Security Checklistshttp://mail.joellipman.com/articles/cms/joomla/security-checklists.html

06 September 2009 the gist of http://docs.joomla.org/Security_Checkli … omla_Setup is as follows: Security Checklist 4 - Joomla Setup 1. Install official versions of Joomla 2. Change the default administrator username 3. Protect directories and files 4. Adjust file and...

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Adding a selectable background to a Yootheme templatehttp://mail.joellipman.com/articles/cms/joomla/adding-a-selectable-background-to-a-yootheme-template.html

19 November 2012 to: Joomla 2.5.8 Yootheme Template 2012 What? For any web-developer who can program in PHP/HTML, this would be easy to hard-code and override. However, the article below demonstrates how to make this an option that your client can switch off/on using...

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Warning: Save failed. Another menu item has the same aliashttp://mail.joellipman.com/articles/cms/joomla/warning-save-failed-another-menu-item-has-the-same-alias.html

13 March 2015 A quick article for Joomla CMS version 3.x on resolving a menu item alias conflict: Warning Save failed with the following error. Another menu item has the same alias in Root. Root is the top level parent You will need: Access to the Joomla...

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Convert foreign characters to English alphabethttp://mail.joellipman.com/articles/database/mysql/convert-foreign-characters-to-english-alphabet.html

13 June 2016 'ż', 'z'); Retrieve records with foreign characters: SELECT * FROM `myTable` WHERE `myColumn` REGEXP '[^A-Za-z0-9 -()\-.]' Joomla! Additional My Joomla website needed the following code to display the above foreign characters as entered into the Joomla...

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Using MetaMod to hide buttons from logged in usershttp://mail.joellipman.com/articles/cms/joomla/using-metamod-to-hide-buttons-from-logged-in-users.html

22 September 2009 Source: http://forum.joomla.org/viewtopic.php?f=431&t=401086&p=1693742#p1693742 It's been difficult to find an easy solution to hide menu items from registered users. Finally, I found a solution that works 100% for me using the MetaMod tool without...

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K2 Items disappearhttp://mail.joellipman.com/articles/cms/joomla/k2-items-disappear.html

27 August 2010 Basically you've woken up this morning, visited your website, and all your K2 articles are gone !!!! If you login to your Joomla! administration panel (back-end) and look under k2 items, you should get the following error: Warning: Invalid argument...

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Joes Word Cloud (JWC)http://mail.joellipman.com/component/content/article/module-joes-word-cloud-jwc.html?catid=40

13 October 2010 Download the appropriate file for your system (see compatibility table below) Login to your Joomla admin panel and install as per usual. How to Use Install the ZIP using your Joomla! Admin Panel > Extension Manager View the module on your front-end to...

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Joes FREE Website Thumbnailer (JWT)http://mail.joellipman.com/component/content/article/joes-free-website-thumbnailer.html?catid=40

28 June 2011 visits each website in a list, takes a picture, converts it to a thumbnail. I then upload the images to my server and this Joomla! CMS uses them. Maybe I'll run this program again in a month, maybe a year. My websites don't depend on real-time...

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Joes Revolver Map (JRM)http://mail.joellipman.com/component/content/article/joes-revolver-map-jrm.html?catid=40

07 December 2012 Configure the map to the settings you want. Copy the ID reference as per the "Important Note" below. Login to your Joomla website admin panel Install this module as per usual (will auto-install) Go to Extensions > Module Manager Paste the ID code you...

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Quickly update all content in mySQL database replacing a stringhttp://mail.joellipman.com/articles/database/mysql/quickly-update-all-content-replacing-a-string.html

03 February 2013 This is an article on how to replace a string with another in all your joomla articles without modifying other data such as modified date and author. Why? I used to have a third-party plugin that would replace my HTML tags with . Not I want to switch...

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Thank You for your donation!http://mail.joellipman.com/thank-you-for-your-donation.html

08 August 2010 that both OpenSource and Commercial applications have their benefits and neither should go. My day job doesn't involve any Joomla! material but has many Content Management Systems (CMS) commercial equivalents. I use any donations to justify working on...

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Frontpage Item Orderinghttp://mail.joellipman.com/articles/cms/joomla/frontpage-item-ordering.html

16 September 2010 page) was confusing me. The quick answer is that it is within the menu manager > main menu > menu item section of your Joomla! Admin Panel. Certain Advanced Parameters in your Menu Item called "Home" must be set correctly for the article ordering you...

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Error 404 Component Not Found when enabling SEF URLshttp://mail.joellipman.com/articles/cms/joomla/404-component-not-found-sef.html

02 September 2015 (instead of being on http://test1.joellipman.com), I found I could disable the third-party SEF extension and enable my Joomla SEF settings... ??? This is a Joomla 3.x issue.

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SELECT COUNT(DISTINCT name) FROM tablehttp://mail.joellipman.com/articles/cms/joomla/select-count-distinct-name-from-table.html

24 September 2015 A quick article to remind me about this issue. Not sure whether it is specific to the Joomla Content Management System, but within the Joomla! CMS, an error 1054 comes up if you use the above statement. Why? The MySQL statement SELECT COUNT(DISTINCT...

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Docman - Uploaded a document and can't see ithttp://mail.joellipman.com/articles/cms/joomla/docman-uploaded-a-document-and-cant-see-it.html

29 June 2009 As with all Joomla articles and files, you need to check that they have been published and approved. Sometimes you don't have to and it's all automatic, but if they're not showing: Check that they're in the right section and category Check that they...

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Mediawiki Extension for Camtasia Studio SWF videoshttp://mail.joellipman.com/articles/cms/mediawiki/mediawiki-extension-for-camtasia-studio-swf-videos.html

08 October 2009 browsed the Internet and no one seemed to have done this before. Fortunately, MediaWiki extensions are easier to write than Joomla CMS ones :c) This article shows you how to get your MediaWiki system to display your Camtasia Studio SWF files in it's...

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Uninstalling AEC Central and installing Community Builderhttp://mail.joellipman.com/articles/cms/joomla/uninstalling-aec-central-and-installing-community-builder.html

20 January 2010 side and the complicated tasks of invoicing, but Community Builder provides more options for your website members. If Joomlapolis ever complete the CB Subscription component then there is no need for AEC anymore. For this we're basically going to follow...

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Project Plan for Freelance Websitehttp://mail.joellipman.com/articles/web-development/project-plan-for-freelance-website.html

25 February 2010 Assign passwords and instructions on changing each password Website Initiation For JoelLipman.Com to do: Download latest Joomla, MediaWiki, Wordpress or other CMS version (if it has to be purchased, discuss with client) Install the CMS with respective...

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Lazy stats: Yootheme / Gavick Pro / Rocket Theme Comparisonhttp://mail.joellipman.com/articles/cms/joomla/lazy-stats-yootheme-and-gavick-pro.html

08 April 2010 So this is a comparison chart (at least in my opinion) of 3 major joomla template/extension providers. When I'm less caught up in work I'll try adding to this article. But here's some lazy stats: Package Comparison Table Personal Business Developer...

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Language Codeshttp://mail.joellipman.com/articles/cms/joomla/language-codes.html

13 September 2010 only write english files (en-GB) but it's not very international and narrow-minded to think only English speakers will use Joomla! CMS. The below is for reference only: Language Codes af Afrikaans sq Albanian ar-sa Arabic (Saudi Arabia) ar-iq Arabic...

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