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Proper way to svn multiple components and templates of a cms.

I'm a beginner in svn. I know basic things like creating a repository, checking, updating, creating branches and such, but I have some difficulty in defining a structure for my repository when working with various cms. Let's suppose I'm creating a lot of components and templates for a cms, like Joomla!. These components are going to be ...

Move the whole joomla site to a different directoy/subdomain

I am currently developing a joomla 1.5 based site in a temp subdomain (which points to a subfolder on ther sever where all joomla stuff is installed). Currently I am using plugins joomgallery an kunene 1.0.9 (legacy mode). Once the development is done I would like to move the whole site into the root directory and delete the whole subdom...

Joomla 1.5 Site Backup Strategy

I would like to make a complete backup of my whole joomla 1.5 based site from time to time. How would this ideally be done? Are there any common pitfalls? Not that I only have ftp access to the hosting server. Is there a step by step tutorial somewhere? I am using latest Joomgallery and Kunena 1.0.9 (Legacy mode). Maybe there is a good ...

Add page-specific javascript or CSS in Joomla

How do you include a javascript or CSS file only on a certain article in Joomla? I have one article which requires the jQuery UI and associated theme. Since this isn't being used on any other pages, I only want it for this particular article. Adding in the necessary <script> and <link rel="stylesheet"> tags in the HTML of the article do...

What alternatives are there in OS projects for c# similar to Joomla/Mambo/Drupal?

I'm beginning a project with a client to build a web application and I'm a little stuck on which solution to go with. I've used Joomla for many clients in the past, but this client has specific requests that I KNOW I'm going to have to build myself. The problem I'm facing is that I work full time under the .NET spectrum and while I a...

Focus a Google Map based on a town name

Hi, I have a town name, gmap modules and plg. i want to focus desired location in gmap by giving town name as input instead of longitude and latitude. Is there any way to do this in Joomla 1.5.x. Thanks in advance naveen ...

How to customize Last-Modified Header in Joomla?

Even in the latest Joomla 1.5 Last-Modified Header is non-customizable and returns current date, which is imho against seo-basics. Does any one know how (or component) to make Joomla 1.5 return Last-Modified header based on last modified article? ...

Pagination in Joomla!

Hi every one. I'm a bit new to Joomla! and I'm building my new web site using Joomla! 1.5.8 with a template bought from RocketTheme. The long article in question is a gallery of photos, and I wanted to create a horizontal pagination nav-bar in the footer of the gallery, I just clicked pagebreak where I wanted to paginate in my article i...

Joomla 1.0 - need to add drop down menu into existing template

What is the best and easiest way to add a drop down menu to an existing template in Joomla 1.0 (can't upgrade it)? Thanks ...

Determining which section is being viewed

Folks, I am trying to implement a rudimentary feature in Joomla but having no luck getting my head around it. My client has setup Joomla with several sections; each section having its own categories and eventually content underneath. I need each section to have a slightly different color component (e.g. Section A and its all subsequent...

How do I display the result of this query using Joomla pagination?

What can I do to display the result of this query in the fronted using the Joomla pagination? <?php $database =& JFactory::getDBO(); $sql = 'SELECT * FROM #__no_entreprise'; $database->setQuery( $sql ); $rows = $database->loadObjectList(); ? ...

Phantom Joomla! Record

I am having a very strange issue with Joomla. When I link to or directly pull up record # 571, what gets displayed is NOT what is in the database. In fact what is being displayed is not in the database at all. I have searched on all fields for any likeness to the contents of this article (which was created in the past) but I can not f...

How to make two web sites appear as one - What features are important?

I am about to write a tender. The solution might be a PHP based CMS. Later I might want to integrate an ASP.NET framework and make it look like one site. What features would make this relatively easy. Would OpenId and similar make a difference? In the PHP world Joomla is supposed to be more integrative than Druapal. What are the imp...

How to svn a complete cms installation (how do you manage official cms core files with your own modules)?

I've read some topics that were suggested by SO ("The question you're asking appears subjective and is likely to be closed.") but couldn't find an answer to what I was looking for. I'm using Joomla in a project. With Joomla, I have about 8 different third party modules, each one with it's own difference version number and Joomla compati...

Simple Mailing-List (not Newsletter) for Joomla?

Is there a way I can make joomla do the following: I have several mail accounts that should act as a discussion mailing-list. The administrator (and only the adminstrator) maintains a list of customer email adresses that belong a particular discussion group mail adress. Whenever a Mail is sent to e.g. specialinterestdiscussion(at)mydoma...

how to add a new modulo position on a joomla template?

hi there, i'm using a joomla template called decayed and it doesn't have the right position, only the left one and nothing more. i would like to add a right and a button positions on that template. how can i do it? cheers ...

Joomla, display diferent templates for each article

I have 2 Joomla templates installed on my site, I would like one of the pages to use the one template and the rest of the site to use the other template. Is this possible? ...

Which folders and files needed 777 mode in joomla 1.5 ?

After joomla upload to ftp . how many folder needed mode 777 need enable to working joomla without any error. ...

Setup a startpage without a correspondig menuitem in Joomla

In Joomla 1.5 I would like to have a startpage (that has its own template) but there should be no corresponding menuitem "startpage". If the user wants to navigate to the startpage the only way he can do that is by clicking on the logo in the header. How can I achieve this in joomla? Currently it seems that I am forced to select a menuit...

From where to remove "Welcome to the Frontpage"

hi all, i m developing one joomla site,, i have assign one article to home page. But the text "Welcome to the Frontpage" display in home page, and i can't get from where to hide it. thanks in advance.. ...