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New Sub Form Field function in Joomla 3.6
New field Subform
<field name="field-name" type="subform"
formsource="path/to/form.xml" min="1" max="3" multiple="true"
layout=&...
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Joomla 3.6.0 to 3.6.1 results in a "invalid security token" error
If you don't have Akeeba Backup installed:
Go back to the Joomla Update page
Upload and install the Joomla 3.6.1 Update Package using the "Upload & Update" tab
Go to Extensions >> ...
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Joomla 3.6.0 to 3.6.1 results in a "invalid security token" error
Details about this issue can now be found in the Joomla Docs:
What is the cause?
3.6.1 introduced a CSRF token check to the update component as an extra level of security. 3.6.0 down to 2.5.4 (...
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How to get value from Sub Form
This is my solution. If there's any better solution please let me know
<?php foreach ($slideshow_items as $item) : ?>
<div class="slideshow">
<img src="<?php echo $item->...
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After updating to Joomla 3.6.0, I cannot install a new extension
The steps are:
Go to Extensions > Manage > Discover
Click on Discover button. Now you can see 3 installer plugins:
Installer - Install from Folder
Installer - Install from URL
Installer - Install ...
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Undefined variables: recommendedVersion and recommendedVersionEndOfSupport
In order to fix it, open /home/mchardism/public_html/plugins/quickicon/phpversioncheck/phpversioncheck.php, find between the lines #108-132 the php version you use and change the date for eos (add few ...
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Transfer website with all categories, articles, menus
Assuming that you're just migrating from one server to the next (e.g. development to production).
Look at Akeeba Backup. It is capable of transferring an entire site from one physical/virtual system ...
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Joomla 3.6.0 to 3.6.1 results in a "invalid security token" error
I also had the same error message after upgrading 3.6.0 -> 3.6.1:
0 Failed to start the session: already started by PHP ($_SESSION is set).
To resolve, you need to use PHP Selector and change from 5....
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"Download of update package failed." when trying to upgrade to 3.6.2
You can download the Joomla upgrade package and place it in the tmp folder using FTP.
Then run the installation again. It will work.
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"ERROR: The archive file is corrupt, truncated or archive parts are missing" while trying to update
I added slash before home in the configuration.php
public $tmp_path = '/home/host/public_html/tmp';
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User Enabled but not Activated
Enabled allows a user to login at will. If you switch Enabled for a user to 'off' they won't be able to get into their account. Activated however only happens one time usually by the administrator, or ...
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CSS/HTML problem on Joomla config page (3.6.1 and 3.6.5)
You might want to use Admin Tools or RSFirewall to do a malware scan. There are known cases where certain malware can cause this problem: https://forum.joomla.org/viewtopic.php?f=706&t=902880
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Why won't my new blog post display at the top of the blog?
My guess is that your blog menu sorts articles by Article order. Before Joomla 3.6 (? - sorry, I can't find a reference right now), new articles where added to the beginning of the article order in ...
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Mass mail 50k + users, solution?
The most common solution is AcyMailing + a professional SMTP service.
AcyMailing is the best mailing extension for Joomla.
My favorites SMTP services are SendGrid and Postmark. I also implement ...
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Problem accessing individual modules after update to joomla 3.6.4
If anyone else runs into this, clear your browser and joomla cache. The javascript handling the module manager UI was changed and conflicts with what is stored.
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Can I safely disable the core components I don't use
I always disable any of the core components that I won't use and this is a safe approach. I wouldn't recommend to uninstall at this phase until Joomla removes them from the core as it happened with ...
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How to Downgrade from 3.9 to 3.6
You should restore a back up that you took of your site prior to the accidental upgrade. :)
There has been 31 releases between 3.6 and 3.9.9 where something like 3.7 alone introduced 700 improvements ...
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Joomla custom 404 page with Administrator protected folder issue
Password protecting the backend using .htpasswd is much better than using (Akeeba's) admintools - it is very efficient, and the beauty is that if an IP tries to login 5 times with a wrong password, ...
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Joomla 3.6.0 to 3.6.1 results in a "invalid security token" error
If people can't log into the back-end, there is an additional fix on github here:
https://github.com/joomla/joomla-cms/pull/11430/files
You must change the following lines on
libraries/joomla/...
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How to get value from Sub Form
When you need to get just one field names' value:
use Joomla\Utilities\ArrayHelper;
$items = ArrayHelper::getColumn((array) $params->get('subformName'), 'fieldName');
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How to get value from Sub Form
Sub Form Fields data save as JSON format so first need to "json_decode()" this to get the data then run foreach look to get data.
<?php $slideshow_items= json_decode($this->item->...
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How to query the categories table and get a resultset with my stored order?
In #__categories table ordering field is named as lft. So, this column saves the ordering of the categories.
If you want to look more into code side then you can see:
administrator/components/...
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Custom field colResizable plugin not working but works in fiddle
You are calling the colResizable jQuery plugin before the jQuery itself. It should be the other way round.
Also, Joomla's admin should also already have jQuery loaded, but that uses jQuery v1.12.4. ...
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3
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Menu item adding 'Clients/' to url
I had the same issue with the menu then I found this.
https://forum.joomla.org/viewtopic.php?f=615&t=772029
It was helpful but not the solution.
Then I checked my #__menu table and there I ...
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3
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XML form related fields
Have you tried to use Subform field?. It allows you to nest XML forms inside each other or reuse your existing forms inside your current form. And your need, you can combine it with showon attribute.
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PHP Fatal error: Class 'ContentHelperRoute' not found
I just came across this issue again with another site and remembered what the problem is. This module is that it has changed the way it's loading its helper File/Class and the way the helper.php file ...
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3
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Cannot send emails after migrating hosted joomla to localhost
You need a valid smtp server account in order to be able to send emails through SMTP.
Your configuration settings show:
SMTP Host = localhost
SMTP User = ''; // none, empty
SMTP Password = '...
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What's the correct way of adding code after the start of the body tag?
Complementing the answer from @veritas399, you could also use a third party extension such as EasyScript or similar to insert the code into your web page without worrying about future template or ...
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What's the correct way of adding code after the start of the body tag?
If you don't want to edit the template's index.php file, then I'd suggest that you use a plugin and utilise JApplication to get and set the body.
You can then use the following in your plugin:
...
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How to add a language pack (or language specific string overrides) to a template?
There are a couple of ways to deal with this.
1. Create a German language ini file for your template.
a. Go to languages folder -> EN-GB
b. Spot your template's EN-GB language file: e.g. en-GB....
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