Questions tagged [joomla-3.x]
For question regarding Joomla 3.x of the Content Management System. This includes versions 3.0 up to 3.8.
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How to show k2 article previous date only and upcoming only
I am creating k2 articles as events. There will be:
Upcoming events
Old events.
I am not able to show old events for current date. How to filter both types of events (Upcoming/Old) with ...
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Creating multiple layout overrides for category blog layout
I have looked at other questions on this matter, but would like to be clear on what is the 'correct' approach to this.
Example: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/13715665/joomla-override-category-...
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How to cancel a mandatory (required) field in Virtuemart form submission process?
I want to free my future site's visitors from having to fill out the form before submitting their name, e-mail and a phone No. Basically, in most cases it won't be needed for them to also add more ...
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How to redirect all exceptions/error to a 404 page or back to home page
I'm currently using Joomla and we have a small security vulnerability in our URI. Currently, it displays the Exception/Error directly to the user like so:
You have an error in your SQL syntax; ...
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DPCalendar custom field inside module
I am creating an override in DP calendar and would like to display a custom field created in DP Calendar inside the module. The field type is 'URL' thus I would like it to be a clickable link. I have ...
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Unset Unwanted Backend CSS and Javascripts
I'm creating a modification of K2 module and I want to remove some unnecesary K2 css and script load.
I have tried to use
unset($this->_scripts['']);
unset($this->_styleSheets['']);
but ...
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How to use external PHP library in Joomla! CLI application - Class not found
I'm working on a custom Joomla! CLI application and would like to rely on an external PHP library to reuse some functionality.
// Set flag that this is a parent file.
const _JEXEC = 1;
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joomla installation on localhost using wamp does not starts
Joomla installation on localhost using wamp does not starts. No error is reported in the logs file. I'm using
WAMP 3.1.4 (64 Bit)
Apache 2.4.35 Port 80- PHP 7.2.10
MySQL 5.7.14 Port 3306
MariaDB 10....
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Jquery script loaded on every page
Every page on site has this script
Is there any role, seems like of tinymce editor
how to disable same, any plugin to disable, as i do not use tinymce on front end of site
<script type="text/...
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Adding kunena forum to joomla website
I am currently building my first serious joomla website and i am trying to add the
kunena forum. I have read every possibol guide and followed them, but i do not succeed to see the forum on the ...
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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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Edit Contacts on Front End
Joomla 3.9.14
Is it possible to edit a list of contacts from the front end?
I need to display a list of contacts from a certain category, and allow administrators to edit their details.
Currently ...
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Can Joomla send the user an email after admin approves them?
I refer to this ticket:
Can Joomla send the user an email when admin approves them?
hence I can not reply or comment as a new user does anyone know a solution to this issue of mine?
Problem is:
...
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Adding Additional Fields to Admin Component
I'm using Joomla 3.9.1 and SP Simple Portfolio v1.6
I would like to add some additional fields to the SP Simple Portfolio component. Image of current fields (taken from Google);
How can I add ...
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Using a custom field with different names
I want to use a flexible field name for a field across different forms thru my extension.
My custom example field looks like this:
defined('_JEXEC') or die;
use Joomla\CMS\Factory;
use Joomla\CMS\...
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How to display user profile fields on an article?
When using the TinyMCE editor, how can I display the username at the top of an article?
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configuration.php unwritable when permission is 0644 but writable when 0664
My Joomla is 3.9.4. When I tried to make some global configuration change in the backend, I got this error:
Could not write to the configuration file.
I looked at the file system, configuration....
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Joomla 3.6.5 - LDAP/AD
I'm hoping someone here can help me out. Joomla's LDAP plugin is driving me crazy. I'm trying to get Joomla to authenticate against my AD server but have been having no luck. I've been searching all ...
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Backing Up Live Site Using Akeeba
Joomla 3.9.15
I have been using Akeeba to backup my sites and it's very good.
I've recently installed in on quite a busy site, users are regularly logging in and out of the front and back end, and ...
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Article - “Read more” button -> Link to other article
I want to do something similar as asked in this question: How to create teaser articles on home page with "read more" link to article page
How ever with the difference that I want to ...
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How to add js library on component installation
I have component which needs a slider. I`ve chosed carousel but how to add it in the frontend part of the component on installation ? Tried to put it in the administrator part but the scripts can't be ...
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How to override default.php for config.xml
I have component which has config.xml. It is render with the com_config/view/component/tmpl/default.php. I need to override this file in my component and create my custom layout. Red all the articles ...
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How to pass variables/data to client javascript from Joomla component? [duplicate]
What is the proper way of passing variables from Joomla backend to javascript (frontend)? I have found examples simply setting the variables in templates like:
<script type="text/javascript">
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How can I globally override renderField() method to set $options['class'] value in Joomla 3?
I need to be able to add styling class to form fields parent wrappers when using the xml attribute method, with a new attribute cgClass (as in control-group) to achieve <div class="control-group ...
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Joomla adds / to empty href and src attribute
I have a mustache template and the output via php is:
<a href="{{link}}"><img src="{{image}}" title="{{name}}" alt="{{name}}"></a>
but Joomla renders my output to:
<a href="/{{...
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Smart Search always returning results to component, not the defined new page
I've read this: Joomla 2.5 How To show Smart Search results on their own page, but it seems to apply to J 2.5 only.
I've followed the steps here to set up Smart Search on a J 3.8.2 site: https://docs....
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Creating a Library with multiple classes within a single file
I am trying to incorporate an external application as a library within Joomla which I have done before on a couple of occasions, however in this case there is a single .php file with about 20 classes ...
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Problem accessing database from front end of a component
I am currently working on a component which will display "events", stored in a database, on a map (filterable by location, category, date etc...). My first step is to display a simple report of the ...
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Contact Form Non Unique id #jform_id
Joomla 3.9.14
When I open a contact to edit their details and look in the browser console I can see the following notice;
[DOM] Found 2 elements with non-unique id #jform_id:
(More info: https://...
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Joomla Contact Form's and some of RS Form's fields aren't editable (disabled)
I've noticed that Joomla Contact Form's and some of RS Form's fields aren't editable (disabled). I think it's probably because of wrong settings of Joomla ACL for a public access to the fields, but I ...
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Joomla 3 call model function inside controller
I want to call a function from model inside controller
my model : httpdocs/components/com_storemanager/models/searchmanager.php
<?php
/**
* @version CVS: 1.0.2
* @package ...
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External Login Script and getDbo()
I have a Joomla 3.9.14 site with a subdomain app.example.com. I have a login form, and I want to allow users to login using their Joomla credentials.
Everything is working as expected, users are ...
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Joomla 3 return view with parameters
I'm using Joomla 3 and I have a controller with the function abc that should call a view with some parameters title & address
My controller :components/com_storemanager/controller.php
<?php
/...
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How to get the currently installed Joomla! Version in PHP
For one of my extensions i need a switch statement if the Joomla! Version is 3.x or 4. (in fact i have to call the Articles Model in different way for J4) - but how can i get the actual installed ...
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Remove 'There are no articles in this category.' Text
Joomla 3.9.14
I have a category with no articles, although the sub categories do contain articles.
- colours (no articles)
-- red (1 article)
-- blue (2 articles)
I have a menu type Category ...
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Get menu-meta_description from menu item
I need to add meta description inside a component page. That's what I tried:
$menu = $app->getMenu(); // Load the JMenuSite Object
$active = $menu->getActive(); // Load the Active Menu ...
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“Headers Have Already Been Sent”
I was having difficulty with a Joomla! site and decided to move it to another server for testing. The Akeeba backup I had would not fully extract for some reason (a large backup file included in the ...
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Remove joomla inbuilt css and JS Files
Am on Joomla 3.6 series, i am trying to optimize page loading speed, but every page has these JS files and scripts loaded by Joomla
Is there a way to remove these, dont want to use jchoptimize or any ...
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Product url problem after updating VirtueMart
In my VirtueMart Configuration under the SEO tab, I've checked "Use full category tree for product links"
so my products detail page default routing was like this:
example.com/cat1/subcat1/subcat2/...
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Joomla 3.9: Menu item set to Separator is not clickable to reveal sub-menu items
I am building a website in Joomla, and I'm trying to make a menu in which some menu items should not have any article associated with it; clicking on them should only reveal the sub-menu items, but ...
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While submitting url to Google for indexing, it's showing “Downloaded HTTP response: Expires: Wed, 17 Aug 2005 00:00:00 GMT”
I have just upgrade my site to Joomla 3.6.2.
While submitting the url to Google for indexing, it's showing:
Downloaded HTTP response:
Expires: Wed, 17 Aug 2005 00:00:00 GMT
The expiration is ...
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SEF URL Issues on several sites
I am running into an issue on several sites where the urls are "nesting" other links in the main url structure.
For example: https://retrolube.com/blog/five-benefits-of-new-tires-for-your-vehicle/...
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Fatal error: Call to undefined method InvalidArgumentException::getlevel() in l/libraries/legacy/error/error.php on line 536
I've done a website transfer from one hosting provider to another one. I managed to make the website live in the new hosting, but can't access the Joomla! administration area.
I get this error:
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Custom Field Tag Style List
Joomla 3.9.11
I have created an SQL custom field for my joomla contacts called location, this allows me to assign a location to my contacts.
The SQL simply selects location_name from a custom db ...
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Multple urls for a product with multiply categories
I have a cctv camera shop and
I'm using the last version of joomla and virtuemart.
I have a "bullet hd camera" the categories are:
camera --> hd-camera --> bullet-hd-camera
bullet-hd-camera is ...
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How to render nested modules, (parent outside articles)
I tried the following code:
$document = JFactory::getDocument();
$renderer = $document->loadRenderer('modules');
$position = 'precisions';
$options = array('style' => 'raw');
echo $...
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Joomla / PHPMyAdmin bug when “select” is in the value
This question was originally asked on StackExchange, and it was recommended by @mickmackusa that I ask it here.
Background
We recently changed over from one server to a brand new one.
Old server: ...
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Tracing source of this error: Call to a member function reorder() on boolean
Is there a way to trace this error:
Call to a member function reorder() on boolean
I'm checking my PHP Logs but this particular error isn't showing up there.
It happens when I'm trying to create ...
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Internal (but non-joomla) URL as Menu Item
The Goal
We have a subset of items on our site that are not Joomla pages, but other systems such as a selection of HTML5 and Flash (for now) Games:
/play
/photobooth
etc.
These should only be ...
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Show the fieldgroup title on /html/com_content/article/edit.php
We want to move all field groups to the first content tab on the backend and assign individual classes to every field group. Therefore, we've already ignored the fieldsets to avoid the creation of the ...
