Questions tagged [extensions]
An extension is a software package that extends your Joomla! installation in some way. The most common Joomla extensions are Templates, Components, Modules and Plugins.
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How To Install And Set the path to FFMPEG in EasySocial Joomla Component
How can I install FFMPEG for EasySocial Joomla Component and then set the path to FFMPEG in EasySocial Settings Video Section?
We are using Laragon Local Server.
PHP: 7.4.33
OS: Windows 10
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Joomla file extension - how does it work?
In principle, libraries for Joomla are a useful feature. Unfortunately, in practice they have problems stemming from the way Joomla upgrades them. Some aspects of the problems are described at https://...
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500 Layout default not found. (Joomla 4)
I am trying to make a music component for Joomla 4
On the backend, my other forms work fine and the data is stored correctly in the database ( celebrity , album , etc...)
In the music form, when I ...
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Joomla 4 : Categories::getInstance('productshop.products'); not working for my custom extension
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alias
com_content
Uncategorised
uncategorised
com_banners
Sample Data-Banners
sample-data-banners
com_banners
Sample Data-Newsfeeds
sample-data-newsfeeds
com_newsfeeds
Sample Data-...
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New to Joomla and my site needs critical updates. HELP!
I'm new to Joomla and the site I'm taking over needs critical updates and has for some time. It needs 14 extension updates, and I'm getting this message:
Your site is currently using PHP 7.2.2. This ...
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Joomla Taxibooking component - show price in two currencies
I'm using component "taxibooking" by Kanev and I need a solution for displaying price in two currencies.
EURO is coming to our country and my shop will have to display prices in two ...
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Display google photos embed as a grid on joomla website (publicalbum.org)
I will upload a pretty large amount of photos on my website and I don't want to overload the server.
I was thinking it might be a good idea to upload the images to google photos and embed them on the ...
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Use different module settings/parameters on different posts in Joomla!
TLDR: Is there an easy way to include the same instance of a module in different posts with different settings in Joomla!?
What works: URL parameters. I can call the post with a URL to which I append ...
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Backend modal toolbar button that gets activated when list item selected
Creating a Toolbarbutton which needs a selected list item for dropdown:
$childBar->standardButton('delete')->icon('icon-arrow-right')->text('delete')->task('delete')->listCheck(true);
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Automate IIT Newsletter Creation
I am looking for assistance in creating a newsletter.
Tool that will create a newsletter
5-10 articles will generate in diff categories and sorts out based on category
Eventually we need a user ...
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Free Joomla extension that can read and write in a MySQLi database, with sanitization
I am working on a website I volounteered to do for free (because it's for an organization I'm part of, and because it will make our lives easy).
Our budget is "as low as possible", ideally 0,...
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How to create a (better) development environment for Joomla 4
I have been writing a custom joomla 4.x component. It's not working. But rather than getting people here to debug my code I want to know how to set up a proper development environment that will give ...
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Simple Image Gallery Cropped Images
I have a new website using the Simple Image Gallery extension. I have it working pretty well it seems. However when I crop an image in my image directory, the original is still displayed in the image ...
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Article Show and Link to Article
I use the extension "Article Show" in Joomla 3
https://www.olwebdesign.com/joomla-extensions/article-show-joomla-module.html
I create a module "Last news" with the position "...
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Load table session return null in controller
In a controller of my component in Joomla! 4.1 i want to load the table session but it return null :
$table = Table::getInstance('session', 'JTable');
$table->load($session->getId());
$table->...
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HTMLHelper call a custom class in a module
In the xml file for a module, I call a custom field class:
<config>
<fields name="params">
<fieldset name="basic" addfieldprefix="Myextension\Name\...
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Call to undefined method Joomla\CMS\Mail\MailTemplate::ClearAddresses()
In my extensions updated for Joomla! 4.0 i use the method ClearAddresses(). In Joomla! 3.x the Joomla\CMS\Mail\Mail extended phpmailer class now in Joomla! 4.x the Joomla\CMS\Component\ComponentHelper\...
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Language file not loaded into extension directory
In my extension a language file which aren't loaded from the directory : /components/com_exten/language/en-GB/en-GB.com_exten.controllers.ini. In the Joomla! debug there are no parse error on this ...
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Zentools compatible version
I want to use zentools. Currently im working with joomla 4.1.0 .
So, I was wondering, Is there a version of zentools that is compatible with joomla 4.1.0 ??
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Is SweetAlert2 html parameter length limited in size?
I recently created a plugin for Joomla which uses the nice SweetAlert2 popup script and it generally works fine. However, surprisingly, when the size of the html message I use is too long, the box ...
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Multiple components on a single page
Is it possible to show multiple components on a single page in joomla?
I have 2 menu items, each one shows a different component, i want to show them both on the same page, is it possible?
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No such file or directory while using Vina Dongky template
I am using a template called Vina Dongky for VirtueMart content and I'm getting some errors.
Warning:
require_once(/home/priskork/public_html/libraries/joomla/document/html/renderer/head.php):
failed ...
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Non deprecated method in Joomla! 4 to load user by userid
I'm looking for an extension for Joomla! 4.0 to replace a deprecated method which was used to load an user by userid. The method used actually is:
$user = Factory::getUser($userid);
The issue is that ...
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joomla 3 extensions migration to joomla 4
I developed several extensions on Joomla 3 and I want to migrate my extensions (components, modules, plugins) to Joomla 4. I searched on the net and I didn't find any information about upgrading J3 ...
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Error not clear in query in component, how to track the query which fails
In my component i have an error showed in top of the page coming from a query which has failed :
Syntax error near to '' at line 3
Is-there a way to track the place and the query which fails in this ...
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In controller in admin of my component, i want to load a model from com_plugins
In my controller of my component, i want to load the model : PluginModel from Joomla\Component\Plugins\Administrator\Model\PluginModel;
In my controller the getModel method return just false, this is ...
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loadForm change behaviour from J!3.9 to J!4.0 and data not loaded with the form
In my component in a model backend, I'm loading a form but since moving the code to be used on J!4.0 the data associated to the form isn't loaded anymore.
The loadForm is called: https://github.com/...
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How to display external SQL table using Joomla?
I am looking for good free extensions I could use to display SQL tables on my website.
I have tried a couple but, they either don't work or ask for indexing which my tables don't have.
https://joodb....
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Reading your site's content with PURGECSS Joomla Template
Is there a PurgeCSS guide to setting up with a Joomla! Template. WP has this guide. My problem is I can't get it to read all the pages in the site.
What should I put in content: [],?
Now - I want it ...
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Seeking an extension that displays "Who visited my profile"
Programming is my weakest point; I searched all possible topics, but haven't found what needed.
Joomla 3.9.27 + Easy Profile Pro 2.9.1
I need to add the function to view the visitors of my profile. I ...
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Restrict access to your paid extension
Our company is wanting to deploy a pro and free version of our extension onto JED. Is there any way that I can prevent people with the free version from hacking to get the pro version? I would like to ...
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How to check an extension is namespaced?
I'm working on namespaced templates feature and I came to the point where I need to check if an extension is namespaced or not.
One possibility would be to load the templateDetails.xml file and check ...
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Error “500 behavior::tabstate not found.” when trying to access SP Page Builder
I am currently using Joomla 4.0.0 Beta 6 with Helix Ultimate 2.0.0 Alpha 3 and PHP 7.2. My website runs on LiteSpeed Web Server, NOT Apache.
When I go to The Joomla administrator panel > SP Page ...
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Uploading a .ZIP To Site
Using cPanel on Host Gator, I am trying to upload a .zip Extension. However, anytime I try to upload this I get the errors:
JFolder::create: Could not create folder.Path: /home/packages
Warning: ...
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Licencing of Custom Extensions
The answer to this is probably on the joomla site but I can't find it.
The business model for my company is Software as a Service (SaaS). I am using joomla.
If I write an extension for joomla am I ...
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Is Joomla a correct choice for a social medium with rankings of products?
I'm thinking about creating a certain website and I'm not sure if Joomla is a tool I could use and would be one of the best choices.
I would like to create something like https://www.imdb.com/ , i.e. ...
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How to get access to image metadata from PHP?
I am in the proces of writing a Joomla extension that utilizes metadata embedded in image files in IPTC, EXIF and XMP chunks. In particular, I want to gain access to "Title", "Tags"...
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Using Tags in an Extension
So far I made the follow changes looking for add tags functionality to my extension:
Register a Content type
Add Observer methods to the extension table class
class TagimagesTableTagimages extends ...
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Login via facebook/google?
Can someone recommend working extensions for login via facebook/google?
I've tried some but they are either not working or not working very well.
Firstly I tried Akeeba Social Login. After I install ...
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Cannot install/manage extensions due to 403: Access to the Joomla! installer is disabled
I'm trying to install extensions and plugins on my site, but when I hit the Extensions > Install/Manage buttons, I keep getting a message that says:
403: Access Forbidden, Access to the Joomla! ...
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DPDocker and Joomla
I'm new to Docker. I tested https://github.com/Digital-Peak/DPDocker. I was able to implement things quickly with the component https://github.com/Digital-Peak/DPAttachments.
Now I'm in the process of ...
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Disable Update Sites Reverts Back to Enabled
Joomla 3.9.21
I have a number of extensions that are notifying me of updates in the Joomla dashboard, I want to temporarily disable these notifications. (I know this isn't best practice and it's ...
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Front End Management of Joomla Users
Joomla 3.9.20
I know there's no default way of managing Joomla users on the front end (a huge drawback of Joomla imo). There appears to be some commercial extensions and components that do this, but ...
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How to build a podcasting site?
I am new to Joomla so I want to know if it is possible to build a podcasting site with user registration on Joomla.
I want guests to be able to subscribe to an individual user's podcast (not ...
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504 Gateway Time-out on Update
Joomla 3.9.19
When I attempt to upgrade from 3.9.19 to 3.9.20 I am getting the following error after about 2 - 3 minutes after clicking 'update'.
504 Gateway Time-out
The server didn't respond in ...
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Javascript accordion with anchors for joomla
I do not know javascript and scss very well so I am struggling with creating an accordion for a page.
I would like two options:
When one panel is opened, the other collapses.
Every heading of a ...
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Joomla 3.9 Child Sub Menu Not Showing
I am using a custom Joomla template called 'Portent' built by Joomlanauts -- a @SethWarburton creation.
The issue which I am facing is that the Sub-menu under my Child menu items are not showing for ...
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Need help to create payments in Invoice Manager
I'm considering buying this software and I went to its demo, but can't figure out myself how to break a total sum into payments. For example, my client owes me $300, okay? He can pay me $150 and then ...
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JomSocial Extension causes error: 0 String could not be parsed as XML
I have installed a JomSocial extension and now I am seeing an error:
0 String could not be parsed as XML
screenshot of error
The same error message is also presented in the title tag of my ...
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Upgrading an Old Joomla 2.5 Site to 3.x Version
I have an old Joomla 2.5 site and am trying to upgrade it to the current version. My problem is I need to update some items but I'm not finding the old versions of them for doing that. They are:
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