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301 Redirect using htaccess file
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301 Redirect using htaccess file

There are a lot of articles & posts out there that cover the same topic, but as this took me the good part of an hour just to find out, I'm posting it here so I never have to look for it again. A client changed their website domain address and wanted any person visiting the old domain to be redirected to the new domain...

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PHP: First name and Initial of Surname
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PHP: First name and Initial of Surname

A note for myself on some code to convert a string of two names into a string made up of the first name and then using the initial of the second name. -- What I have John Smith Fred.Bloggs -- What I want John S. Fred B. How?

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JComments 2.3.0 with ReCaptcha in Joomla 2.5.x
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JComments 2.3.0 with ReCaptcha in Joomla 2.5.x

Posting this as it was rather rewarding to achieve and I hope will be of some use to others in the same boat. This article details how to replace jComments built-in kCaptcha with Google's ReCaptcha. Note that I have an article on how to do this with a ReCaptcha alternative called PlayThru by AreYouAHuman.com

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Registered Users Cannot Login - Super Users Can
Joomla

Registered Users Cannot Login - Super Users Can

This article is a note on how I fixed an issue on a client site. The website had a redirect on the login which would go to a page accessible by "registered" users but only "Super Users" could actually login. "Registered" users would not be able to login, despite their status in the admin panel saying "enabled" and "act...

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ReCaptcha disappears from Joomla 2.5 Registration
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ReCaptcha disappears from Joomla 2.5 Registration

This is an extract from a forum which solved our problem for why the ReCaptcha part disappears from the user registration form. We have Joomla 2.5.16 installed and no new updates for a plugin that comes with Joomla 2.5 install. How? Source: Joomla! • View topic - Cannot get recaptcha to display on registration form...

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Call to a member function mark() on a non-object in Joomla CMS
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Call to a member function mark() on a non-object in Joomla CMS

This is a quick note on one reason you may get the above error in a Joomla CMS environment. Call to a member function mark() on a non-object in /public_html/index.php How? Not really a solution here because this is indicating that the system can't find the core framework files. Yes the bad news is you have lost your si...

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Creating a custom form field type for Joomla XML fieldset
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Creating a custom form field type for Joomla XML fieldset

I'm writing a Joomla 2.5.x component for logging time and projects and need a dropdown to have selectable options restricted to the logged-in user. This is specified in the XML file of the custom Joomla component and needs some SQL dependent on some dynamic variables.

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