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Tracing a WSoD in Joomla

How do I find out which code section an error occurs in, if the site done on Joomla gives me a White Screen of Death? I even know which module fails, and under what condition (it is a slideshow module, and it fails when one of the items to display are of video type), but I would like to check what place in the code it fails in, in the h...

how can i create the menu that will open only the article in joomla?

I have created the articles and menu items that links to that articles. This all works. But now what I want is, when I click on the menu, it should open up only article (without any template feature, no header , no footer and not even the menu).I am opening the article in a new window. From googling what I found is if I add &tmpl=compo...

Email in Joomla

Hey i am having a joomla site, i hosted it in my own lap, using no-ip, the problem is mail function is not working,what may be the problem? how can i solve it? ...

How to detect the current language of a Joomla! website?

I just want to generate a code that will detect the current language of my websit in joomla + php ...

How to make a Joomla "build"?

In drupal, it's possible to create a "build", also known as "install profile" or "distribution" that basically combines several modules and your settings for them. So the next time you setup the same exact site, you don't have to re-configure all the modules. Does Joomla have a similar concept, and what is it called? Please reference d...

Form POST returns 302 from within Joomla, works great outside

I have a form that submit a shopping cart to Google Checkout. The form works great on it's own, but when I put it inside of Joomla (using a content-type of wrapper), Google Checkout throws a 302, and the form page is loaded again. As I was writing this, I then decided to see what happens from the static form, outside of Joomla. It took ...

Joomla - Section Blog Layout - How to hide section title

Hiya, I'm working on a site in Joomla. I have my main menu and from that i have created the home page as a "Section Blog Layout". I want to display article titles and hide the section title, currently i can only manage to show/hide the article title, I cannot remove the section title. Any ideas? Many thanks, Steph ...

Joomla - how to hightlight the menu item for active page

Hiya, How do you highlight the menu item of the active page? Thanks! Steph ...

Request different data from the same component in Joomla

I have a simple component that displays a list of products. I want to separate the products by type. Is there a way through the task= or something like that where I can call a different function in the model? Or... better question: How would I go about using the url to retrieve different data, change a header on the template, but display...

How to limit joomla 1.5 main menu into 2 levels?

hi there guys, i have this menu structure: Products->Shoes->Men. i have this kind of menu structure because i have a specific module to be shown in the Men section only. my problem is how can i limit the rendering of my main menu only up to Shoes(that is up to Products->Shoes only). i hope i get the right question for you guys. thanks fo...

Access denied for user 'root'@'localhost' (using password :YES) joomla install on windows 7 with web platform installer

I was trying to install Joomla on my machine .. so i ran the microsoft web platform and choose joomla Mysql and other tools went well .. BUT joomla it self isn't installed giving the following error : This product did not install successfully: the database 'my_site_db' could not be created Access denied for user 'root'@'localhost' (usi...

Desigining a new Joomla component

I've very less experience in Joomla. I'm going to create a joomla component. I've heard about the MVC structure in component development. What is the best method to follow? 1)Using simple component development or 2) using MVC Is there any problems if I uses the first one? ...

Hide the menu area for certain components

I'm designing a joomla component and I wants to hide all the items from the side menu only for a specific component page. Is it possible in Joomla? if yes How can I do it? ...

Jce editor groups- problems with multi permission

I have Joomla site with JCE editor. I use the JCE groups to create permissions for different users. I have created few groups and every group is permitted to control one media directory. I have combined a specific user to two different groups assuming that this user will have the ability to access two different media directories. But ...

JInstaller::install: File '...' does not exist.

My installer has been working until a few days ago, now I get: JInstaller::install: File '/home/john/public_html/tmp/install_4c578c96e449f/com_mycomponent/admin/site/controllers' does not exist. I checked the zip file and everything looks ok, I changed file contents but not the file structure at all since the time it was working. ZIP...

What is the use of Wordpress/Joomla?

Hello all I am developing a travels related website using cakephp. I have to put some tour itinerary/special vacation campaign etc. on it almost everyday. The template/format remain the same, just the content changes. So, I am guessing that I can use some content management system like Wordpress/Joomla here. Till now I had been working...

Joomla - sudden issue with Flash objects?

I developed an entire site using Amazon's flash widgets. Then I applied a class to the widget which made copy flow around it. Everything worked fine. Suddenly, however, Joomla is indicated the OBJECT code with a Flash icon in TinyMCE. That's never happened before. And secondly, I can't apply a class id to the Amazon widget. Has anyone ...

How to remove the author and date of creation details from an article?

Hi all Am creating a sample website using Joomla. I am just a beginner. How to hide the author details and date of creation from an article published? ...

Are there any module or component for table data type in Joomla?

I need a component or module that allows me a easy way to enter and show data of products. Fiewld1| Field2| field3 data1 | data2| data3 . | . | . . | . | . . | . | . . | . | . . | . | . ...

How to add multi language functionality to existing website designed using Joomla 1.5?

I have created a sample website using Joomla 1.5. How to include multi lingual functionality in the website ? ...