joomla1.5

Where can we find the username/password validation code for Joomla 1.5?

We're writing an API that allows users to sign up for a Joomla account through an external portal. We want to do the password and username checking on the portal before submitting it through the API. I've dug through the Joomla code and can't seem to find where those two fields get validated. Does someone know where to look? Joomla c...

Joomla conditional menu item

I'd like to create a menu item in Joomla that points to one article when the user is logged out, and a different article when the user is logged in. I tried creating two menu items, and make them conditional by setting the access level. However, with that strategy, I can only make the logged-in item appear after login; I found no way to ...

Why does a Joomla component not work when SEF urls are turned on?

I have just installed the Joomla Jukebox component last night. The player does not work when I turn on SEF URL within Joomla (I have version 1.5.x). That is, when I press play on the player (its a swf) the song does not play, but the song plays once I switch back to non-SEF'ed URLs. Have anyone experienced this issue or a similar proble...

menu with section title and description in joomla

Hi all, I need to create a menu with a list of sections AND their descriptions. How can I do that in Joomla? the desired layout is something like: Video Only the newest TV series! Music Browse our latest artists! ..etc etc.. ...

My Joomla site got hacked. Is database also corrupted?

The only php page that I see with the code is the index.php, so I replace it with a backup and everyday I see it change to: Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '<' in /nfs/c05/h02/mnt/73056/domains/essinteractive.com/html/index.php on line 93 I am in the process of deleting the site and reinstalling Joomla with all its plugins. Wil...

How can I create a new Joomla user account from within a script?

We're creating an XML API for Joomla that allows partner sites to create new accounts for their users on our website. We've created a standalone PHP script that processes and validates the API request, but now we need to actually create the new accounts. We were originally thinking about just doing a CURL call to submit the signup fo...

joomla login email verification is not working!!!

i have installed joomla 1.5 on a apache server with mysql in my windows server.the problem is when somebody try to register there is no email sent for the verification. how can i setup that ? how can i deactivate this verification function so that a user is enabled after registration? ...

JOOMLA + XML Parsing Error at 1:1496. Error 4: not well-formed (invalid token)

I am receiving the error: "XML Parsing Error at 1:1496. Error 4: not well-formed (invalid token)" on all pages of a Joomla install. Not sure exactly when the error started but it was working before. I have recently installed SOBI2 and 4RSS components, however when I disable or uninstall them the error still shows up. Joomla Version 1.5....

Can I used Joomla's authentication system to allow/prevent access to a standalone script?

We've developed a few standalone php scripts and want to limit access to them. We use Joomla 1.5 as our main front end and I'm wondering if we can use the authentication from Joomla to determine if a user is logged in or not from within our application which is outside the Joomla framework. If we can avoid integrating the joomla framew...

how to identify the level in suckerfish menu of JSN epic template..

HI, i am having a suckerfish menu for my main menu.. Is it possible to find in which level i am , if i had clicked on the primary navigation/secondary navigation.. SInce i am trying to bring a New css to be applied if i am on the primary navigation .. and a another css if i am on the secondary navigation.. THe menu i am having...

How can we maintain session variables between our CMS and a standalone script on the same server?

We have developed a stand-alone script on the same server as our Joomla 1.5 installation. We want to see if the user is logged into to Joomla before giving them access to the script. To do that, we want to cross reference the session_id from Joomla and then query the Joomla database to verify that the user is logged in. At this po...

how to give a link to module as a module

i have used fish eye menu as a module. along with this, i have a gallery module too. there are (say) five links in the fish eye menu(say menu 1, menu 2, menu 3, menu 4, menu5). i need the link to menu2 to be the output of the image gallery module. is the question okay? PLease let me know the solution. ...

changes in the article display in joomla

I am trying to get all the articles that I have included to appear on the front page. I have published all of them and also enabled the Front Page column for each of them . But the problem is that one of the articles (say 'main article') occupy the entire width and the others appear side by side. I want of all them to appear taking up th...

Joomla position in a template

In Joomla, for any template that we use, we have a number of specified positions ( left, right, footer) .. Is it possible to include new position in the template which suits our choice ... ...

An Issue with the video aesthetic

I have been trying to get this video in the site embedded. But the problem is that once I click on the video twice, the link gets redirected to the corresponding You Tube page. Also is it possible to get away with the You Tube logos or the message that appears along with the video. <embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/9UNdMgmW8EY&amp;h...

How to log into joomla through an external script?

We have a standalone script on our site that sits adjacent to a Joomla 1.5 installation. We are using Joomla authentication to restrict access to our script. At this point we are redirecting any unauthorized users to the Joomla site to log in. We want to add a login capability within our script, though. Does anyone know how to log in...

How to start with Joomla?

I am very new to Joomla. I have already created some pages using PHP and HTML and MYSQL. Can any body help me integrating the pages with Joomla. I have complete the installation for Joomla1.5. Thanks Hemant ...

Get current logged user is throwing exception in joomla

Hi, I am trying this in Joomla , but i getting error Catchable fatal error: Object of class JUser could not be converted to string in C:\xampp\htdocs\Joomla\components\com_jumi\jumi.php(25) : eval()'d code on line 3 ...

Joomla displaying blank page after login after moving the installation from one server to another

Hi, I just moved my current office Joomla 1.5.8 instalation from the server(linux) to my local machines (winxp) so I can work locally and only upload the changes. The thing is after downloading all the files and installing a backup of the remote DB on my local machine I found myself unable to login to the administrator panel, I can see...

how to change the jumi page on button click

hi all, I have created two page for example conf and process..i want change the page on button click on conf to process in joomla using jumi Regards Nw, ...