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  1. Creating a Profile Plugin for Joomla 1.6https://joellipman.com/articles/cms/joomla/creating-a-profile-plugin-for-joomla-16.html

    all this for me... Neat huh? Folder I'm going to shove all these files into a folder which I will then compress and install using the Joomla! CMS Extension Manager. I'm going to call the folder "profile5" (without the double-quotes) and create a...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Joomla
    • Language: en-GB
  2. Could not instantiate mail functionhttps://joellipman.com/articles/cms/joomla/could-not-instantiate-mail-function.html

    domain.com and you want to recieve mail on user@domain.com, you must *not* set your hostname to domain.com. We recommend using server.domain.com instead. You must make sure that you add the A record for server.domain.com so that it resolves. 2) The...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Joomla
    • Language: *
  3. Connect to Joomla database in standalone scripthttps://joellipman.com/articles/cms/joomla/connect-to-joomla-database-in-standalone-script.html

    details and extract data from the database. How? Based on a script I found on StackOverflow. Not sure what version they were using so I modified it to make this work with my environment (Joomla 2.5.6). This is a cut down version of my download.php...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Joomla
    • Language: en-GB
  4. Basic Joomla 2.5 Mootools Formhttps://joellipman.com/articles/cms/joomla/basic-joomla-25-mootools-form.html

    who just want to see an example of an AJAX form within Joomla 1.6.x - 2.5.x in it's most basic state. At time of print, I am using this with Joomla 2.5.6. Why? The examples of the official site (mootools.net) did not work in my Joomla environment nor...

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

    file is at /modules/mod_search/tmpl/default.php and I put it just before the closing form tag " ". Note that if you are using a 3rd-party template which has it's own login module, you will need to find the file specific to that template (eg....

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Joomla
    • Language: en-GB
  6. 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

    or prior to updating the core Joomla CMS. Ticking both options and then updating re-created the error. I restored the files (using a backup to overwrite the existing PHP files), leaving the database and images folder unchanged. I updated just the Joomla...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Joomla
    • Language: en-GB
  7. 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

    in the database for that website. The example used here will be to create an about-us page but I already have two items using the alias "about" and "about-us": Login to the Joomla Admin Panel and ensure any similar menu items are accounted for. Remove...

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

    for me on Joomla websites in general and prevents the administrator URL showing up at all in the stats (unless you were using it). Leaving this unchecked means that the crackers/hackers will get through ultimately whether it be by brute-force, DoS,...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Joomla
    • Language: en-GB
  9. Upload file to Google Drive with PHP/cURL and API REST v3 (without Client Library)https://joellipman.com/component/content/article/upload-file-to-google-drive-with-php-curl-and-api-rest-v3-without-library-install.html?catid=61&Itemid=165

    MIME Multipart/Related Content-type Google Drive API v3 | Files Update JoelLipman.com - Google Authentication - OAuth 2.0 using PHP/cURL

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Google
    • Language: en-GB
  10. Change the login link in MediaWikihttps://joellipman.com/articles/cms/mediawiki/change-the-login-link-in-mediawiki.html

    don't how to use Google because I couldn't find an answer. My situation is this: We have an internal wiki knowledge base using MediaWiki version 1.14. Some articles are available for public, some are restricted to staff and different localgroups. When...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: MediaWiki
    • Language: en-GB
  11. Android: Function to let user take photo or choose existinghttps://joellipman.com/articles/else/app-dev/android-os/android-function-to-let-user-take-photo-or-choose-existing.html

    A quick article on a function to allow the user to take a photo using their built-in camera or to choose an existing photo from their gallery. Why? I wanted both options to be available to the user and for it to replace a displayed image in an...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: AndroidOS
    • Language: *
  12. Android OS: Add GoogleMap as fragmenthttps://joellipman.com/articles/else/app-dev/android-os/android-os-add-googlemap-as-fragment.html

    to: Android Studio (Beta) 0.8.9 Android Google Maps v2 What? A sequel to my article "Basic Android App using Google Maps and Current Location", this article suggests how to add Map as a sub activity. Note that this article is based on a new blank...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: AndroidOS
    • Language: *
  13. Sort order a dropdown list in MS InfoPath without programminghttps://joellipman.com/component/content/article/sort-order-a-dropdown-list-in-ms-infopath-without-programming.html?catid=73&Itemid=165

    I entered them in the datasheet. Googling this led me to browse MSDN for an hour before I realised all those experts were using programming solutions that seemed a bit over the top for something that should be so simple. Hey presto, I found a...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Infopath
    • Language: *
  14. SSIS Convert a string into a datehttps://joellipman.com/component/content/article/ssis-convert-a-string-into-a-date.html?catid=74&Itemid=165

    two "Derived Column" tasks for this after giving up with a "Data Conversion" task. I then parse the date, month and year out using SUBSTRING: -- Assuming [This_Date]="21/03/2012" (DT_DATE)(This_Date) -- Assuming [This_Date]="20120321" (YYYYMMDD)...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: SQL Server Integration Services
    • Language: en-GB
  15. SSIS Skip Blank Rows in Flat File Sourcehttps://joellipman.com/component/content/article/ssis-skip-blank-rows-in-flat-file-source.html?catid=74&Itemid=165

    This is a quick article to remind me on how to skip blank rows when using a Flat file as a data source. I would receive another Microsoft error as clear as mud: Error: The conditional operation failed. Error: SSIS Error Code...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: SQL Server Integration Services
    • Language: en-GB
  16. Parameters not being used in report processinghttps://joellipman.com/component/content/article/parameters-not-being-used-in-report-processing.html?catid=75&Itemid=165

    I've spent a whole morning going in the wrong direction with a convincing SQL script. This article is just a note on when using Business Intelligence Development Studio (BIDS) or Report Builder 2.0 and when previewing the report, the parameters are not...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: SQL Server Reporting Services
    • Language: en-GB
  17. SSRS / MDX Date Querieshttps://joellipman.com/component/content/article/ssrs-mdx-date-queries.html?catid=75&Itemid=165

    I find myself using date ranges endlessly as I've been working in SSRS. The below is derived from a collection of various sources across the web as well as some of my own. These are what worked in my environment: WinXP, BIDS (vs2008), TFS (vs2010), SSRS...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: SQL Server Reporting Services
    • Language: en-GB
  18. SSRS Parameters in Oracle Stored Procedurehttps://joellipman.com/component/content/article/ssrs-parameters-in-oracle-stored-procedure.html?catid=75&Itemid=165

    character ORA-06512: at "SYS.DBMS_UTILITY", line 114 ORA-06512: at line 1 (System.Data.OracleClient) The Situation I'm using Business Intelligence Development Studio 2008 to develop a Reporting solution on a Windows XP workstation. We are connecting to...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: SQL Server Reporting Services
    • Language: en-GB
  19. SSRS Retrieving Oracle Stored Procedure Success or ErrorLevelhttps://joellipman.com/component/content/article/ssrs-retrieving-oracle-stored-procedure-success-or-errorlevel.html?catid=75&Itemid=165

    the one to execute the stored procedure, we use an account specifically created to run the stored procedure. This requires using 2 data sources in SSRS. A user will specify the student reference in the parameters of the first report (the one with all...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: SQL Server Reporting Services
    • Language: en-GB
  20. SSRS AlphaNumeric Parameter Validationhttps://joellipman.com/component/content/article/ssrs-alphanumeric-validation.html?catid=75&Itemid=165

    is alphanumeric, 0 if not alpha numeric. SELECT @ParameterToCheck REGEXP '^[A-Za-z0-9]+$' AS AlphaNumeric FROM... Usage -- Using the ORACLE example SELECT Column1, Column2, (LENGTH( TRIM( TRANSLATE( :ParameterToCheck,...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: SQL Server Reporting Services
    • Language: en-GB
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