Migrate Joomla! 1.5.x to 2.5.x+https://www.joellipman.com/articles/cms/joomla/migrating-from-joomla-15-to-16.html

30 January 2011 (top right) Check your Joomla Admin User Each new Joomla version is trying a different method making this very diffcult to maintain. Check that the "super administrators" for Joomla 1.5 are in your new Joomla site (as "Super Users"). Check that the...

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• Author: Joel Lipman
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Could not instantiate mail functionhttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/cms/joomla/could-not-instantiate-mail-function.html

09 May 2011 but it has some useful guidelines for these kind of issues: How to setup the Mail System 1) hostname must not match any domain that is being used on the system. Example, if you have a domain called domain.com and you want to recieve mail on...

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JComments 2.3.0 with ReCaptcha in Joomla 2.5.xhttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/cms/joomla/jcomments-2-3-0-with-recaptcha-in-joomla-2-5-x.html

20 March 2014 Why? The kCaptcha used by the jComments extension is easily automated and no longer blocks spam comments. How? So the main bulk came from the JoomlaTune website but as it was a forum post that may get moved/deleted, I've copied most of it and put it...

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Setting up your store to use SSLhttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/else/e-commerce/setting-up-your-store-to-use-ssl.html

11 September 2009 "Shared SSL" or the option to buy a "Dedicated SSL" certificate. Shared SSL means that your store will run using two domains your master domain name and shared secure domain which may be used by other customers of your hosting company. Dedicated SSL...

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• Author: Joel Lipman
• Category: eCommerce Systems
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Basic Android App using Google Maps and Current Locationhttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/else/app-dev/android-os/basic-android-app-using-google-maps-and-current-location.html

10 October 2014 to Google Maps. Follow On Article/Sequel Next: Article on separating the map into a sub-activity rather than it being the main activity - Android OS: Add GoogleMap as fragment.

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• Author: Joel Lipman
• Category: AndroidOS
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Android: Function to let user take photo or choose existinghttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/else/app-dev/android-os/android-function-to-let-user-take-photo-or-choose-existing.html

04 November 2014 another XML with an identifier called @+id/hangar_aircraft_photo. The following is a full example of what can be added to a Main Activity Java file and will display an AlertDialog with the 3 options to "take a photo", "choose from existing", or...

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• Author: Joel Lipman
• Category: AndroidOS
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SSRS Retrieving Oracle Stored Procedure Success or ErrorLevelhttps://www.joellipman.com/component/content/article/ssrs-retrieving-oracle-stored-procedure-success-or-errorlevel.html?catid=75&Itemid=165

04 November 2011 data sources in SSRS. A user will specify the student reference in the parameters of the first report (the one with all the main details), as well as a job reference (for audit purposes) and click "View Report". The report will refresh with a link to a...

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• Author: Joel Lipman
• Category: SQL Server Reporting Services
• Language: en-GB

Returning Oracle Stored Procedure Resultset in SSRShttps://www.joellipman.com/component/content/article/returning-oracle-stored-procedure-resultset-in-ssrs.html?catid=75&Itemid=165

19 January 2012 is, you can find this info on another site as this article focuses on getting an Oracle stored procedure to work with SSRS. Main Example: My stored procedure will do the following: Get a student ID number based on the student username Get a student's...

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• Author: Joel Lipman
• Category: SQL Server Reporting Services
• Language: en-GB

Running Internet Explorer 6, 7, 8 as standaloneshttps://www.joellipman.com/component/content/article/running-internet-explorer-6-7-8-as-standalones.html?catid=80&Itemid=165

18 May 2010 creating a usable virtual hard disk. When it's done click on the small "Start" button below the "Remove" button (not your main Start menu button) As soon as it loads, press DEL to enter the BIOS setup. Navigate to the "Boot" section with the left &...

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• Author: Joel Lipman
• Category: Windows OS
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Run commands for Windowshttps://www.joellipman.com/component/content/article/run-commands-for-windows.html?catid=80&Itemid=165

05 July 2011 winword Microsoft Syncronization Tool mobsync Minesweeper Game winmine Mouse Properties control mouse Mouse Properties main.cpl Nero (if installed) nero Netmeeting conf Network Connections control netconnections Network Connections ncpa.cpl Network...

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• Author: Joel Lipman
• Category: Windows OS
• Language: en-GB

Slideshow div layer through a windowhttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/cms/website-development/mootools/slideshow-div-layer-through-a-window.html

11 September 2012 only appear within the boundary of the parent div layer. Why? I'm making a slideshow from scratch. How? The idea is: Use two main div layers, I'm going to refer to them as "window_slide" and "inner_window". Slide divs to be added inside the...

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• Author: Joel Lipman
• Category: MooTools Framework
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Blank columns issue when exporting to Excel (Data Only) from Crystal Reportshttps://www.joellipman.com/component/content/article/blank-columns-issue-when-exporting-to-excel-data-only-from-crystal-reports.html?catid=110&Itemid=165

15 June 2010 A "Crystal Decisions" documentation. Blank columns appear when exporting to Excel. There are four main causes for extra blank columns to appear in a worksheet. Cause 1: Fields in the same column are not aligned with guidelines or snap-togrid To prevent...

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• Author: Joel Lipman
• Category: Excel
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Passwords: Did-you-knowhttps://www.joellipman.com/component/content/article/passwords-did-you-know.html?catid=116&Itemid=165

15 November 2010 to connect to your computer and to automatically download all the passwords. (source: NirSoft Recovery Tools 01/2008) 4 main techniques used in getting your password: Steal It (by looking over someone's shoulder), Guess It, Brute Force (=try every...

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• Author: Joel Lipman
• Category: IT Support
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Ubuntu as a media serverhttps://www.joellipman.com/component/content/article/ubuntu-as-a-media-server.html?catid=63&Itemid=165

19 September 2009 tv and not a pc monitor. I'd like to have 1 screen adjustment tool that correctly adjusts both the lmce desktop and the main ubuntu desktop, so even when using the Ubuntu desktop on a TV, the top nav isn't cropped. Any ideas?

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• Author: Joel Lipman
• Category: Linux
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Convert Decimal (Person Days) to Time in Excelhttps://www.joellipman.com/component/content/article/convert-decimal-person-days-to-time-in-excel.html?catid=110&Itemid=165

13 February 2013 an excel spreadsheet which reports against a mySQL database and reads time spent on projects by IT Service colleagues. The main report is a pivot table with staff members along the top, tasks down the first column, and time spent in the form of person...

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• Author: Joel Lipman
• Category: Excel
• Language: en-GB

Prices get rounded up in Virtuemarthttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/else/e-commerce/virtuemart/prices-get-rounded-up-in-virtuemart.html

27 September 2009 to change the number_format to convert any number to a currency or two decimal places. Another suggestion was to alter the main virtuemart database table (jos_vm_prodcut_price)... Don't do any of these things! After modifying tax rates and ensuring...

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• Author: Joel Lipman
• Category: Virtuemart
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