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Accessing the images folder of Joomla directly

I want to be able to access some images I have on my Joomla site from another site. e.g. I want to be able to type <img src="http://www.myjoomladomain/images/imag.jpg"&gt; in a html file on another different site and view the image. It's been telling me I do not have permission to access the folder. please how can I go about it ...

One website for support tickets, documentation, user management, file transfer, etc

Does anyone know of a web app that can do all of the above in one place? We are currently working with Vtiger (support), Confluence (documentation), Joomla (website, user management & custom file transfer area). We've tried using various Joomla components, but we've found nothing as good as the individual web apps listed above... We nee...

Joomla: How to change template on a specific article

Is there a way to change the template on a specific article only? Note that it should work without linking the article to any menu. ...

Joomla User login check

Hello, First I am not a joomla developer. My friend has a web site created with joomla 1.5. In webroot there are some joomla files. I created a directory in webroot "mydirectory" and i have an index file in this directory. I try to access joomla's user info in this page i grab the user object but it doesn't work. //i included joomla co...

How to have custom sidebar content per article in Joomla?

I'm in the process of porting an existing website to Joomla. Most pages of this website consist of a main content area and a sidebar containing additional items relating to the main content, such as (in-page) links, images, additional information, etc. In Joomla, the main page content would probably be an article, but I'm not sure what...

Which is the best way to build good joomla template?

i read for three ways for this task 1-template kit...plugin dreamweaver 2-jommla toolbar..plugin dreamweaver 3-artister 4joomla template maker ...

Joomla artciles showing today's date in front-end

does anyone know why all (blog) articles in Joomla are showing the same created date (today's date) in the front-end. However, when i check in the admin (back-end) the dates seem to be fine. I've cleared the cache (in the Joomla cache manager) as suggested by some forums but it's still showing today's date. any ideas? thanks ...

Missing "Toggle Editor" Button - Joomla

Hi Everyone, I have super administrator rights to a Joomla site but the "Toggle Editor" button is missing Any idea how to get it back? Many thanks, Steph ...

how to install a video component in joomla

Hi i want to install a video component in Joomla,,,, since I am new to joomla i am finding it difficult to deal with the components can anyone help me,,, any help is appreciable ...

which CMS should i use?

can anyone tell me which CMS should i use as a beginner and some beginner's tutorials. I have searched over internet and there are two famous CMSes Drupal and Joomla. I have no idea which one is better between two. Can anyone guide me? ...

resize background image of div

Hi, using a joomla component that pulls an image from the database for a slideshow. It sets the image as the background of the div - I need to resize that image to be the width (620px) of the slideshow. <div style="background: url({image1url}) top center no-repeat; width:620px; height:350px"> <div style="width:620px; height:256p...

Intranet website with Joomla ?

Hi guys, my company wants to set up a small intranet portal on LAN. We are about 100 users at max. I am thinking about Joomla on a windows server environment with XAMPP. Just to be safe, is XAMPP efficient for serving about 50 to 100 users ? Does it have some connection limits ? Also how about using it as a webserver for a small intrane...

Unable to execute file_get_contents in component

Hi, I am trying to insert the data from file into database using file_get_contents through jobline component. But i am unable to execute the function inside the component when i had written the code outside the joomla it is working fine below is the working code. Can anyone suggest me what should i do? ...

artio sef url giving wrong url

hi all, i have used artio sef in my site to have sef urls but for the wordpress component its giving me url www.fsdf.com/index.php/blog instead of www.fsdf.com/blog as i have tried to create manually but it is still same.... also www.fsdf.com/index.php/blog is not having my css.... please help.... thanks in advance... ...

Make Joomla component compatible with SEF/SEO

Hi I have developed a custom component for Joomla 1.5. However the urls when SEF is turned on could look a bit better e.g. display the title rather than the id, how can I make custom urls for my component when SEF for Joomla is turned on? ...

Failed to create directory: joomla

when i am installing any module or component in my joomla1.5 i am getting the following problem, here i am showing an example, i am in big trouble please save me... JFTP::mkdir: Bad response JFTP::chmod: Bad response Component Install: Failed to create directory.: "/home/butterfl/public_html/components/com_ckforms" ...

Joomla - Determining whether logged-in user is an Admin

I am having tons of fun working on a big project that was, for reasons hard to justify, based on Joomla! (which I don't mean to criticise, Joomla! is great, just not for the task I am faced with currently) and when I googled for a way of determining whether the currently logged-in user is an Admin, I found a post that quite boldly recomm...

Notifications for Joomla extension updates

Is there an extension that would check whether there are newer versions available to the installed extensions on a Joomla site, and would notify the site administrator? Ideally, I am looking for something similar to Drupal's "Update" module. I understand that there is no central place for keeping all these modules and their versions fo...

Getting PHP Notice: Undefined index: password_clear in joomla when using plugin other then joomla login

Hi, I am getting PHP Notice: Undefined index: password_clear when I use any plugin other then joomla's login plugin to log-in the user. In joomla database, we are not storing any user's data. so I have got a custom plugin, which will do the check for user's credentials through a web service call. The credentials are checked good,...

Youtube / Embed Vid + Joomla RocketTheme Template + IE6 = Black Screen

Refer to http://www.smartgridinterop.ca On IE6, it will display a black screen with the word "loading..." I was able to determine that the video tag was the cause of it. If I am to remove it, IE6 will be able to load the page perfectly. Below is the embed code for the article on that website. I will get the same problem if I am to u...