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Create Custom URL Fields in JomSocial Image links to Social Networks

Cheryl Allin — Sat, 19 Feb 2011 17:02:05 +0100

I'm very proud of myself today. I'm in NO way a PHP programmer, I've just been a Joomla user since before Joomla was Joomla and have never been afraid to jump in and beat it to submission whenever I've had an idea. Sometimes, extension developers will solve your crisis for you. Other times, you have to dig in and create your own solutions.

Yesterday, I was customizing one of my sites and working on getting JomSocial looking pretty. It's often a case of viewing the source to see what IRead More...

Fatal Errors in Joomla Extensions

Cheryl Allin — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 08:00:00 +0100

Nothing can be more frustrating than installing a hot new component or module, going to your Joomla website, hitting refresh only to be presented with some blasted error such as "Fatal Error: Call to a member function get() on a non-object in blah blah on line blah blah." It makes you want to scream and pull your hair out!

This has happened to me countless times and unfortunately, when you're using an Open Source system like Joomla and open source extensions (and somRead More...

Display a Joomla Component on your Frontpage

Cheryl Allin — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 07:00:00 +0100

In an earlier tutorial, I explained how your frontpage content item will disappear if you don't have the default 'Home' link at the top of your Main Menu. But, what if you don't want your 'Welcome to the website' content item on the Frontpage, but you would rather have Sobi or CMS Realty to display instead? Believe it or not, I didn't at first realize how to do this (but should have).

If you're like me - it may not be intuitive that if you put a Component link at Read More...

Backup your Joomla site or move to a different server

Cheryl Allin — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 13:39:19 +0100

Since I recently did this for a client, I thought I'd create a quick (well, maybe not so quick) and easy (ok, not so easy either) tutorial on how you can backup your Joomla site and move it to a new web host.

Since Joomla is made up mostly of files and folders with a MySQL database, we'll want to backup both. The best way to start is to create a backup folder on your PC and then:

1. Using FTP, copy your Joomla site's configuration.php file over intoRead More...

Pull a content item into another site without header or columns

Cheryl Allin — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 07:00:00 +0100

If you've ever wanted to frame a page of your website on another site or another area of your website for any reason, attempting it in Joomla may have given you fits as there's no obvious way to do it without also pullng in your pretty header and columns.

There is an easy answer that can be pretty handy - notice most content item URLs have "index.php?..." - just copy the URL you want to use elsewhere, and add a numeral "2" after 'index' and you'll Read More...

Joomla Front Page Has Disappeared

Cheryl Allin — Wed, 24 Jan 2007 08:00:00 +0100

This one can be frustrating - you're working hard on your Joomla site and suddenly your front page content doesn't show! First, check and make sure you've got a link to the Frontpage component in the Main Menu - and be certain it is published.

If you decide you want a "top" menu rather than a left or right column menu, simply use the "main menu' as the source for your chosen menu (yes, you have a 'top menu' but Joomla likes the main menu to be the "Read More...

I'm New to Joomla, Where do I start?

Cheryl Allin — Thu, 18 Jan 2007 09:01:36 +0100

For this article, I'm going to assume you've managed to get Joomla installed on your website host and now you're looking around in the back end and unsure what to do next.

The first think you'll want to do is decide on your websites
structure. You're going to have topics you'll want to cover with your
website such as what the site is for, what services you provide, what
news you want to get out, etc. These will roughly equate to the
'SRead More...

Join the Joomlasphere

Cheryl Allin — Thu, 30 Nov 2006 08:00:00 +0100

Whether new or old to Joomla, you absolutely cannot live without the Joomlasphere! It's a single place to read everything Joomla, so be sure to visit today and grab the RSS feeds. You'll be up to date on new template releases, cool sites that use Joomla, hot new extentions and industry news!

Welcome to the Joomla Wiz Tips and Resources Site

Cheryl Allin — Tue, 07 Nov 2006 08:00:00 +0100

Hello and welcome to the website! I hope to become your resource for learning just how powerful Joomla can be for your website needs. I've been working in a Joomla environment for several years now. When I first started, I knew absolutely nothing about PHO, MySQL or CSS - and thanks to Joomla and many late nights of hair pulling and screaming, I feel I've got a decent grip on this great content management system. My hope with this website is to create a database of Read More...