/channel_auth.asp?channel_id=9000&uid=123456&nick_name=The+Man&auth_sig=dc952e4371e04551684afbcbf12cf14c One of my publi...

Forking Joomla! 1.5

Hello, We have planned to fork Joomla! 1.5 with the name STRELIN. As Joomla is moving to 1.6, we would like to add new features without breaking the compatibility, with the new name Strelin. Of course that will be free and GPL. A simpler, better ACL (we are trying to make it simpler than Joomla 1.6 ACL) is the first one. Can there be a...

Joomla(1.5) templates wont appear on the interface when i add add the folder in the /teplates directory

I tried installing via the interface but it said that the package i waas trying to install wasnt found. I also tried puting the extracted folder in the templates/ folder but still nothing. I tried reinstalling Joomla all over again but with no luck. I am suspecting that the problem has something to do with mysql but i cannot confirm that...

User actions after login

Hi, is it possible to manage actions after user login ? For example after login I wanna check(get some data from DB and check) has user filled special member form. If not, then redirect it to the form page. Maybe some plugin should help ? Is it possible to do it with user type plugin ? Your help would be appreciated. ...

yahoo / gtalk link in joomla

i have a website developed in joomla. i want to add my gtalk id on image of gtalk. that is if any user clicks on image of gtalk than he/she should be able to add my id to their gtalk account. same way for yahoo. i have tried to do it in module with code but joomla removes my "code **mce_href="http://mce_host/gtalk:call?jid=abc@gmail...

simple RewriteCond in .htaccess

OK, it sounds simple, it looks simple and it weighs simple. But it's not. I can't for the life of me get this working. Let's say I have this URL structure: http://www.test.com/%action%[/%param1%/%paramX%] I need to redirect (actually I want a REWRITE) to: http://www.test.com/index.php?option=com_%action%&param=[%param1%,%p...

Some advice for if I should even bother eliminating Notice errors in Joomla

I changed the option in the Joomla configuration section to show all errors (E_ALL) and my component is basically unusable. As an example, in a view (editapp) I have a template, default.php, which contains things like: <input class="text_area" type="text" name="application_name" id="application_name" size="50" maxlength="250" value...

How to not lose the module layout for artical that require login?

How to not lose the module layout for articals that require to be logged in? My example: http://box1.thegiant.ca/~cuisirama/index.php Click on the link in the top menu Catalogue en ligne why do i lose my slideshow, left & top menu when the artical it is attached to, has them activated? how can i avoid this without having to make a cop...

Specifying a controller or view in a Joomla menu does not work

If I try <menu img="components/com_mycomp/assets/menu_icon.png" controller="apps" view="allapps" >My Menu</menu> This does not work, instead the menu will point to index.html?option=com_mycomp, whereas it should point to index.html?option=com_mycom&view=allapps&controller=apps This does however work for submenus. Is ther...

jrequest::getVar does not get variable values if they have a hash sign

Hi I am using jrequest::getVar to get the values of some variables in my site. Now this works fine in most cases. But if a variable's value has a hash sign (#) in it, the request fails and execution stops there. I tried getting the values after encoding them as well but it doesn't help. Can someone please let me know what would be the...

How to make Joomla main content and modules columns match height dynamically?

Hi I have a Joomla site with a template that has 2 columns. One for the main content and the other for modules. On different pages either the content column is shorter than the module column or vice versa. How can I ensure that the 2 columns are always of the same height so that they both meet up equally at the footer on any page? ...

Joomla - what solutions to develop a extension can work with mootools 1.1 and mootools1.2

anybody can share your solutions ? ...

XML-RPC Incorrect parameters passed to method: No method signature matches number of parameters

I am trying to get XML-RPC working locally on my joomla site but keep getting the error - Incorrect parameters passed to method: No method signature matches number of parameters I have been using the debugger in the backend: http://mysite.local/xmlrpc/client.php Documentation is very poor and I can't even find the correct way to pass...

phpxmlrpc.sourceforge.net not working for my joomla site

I tried to use http://phpxmlrpc.sourceforge.net in my Joomla site but it does not work, nothing shows when I press the Execute button. If I use the default joomla one, it does work - I see the blogger API for example. How do I fix this? ...

Customizing joomla components and modules. Phoca Gallery case.

Im developing a site using Joomla, and one of the requirements of the site is that it uses the Phoca Gallery Component and Module. The problems with these is tthat they have a lot of inline CSS styles, which makes them hard to customize. I've solved this removing the style attributes with jQuery, but it doesn't seem like a very good solu...

Slow site... but just in Chrome/Safari

I'm trying to find a bug in a web application, which is causing Chrome and Safari to take up to 15 seconds to load the page (Firefox and IE, there are no problems). I've tried using Chrome's developer tools to find out what is causing the slowdown, but am unable to understand what elements/script is slowing down the page. This is a joom...

customizing menu layout in joomla

Hey everyone. I would like to create a joomla menu but have it display in three columns, like so: +----------+----------+----------+ | item0 | item1 | item2 | | item3 | item4 | item5 | | ... | ... | ... | | | | | For the life of me I can't think of a way to do it. Granted, I...

Joomla as an MVC framework compared to CodeIgniter

This might sound like a silly topic, but I'm curious what your opinions are regarding coding an application using Joomla or CodeIgniter, within the context of them being MVC frameworks. I've spent a lot of time coding in CI, and I've gotten pretty used to the strict separation of business logic and data gathering (i.e. I can load up my...

How to encode # character in the url + php + Joomla

I am trying to fetch a variable address from my current URL using JRequest::getVar('address') method. But if the address value has a (#) character, the part after the # character is not retrieved. I understand that URI is a combination of query + fragment and the part after a hash symbol is treated as a fragment. I have tried to use url...