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Fix the "Invalid Address" error, after upgrading to Joomla 3.5.1
Answer for Users:
If you are getting this error because you are using some extension that sends emails, please visit the developer page, and first make sure you are using the latest version.
If you ...
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How to manage multiple Joomla sites and their updates
mysites.guru (formerly myjoomla.com) does everything you are asking for:
✔ manage Joomla websites at different versions centrally for
different clients
✔ update Joomla
✔ update extensions
plus a great ...
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My Captcha stopped working after upgrading to Joomla 3.5
Answer for Joomla! users
Well, that is not a very simple one to answer, and others have already tried to explain.Namely:
GitHub Issue #9544
Similar post in Joomla.StackExchange.com
Joomla Forum ...
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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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"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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Necessary to Upgrade Joomla? When Joomla as internal Portal - Intranet
Good question!
The answer probably depends on what sort of information is stored on the intranet and whether the employees and contractors who have access to the intranet are competent and can be ...
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Invalid token after upgrading Joomla to 3.5
Apparently there area couple of issues with Joomla 3.5.0, one being to do with the session.
Joomla 3.5.1 will be released tonight, hopefully fixing your issue.
It may be an idea to put your site ...
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How to force cache/browser data clearing in browser?
I have faced the very same problem many, many times. In the meantime I have learned that one can force browser to clear its cache only by versioning assets loading. So you need to find where your ...
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How to force cache/browser data clearing in browser?
You can use mediaVersion. There are a few ways to do that.
Look into those 2:
Manually adding version to loaded files:
$v = JFactory::getDocument()->getMediaVersion()
JHtml versioning of loaded ...
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Joomla backend stopped working suddenly because of PHP version
If you used the hosting built-in 1-click-installer for Joomla, then you probably managed to bypass the minimum PHP version requirements.
However you wont be able to use Joomla until you upgrade to ...
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How to manage multiple Joomla sites and their updates
Two Software-as-a-Service solutions have already been mentioned:
https://mysites.guru/ (formerly myjoomla.com)
https://watchful.net/ (formerly watchful.li)
And those commercial SaaS solutions are ...
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Fix the "Invalid Address" error, after upgrading to Joomla 3.5.1
I also got this error when the $replyTo variable was empty and had to use
if ( !empty($replyTo) ) {
$mailer->addReplyTo($replyTo, $replyToName);
}
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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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"Download of update package failed." when trying to upgrade to 3.6.2
Make sure your Joomla Update Component is updated, you might have to Clear Cache and Find Updates under Extensions → Manage → Update.
If you have Akeeba Backup installed, make sure it's ...
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After upgrade to Joomla 3.6, new saved articles are on the bottom of the articles list
This is a bug (some claim it's a feature) and is currently being sorted out here: https://github.com/joomla/joomla-cms/issues/11103
I think there will be a Joomla 3.6.1 very soon.
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Necessary to Upgrade Joomla? When Joomla as internal Portal - Intranet
Unless you are blocking Internet access to all users of the intranet, you have to apply security updates.
The most common attack vectors can be used to attack your internal site:
Both a fishing ...
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Upgrade to J3 gives JHtmlBehavior::mootools not found
Here are some steps in order to find where the code is coming from:
Well the best way is to download a full copy of the website, and do a OS system search inside its directory for JHTML::_('behavior....
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Upgrade from 3.3.6 to 3.4.5 not possible
You can try enabling fopen on your hosting account, if it isn't enabled. This is usually done by adding a file called php.ini in your Joomla site's root, then add the following line inside it:
...
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Upgrade from 3.3.6 to 3.4.5 not possible
In your Jomla backend, go to:
Components (top menu) >> Joomla Update >> Clear Cache
Once done, there should be an update available.
If not, you can download the Joomla 3.4.5 Update package and ...
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Joomla - Upgrade Version 3.2.3 to 3.4.7
Step 1: You should take a backup of your site, either manually or using Akeeba Backup.
The upgrade can be done using Joomla's 1 click update feature in the admin back-end. Go to:
Components >> ...
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Invalid token after upgrading Joomla to 3.5
Turn off the System - Page Cache
The issue is related to the cache.
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500 error when trying to upgrade from 3.6.2 to 3.6.5
From phpMyAdmin, disable system plugins one by one (highest IDs first) until the problem is no more (then you will be able to find the culprit). You can also disable system plugins by just renaming ...
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"ERROR: The archive file is corrupt, truncated or archive parts are missing" while trying to update
Finally I found the solution! The problem is that, for some reason, the Joomla was saving the temporary file to the "administrator/tmp" folder BUT the fopen function expects a fully qualified path, so ...
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How to force cache/browser data clearing in browser?
The only way to reliably bust the cache of client browsers is to change the name of the asset in question; forcing all browsers to download it.
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How to force cache/browser data clearing in browser?
You can use JCH Optimize to combine and optimize the delivering of all the script files - CSS and Java. Each combined file gets a new name, when you clear the cache in the plugin.
I always use the ...
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How to force cache/browser data clearing in browser?
Add the timestamp of the file as parameter so that the file will not be cached.
$mtime = filemtime('/path/to/script/script.js');
JFactory::getDocument()->addScript('/url/of/script/script.js?t='.$...
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Broken website due to outdated installation and host php upgrade - how to migrate/upgrade manually?
I would suggest you switch back to the earlier version of PHP and upgrade the Joomla site to the latest level and then switch back to PHP 7.x
If you login to the hosting account for the website ...
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Joomla 3.10.1 Pre Update Check Missing
When you are in the Joomla Update page select Options up in the top right corner.
From there change the channel to Joomla Next, you are probably still on Default which is Joomla 3.x
You may also ...
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New to Joomla and my site needs critical updates. HELP!
There is a not a simple step by step answer for you unfortunately as there is so much information we don't know about your hosting and Joomla environment. The approaches available will general fall ...
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Making Joomla 2.5 component compatible with Joomla 3
The link of FFrewin should answer your question. This here is just an additions about the upcoming change in Joomla 3.8. We changed the libraries to namespaces.
So your controller should extend then ...
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