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How (re)set password for admin after migration from 1.5?
I migrated an old Joomla 1.5 site to a shiny new Joomla 3.3 version using the tool SP UPGRADE.
Now I can't seem to login and I fear its because all the user passwords in the DB look like 'MD5':'Salt'...
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Override MVC classes in Joomla 3
Is there anyway to override MVC classes in Joomla 3?
I have found this thread but it is for Joomla 2.5. How to override core classes?
I have done MVC overrides in Joomla 2.5 successfully but now I ...
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Can't see alternative layout once i add xml file
I create a file "product.php" in "\templates\beez3\html\com_content\category"
I can see it in "alternative layout option" but i can't see it in "menu item type".
Then i create a "product.xml" file.
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Joomla/PHP How can a plugin append a css class to the body section?
Hello Joomla Community,
How can a css class be appended to the <body> from inside a system plugin?
Any advice is appreciated,
Thank you.
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Logging in user without getting password from them
My requirement is something like login by Facebook, so the user does not provide password but gets logged in. I want to make a user logged in from within extension code by knowing his user id and/or ...
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Input filtering an array of integers, words
This is one that has bugged me for several years now - Joomla provided JRequest, and then JInput to access filtered data from the incoming request. You can ask for filtered strings, integers, words ...
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Programmatically Add Menu Item in Component
I am trying to create a component where the user can add a menu item to an existing Menu after creating the article (or selecting from a list of article). The closest I could come across to an example ...
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What does JHtml::_ do?
I've seen code like this:
JHtml::_("script", "path/to/script.js");
JHtml::_("stylesheet", "path/to/stylesheet.css");
JHtml::_("jquery.framework");
What does the underscore function do here?
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How can I load the new Protostar custom CSS stylesheet last?
I have been using EasyScript to load custom CSS on a website using the Protostar template:
This works well and allows me to override the template styling and also third party extension styling (e.g. ...
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RESTful API to manage article
We have an application which collaboratively collects data from authors. We want to upload curated content to different joomla powered sites. The current application is built on Ruby on Rails.
Does ...
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How Can I Get Rid Of Category Pages in Joomla
I have created several categories in my Joomla site to keep my articles organised but I have noticed that Google can see these categories and the category id and name is being added randomly to the ...
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Editor stripping Script
I have a form which has been created in a CRM and then the code copied in to the website and updated to make it look and read better.
However, when I copy the code in, the "script" at the bottom of ...
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Should I use JResponse::setBody or onContentPrepare for strings replacements?
I am developing a shortcodes plugin that searches trough Joomla content and creates html outputs from the matched string.
Currently I am using this
public function onContentPrepare($context, &...
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How to adjust search keyword sanitization settings as language override?
I am working on some custom search plugins and I have a 2-part question regarding the file administrator/components/com_search/helpers/search.php.
I want to adjust the sanitization settings without ...
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How to add article image to module mod_article_categories?
I am using Articles - Categories module in my Joomla website (my custom template) and it works great, meaning that it lists all articles with intro text from the categories I want.
But it does not ...
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Still required to turn Remember me off when migrating from 2.5 to 3.x?
With 3.3 and 3.2.4 is it still required to turn the plugin Remember me off? What is the technical reason?
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Pass var to jQuery script
I need to pass a php var to a jQuery script. They are in separate files, one file to php code and another file to jQuery scripts. Is there a way of doing it? I am using Joomla 3.4.1. I just need to ...
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Mass Joomla sites Updates / Maintenance
I have around 100 websites on a single server, all in j3.2.x all working fine.
Now if i want to add a single module/component/plugin in all the websites i have to log-in in all the websites and add ...
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Many usergroups slow down sections of the website
I am working on a Joomla 3.3.0 website that has about 140 usergroups. However this causes the joomla to slow down, particularly when I am going to the sections of the website that needs to load the ...
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How to create an instance of the Joomla CMS from the browser or the command line
Recently there have been a number of questions posted on JSE relating to how to load the Framework that in most cases is really asking how to load up the Joomla CMS either from a command line or via a ...
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Layout Overrides: Intro Image Link
I have searched everywhere for this answer but I can't find it.
I really like the new layout overrides in Joomla 3 but I want to be able to add a link to the intro_image.php file so that when a user ...
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Overriding Core Components Model Form XML
I want to change the Field type for the Article's Links, from input text to DropDown List with internal menu items. I am looking for a convenient way to do this with the minimum work.
I can't find ...
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Using AJAX in a custom module - how to do it?
I think this might be useful in future for many others.
First of all, I know that there's com_ajax for this kind of a job, but I do not want to use it. Is there an alternative?
What I got:
default....
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Single Sign On (SSO) Joomla with other System
I've been searching over the net on how to make a Single Sign On Joomla 3.3 to work with a system that is based on Java. Both Joomla portal and java system are under the same server.
I need it to ...
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How to make a single-page template?
I want to make a single-page template from scratch, but I don't really know where to start. I'm using Joomla 3.x, so my approach should be bootstrap compatible.
I guess that since the menu buttons ...
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Sending POST data within module - AJAX
Requirements for this task is - I can NOT use any type of components (com_ajax is out of the options list)
GOAL: send post data if checkboxes are 'checked' using ajax within custom module.
Is my ...
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Correct ways to verify update query is successful under conditions
I was trying to find out correct ways to verify db update query is successful but some problems i am fetching. Even if update query($db->execute()) is not done/row does not exists.... but it ...
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select data from several tables in one query - how to control JOIN?
I'm building on my question here: Build a query with JOIN, but filter and sort that joined table first
Now the goal has become more complicated and I can't solve it.
Here's the problem:
I'm building ...
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Joomla 4 - how to set namespace for custom field addfieldprefix
I have the editors-xtd\vimeo plugin with this structure
..\plugins\editors-xtd\vimeo\models\fields\(a bunch of custom fields)
..\plugins\editors-xtd\vimeo\forms\form.xml
..\plugins\editors-xtd\vimeo\...
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Selecting data from two tables and make a ranking in an HTML table
I want take the result from scheda_atleta table for every player and make an HTML table with the best result. I've two tables:
first named: at
+----+----------------+
| id | nome_e_cognome |
+----+----...
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How to SET a user-defined MySQL variable and increment it to produce ranking values with JDatabaseQuery?
I'm trying to write this query:
SET @rownumber = 0;
UPDATE #__hikers SET rank = (@rownumber:=@rownumber+1)
ORDER BY score DESC;
like JDatabaseQuery, but still got an error. Please help
UPDATE:
I ...
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Store data to other table and get the id
I'm using a method to store information in another table. This is how I'm doing that:
public static function CreateMail($userid, $title, $state = 1)
{
$maildata['userid'] = $userid;
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How to detect if user is Super User?
To determine whether the visitor is a guest, we use something like this :
if ($user->guest) {
echo 'Hello, guest!';
}
Now, if i want to determine whether the visitor is a registered SuperUser (...
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Joomla tmp directory - What is it for and can I delete its content?
My Joomla website currently uses about 100 MB of storage. I checked my folders and found out that the tmp folder is about 30MB and contains a number of files and folders named like "...
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Joomla Registration: Remove unneeded fields
First, I am aware of this question:
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/14799733/remove-name-field-from-joomla-registration-form
But the link in it's answer is dead, and the file path mentioned ...
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Upgrade from 2.5 to 3.x overview
This is something I have been curious on for some time considering a few things.
How well is the "one click" upgrade going to improve prior to the EoL of Joomla! 2.5?
Right now we have a very low ...
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How can a module be disabled based on device or viewport size in Joomla 3 to optimize performance for mobile devices?
I'm a proponent of Responsive Web Design in conjunction with Adaptive Web Design (i.e. - one design that adjusts display for all devices and provides content based on view port size) as opposed to ...
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How to get Itemid by URL and pass it to JRoute
I have a menu item for a specific view in a custom component. Attached to this menu item I have another Template Style selected, not the standard template. Accessing the view via the menu works well, ...
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Adding drag-n-drop ordering in component
I've developed a small component based on the Joomla Hello World tutorial, and now I would like to implement the same drag-n-drop reordering that many other Joomla components include:
By sorting by ...
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Can multiple records be inserted all at once with the jDatabase?
Instead of using a loop, can Joomla database functions create a SQL statement like this?
INSERT INTO #__tablename (col1,col2)
VALUES
('1', 'one'),
('2', 'two'),
('3', 'three'),
...
('999', '...
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Change Login to Logout
I have a website using Joomla 3.5 and I currently have a 'Login' main menu item. Once a User logs in, there are some sub-menu items that appear under the 'Login' menu item.
What I want to do is to ...
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Form field "showon" with multiple fields
I have 3 fields defined in my XML file like so:
<field name="field1" type="radio" label="Field 1" class="btn-group" default="1">
<option value="1">JYES</option>
<option ...
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Jhtml::script order - how to postpone until jQuery has been loaded?
I use JHtml::script to add scripts to my pages in a custom-developed module. However, these scripts are injected into the head before J3 adds in jQuery - for example:
<!-- my module js -->
<...
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Show/hide module title not working
I'm trying to hide the title of a module.
I have changed the admin setting but the title is still displayed in the front end. In the database, the showtitle field is set to 0.
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Joomla 3.6.0 to 3.6.1 results in a "invalid security token" error
I've just tried to update my site from Joomla 3.6.0 to 3.6.1 and I get the following error message:
The most recent request was denied because it contained an invalid security token. Please refresh ...
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Can I use PostgreSQL with Joomla 3.3
Can I use PostgreSQL with Joomla a 3.3 production site (not for testing) and if so is there anything I should be aware of?
I would appreciate some feedback from someone who has actual installed and ...
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How to get joomla version by http?
I have seen screenshots of a solution, there the Joomla version is getting detected by only accessing the page via http.
E.g. the solution displayed all 3 digits of a version of Joomla. e.g. 2.5.28, ...
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How to restrict access to custom component views?
In my custom component, I'd like to be able to restrict specific views to only certain usergroups. If I create a menu item for one of my views, that's pretty easy to do: I just select the access level ...
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What's the difference between JHtml:script() and $doc->addScript?
I developed a module recently that required certain JS and CSS files to be injected into the <head> of each page. Initially, I used:
$doc =& JFactory::getDocument();
$doc->addScript(JURI:...
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How can I dynamically generate a form's XML from PHP?
I have a requirement to generate a page/form based on the user's list of items. As is, the user can specify a list of items that have a text description of the item, and whether it's a text or list ...
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