Questions tagged [joomla-3.9]
For questions regarding version 3.9 of the Joomla Content Management System.
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ACL Joomla Permissions of different users for different categories and articles
Where exactly do I have to set so that only this one category and article are visible to the user in Access Control List?
I was able to set that the rest of the content is not edited by a user who ...
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Custom form field in subform. How to access parent form fields?
I have created a custom file list form field and the field is used in a repeatable subform.
The purpose of this custom form field is to display a list of files in folder based on 'name' field in main ...
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When using Joomla\CMS\Http\Http to do a request, how to check timeout?
In a component, I'm using the call to retrieve an xml file hosted on a website . However, in some cases, the firewall blocks this kind of request so there is no answer. In this case, how can I check ...
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Remove Itemid from URL generated from manual links in articles
I have been looking for hours but I have been unable to find an answer for my case.
I have an Article which is used for the home menu. For some reason the Read More option is not working but that is ...
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Failed opening required JPATH_LIBRARIES.'/joomla/document/html/renderer/head.php
I update my Joomla version from 3.9.13 to 3.9.25 then I received this error:
Warning: require_once(/home/MYHOST/public_html/MYSITE/libraries/joomla/document/html/renderer/head.php): failed to open ...
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Moderators for individual user groups
I develop a learning platform on Joomla! So I need to create the following hierarchy of users by rights:
Super User
| The school administrator, moderates the attached group of users of this school. He ...
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Add module to Component area
My main menu is linking category blog which is automatically displayed in component area, and I want to put a slider module in component area too, but only in home page, so modules on "Right"...
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1146 Error when creating custom table
I have created a secondary user table to store other information in the Joomla database. However, when I try to insert information into that table, I get this error.
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Table 'database.#__vvuser' ...
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“Components” menu item missing from Admin Menu (Joomla 3.9.10 + MightySites)
We recently found that in one of our MightySites sites, the top level "Components" menu item is missing from the Admin Menu. The configuration looks to be the same for the Administrator Menu ...
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An error has occurred. 1062 Duplicate entry '0' for key 'PRIMARY' Return to Control Panel?
I have been trying to add a new post from few days using the EasyBlog component in my Joomla 3.9.24 site, but I am getting anerror after clicking the add new button from the Joolma backend.
I can't ...
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How do I carry a Joomla article title and its link across from an article layout into a module's helper?
I have a module that appears on an article page. The module has a form and I would like to send the article's title and page URL as part of the information sent through the form. Using $this->item-&...
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Add tags to K2 article programically
Is there any way to add tags to a K2 article using PHP? Maybe there is a K2 tag observer class that I can use to add the tags like the code below.
$tagsObserver = $Table->getObserverOfClass('...
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Add an Image to K2 article pragmatically
I want to add an image to a K2 article using PHP. Is there a way to add an image when I am creating the article using PHP? Adding the title, body, and category is simple enough. All you have to do is ...
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Managing authors of Joomla articles
We have a Joomla site with a few people managing it, adding articles written by numerous other authors. I would like to set the author name for each article and show it in the front end in the article ...
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Create a table observer
I am trying to create a table observer in a module. I am using the Table Advanced API guide in the Joomla documentation https://docs.joomla.org/Table_Advanced_API_Guide. When I use the code provided, ...
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How to use joomla default Captcha with Custom Module?
I search nearly whole google to use Joomla default Captcha to custom module. The Captcha can be shown up, but as if it couldn't validate. Anyone can offer how can I show Joomla Captcha in my module ...
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How to display custom user profile plugin fields on “Edit account” page?
We are building a website with multiple authors using PWT ACL to restrict their access to the users tab so that they don't mess with each other's profile or content.
I created a custom user profile ...
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Get the subfolder from current url
I'am wondering how to get into Joomla! component the subfolder from the current URL.
Is-there a way to achieve this ?
Thnaks by advance
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Joomla 3.9.19 get the constants from global configuration in component display function
I have created a component and need to get a constant value in the component administrator and list the item according to it. I have tried different ways to get the constant value in the display() ...
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How to change language in specific page using Joomla
Currently, I am creating multi-language pages with several type of languages.
My home page is set for English. When I try to change the language from the second/third page, the others language will ...
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What if I assign every user group to a Super User?
This idea came to me when I was trying to formulate a question on this site found here.
Ok, bear with me, before you scream at me not to make every single user a super user, let me explain. This is in ...
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loadAssocList() is not working properly when assigning a column name as the key parameter
I have a complex query like below. I want the p.ComponentId values to be the first level keys of the multidimensional result set array. However, it does not work as expected. In my case, when I don't ...
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0 Call to a member function getState() on bool in search bar
As per mentioned in subject, my website is generating the following error when the user fails to search with a keyword:
0 Call to a member function getState() on bool in search bar.
Can anyone ...
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Method to remove all accented characters from a string
In my model i get content of input search, i just want to clean accented characters before doing a query. In Joomla! is-there a method to clean in string the accented characters ?
Thanks by advance
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Trigger controller method from another component
I'm working on SOAP method to update some values in some component.
I need to trigger the save() method from a controller of a particular component, but I'm unable to get an instance of the controller ...
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Custom search box query for homepage
I'm really new to Joomla and I have some basic experience with HTML/PHP and mySQL
I have a seperate DB in mySQL which has only 1 table & 3 fields to be populated, this part I've already setup and ...
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Akeeba backup update broke the site
I was trying to update Akeeba backup in my Joomla site.
After two seconds from start, my site returns with a 500 server error.
Definitely the "Akeeba update" was the culprit!
I think the ...
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Moving a Joomla site to a new hosting and now getting missing dependency errors
First, some background information...
I am a medical doctor, not a professional webdev, and I am not very experienced with Joomla. I have only used Wordpress in the last few years for some random ...
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Charts/Graphs for RSFORM using mysql for VChart and/or PlotaLot
I am working for a homeless organisation in Capetown. We are using RSForms to register our clients (about 3500 per year). We have a sizable database, but it's very hard to create a dashboard.
We are ...
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Custom component: different redirect when changing language/logging in
I inherited a site with a custom component: an agenda viewer. When I click on an agenda-item from the list and then login (via login module) or change the language, I am not redirected to the agenda ...
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Joomla routing adding a 'view' query parameter to traffic destined to com_api component
I'm planning a series of APIs to execute in a Joomla instance to provide data to other sites. Experiments ongoing to understand how to implement. Considering com_ajax, com_api or new component. ...
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Get values of other custom fields in field layout override
I am using a repeatable custom field for articles in Joomla! 3.9.16 with an alternative layout (override) of com_fields/layouts/field/render.php and an override of plugins/fields/repeatable/tmpl/...
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Right side bar included in component area in Helix3 framework template
I recently installed a template based on Helix3 framework and I've noticed an inconsistency in the way how pages are created. Specifically, I have created two different menu items
list of a single ...
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Custom Category Field
Using Joomla 3.9, although Custom Fields is now available, I am opting to do this in a plugin instead for reasons.
I have created a plugin to hook into the Category view in admin, so that I can add a ...
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authorise('core.admin') how to include administrator level also?
We want Administrators to be able to see Privacy Requests in the module on cpanel. But this module has the following code:
// Only super user can view this data
if (!JFactory::getUser()->authorise(...
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New Joomla install but can't install extensions. Get 500 Internal Server error
Tried installing extensions 'from Web' and installing 'from Folder'. The files were added to the /tmp folder and extracted, but did not get installed. Screen jumps from installing to 500 error:
500 ...
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Custom field in menu item
I am trying to get a custom field type into the menu. I want this to be a dropdown which I poulate with some php code.
Where the arrow points in want my dropdown field.
So I created in /components/...
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My site's form or captcha stopped working after upgrading to Joomla 3.9.15
After upgrading to Joomla 3.9.15, my site / extension / custom form captcha stopped working. I get "Please complete the CAPTCHA" or "invalid-input-response" or something like "Invalid Captcha". What ...
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Menu item “tagged list”: How to disable link on image and title?
How can I disable linked titles and the link on the image in a menu item tagged list?
I am running Joomla 3.9.14.
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JRoute::link('site') generates different strings depending on the app context
I'm developing a component in Joomla! 3.9.13 with SEF urls turned ON and I use this line of code
JRoute::link(
'site',
'index.php?option=com_mycomponent&task=profile.edit',
false,
JRoute::...
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Why general match and exact match not functioning properly in smart search?
I use the Joomla smart search on my site (com_finder). I have an article with the term not connected in it.
When I search for the term not connected I get 0 results.
When I search for the word ...
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Issues with cookie bot on Joomla 3x and jQuery
I am trying to install a cookie library on a site. We are getting jQuery is not defined from the cookie library. Presumably because it is being loaded before the jQuery library. The jQuery library is ...
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Joomla 3.9 + Gantry 5.4.31 mismatch layout issue on localhost
I am trying to build a regional blog/magazine. The home page layout which came as almost default with Gantry is satisfying. I am using XAMPP on Ubuntu 18.04.3 and Joomla 3.9.13 and Gantry 5.4.31.
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Modification of the generated Joomla head (<jdoc:include type=“head” />)
I try to modify the generated <head> of a Joomla website 3.9.13.
Unfortunately I faced on the famous <jdoc:include type="head" />
How can I modify it?
I could not find any reference if ...
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onAfterRender plugin only triggers on backend
I have created a system plugin for onAfterRender event however I'm unable to make it execute. I'm on Joomla 3.9
Here's the sample code of the plugin
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
...
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How to add a field to com_content in the backend?
I'm confused about this. I want to add a field to the com_content core component that needs to show up under the "Title" field in the administrator backend when you edit an article and of course to be ...
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Advanced Module Manager Assignments
Using Joomla 3.9.11 and AMM 2.7.1
I have a blog with the url www.example.com/news
I need to display some modules on the right hand side of this page, but only on that exact URL.
If the URL ...
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Cannot insert image in k2 article
I'm facing an issue on the backend side of my Joomla 3.9.
I'm using K2 as the content builder and set TinyMCE as default editor. I wanted to insert an image by using the modal button "image", but, as ...
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What kind of extension should I use in order to build a back-end GUI to edit parts of the theme?
I'm a Web Developer who has recently begun using Joomla. I've written a custom theme using php, html and css etc but would like to create a way for someone with absolutely no programming experience to ...
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What are the code changes for the Security patch vulnerability in 3.9.9
I am a total beginner in Joomla.
I found that the security patch for the following vulnerability was fixed in 3.9.9:
Filter attribute in subform fields allows remote code execution
But I am not ...
