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Website error when I backed up my website from my old web host and restored the site onto my new web host
I recommend you first make sure the new hosting service can support Joomla. Download a fresh copy of Joomla which is currently version 3.6.0, and install it with the sample data. If you get that ...
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upgrade form 2.5 to 3.6
In Joomla 3.0, Registry::loadJSON() was removed as mentioned here, so you need to update this.
Open the following file and go to line 40:
C:\wamp\www\web\templates\hdchannel\html\mod_menu\...
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Purpose of metadata.xml
So the purpose of metadata.xml is storing the data that need to be shared across layouts:
each layout.xml inside of your view tmpl directory extends metadata.xml.
So if you need to put some request ...
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Update from 2.5.28 to 3.5.1 then to 3.6 on PHP 5.6 everything works except joomla update or database fix cause these errors
You have an inconsistent database state.
Joomla! is trying to run the instructions in
administrator/components/com_admin/sql/updates/mysql/3.0.0.sql
which are designed to update your database ...
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Send a cURL POST request to an external url with parameters from controller
Firstly 2.5.9 is 4 and a half years old and has a number of known security holes.
Secondly, it sounds like you want to make a curl post request and not any kind of redirect.
If the email is sent ...
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Frustrating upgrade J2.5 to J3 not working
I am a big fan of SP Transfer. You can migrate over the database table pretty easily that way.
https://www.kainotomo.com/products/sp-transfer
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How to stop Joomla 2.5 from disabling PHP
FIXED:
The culprit was a personal editor choice set in the user profile section.
I changed this to Editor - None, resubmitted the disobedient code (without comment tags), and it worked like a charm!
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What is best approach to show the component page in popup-modal window without header and footer?
I have used the Modal plugin from Regular Labs to do something like you describe. There is a free version and a Pro version available.
Their plugin is easy to use and with minimum reading of their ...
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How to display module in component area
Try this
jimport('joomla.application.module.helper');
// this is where you want to load your module position
$modules = JModuleHelper::getModules('header');
foreach($modules as $module)
...
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Hide Joomla module on blog detail page
The Advance Module Manager is the solution. As it also removes the module positions, if module is not assigned to Menu items in (in AMM Assignment in the concerned module settings). The free version ...
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Do I need to complete the cookie domain and path information in Joomla?
The ‘Domain’ Attribute
• With domain set, cookies will be sent to that domain
and all its subdomains
• The risk with subdomains is lower than when scoped to
parent domain, but still relevant
• Remove ...
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Joomla PHP what file to make cookie on all pages
You are forcing a PHP login in the CMS. You must follow Joomla philosophy to implement a general change. For example, implementing a user or system plugin to define a cookie.
Additionally, Joomla ...
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Plugin generate a CV page
There are a few types of extensions that could be used although you may need to upgrade to Joomla 3.x to take advantage of the latest extensions.
Content Construction Kit (CCK)
Example: FieldsAttach,...
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Manual update to Joomla 2.5.999 for 3.6.5 update
I did start writing out all the code you'll need but as you know, Joomla 2.5 differs and I haven't worked with it for a long time, so I won't go down that route.
Step 1: Take a backup of your site ...
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Manual update to Joomla 2.5.999 for 3.6.5 update
VirtueMart has released a Joomla 2.5.28 Patch which can be found here:
https://dev.virtuemart.net/projects/virtuemart/activity
Of course use it with caution and backup before patching.
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Javascript errors showing on site, assets folder not found
You must download and copy Webshim library files to your "blank" template, maybe you have misconfigured something in a extension.
The download link is at
http://afarkas.github.io/webshim/demos/...
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updating premium joomla extensions from update manager
You can develop a Joomla plugin in the 'installer' group.
In this plugin user the Joomla event onInstallerBeforePackageDownload to modify the url of the request made to your server by the Joomla ...
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Why joomla doesn't use relation views and foreign keys?
Joomla tables were initially built on MyISAM database engine of MySQL which does not support foreign keys.
Recent versions of Joomla! switched to InnoDB engine which supports foreign keys/views ...
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FTP Layer - How to do Logging?
You can override the JLogLoggerFormattedtext class with your own version in one of two ways:
System Plugin
Via a System plugin that triggers onAfterInitialise():
/**
* Registers core library ...
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How do I implement Google Analytics userID feature in Joomla 2.5 for logged in users with PHP?
oooooo and Terry Carter both mentioned errors in your code. Besides fixing those it would be good to modify your question to show exactly what your final analyticstracking.php file looks like. ...
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Joomla 2.5 upgrade to 3.7.2 and subdomains
Normally this should not be a problem. Usually subdomains are located in their own folder and updating the main domain's Joomla installation should not affect the subdomains.
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Login module doesn't login, redirects back to home page
The problem was solved after far too many hours of searching. Old legacy code that was buggy and skipped over by the old server somehow went live after a server change. This legacy code somehow forced ...
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Joomla 2.5.6 infinite 303 loop (SEF)
The problem is likely your HTTPS redirect. You are likely redirecting to HTTPS at the beginning of your .htaccess file, and later redirecting to HTTP. Another scenario is when your Joomla website is ...
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Access PHP Session from Joomla backend
Firstly, make sure you are setting this variable using the Joomla API rather than the PHP native session handler. This will ensure the session value, along with all other Joomla session value are ...
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Joomla white screen - Class '\Joomla\CMS\Input\Input' not found
I replaced the core files with new core files from a fresh Joomla! installation and the error is gone.
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Manual update to Joomla 2.5.999 for 3.6.5 update
Looking at the description of the high priority Joomla 3.6.5 security patch:
"Incorrect use of unfiltered data stored to the session on a form validation failure allows for existing user accounts ...
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Manual update to Joomla 2.5.999 for 3.6.5 update
As others have stated, you can apply just the security fixes that 3.6.5 contains, but there are many other security fixes between 2.5 and 3.6.5 that are equally important. Since you are asking how to ...
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Koowa suddenly throwing strict errors
I had a very similar thing happen with a different component after upgrading the server's PHP version from 5.4 -> 5.5.
Essentially, Strict Standards warnings are not errors; they’re messages ...
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Joomla PHP what file to make cookie on all pages
You can use the index.php file in joomla root folder, it should be called on every page, but I don't know if it could be overwritten in future joomla updates.
Another way could be including your code ...
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Joomla PHP what file to make cookie on all pages
You don't need to create any cookie, Joomla already creates one when the user logged in. You just need to use Joomla API to know whether user is logged in or not. Here is an example:
$user = JFactory:...
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