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How to display module in component area
To enhance the given answers here:
To include a modul position in your component view and to load modules there, you just have to add
echo JHtml::_('content.prepare', '{loadposition ...
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How to customize the look of the admin ISIS template with CSS? ISIS custom.css
Custom.css for Joomla 3.4.1 and later
This method is the easier for custom CSS overrides for the admin template. Simply create a custom.css file and place it inside the css folder of the ISIS ...
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How to permanently remove/disable default Joomla templates
You can't prevent Joomla from upgrading her core templates. They are in there for a reason as a part of default installation. I am afraid you will just have to learn how to live with them. I did the ...
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How do I override the CSS styles in my template?
Joomla 3.5+ (Protostar template)
As of Joomla 3.5, you're able to create file called user.css and place it in:
templates/protostar/css/user.css
Note: the file name must be user.css
The protostar ...
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Is it possible to load a newer jQuery version?
Or does Joomla really need the 1.x version?
Joomla itself may work mostly fine with newer jQuery versions. The reason it ships with such an old version is compatibility for 3rd party extensions.
So ...
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Fatal error: Call to a member function get() on Templates Manager
Well, a quick look inside the templates folder of the site, presented me the ugly truth - it seems that whoever did the upgrade, has never considered to clean up the site from old code/extensions/...
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Is development of template from scratch really worthwhile?
In my opinion, it can depend on the complexity of the site.
For example, if a client wanted a fairly basic site with a custom design, I'd duplicate Protostar (default Joomla 3.x template). Then strip ...
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Joomla constant to current template path
Look at https://gist.github.com/leFlea-snippets/4602845
PHP: Joomla - Get active template path
// Get active template path from anywhere on Joomla:
$app = JFactory::getApplication();
$path = ...
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Update Server for template
I think the article is not up-to-date because update server is working properly with template.
Here's the code I use in the templateDetails.xml
<updateservers>
<server type="extension" ...
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Making an ajax-based template?
My advice to you - avoid this. It's a recipe for many problems. A website owner who wanted this ended up paying us a lot of money just to fix the problems that arose from using this strategy (there ...
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Remove "Joomla! Hosting from cloudaccess.net" in CloudBase3 template
You can also modify the code directly by opening the file
../templates/cloudbase3/features/branding.php using your favorite php editor.
At lines 21-24 you will see this code :
<div class="rt-...
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Different templates for viewing and editing articles
It's actually possible by overriding it via 3rd party plugin. You can create a simple system plugin calling setTemplate() method when the onAfterRoute event occurs :
public function onAfterRoute() {
...
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How to force auto versioning of css and js to renew on file change within Joomla! template?
The old and deprecated way is to place MD5SUM file in the asset folder and have it updated whenever an asset file is modified. Once you create the file, add assets without version or with md5sum as ...
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How do I override the CSS styles in my template?
Helix Framework (JoomShaper)
Another Joomla template framework, that facilitates the customization workflow.
Helix Framework templates provide as well an easy way to add your custom styles with 2 ...
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Joomla 3 Protostar template disappeared
You can copy the template folder from the Joomla 3.4 full package.
Simply download the file, unzip everything (or only the templates\protostar\ folder) to your Joomla folder. Then use the discover ...
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How to know the available module positions on my template?
Joomla Template Manager provides an easy way to reveal the available module positions of the active template on each page.
First you have to enable the feature from the backend.
From the Admin Menu,...
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Menu getActive() returns "Trying to get property of non-object" in Search Component
That's because the $menu->getActive() is not returning an object, and here is because there is no menu item used for the search page.
To get rid of the php notice you are seeing, you could first ...
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Render Joomla messages inside a template
You could also override the default layout for system messages.
To do so, copy the following file:
ROOT/layouts/joomla/system/message.php
to:
ROOT/templates/TEMPLATE_NAME/html/layouts/joomla/system/...
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Template Installation
This has nothing to do with free vs commercial templates. Modules (the main menu usually is a module too) has to be published to a Module position. The current position for each module can be seen in ...
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How to convert / migrate a Joomla 2.5 template into Joomla 3
Some links that might be of help:
Template Considerations during Migration
Converting previous Joomla templates
Migrating a template from J1.5 to J3
StackOverflow - converting a J2.5 to J3 ...
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How to create a custom 404 Error page for every language
you also could use the standard 404 (or similar) php-file of your template if it already exists. The Joomla! alias standard would be /404 or /404.html according to the global configuration for the ...
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Is development of template from scratch really worthwhile?
I also use protostar as a base template to develop a custom one in many cases. There is nothing bad with this approach. I can even do the same with other templates. And there is always the case where ...
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Is development of template from scratch really worthwhile?
The case for using a standard template
I tend to use the same base template (from a leading template developer) for most projects.
Template features which I don't use can be disabled to keep the ...
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How to change the favicon in Joomla
The favicon.ico file needs to be copied to the default template folder. For example, if you are using the Protostar template, the file would be copied to:
/templates/protostar/favicon.ico
You might ...
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How to permanently remove/disable default Joomla templates
What I do is to go in:
Extensions -> Manage
and disable any extensions, templates that I don't use. Of course if we are talking about 3rd party extensions, I totally uninstall them - but disable ...
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Template module names based on position
If you mean programatically, JModuleHelper should return the info you need.
$modules = JModuleHelper::getModules('position-1');
print_r($modules);
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How is the relationship between template styles and menus stored in Joomla 3.x?
template_style_id column in #__menu table.
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Joomla 3.9 not reading language override strings for English only
I was not able to duplicate your issue. I used the Joomla core Beez3 template to test this, where the template by default has the language files in main (Joomla root) Language folder and at the same ...
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Could not find template
If your original website worked fine, and your localhost copy don't work, it's probable that something went wrong in the restoration process. Either some files are missing, or the database is ...
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