If you’re a Super Administrator in Joomla 3.0 and attempt to use the reset feature to reset your password, you’ll get the following error message: Notice Reset password failed: A Super Administrator can’t request a password reminder. Please contact another Super Administrator or use an alternative method. To resolve this issue, you can use phpMyAdmin Read More >
Brad Markle
I forgot my Joomla 3 admin username
If you’re having trouble logging into your dashboard because you’ve forgotten your Joomla 3 admin username, you can have Joomla remind you of it by emailing it to you. In this tutorial, we’ll show you how to do this. Visit your Joomla 3 admin login page. You can do this by adding /administrator to the Read More >
Should I upgrade Joomla 2.5 to Joomla 3.0?
The latest news announcement from the Joomla team says that those of us running Joomla 2.5 on a server shouldn’t update to Joomla 3.0. It’s recommended instead to wait for the next long-term-support release version, which will be Joomla 3.5. If you’re familiar with the update tool in Joomla 2.5, you should not expect to Read More >
Initial thoughts on converting existing templates to Joomla 3.0
The information in this article has been transcribed from the Joomla! User eXperience (JUX) Webinar. This was a webinar upload in early June of 2012, in which Kyle Ledbetter (lead of the Joomla JUX project) discusses upcoming changes in Joomla 3.0 What about template conversion for existing sites to Joomla 3.0? We will need to Read More >
Joomla 3.0 and Bootstrap
The information in this article has been transcribed from the Joomla! User eXperience (JUX) Webinar. This was a webinar upload in early June of 2012, in which Kyle Ledbetter (lead of the Joomla JUX project) discusses upcoming changes in Joomla 3.0 General ideas behind Joomla 3.0 and bootstrap Another thing that we’re doing is Read More >
Joomla 3.0 and Mootools
The information in this article has been transcribed from the Joomla! User eXperience (JUX) Webinar. This was a webinar upload in early June of 2012, in which Kyle Ledbetter (lead of the Joomla JUX project) discusses upcoming changes in Joomla 3.0 General thoughts on Joomla 3.0 and Mootools Joomla 3.0 will now ship with jquery Read More >
Joomla 2.5 Templates – $files = JHtml::_(stylesheet)
In this class, we are learning how to create Joomla 2.5 templates by first looking at the PHP code in the Beez2 index.php file. We have already looked at quite a bit of php code, and as we continue our review we come to the following code: $files = JHtml::_(‘stylesheet’, ‘templates/’.$this->template.’/css/general.css’, null, false, true); if Read More >
How to add a new position to a Joomla 2.5 Template
While reviewing the PHP code in the Joomla 2.5 Beez2 template, we come across the following code: <jdoc:include type=”modules” name=”position-0″ /> The code above defines a new position within a template, in this case position-0. If you want to add a new position to your template, you’ll need to use code similar to the above. Read More >
Joomla 2.5 Templates – $this->direction
The last use of $this in the Joomla 2.5 Beez2 template that will review is $this->direction. We can see it being used in the following section of code in the template’s PHP file: <html xmlns=”https://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml” xml:lang=”<?php echo $this->language; ?>” lang=”<?php echo $this->language; ?>” dir=”<?php echo $this->direction; ?>” > When we look at the result of Read More >
Joomla 2.5 Templates – $this->language
In our last few tutorials, we have covered the $this variable in Joomla 2.5 templates. We will continue focusing on $this, and this time examining the following code: <html xmlns=”https://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml” xml:lang=”<?php echo $this->language; ?>” lang=”<?php echo $this->language; ?>” dir=”<?php echo $this->direction; ?>” > The output of the above PHP code results in the following code Read More >
Joomla 2.5 Templates – $this->template
In the Joomla 2.5 Beez2 template, we see the following PHP code in the index.php file: $doc->addScript($this->baseurl.’/templates/’.$this->template.’/javascript/md_stylechanger.js’, ‘text/javascript’, true); In this tutorial, we will focus on $this->template. What is $this->template To find out what the value is of $this->template, we will update our template’s code as follows: $doc->addScript($this->baseurl.’/templates/’.$this->template.’/javascript/md_stylechanger.js’, ‘text/javascript’, true); echo “<pre>” . $this->template Read More >
Joomla 2.5 Templates – $this->
We are continuing to review Joomla 2.5’s Beez2 template code, and we next come accross the following code: <html xmlns=”https://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml” xml:lang=”<?php echo $this->language; ?>” lang=”<?php echo $this->language; ?>” dir=”<?php echo $this->direction; ?>” > In our review thus far, we have alread seen instances of $this->, for example: $showRightColumn $this->countModules $this->params->get What is $this-> ? Technically Read More >
Joomla 2.5 Templates – JFactory::getDocument()
In our continued effort to review the PHP code in the Joomla 2.5 Beez2 template, we come across the following code: // get params $color = $this->params->get(‘templatecolor’); $logo = $this->params->get(‘logo’); $navposition = $this->params->get(‘navposition’); $app = JFactory::getApplication(); $doc = JFactory::getDocument(); Our specific focus in this article will be $doc = JFactory::getDocument(). What is getDocument? According to Read More >
How to create a new forum in Drupal 7
One of the first tasks you may want to do after enabling the forum module and configuring its basic settings is add another forum. This is because the only forum you currently have is General Discussion. In the following Drupal 7 tutorial we’re going to show you how to add another forum called Food Discussion. Read More >
Welcome to Drupal 7 – No front page content has been created yet
When you initially install Drupal 7, your homepage will show the following message: Welcome toNo front page content has been created yet. This is because you have yet to promote anything to your front page. When you begin to create your first articles in Drupal 7, they will show on your frontpage. As you continue Read More >
Changing your Drupal 7 frontpage
By default your Drupal 7 homepage will display your latest articles, which is referred to as a content feed. If you have a specific page you’d like to set as your frontpage, regardless of its content type (such as a basic page or article), you can do so in Drupal 7. How to set the Read More >
How to turn off commenting for specific articles in Drupal 7
In our last article we showed you how to turn off comments for a specific content type in Drupal 7. We will expand upon this further in this Drupal 7 tutorial by showing you how to disable comments for individual basic pages and articles. Please note:The steps below are very similar for most comment types. Read More >
An introduction to comments in Drupal 7
By default, comments are allowed in Drupal 7. Users must first be registered and logged in, however, before they can post comments. How do users leave comments? Once a user is logged in, at the bottom of pages that allow comments will be a comment form. Users can type in a subject and comment, Read More >
Understanding SEF URLs in Drupal 7
Drupal 7 has a built in system to “clean” URLs so they are search engine friendly. In this tutorial, we’ll explain further what search engine friendly URLS are. With most websites on the Internet being dynamically generated, the URL usually contains information about the query being used to generate the page on the server. Some Read More >
How to create a new block in Drupal 7
Now that we know the idea behind blocks in Drupal 7, we can create a new block. In the following tutorial we’ll show you how to create a new block in Drupal 7. We’ll also review the various settings that each block can be configured with. To create a new block in Drupal 7: Log Read More >
