Unanswered Questions
694 questions with no upvoted or accepted answers
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Reverse Caching Support using nginx
How can I implement Reverse Caching Support using nginx mentioned in Joomla 3.6 features?
Joomla! 3.6 now supports reverse caching proxies like Varnish or an
NGINX caching proxy. These help to ...
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onFinderCategoryChangeState event for com_finder in Joomla never fires
I am implementing a plugin for jdownloads to be used in the component smart search. To implement this plugin I have to use the event onFinderCategoryChangeState to actualize the state to the download ...
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Custom Fields Issues Saving - Video Included
Joomla 3.9.13
PHP version: 7.3.9
Mysql Ver 15.1 Distrib 10.4.6-MariaDB
I am using the default Joomla contacts component, with no changes or overrides. I have configured a number of custom fields ...
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How can I clear the cache for the params of a custom component?
I am working on a custom component and it works as intended as long as I do not have cache enabled.
In the admin section of the component, I have a view that can change the "component params":
$...
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How to customize user registration in Joomla 3.7?
Now that Joomla 3.7 supports custom fields, can anyone point me to documentation or a YouTube video that outlines how to customize user registration? I assume that additional work is also required to ...
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Joomla An error has occurred. 0 JForm::validateField() rule `number` missing. Return to Control Panel
Got
An error has occurred. 0 JForm::validateField() rule number missing. Return to Control Panel
while tying to change email id and Name from mail settings in joomla's Global Configuration>...
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Custom component: Export items to CSV -> Changing searchbar causes a new download
I would like to export all selected items from the items-view of my component.
To do so I modified my view and inserted a new button to the
JToolBarHelper::custom('items.exportcsv', 'download', '', ...
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Trying to connect to an external ODBC data source
I have a need to connect to a data source on an old unix box via ODBC, but I don't seem to be getting far and I can't find any examples to help me.
I have started with https://docs.joomla.org/...
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Backing Up Live Site Using Akeeba
Joomla 3.9.15
I have been using Akeeba to backup my sites and it's very good.
I've recently installed in on quite a busy site, users are regularly logging in and out of the front and back end, and ...
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Joomla 3.9 + Gantry 5.4.31 mismatch layout issue on localhost
I am trying to build a regional blog/magazine. The home page layout which came as almost default with Gantry is satisfying. I am using XAMPP on Ubuntu 18.04.3 and Joomla 3.9.13 and Gantry 5.4.31.
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Document Manager Recommendations
I'm looking for some recommendations for a document manager that's compatible with Joomla 3+. Seems to be a pretty popular question throughout the Joomla community.
In the past I've always used Phoca ...
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htaccess 404 Redirect Not Working
I recently redesigned a site and there are loads of 404 pages, so to simplify things I want to add a redirect to my htaccess, redirecting any 404 pages to the home page.
I though it was as simple as ...
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How does the JSession works, and how to use it in different files?
I'm using JSession (in Joomla 3.9.x) to implement sort of a captcha field in a form, apparently the captcha code is been saved correctly in the session but I can't find the way to retrieve it, and ...
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Joomla and Eventbrite Integration
I am looking for a way to integrate Eventbrite with Joomla. I want to show a list of upcoming events that I have created. There are a number of default widgets available with Eventbrite (copy / paste ...
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Joomla keeps wrapping content with user-visible p tags
I have observed the same behavior when installing Joomla from multiple so called Quick Start Packages embedding themes and plugins. Right now, I have installed, Basic Joomla running on a production ...
