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  1. Change default order of weblinkshttps://joellipman.com/articles/cms/joomla/change-default-order-of-weblinks.html

    It took a few google searches until I could find out how to change the default weblinks order. A lot of websites showed how to do this via the admin back-end panel in the advanced configuration... I can't see this panel, there is no advanced parameters...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Joomla
    • Language: *
  2. Invalid arguments passed in router.php on line 325https://joellipman.com/articles/cms/joomla/invalid-arguments-passed-in-routerphp-on-line-325.html

    Thought I'd put this error in here and how I fixed it. Basically because firstly I don't want to have to create an account on someone else's forum just to post my answer and secondly because my solution is a "cowboy fix" rather than the other...

    • 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

    APPLIES TO Joomla 2.5.x Why? I'm building a Joomla component which is to be compatible with Joomla versions 1.6.x to 2.5.x. Because I use dynamic scripts running in the background (mootools), some of these need to connect to the database but as they sit...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Joomla
    • Language: en-GB
  4. Joomla article modal with clear buttonhttps://joellipman.com/articles/cms/joomla/joomla-article-modal-with-clear-button.html

    Applies to Joomla 1.6+ What? This is an article to describe how to add an article modal button in the Joomla Admin Panel (at time of print version 2.5.6) of your component including the all important clear button. What I found was that no one posted...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Joomla
    • Language: en-GB
  5. Upgrading a Joomla 1.5 module to Joomla 2.5https://joellipman.com/articles/cms/joomla/upgrade-a-joomla-1-5-module-to-joomla-1-6.html

    What? So this is a note to myself so that I have a checklist and can quickly update any extensions designed for Joomla 1.5.x and make these compatible with Joomla 2.5.x websites. In the past, I have only ever changed the words to but for more stability,...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Joomla
    • Language: en-GB
  6. 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
  7. 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
  8. Copy a Wordpress Site for Developmenthttps://joellipman.com/articles/cms/wordpress/copy-a-wordpress-site-for-development.html

    Applies to: Wordpress CMS v4.1.1 What? A note to myself on how to create a development/test version of a production/live Wordpress CMS site. Why? I have a website sitting at a domain (eg. www.myexample.com), and I want to create an exact copy at a...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Wordpress
    • Language: en-GB
  9. Google Event Ilustrations aka Flairshttps://joellipman.com/component/content/article/google-event-ilustrations-aka-flairs.html?catid=61&Itemid=165

    Source: http://www.internetbestsecrets.com/2019/09/google-calendar-event-images.html art: painting, art workshop, sketching workshop, drawing workshop badminton: badminton baseball: baseball basketball: basketball bbq: bbq, barbecue, barbeque beer:...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Google
    • Language: *
  10. 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

    So this is for Microsoft Office Infopath 2007 (SharePoint 2007). The situation is that I started creating a SharePoint List (datasheet) and when I made my form dropdown read from the list, it just put elements in the order that I entered them in the...

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

    What? Please note: the following article is not a solution but a page of various methods and date conversions which I try and use depending on the situation. This is a quick article on how I got time conversion working in an SSIS package which read from...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: SQL Server Integration Services
    • Language: en-GB
  12. Alternate row background colour in Reporting Serviceshttps://joellipman.com/component/content/article/alternate-row-background-colour-in-reporting-services.html?catid=75&Itemid=165

    This is just a note for me as it took a while to find on the net and even then it was confusing as to why it works but it does. Not sure whether you call this an MDX Query or part of a Transact-SQL mashup. You need to go to "Fill" (of each text box in...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: SQL Server Reporting Services
    • Language: *
  13. URL passed settings in Reporting Serviceshttps://joellipman.com/component/content/article/url-passed-settings-in-reporting-services.html?catid=75&Itemid=165

    Thought I'd put a note on how to remove the toolbar using the URL as I didn't find this clear on the net. Tried it and it didn't work. That's because I was using the Reporting Manager URL rather than the Reporting Server URL. Note: Change "" to the name...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: SQL Server Reporting Services
    • Language: en-GB
  14. SSRS Hide results table if emptyhttps://joellipman.com/component/content/article/ssrs-hide-results-table-if-empty.html?catid=75&Itemid=165

    Update August 2011 So I don't know how many people were just saying why don't you do the following: Bring up the "Tablix Properties" of the dataset Look for the section "No Rows" Put in a value for "NoRowsMessage". This solution hides the entire Tablix...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: SQL Server Reporting Services
    • Language: en-GB
  15. Before and After, Highs and Lowshttps://joellipman.com/component/content/article/before-and-after-highs-and-lows.html?catid=75&Itemid=165

    So I'm looking for a SQL query that could do this all in one go and return all the results in one table. With PHP & MySQL it's pretty simple: use individual SQL queries to get the count of yesterday, yesterweek, yestermonth, yesteryear and do the layout...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: SQL Server Reporting Services
    • Language: *
  16. SSRS Redirect after a report is runhttps://joellipman.com/component/content/article/ssrs-redirect-after-a-report-is-run.html?catid=75&Itemid=165

    What? This article serves to describe several workarounds or proofs of concept. Why? We have a first report which acts like a search page. You enter the student you are looking for by reference or name and if there is only 1 result in the results page,...

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

    I'm storing a note here because it took a while to figure out and googling other solutions did not answer our questions but did lead us to a workaround. So this is regarding an error when trying to add parameters to a Stored Procedure of an Oracle...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: SQL Server Reporting Services
    • Language: en-GB
  18. SSRS External Images don't displayhttps://joellipman.com/component/content/article/ssrs-external-images-dont-display.html?catid=75&Itemid=165

    The Situation We want some photos taken from another website of ours to display in our report. These are not stored locally on the Reporting Server because other services use these photos on our Intranet and we only want one location to upload the...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: SQL Server Reporting Services
    • Language: *
  19. Returning Oracle Stored Procedure Resultset in SSRShttps://joellipman.com/component/content/article/returning-oracle-stored-procedure-resultset-in-ssrs.html?catid=75&Itemid=165

    What? So I've spent a fun time googling and binging but still haven't found a simple and complete example of getting a resultset from an Oracle stored procedure and displaying this in SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS). Well "non-productive" more than...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: SQL Server Reporting Services
    • Language: en-GB
  20. How to change local folder for TFShttps://joellipman.com/component/content/article/how-to-change-local-folder-for-tfs.html?catid=79&Itemid=165

    What? I installed Business Intelligence Development Studio 2008 (BIDS) and connected it to a Team Foundation Server 2010 (TFS) instance and set my working local folder to my home directory. When the rest of my colleagues installed it however, they...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Team Foundation Server
    • Language: *
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