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Joomla Component Installation XML File Can Create Error Regarding a Missing Administration Element

Posted by caroline at 12:24 am on March 18 2012
If a sub-folder XML file contains an “install” element, the Joomla installer might bypass the intended install xml file for the sub-folder variation. Only the top level installer xml file should have an “install” element. The core Joomla 1.5 Contact component has an administrator file (contact.xml) which contains the “install” element. I used the Contact componenent...

Javascript, DOM and Jquery click events

Posted by caroline at 2:33 am on March 01 2012
Javascript  

How to Use ChronoForm ReDirect Plugin to Submit PayPal Shopping Cart Form

Posted by caroline at 2:31 am on March 01 2012
The Joomla ChronoForm component includes a ReDirect Plugin that can be used to pay for a submitted form of shopping cart variables. Here is an example of its setup. This form allows the user to purchase tickets and to give an optional donation. It requests the user’s name, email and phone. It goes to PayPal, accepts payment and returns to a thank you page. Setup the Form Create a new form, give...

Update SQL Substring For Joomla Event Booking Component Daylight Savings Adjustments

Posted by caroline at 11:57 pm on February 18 2012
To set event start and end dates back to “normal”: UPDATE jos_eb_events SET    event_date = replace(event_date, ’19:00′, ’18:00′) WHERE  event_date LIKE ‘%19:00%’; UPDATE jos_eb_events SET    event_end_date = replace(event_end_date, ’22:00′, ’21:00′) WHERE  event_end_date LIKE ‘%22:00%’;

WordPress eShop Product 1: eShop Installation and Setup

Posted by caroline at 2:25 pm on November 23 2011
Install and Setup WordPress eShop on a WordPress website.

Joomla Performance Optimization Checklist

Posted by caroline at 11:11 pm on November 20 2010
Optimize MySql tables Use GZip Use Cache Check for speed bumps and JavaScript errors using Firebug Net panel Reduce image sizes Unpublished unused modules and plugins Get rid of the highslide plugin – it hangs Remove template index.php whitespace Remove mootools.js and caption.js References: So, you want to speed up Joomla? 101 Ways to speed up your Joomla site Remove mootools and caption

JQuery ajax sortable table output

Posted by caroline at 2:45 am on November 13 2010
Tools: Jquery/Ajax, HTML, XML file Output: Sortable HTML table Example: http://www.bogartcomputing.com/tablesorter/ajax_table_sort.html ajax_table_sort.html <html><head><script type="text/javascript" src="http:/bogartcomputing.com/tablesorter/jquery.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http:/bogartcomputing.com/tablesorter/jquery.tablesorter.js"></script> <style...

Local Windows XP, XAMPP Apache server, NuSphere PhpED debugger, Zend Framework mod_rewrite PHP Code Setup

Posted by caroline at 1:36 pm on June 20 2010
INTRODUCTION How to setup a Zend Framework PHP web site on a local machine Windows XP machine using XAMPP and PhPED Debugger GOALS - Run the site from http://localhost or some equivalent on the local machine - Run the site in PhpED debugger WHY THIS ISN’T LIKE A NORMAL PHP WEB SITE - the Zend Framework URL rewrites setup will KILL you on a local machine. As in, you will either want to commit...

Zend Server and XAMPP .htaccess mod_rewrite is on but ignored, creates 404′s

Posted by caroline at 2:05 pm on June 19 2010
Virtual hosts require the rewrite engine be set in the conf rather than the .htaccess file. If you’re using a virtual host, put the mod rewrite commands in the virutal host settings. Include the vhosts conf file by uncommenting c:\program files\zend\apache2\conf\httpd.conf: Include conf/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf Add a virtual host to conf/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf. Note that a conf RewriteCond requires...

Zend path not found in NuSphere PhpED debugger on Windows XP Xampp

Posted by caroline at 9:09 pm on June 17 2010
If you add to the PATH but it doesn’t take you can add the path items manually in index.php: ini_set('include_path', ini_get('include_path'). ';C:\Zend\library;');

PhpEd Nusphere debugger gives “web server failed” debugging Zend framework project: dbg-wizard not found

Posted by caroline at 3:08 pm on June 17 2010
To debug a Zend framework project set to run on a virtual host, use these settings: Web Server (Apache or another) used for development is located on this machine Document root: C:\zs\quickstart\public (i.e., the PUBLIC directory of your project) URL: http://quickstart.local/ (i.e, the virtual URL of your project) Project root directory: C:\zs\quickstart\public (i.e., the PUBLIC directory of your...

A heavily corrected Windows XP XAMPP Zend Framework Quickstart Tutorial Revision

Posted by caroline at 9:46 pm on June 16 2010
http://framework.zend.com/manual/en/learning.quickstart.intro.html With many thanks to commenter alstanto on: 2010-04-07 22:04:18 Download Zend Framework 1.10.5 from: http://downloads.zend.com/framework/1.10.5/ZendFramework-1.10.5.zip Pre-Tutorial Extract to c:\ZendFramework-1.10.5 Rename directory to c:\Zend Add to Environment Path: ;C:\Zend\bin;C:\Zend\library;C:\xampp\php Uncomment C:\xampp\apache\conf\httpd.conf Include...

Zend xampp Windows .htaccess development error messages

Posted by caroline at 10:25 pm on May 24 2010
To override the production environment default in Zend framework, add this to .htaccess: SetEnv APPLICATION_ENV development “development” enables the application to display debugging errors even when the .ini only has a [production] section.

Joomla JEvents Won’t Show All Events

Posted by caroline at 5:09 am on May 16 2010
The menu item specifying the calendar component limits the categories displayed by that menu. If event categories are created after the menu is created those event categories won’t display until you update the menu to specify the new categories.

@rackcloud forum post, or, move off @rackcloud or I’ll shoot this dog

Posted by caroline at 5:49 pm on February 13 2010
Subject: 4 site comparisons caroline Joined: Aug 12, 2007 Messages: 97 Online Each domain name is a Cloud site. Each IP number is the same site as the domain name version but on a different host. The 208.85.243.55 is slightly smaller because there’s one extra text-only module published on the home page of the Cloud based version The timings were random based on how long it...

JoomlaPack Joomla Site Restore When Files are Too Large

Posted by caroline at 2:09 am on December 20 2009
The database sql file in a JoomlaPack JPA file is stored in installation/sql/joomla.sql. The correct specs to upload large files into the Joomla LMS file library is .htaccess: php_value upload_max_filesize 100M php_value post_max_size 100M php_value memory_limit 2048M php_value max_execution_time 120 I gigantic Joomla sql file (205 MB) is possibly 135 MB jos_session. Don’t backup jos_session,...

How to Determine Home Page in Joomla index.php Template

Posted by caroline at 3:28 pm on December 03 2009
getVar( ‘view’, ” ); if ( $pageoption == ‘frontpage’ ) { $home=true;}else{$home=false;}

WordPress Thesis Theme Head Element “Custom Function”

Posted by caroline at 8:38 pm on November 29 2009
The reason you can’t find the custom function to add an element to the wordpress head area <head> </head> is because that behavior is controlled by the Thesis Options web interface in wp-admin, not through the custom_functions.php hook. Now stop looking for a hook and go to your wp-admin.

Use MySQL Update to Change All Values by a Percentage

Posted by caroline at 4:01 am on November 15 2009
update products set products_price = products_price + (products_price * .35)

Microsoft Word Hangs

Posted by caroline at 11:56 pm on September 23 2009
If Microsoft Word 2003 (or 2007) hangs even after applying Windows Update, Windows Update for Office, changing out Normal.dot… it might be that the default printer is a networked printer that is not available. Change the default printer in the control panel to a non-networked, local printer (even if it’s a PDF file printer). Thank you to: http://glovario.wordpress.com/2008/03/08/microsoft-word-2007-2003-xp-application-hang-event-id-1000-1001-1002/