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Custom Sessions with Joomla

I've trying to build Joomla into my existing website so I can use it for premium content. I've already got a custom-built authentication system that sets my own session variables. For some reason, Joomla (which is located in a different directory) doesn't want to recognize these session variables, even when adding the session_start()...

Joomla breadcrumbs only shows "Home"

I'm using the built-in Joomla! breadcrumb module, but nothing shows up but "Home" on all my pages. I looked @ the internals of the module, and inside /modules/mod_breadcrumbs/helper.php $pathway = &$mainframe->getPathway(); $items = $pathway->getPathWay(); When I do a print_r on $items, the only thing in the array is "Home". My ...

showing one fixed article in pages with joomla 1.5

how can i put afixed article that shown with another article with joomla 1.5 ...

Joomla Ja Slideshow Descriptions

How do you display the descriptions in Ja Slideshow? I found an example on the forums that goes like this: [desc img="img.jpg" url="http://www.url.com"] <h1> Title </h1> <p>Bla</p> [/desc] However, even if i match url of desc item to url of img, it's not being displayed, and i'm not all together on how that would work for multiple ima...

Installing Recaptcha in Joomla 1.5 user registration

I am trying to install ReCaptcha into the user registration of Joomla 1.5. This may just be an issue with Joomla but when i hit register nothing happens. I think it's doing some JavaScript form validation but there is nothing telling the user what went wrong. if, God forbid, they do fill out the form correctly Joomla will redirect the us...

Apache 2, Joomla 1.0.x configuration causes malformed response in IE 6+?

Hi all, A friend of mine has inherited an old Joomla 1.0.x site, that amongst other things has a big problem with IE visitors. The site is viewable here: http://intellepark.co.za If you browse the site with Firefox, the GETs / responses bounce around as follows: 1. GET / 2. 302 to /site 3. GET /site 4. 301 to /...

Using locale date format in Joomla modules

How to output a date in the locale date/time format in Joomla? I'm creating a module which is supposed to print dates. I know I can dirty-hack it like that: strftime(format_string, strotime($date)); ... but I would like a smoother solution, that would use Joomla's built-in locale handling functionality. ...

Joomla + CB (Community Builder) + Google Apps

I started wondering today if it would be possible to integrate Joomla+CB with Google apps. If that would be possible we could have one great product! The first thing that I would want to integrate is the logon-process, one login for Joomla+Google apps. Then it would be great to have some Google apps modules: - your latest e-mails - your...

How to version a joomla website ?

How can I version a Joomla website. When I do a hand made web application I put the code and database schema into SVN and add a script that updates a working copy, sets up a database and resets a server. With Joomla I am lost :( ...

Learn Joomla in a Weekend

Long story short, I need to get up to speed with Joomla fast. I only have this weekend to do that which translates to about 12 hours of time. Right now I only know that Joomla is an open source CMS written in PHP. What would be the best way to familiarize myself with Joomla in this short amount of time? Official documentation? Videos? Bo...

Joomla URLs: An article doesn't have a pretty URL by itself?

I'm new to Joomla (1.5), and I'm trying to clarify something about the way Joomla handles URLs. I've activated what they call "Search Engine Friendly URLs". But it appears that a page (or an "Article" only gets such a URL once I link to it from a menu. Are pretty (parameter-less) URLs really only assigned to pages once I link to them...

virtuemart with joomla show multiple images

When we upload multiple images using the media uploader, they don't appear as multiple views on the product page - no matter which category flypage we choose. ...

What should i know about joomla! ?

Hi, I'll go for interview soon and the recruiter told me to prepare a bit about joomla! I use to develope in PHP5 for several years, and i know about OOP. I'm not really scared about joomla! but i'm wondering what should i know about it ? Any feedback for similar interview ? or any ideas on what i should know ?! Thanks in advance ...

What enterprise-class open source CMS has the steepest (easiest) learning curve for a programmers team?

As a company specialized in developing custom CMS, we have been asked to deploy a open source CMS in our next project. We are free to choose a system. What would you recommend for a team familiar with MVC model and OOP in PHP5? I was told that Drupal and TYPO3 are very hard at the beginning, so what are the other options? eZ Publish o...

How to search another site using PHP

Good Morning and Happy Friday! A client wants his site to link to another site for the purpose of searching that site's database. What's the best way to do this using PHP and/or Joomla? Thanks! ...

How do I display a module in Joomla?

Very simple question. I've written a module for joomla, But how do I get it to display on content pages? Every tutorial seems to gloss over this very simple issue. I can see it in the module manager and it installs properly. Please Help! Edit clarification ...

Building a bridge between Joomla and eGroupware

I'm looking to build an integrated login and user management system between Joomla and eGroupware, ideally with Joomla as the driver. That is, users would log in to Joomla and have their credentials passed into eGroupware as well, so that they could follow a link over to eGW and not have to log in again. Also administrators could add n...

Accessing session data outside Joomla

Hello, I am trying to run an application outside Joomla (not as a plugin) and I would like to access the logged in user's information (userid). I am wondering how should I go about doing that? Is there a file which I can include? I tried using $_SESSION but it shows empty. Is there a simple solution to my problem? Thank you for your ti...

Modify the HTML structure of a Joomla custom Module

I need to modify the HTML structure of a joomla module. I would like to create my custom module where I need to display the title below its content. This is the present HTML which is default format (rounded): <div class="module_clipon"> <div> <div> <div> <h3>Right Module</h3> <p>This is the content</p> ...

problem with joomla 1.5.9, SEO setting yes with pop up window

Hi, I have a website www.carooolglobal.com, all the features work fine with all the SEO setting set to No. If i set any of the SEO settings to Yes, and perform a search from search form left side on home page, it is showing the results on index.php properly.but when i click on the name link from the search result, it should open the pr...