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This is a quick note on one reason you may get the above error in a Joomla CMS environment. Call to a member function mark() on a non-object in /public_html/index.php How? Not really a solution here because this is indicating that the system can't find the core framework files. Yes the bad news is you have lost your si...
I'm writing a Joomla 2.5.x component for logging time and projects and need a dropdown to have selectable options restricted to the logged-in user. This is specified in the XML file of the custom Joomla component and needs some SQL dependent on some dynamic variables.
I'm making a custom component for Joomla CMS 2.5.x which is restricted to registered users only. On installation, and by default, the menu item returns a 500 - Server Error because the parameters haven't been set. I need to go into the Joomla Admin panel, view the Options of the component, and click on "Save"... despit...
Applies to: Joomla! CMS 2.5.x Joomla Filter: Validation OnSave INT Forces the value to be an Integer UINT Forces the value to be an absolute number (-4.2 becomes 4.2) FLOAT Forces the value to be a floating point value BOOL Forces the value to be true or false WORD Strips anything that is not letters (including numbers...
A quick reminder on how to disable user registration in Joomla! CMS version 1.5.x without using the Joomla! CMS back-end panel.
A quick article on a frequent question I get asked. This refers to an issue within the Joomla CMS (version 2.5.x) where it fails to email users who reset their password. How? A few things to check:
So I can't stand the way the default "Search" component in Joomla works. The default is to sort the results by popularity (hits) or by most recently added (depending on your version) which I have never seen in any other system. I've googled and binged but could not find anything that documents how to bring it into line...
This is a quick article on what I change the error page for Joomla websites to. I like a clean error page, for a demo visit http://www.joellipman.com/my_error_page. Applies to Joomla 1.6.x, 1.7.x, 2.5.x How? Backup the file \templates\system\error.php Create a replacement file called error.php including the below code...
Apologies for posting yet another article on how to access the Joomla Database using the Joomla classes but this is just a quick note for myself as a reference sheet. Plus the official documentation don't have enough examples in my view. Source: http://docs.joomla.org/ for v1.5.x and for v2.5.x This article applies to...
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