All Questions
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Do 'disabled' extensions slow down Joomla! site performance?
If I have extensions "installed but disabled" in my extension manager (as opposed to "completely uninstalled"), do these disabled extensions slow down web site performance for web site visitors?
If ...
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Forbid direct access to INI and XML files
Some site owners don't want people, especially their competitors, know what features they have on their sites.
Because some sensitive information in language or configuration files can be accessed ...
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What is the proper way to make an AJAX call in component?
I am developing a custom component for Joomla! 3.x and want to make an AJAX call inside it to retrieve some data. What is the proper way to do it?
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Compressing Site prior to completion
Should a sites development be completed prior to setting the compression for site and jquery? If so then what would happen if you then need to do maintenance of the site further down the track.
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Recommended practices regarding Joomla file/directory permissions and ownership on linux systems?
In the past I’ve often run into trouble with permissions and ownership of Joomla files/directories on linux systems.
Problems included
Not being able to transfer files to the server using programs ...
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Content Encoding Error when try to add an Article
I have been doing some speed optimization tests and changes to improve a joomla 3 site and now the site and admin works fine until I try and add a new article and the page will not load I just get a ...
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How do you update a website once it has gone live?
How do you push updates live to templates and modules once you have gone live with the site?
We tend to do a few different solutions as we develop on one site and then akeeba backup to push the site ...
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How do Joomla! 'one-click' updates work?
My Joomla! CMS administration dashboard notifies me when an update to an extension is available.
I then use the 'one-click' update and that extension gets updated.
How do these 'one-click' updates ...
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How can I create custom page titles for blog articles?
I can specify custom page titles by editing menu options and editing Page Display -> Browser Page Title but how do I do this for blog articles which do not have individual menu options?
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Troubleshooting 403 Error accessing Admin panel
When I attempt to log in to the admin panel of my site (Joomla 2.5), I get a 403 permission error. A number of sources report solutions (none of which have worked in my case, see below) and I am ...
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Copyright removal of free template GNU/GPL
Is it illegal to remove the copyright of free templates licensed under GNU/GPL,
if the site is just for non-commercial purpose?
As an example the copyright below the footer of the site?
To get more ...
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JEvents change "Latest Event"-Module align
Is there a way to change the alignment of the latest events of JEvents to horizontal instead of vertical?
Maybe in the div class="jeventslatest"?
This should be vertical aligned.
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Ajax call to component from menu item
I use K2.
I have a menu item that leads to a page showing introtext and small images of the 4 latest articles from a category. This is set in the category parameters and the menu item leads to the ...
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Disable script loading in head
How do I disable the loading of
mootools-core.js
core.js
In <head> without using a third party component/plugin?
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How can I make a modal menu item?
I would like to make a Menu item for a contact form.
I would like to either make a modal calling whatever contains the form (component/module/article) or opening it as a submenu, like in yootheme ...
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Updating your Joomla! files. Please wait ... (forever?)
I would like to update my site. This is what the update page says
Installed Joomla! version 3.2.0
Latest Joomla! version 3.2.3
Update package URL http://joomlacode.org/gf/download/frsrelease/...
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What are the key differences between Wordpress and Joomla!'s software architecture and how their core functions are extended?
*NOTE: This is not a 'which is better' question!*
Wordpress and Joomla! are both awesome open-source CMSs.
What are the key differences
1) in the software architecture between Joomla! and ...
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How do I start a local Joomla! User Group? [closed]
I spend a lot of time in South Florida (Ft. Lauderdale, Miami and the Florida Keys).
There are no Joomla! User Groups here (yet), and I think Miami and the surrounding areas really need one.
How do ...
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What are the module styles?
When I add a module statement in a joomla template, I always use this code :
<jdoc:include type="modules" name="left" style="xhtml" />
What does the style attribute stand for and what other ...
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Is there a better way to show template's module positions?
Does anyone know a better way to show a template's positions.
It seems to me that appending "...?tp=1" to url is rather klunky and sometimes hard to read?
Thanks!!
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How can I control the module display on pages with no menu item?
I have asigned a module to pages according to their menu items in the module parameters but I would like to hide/show it on specific pages that don't have a menu item linking to them.
How do I ...
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Copying Joomla Menu Items and keeping Module assignements
Currently in Joomla 3.2, selecting "Save as copy" on a menu item copies the details but not the module assignments into a new menu item. (I believe module assignments were copied in Joomla 2.5)
Is ...
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My 404 page returns a 500
Joomla is correctly detecting when a page is not found, and redirects me to the error page I have setup. Unfortunately, I've found that the error code being returned is a 500, instead of a 404, and ...
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SMTP no error but not sending email
I have been battling with this for some time now. I have built a custom component for forms and it uses Joomla's mail functions to send email. I have checked all the data to make sure it is correct ...
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What's the proper way to get the entire $_POST?
In Joomla! 2.5.x I could simply run JRequest::get('post'); but seeing as JRequest is deprecated in Joomla! 3.x I should use JInput.
At them moment this is the code I'm using to get the entire $_POST:
...
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Are Download IDs, API and Subscription Keys free to distribute with GPL extensions?
I purchase and use several extensions on an annual subscription basis (and whenever the Extension provider has an unlimited use option - I usually go for that).
Many extension providers have a ...
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Is it possible to get generator tag removed from Joomla sites without interfering core framework?
Is it possible to get the generator tag removed from Joomla sites without interfering with the core framework. I personally feel this is an irritating aspect of the source code and makes websites ...
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How do I generate a SEF URL in a custom module instead of the real URL?
In my module, this code is being used to generate the URL of the page:
JURI::base() . ContentHelperRoute::getArticleRoute( $article->id, $article->catid )
This works exaclty as it should and ...
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What is the proper methodology for updating templates?
Currently to update templates on our production site, we are taking the site offline, changing the template, uninstalling the template, reinstalling it, changing the template settings back, and then ...
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How to improve server response time?
What can I do, other than using a cache plugin like jotcache, to improve the server response time of my website?
I have already removed all inactive articles modules, plugins and components, is there ...
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ACL and control access to download documents based user-group permissions
I'm working on a pet project web site using Joomla! to organize my apartment (i.e. itemizing and photographing belongings (great for insurance), appliances with attached scanned receipts and ...
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Getting too many (flood) request, how can I block/reduce bot requests to my site?
We are using J3.2.3 on one of our client's website, which is an online casino website.
The website is not live yet, as it is in development mode.
Today we noticed that the server is too slow, though ...
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Joomla Component Tool or Scaffold?
I have created a couple of plugins for Joomla 3.2 and have recently started on a component to manage apartment rentals. I was wondering if there is a framework out there that had the basic file/folder ...
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Custom menu get title of the active menu's parent item
I can get the title of the active menu using
$menu = &Jsite::getMenu();
$menuname = $menu->getActive()->title;
But how can I access it's parent title?
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How to keep overrides updated?
As many know, it is possible to override templates, views, modules, components.
The main problem is when Joomla! is updated, and the items overriden (in the template folder) get outdated.
How do I ...
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How do I contribute code to Joomla?
I am aware that the code is managed at https://github.com/joomla/joomla-cms (for the CMS at least) and that I should submit pull requests to suggest that code be added.
I'm especially interested in ...
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I'm using sh404SEF on HostGator. What should I do with my .htaccess?
I'm new to sh404SEF, but I understand it is widely used. I host with HostGator.
I'm using sh404SEF primarily to generate search engine friendly URL's.
sh404SEF advertises that I can do this without ...
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What are the differences between the Joomla! CMS, the Joomla! Platform and the Joomla! Framework?
Many of us have come to understand Joomla! to refer to a specific software we use, yet there are 3 different types of software available from Joomla!
These are:
1) The Joomla! CMS;
2) The Joomla! ...
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Custom canonical urls using sh404SEF
Currently my site is using the sh404SEF plugin (Joomla 3.2) to add canonical urls to every page. This is working, however on the index page its outputting:
www.example.com/?view=home
instead of
...
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Method for creating a subquery using JDatabase
At http://docs.joomla.org/Selecting_data_using_JDatabase, there isn't a documented method for writing a subquery using JDatabase.
https://gist.github.com/gunjanpatel/8663333 exemplifies one way of ...
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