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Regarding file attachment in Contact Us page
Hello I want to file attachment ability in "Contact Us Page".

Is there any plugin to attach a file and email it from frontend.

I am using joomla 1.5 version
JPagination and SEF
In my component am using a router to handle my sef url's and am having
trouble with a paginated list generated by the component. JPagination
(JRoute) is getting the SEF path segments out of order for the page links.
For the form tag containing the pagination I have the following:
<form name="search_form" id="search_form"
Regarding - com_fulltextrss
What is the working of " Com_fulltextrss".

I have got an following error in servers error_log

PHP Fatal error: Exceptions must be valid objects derived from the
Exception base class in /home/ftpusr/public_html/admin istrator/
components/com_fulltextrss/Jso n/Decoder.php on line 150, referer:
Trace one joomla page
hi friends,

I want to trance one joomla page step by step from request to display. Also
Xdebug is running in my localhost. what should I do?

Please help. thanks

Novinfard
I can't log into the Joomla backend as administrator
I can't log into the Joomla backend as administrator.

I could try entering any username/password and l see the web page will
only refresh itself without even giving out any error message.
RE: [jgen] Digest for joomla-dev-general@googlegroups.com - 15 Messages in 11 Topics
Multiple instances of Jpagination
Hi folks,
I'm currently working on sopme stuff for Joomla 2.5 that would involve two
different instances of Jpagination. I'm under the impression that (among
others) the variable limitstart can't take on separate values for each
instance of the pagination. Am I correct? How should I juggle two (or more)
Force change user passord?
Hi,
I making a bacth process to add new users into Joomla DB.
Is there any way to force user password change to these users?
Thanks
Send user activation?
Hi,
Is there any option in Joomla or any way by code to re-send the
activation mail?
Thanks
Validation error with mod_aicontactsafe
When conducting a validation check on a website I'm developing, I
found an error that I assumed was caused by mod_aicontactsafe -
certainly a logical conclusion in my mind as the error disappears when
disabling the mod. The error appears in part of some JavaScript code
that creates a calendar input control.
Joomla2.5:404 error in my component
Hi,

I have created one component in Joomla 2.5,its working fine in
localhost,

but same component when i have installed in my demo server its
showing 404 error component not found.

i don't knew what happened ??

Please advice me about this issues.
Load layout from another view
Hi, I have some linked views, and I'd wish to load a layout inside another
one.
For example i have a list of orders, then in my customer view i'd wish to
show the orders that belong to that customer only.
Now, how can i load a layout from another view?
Is there a way or i have to brutally require the file?
SaveOrder doesn't work in backend - why?
controllers/categories.php

<?php
defined('_JEXEC') or die;
jimport('joomla.application.co mponent.controlleradmin');
class gpLSControllerCategories extends JControllerAdmin
{
public function getModel($name = 'Category', $prefix = 'gpLS',
$config = array('ignore_request' => true))
{
$model = parent::getModel($name, $prefix, $config);
Joomla2.5 how to set access for different group in ACL
Hi,

Normally,ACL will have default access setting for every groups...

For example:

Author group will have only access for Create.

Manager group will not have access for Configure.

Administrator will not have access for edit/edit state.

But for me i need to set default access for certain group when i
JUser->delte() ?
Hi,
The JUser->delete methos deletes a user from the database? I mean it
is deleten in all nedeed tables?
Thanks
costume field duplicated
Aloha all together,

I've created a costume field an that is now shown duplicated in some forms.

protected function getInput()
{
$html = '<div class="';
$html .= $this->element['class'] ? (string)$this->element['class' ]
$html .= '"><span class="labeltitle">';
Adding new path
I want to add following mime types to an server.

AddType video/x-flv .flv
AddType video/ogg .ogv
AddType video/mp4 .mp4
AddType video/quicktime .mov
AddType video/webm .webm
Addtype video/x-m4v .m4v
AddType audio/ogg .oga .ogg
AddType audio/mpeg .mp3
AddType audio/mp4a-latm .aac .m4a

Please tell me the path where these new mime types are storing ?
multimedia Joomla sites
Can you please send me the joomla sites where multimedia audio and
video files are used.
My joomla 2.5 site("Ionosphere template provided by Rockettheme ") is not supporting module with in article
Hi friends,
My wesite "[link]" is not supporting the module
within article .when i remove the {module [175] } line from the
article it works well.Actually am using one form provided by chrono
forms in contact us page.it doesn't even support the validations in
that.and submenus are not visible when contact us menu is
Storing a value associated with a component
I'm working on a component which acts as a wrapper for a 3rd party
product.

As part of the component I want to be able to install the latest
version of that product, and then keep track of the version so that I
can later check whether it is still up to date.

To do that, I need somewhere to store the current product version.
Re: [jgen] Catch fatal error?
One way to do this is simply to do a query on that VIN first, before
trying to add the row. That way, there is no database error and you
can do what you like with the result. Good luck. Mark
module caching
hello all!
i am new to development so i believe for most of you the answer to my
question will be very common.
i recently downloaded module that displays thumbnails of certain images.
this module doesn't have implemented caching option, but i would like that
to speed up my site a little bit.
i already put this code in xml file of the module:
controller.php file is not working
Hi,

I am creating one component in Joomla2.5 , Right now the
controller.php file is not calling.

<?php

defined('_JEXEC') or die;

jimport('joomla.application.co mponent.controller');

class mycomponentController extends JController
{

public function display($cachable = false)
{
video not found or access denied
I have " JW Player " for website.
But i have get this error message "video not found or access denied".
also checked for audio fil but it is correct.
Please give me the solution.
Joomla and webservices
Please help me, where can I find info on Joomla 2.5 webservice interface?
The webservice is built in component or lost in version 2.5?
The problem is that different environments to use this webservices.
Joomla Router + JRoute + multi languages
Hello,

Currently is there a way to manage in the joomla router of a component,
multi-languages links ?

If on the same pages, some links should be in english, some in french, some
in spanish.

And in your SEF URL, you have some JText::_('MY_DEFINE'), this will be
translated all the time in the current language and not in the URL language
Load language ini file in a php variable ?
Hello,

Is there a built-in function or code in joomla to be able to load all
translations of a language file in a php variable ?

I need to be able to get at the same time the translations of a language
file in different languages. So I would like to load all the translations
in a array indexed by the language code.
Hit me!
I want to remove "hits" from all articles.
The global setting of article is set to "Hide" on "hits".
This works on main page but if you click on the title or read more, and you
will get "hits".
Also, when you click on the "print" icon, "hits" appears.
There are two other settings for "hits" on articles: on menus and
Regarding - Music player for websites
How to play aac files on JW Web music Player.

Please tell me the web player which is useful for both audio and
video.

I needs web player mostly for ( MP3,MP4,3GP,AAC) files.
cross checking tables?
I would like to make sure the data being saved refers to an item whose
parent owns it. Basically:
TableA
id
child_id
parent_id
TableChild
id
parent_id
TableParent
id
user_id
TableA may have neither child_id nor parent_id, parent_id and not child_id,
or both ids.
In the model for my A entity, I tried to pull up the models for my child
Tasks implementation through getting common URLs and SEF
Hi there!
Such a thing. I'm just a beginner and still can't find any solution for
2.5. I don't understand how to treat tasks when URL parameters switched to
SEF. If I use common URL that's OK, I set a method that named just like
task name and Joomla! handles it. But if I try to do the same using SEF I
Variables for view - how can I get them?
Hello!

I would like to have some params within my component's view.
I looked at:

[link]
[link]

It's almost OK, but ...
frontend menu file
Aloha,

is there a how to for creating the metadata.xml file? Didn't found good
information on docs.j.org …

vg
Regarding - Cache system
How to work with caching in joomla .

If i used xcache then in which folder data is stored.

Please help........
Wiki Wednesday 9 May 2012
Thanks this week go to Brian Teeman for taking on the task of killing
orphans! That is, flagging orphaned pages on the wiki for deletion.

All tasks from the last two weeks are still open, so don’t be shy, if you
fancy helping us out, just get started.

Here are this week’s tasks:

Task #6
JForm
Aloha,

I'm using the new jform class and want to generate a calendar field. It
works till the thing that the today date is not shown on loading. I've
found $this->value == now in the code so I tried to use that but several
ways I tried didn't work …

<field
type="calendar"
menu item access control
The entity I work for has me working on modifying Joomla to add finer
grained access control for menu items. Currently, the permissions for
editing menu items is either all or none. This is unlike the permissions
for articles which can allow for editing only some of the articles. A look
at the code explains why.
passing parent id when adding child items?
I've had some trouble getting this to work - basically, I have a list of
items, and I click a link on that list to get to a list of child items.
From there, I want to be able to add a child item, and I need to pass the
parent id along so the new child can be associated with its parent.
The other part I need is for the parent id to be available to the child
Error uninstalling package
hi, i have an error that's driving me mad.
I have created a package, made by a component and a plugin.
When i try to install/update it, there are no problems; but if i try to
uninstall it, everything goes bad.
It seems that the uninstaller won't trigger the uninstall queries, so when
i try to reinstall it, i got a db error (since i have some insert query to
Component Icons
I have a simple component that installs fine and works as expected BUT
my icons don't show in the Component menu and/or sub menu when I'm in
any other component the Admin area. When I am in my components
screens the icons appear, both in the menu and on the header of the
page no problems.

What is the trick to having my icons showing against my component menu
How to play MP4 file on flash player
How to play MP4 file on flash player
Regarding Podcast Manager
Hello all

Can anyone tell me how podcast manager in joomla 1.5 works.

Is there any component available on joomla site

Thanks
Prashant
Debugging Joomla CLI?
I'm working on a Joomla CLI script, and am having problems trying to debug
(eclipse/xdebug). The CLI script launches from the command line just fine,
but when I debug it from within Joomla (as php cli), The script exits with
the following error:
Database connection error (1): The MySQL adapter 'mysqli' is not available.
Joomla module displayed on external website
I have a client with several websites - not all Joomla sites, but
we're working on that. They have a header with general info and links
they want to display on all of their sites. Adding it in Joomla is
easy, it's basically a fancy menu module. How can I display that
module on other websites so that one admin can control the menu from a
How to display some XML datas in a php file ?
Hi all,

I would like to recover some data of the XML file to display them with
PHP :
<author> .....</author>
<version> ....</version>
etc

I've tried this :
[code]<?php echo $this->xml->version;?>[/code]
I've got this notice :
Notice: Trying to get property of non-object in C:\wamp\www\test-seo
Regarding - Site runs at low speed
Hello all

My sites network traffic 6132 packets. I think it is too large .And my
site becomes slow.

Can anyone tell me why this happens.

And how to minimize these network traffic.

.

Thanks
Prashant Birajdar
Joomla Registration Form redirect to Paypal
Hi!
I'm using default Joomla registration form. I want, when user submit the
registration form then paypal should be called... Please tell me how can i
implement this. Thanks
Problem with pagination and $limitstart
My component's list model is no longer providing a $limiststart or $start
to the model using JModelList
You can see if working at [link] -
[link]
Try to paginate through the list - in the link at the bottom the correct
$start value is displayed but ignored in the model. This also happens if a
HTML code in options?
Hi,
I have a "textarea" field in the "config.xml" because I want to add an
option where the user can type a custom HTML.
But when I place the HTML and click "Save & Close" button, when I open
the options the field is empty!
Anybody knows why?
Thanks
Make JDatabase::replacePrefix() public
When debugging components it is useful to output the query using the
getQuery() method. However the output still retains the table prefix
placeholder (#__).
It would be good to be able to output the query with the prefix
substitution already done.
The call $db->replacePrefix($db->getQue ry()) will not work because the