joomla1.5

Javascript problem with a global external link confirmation alert

Below is the code from a plugin for Joomla. It works on it's own and it's purpose is to detect external links on the page and force them into new browser windows using _blank. I've tried for about an hour (I don't know javascript well) but I can't seem to figure out how to get an onclick function working. End result, I want to add to t...

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 ...

What is the best practice/approach to programatically sharing content between sites in Joomla?

I've got a client site that will have multiple "mini-sites" for individual web shows and one main site for the company that produces them. Each mini-site has it's own color scheme but has all the same menu items and/or content of the other site such as Photos, News, etc. I can't seem to figure out how to ensure programatically that the...

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...

Large MySQL tmp files using Joomla/VirtueMart

I am using Joomla 1.5 and VirtueMart 1.1.3. There is an issue where tmp files that are 1.6 GB are created every time a certain query is executed. is this normal? I think virtuemart is using a huge join statement to pull the whole products table and several other tables. I found the file that builds the query but i don't know where to be...

What's the correct way to call MooTools JS code from within Joomla?

I wrote some MooTools code that reads from YouTube's API in JSON and I want to execute it from within a custom component. I've been reading about the js.php file, but I'm unclear on the best approach. I was just going to output js in my component directly, and then i realized that the MooTools library isn't being loaded unless a compone...

Check Joomla Login From Wordpress Blog

Hi We have a Joomla 1.5 site with a blog in a subfolder /blog/ We would like to have a login status at the top of each page. For consistency of navigation we want to show the joomla login status at the top of the wordpress blog. eg Login | Register | Help or You are loged in as stephen baugh | Help The problem is that although th...

Login a user in joomla from com_jumi (or another external (to joomla) script)

I have to log a user automatically when certain events happens, example when a user forgot his password and reset it successfully. By client requirements a have to use a file embedded in com_jumi to make the login and not com_user. I'm using the function login of JSite object as in: $mainframe->login($credentials, $options) and that met...

DB function reports no errors when adding new article in Joomla!

Possible Duplicate: 500 - An error has occurred! DB function reports no errors when adding new article in Joomla! I have an article that I want to publish on my Joomla! site. Every time I click apply or save. I get error 500 - An error has occurred! DB function reports no errors. I have no idea why this error comes up, al I can ...

Joomla Template Overrides

Hi In joomla, I need to assign specially designed templates for both "User Edit" (Where user edits their details) /index.php?option=com_user&view=user&task=edit and "Search Results" I can't for the life of me work out how Joomla is selecting templates now. Certainly ItemID's aren't obvious and template overrides aren't giving any clu...

Newbie- Create mySQL Joomla database -- did not name mySQL db same as ISP - Can I rename?

New to Joomla and mySql environment. Created a Joomla test environment on localhost but did not name the mySql database to that of the target ISP. Is there a way to rename the database so I can load to ISP? ...

how to create my first Joomla template

Hi all, I am a newbie to joomla. could any one please tell me that how to create a JOOMLA template. Thanks in Advance... Fero ...

500 - An error has occurred! DB function reports no errors when adding new article in Joomla!

I have an article that I want to publish on my Joomla! site. Every time I click apply or save. I get error 500 - An error has occurred! DB function reports no errors. I have no idea why this error comes up, al I can think is that it's a server error. I'm using TinyMCE to type articles together with Joomla! 1.5.11. Updated: I turned o...

Want to allow Joomla Super Admin to log into other registered accounts - how to do it?

We've created a highly customized Joomla 1.5 based site and want our super administrator to be able to log into registered user accounts so we can provide better phone support and help them configure their accounts remotely. This will obviously take some coding. Ideally we want a link from the admin side that will take us to the fron...

Link to an internal page of a custom component in Joomla 1.5

I'm a Joomla developer and I'am trying to build a component(in J!1.5) that uses urlparam for creating custom menu links in the admin. I want my component to work like the built-in polls component that allows users to select the id of an item in my component. I tried the xml file for the component but that doesn't work. But I know it's ...

Joomla 1.5 one install - multiple virtual hosts: can I unite logins?

I've set up multiple virtual hosts that all lead to the same Joomla 1.5 installation (e.g. host1.mysite.com, host2.mysite.com, etc). Seems that when a user logins to one of the virtual hosts then moves to another he needs to re-login. The cookies/sessions are saved for each host separately. Is there anyway that I can unite the logins? ...

how to add favicon in joomla?

hi me a newbie and i want to add a favicon in joomla 1.5.12 package.i m using rockettheme rt_catalyst ...

Fireboard forum :error message while use

Hi, I am newbie to joomla. I have installed fireboard 1.0.4 package. while installation it doesn't give any error but while i am using in site it give following error Table 'aks.jos_fb_whoisonline' doesn't exist SQL=INSERT INTO jos_fb_whoisonline (userid , time, what, task, do, func,link, userip, user) VALUES ('0', '1252517920', 'Forum ...

Joomla Extension Editing

how to add a field in contact component of joomla? Suppose I want to add two fiels 1->Year and 2->Branch in joomla default contact component com_contact.. please help me out ...

Joomla Components, Modules, Extensions, and PlugIns

What is the difference between Joomla components, modules, extensions, and plugins? ...