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  1. Change the default Joomla Error templatehttps://joellipman.com/articles/cms/joomla/change-the-default-joomla-error-template.html

    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...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Joomla
    • Language: en-GB
  2. Improve Default Joomla Search https://joellipman.com/articles/cms/joomla/improve-default-joomla-search-heuristics.html

    - Applies to Joomla 2.5.x +, 3.4.x What? 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...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Joomla
    • Language: en-GB
  3. Things to Check if Joomla Password Reminder email not being senthttps://joellipman.com/articles/cms/joomla/things-to-check-if-joomla-password-reminder-email-not-being-sent.html

    What? 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: Check the email message even exists: Login to...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Joomla
    • Language: en-GB
  4. Joomla Component: Set default params on installationhttps://joellipman.com/articles/cms/joomla/joomla-component-set-default-params-on-installation.html

    What? 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...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Joomla
    • Language: en-GB
  5. Confucioushttps://joellipman.com/component/content/article/confucious.html?catid=50&Itemid=165

    Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life.

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Webmaster
    • Category: Static Items
    • Language: *
  6. Creating a custom form field type for Joomla XML fieldsethttps://joellipman.com/articles/cms/joomla/creating-a-custom-form-field-type-for-joomla-xml-fieldset.html

    What? 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...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Joomla
    • Language: en-GB
  7. Call to a member function mark() on a non-object in Joomla CMShttps://joellipman.com/articles/cms/joomla/call-to-a-member-function-mark-on-a-non-object.html

    What? 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...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Joomla
    • Language: en-GB
  8. ReCaptcha disappears from Joomla 2.5 Registrationhttps://joellipman.com/articles/cms/joomla/recaptcha-disappears-from-joomla-2-5-registration.html

    What? This is an extract from a forum which solved our problem for why the ReCaptcha part disappears from the user registration form. We have Joomla 2.5.16 installed and no new updates for a plugin that comes with Joomla 2.5 install. How? Source:...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Joomla
    • Language: en-GB
  9. Registered Users Cannot Login - Super Users Canhttps://joellipman.com/articles/cms/joomla/registered-users-cannot-login-super-users-can.html

    Applies to Joomla CMS v2.5.14 What? This article is a note on how I fixed an issue on a client site. The website had a redirect on the login which would go to a page accessible by "registered" users but only "Super Users" could actually login....

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Joomla
    • Language: en-GB
  10. Export Joomla Users scripthttps://joellipman.com/articles/cms/joomla/export-joomla-users-script.html

    What? Somebody said I could pay to get an export list of my Joomla users. I said Joomla is a FREE OpenSource system, why? Why? I want to move a client's list of Joomla users to a new system which allows the passwords to be in MD5. All I want is a quick...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Joomla
    • Language: en-GB
  11. JComments 2.3.0 with ReCaptcha in Joomla 2.5.xhttps://joellipman.com/articles/cms/joomla/jcomments-2-3-0-with-recaptcha-in-joomla-2-5-x.html

    Applies to: Joomla CMS v2.5.11 (Joomla.org) jComments v2.3.0 (JoomlaTune.com) What? Posting this as it was rather rewarding to achieve and I hope will be of some use to others in the same boat. This article details how to replace jComments built-in...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Joomla
    • Language: *
  12. ReCaptcha alternative: Integrate PlayThru in JComments 2.3 for Joomla 2.5https://joellipman.com/articles/cms/joomla/recaptcha-alternative-integrate-playthru-in-jcomments-for-joomla.html

    Applies to: Joomla CMS v2.5.11 (Joomla.org) jComments v2.3.0 (JoomlaTune.com) PlayThru v1.1.8 (AreYouAHuman.com) What? This article is a follow-up of my article JComments 2.3.0 with Google ReCaptcha (Joomla 2.5.x) but instead of using ReCaptcha, we're...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Joomla
    • Language: *
  13. ReCaptcha alternative: Integrate PlayThru in JComments 3.0 for Joomla 3.2https://joellipman.com/articles/cms/joomla/recaptcha-alternative-integrate-playthru-in-jcomments-3-0-for-joomla-3-2.html

    Applies to: Joomla CMS v3.2.3 (Joomla.org) jComments v3.0.0 (JoomlaTune.com) PlayThru v1.1.8 (AreYouAHuman.com) What? This article is a follow on from my article JComments 2.3 with PlayThru (Joomla 2.5.x) but this is for a later version of the...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Joomla
    • Language: *
  14. Warning: Save failed. Another menu item has the same aliashttps://joellipman.com/articles/cms/joomla/warning-save-failed-another-menu-item-has-the-same-alias.html

    What? A quick article for Joomla CMS version 3.x on resolving a menu item alias conflict: Warning Save failed with the following error. Another menu item has the same alias in Root. Root is the top level parent You will need: Access to the Joomla...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Joomla
    • Language: *
  15. Migrating from Joomla 2.5.x to 3.4.xhttps://joellipman.com/articles/cms/joomla/migrating-from-joomla-2-5-x-to-3-4-x.html

    as it is considered unstable for official use... Saying that this is how I upgraded my own personal website: www.joellipman.com. This article assumes you are familiar with upgrading a Joomla! CMS and running MySQL statements against your database. For...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Joomla
    • Language: en-GB
  16. Protecting your Joomla Administrator Sectionhttps://joellipman.com/articles/cms/joomla/protecting-your-joomla-administrator-section.html

    to your static IP address # PREVENT VIEWING OF .HTACCESS order allow,deny deny from all ErrorDocument 403 http://www.joellipman.com/error/403.html # change this to your 403 - forbidden page. These are two methods I like and will work in tandem. They...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Joomla
    • Language: en-GB
  17. Joomla: Remove IDs from URLs for out-of-the-box SEFhttps://joellipman.com/articles/cms/joomla/joomla-remove-ids-from-urls.html

    on how to remove the ID numbers from your Joomla website addresses for search engine friendly URLs. // What I have www.joellipman.com/index.php?option=com_content&category_id=4&article_id=123-article-alias // With URL rewriting enabled...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Joomla
    • Language: *
  18. Upgrading Joomla CMS version 3.x to Joomla CMS 5.xhttps://joellipman.com/articles/cms/joomla/upgrading-joomla-cms-version-3-x-to-joomla-cms-5-x.html

    is what I went through and I might amend this if I see any new issues: Preamble Set up a new folder in my public_html\joellipman_site\ for my 2025 production joomla files & folders. Set up a new database on the same server as my previous database. New...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Joomla
    • Language: *
  19. Importing Joomla articles to WordPress postshttps://joellipman.com/articles/cms/wordpress/importing-joomla-articles-to-wordpress-posts.html

    database name my_joomla_db to your joomla database and my_wordpress_db to your Wordpress database Change http://demo.joellipman.com/wordpress/ to the full URL of your WordPress site. If post_type is to be post then append with ?p= otherwise use...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Wordpress
    • Language: en-GB
  20. Migrate Joomla Users to WordPresshttps://joellipman.com/articles/cms/wordpress/migrate-joomla-users-to-wordpress.html

    This is for Joomla 1.5.x sites! Note that this article is for Joomla 1.5.x sites to be converted to Wordpress 3.2.x sites. I started with a Joomla 1.5 as the move from Joomla 1.6 or greater is a lot easier since it uses nested categories like Wordpress....

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Wordpress
    • Language: en-GB
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