Blog entries tagged troubleshooting

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...

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...

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...