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Add a template to the dropdown in Kunena
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Add a template to the dropdown in Kunena

This is what I had to do to be able to add another template to the dropdown in the Kunena configuration panel: Download your site from your server to a copy on your local disk (hard disk, flash drive, etc) Make sure that the \components\com_kunena\template folder is on your local disk Make a copy of the default folder...

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View your available module positions
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View your available module positions

Update for Joomla 2.5.x Note that Joomla versions 1.6 upwards include this as an option in the global configuration settings which you can access using your Joomla admin panel: Template Manager Options Preview Module Positions -> Disabled or Enabled You will still need to suffix the frontend URL with ?tp=1 Joomla 1.5.x...

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Restoring your WYSIWYG editor after upgrading Joomla
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Restoring your WYSIWYG editor after upgrading Joomla

The Issue Basically that after upgrading Joomla, my TinyMCE WYSIWYG (What-you-see-is-what-you-get) editor halved its number of buttons and I couldn't add code snippets... The Fix Just installed JoomlaFCK WYSIWYG Editor, an editor I use with my day job's MediaWiki software and it's pretty amazing. Incredibly cross-brows...

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Applying a button and centering it in the RocketTheme Affinity template
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Applying a button and centering it in the RocketTheme Affinity template

This took me a while to do so I thought I'd document it for future reference. The Issue See the restore default setting link at the bottom of this page in the footer? I wanted to put one of the styled buttons behind it but then found that there's a lot more to do than just that. Instructions Open the templates/rt_affin...

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Add the website name to the page title in Joomla!
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Add the website name to the page title in Joomla!

Change Page Title in WebsiteHere are some instructions on changing the page title in Joomla! CMS to display both the actual page title and other stuff. As I like doing this for this particular website (my personal one) in every version of Joomla it's been upgraded to, I've noticed some differences that I've noted down...

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Security Checklists
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Security Checklists

Basically 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 directory permissions 5. Remove unneeded files 6. Turn Reg...

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Hide Menu Item from Registered and Special
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Hide Menu Item from Registered and Special

Hide Menu Item from Registered and Special Refer to this link if you want to clean out a front-end admin interface with your website's style. The following is from http://forum.joomla.org/viewtopic.php?f=32&t=252258&start=0 at this date/time. Can't simply hide an item but can hide a menu (of course the menu could have...

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How to redirect the visitor after the contact page
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How to redirect the visitor after the contact page

How to redirect the visitor after the contact page: Open Contact.php and go to line 473 - 475 and change the line: $link = ‘index.php?option=com_contact&task=view&contact_id=’. $contact[0]->id .’&Itemid=’. $Itemid; mosRedirect( $link, _THANK_MESSAGE ) replace that code with the URL for the contact Thank-you page as def...

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