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  1. Invalid arguments passed in router.php on line 325https://www.joellipman.com/articles/cms/joomla/invalid-arguments-passed-in-routerphp-on-line-325.html

    on line 325 Where "..." is the path on your server. If you're writing a component, then ask yourself if you really need the router.php file. Mine was generated by "http://www.notwebdesign.com/joomla-component-creator/". I don't need one because although...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Joomla
    • Language: *
  2. Joomla article modal with clear buttonhttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/cms/joomla/joomla-article-modal-with-clear-button.html

    A usage example is: Just copy & paste the below into a PHP file and include it in your component, the solution is really that straightforward. Feel free to check for any dodgy code but I've simply added the clear button to the existing article modal...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Joomla
    • Language: en-GB
  3. Improve Default Joomla Search https://www.joellipman.com/articles/cms/joomla/improve-default-joomla-search-heuristics.html

    files are enough to start adding your own code to make the "relevance" ordering more relevant.... ok still to come as I'm really happy with what the above already improves! Download the above modified files. The following ZIP file contains the default...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Joomla
    • Language: en-GB
  4. Migrate Joomla Users to WordPresshttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/cms/wordpress/migrate-joomla-users-to-wordpress.html

    categories like Wordpress. There are lots of commercial migrators out there and they all seem to have this problem. I'm really keen not to ask all my users to have to change their passwords but that is what the commercial applications are doing. The...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Wordpress
    • Language: en-GB
  5. List all cron jobs for all usershttps://www.joellipman.com/component/content/article/list-all-cron-jobs-for-all-users.html?catid=63&Itemid=165

    little script I found on Stack Overflow. Wasn't really my solution as after 2 hours, realised that the customer had been looking at the wrong server. But this script showed me where the cron job we intended was located. #!/bin/bash # System-wide crontab...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Linux
    • Language: *
  6. SSRS Hide results table if emptyhttps://www.joellipman.com/component/content/article/ssrs-hide-results-table-if-empty.html?catid=75&Itemid=165

    Studio (BIDS) version 2008 through combining Transact-SQL and MDX expressions" but boy what a mouthful, and it's not really iterating anymore. So it's "SSRS Hide results table if empty" though I will add that if you wanted to put a message instead of...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: SQL Server Reporting Services
    • Language: en-GB
  7. 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

    do the select to check that the update happened. Unfortunately this means that when the report was executed, it could only really display a message saying "executed stored procedure", "please click on the link to continue" and then the user would be...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: SQL Server Reporting Services
    • Language: en-GB
  8. 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

    how much delay this minor detail caused!!! No data displays in SSRS but procedure compiled without warnings - My fault really, the field name aliases specified in my second select query (the one preceded with "open cursor for") didn't match my SSRS...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: SQL Server Reporting Services
    • Language: en-GB
  9. Include a carriage return in a column headinghttps://www.joellipman.com/component/content/article/include-a-carriage-return-in-a-column-heading.html?catid=78&Itemid=165

    To: MS SQL Server 2008 R2 MS Windows 7 Enterprise (Client) MS Excel 2010 What? A really quick note on how to insert a carriage return or new line into the column name/alias (the header). It might seem trivial but these little aesthetic changes done at...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: SQL Server
    • Language: *
  10. 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

    Intro I know there are a lot of articles on the WWW detailing this process but none of them really worked for me. I recently changed job and no longer have all my test machines at work. Instead I only have the one workstation :eek Still I've been asked...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Windows OS
    • Language: *
  11. MySQL parameters in Excel 2007 PivotTableshttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/else/database/mysql/mysql-parameters-in-excel-2007-pivottables.html

    source: > Data tab > From Other Sources > From Microsoft Query > select Data Source Specify SQL Query: > Add Tables (not really just "close" this) > click on SQL button > Type/Paste your SQL Query > OK > Click on "Return Data" button Report Type: Select...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: MySQL
    • Language: en-GB
  12. What's the problem? Amusing computer issueshttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/cms/website-development/whats-the-problem-amusing-computer-reports.html

    "My computer has swallowed my CD-Rom, I put in the disk but when I eject the CD there's nothing in there!". I can't really have a go at customers as it took 4 IT technicians deliberating over 30 minutes (remote support so we weren't there in person):...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Web-Development
    • Language: *
  13. PHP & MySQL Search Enginehttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/cms/website-development/php/php-a-mysql-search-engine.html

    the purpose of cramming information endlessly in cyberspace. So we want to give a search engine to our users. This sounds really simple, we could try: $search_term_esc = AddSlashes($search_term); $sql = "SELECT * FROM Content WHERE content_body LIKE...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Personal Home Page
    • Language: en-GB
  14. Preg_Replace all strings between two tagshttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/cms/website-development/php/preg-replace-all-strings-between-two-tags.html

    string' $string_formatted = preg_replace ( '/\'([^\']+)\'/e', 'stripslashes(strip_tags("$0"))', $string_formatted ); // really important to suffix the expression with 'e' $string_formatted = preg_replace ( '/\'([^\']+)\'/', '$0', $string_formatted );...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Personal Home Page
    • Language: *
  15. Add attribute xsl:nil=true on empty elements using XSLThttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/cms/website-development/xml/xslt/add-attribute-xsl-nil-true-on-empty-elements-using-xslt.html

    at the XML output from SITS (this is a cut down version for demonstration purposes): 1234567 JOEL LIPMAN Two things to do really: Add the xmlns:xsi namespace in the xsl:stylesheet tag so that "xsi:nil=true" is valid. Test for a string length of greater...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: XML Stylesheet Language Transformations
    • Language: *
  16. Pancakeshttps://www.joellipman.com/component/content/article/pancakes.html?catid=96&Itemid=165

    it to lubricate the pan, using a wodge of kitchen paper to smear it round before you make each pancake. Now get the pan really hot, then turn the heat down to medium and, to start with, do a test pancake to see if you're using the correct amount of...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Hobbies
    • Language: *
  17. Xero API: Send Multiple Invoiceshttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/else/fintech/xero/xero-send-multiple-invoices.html

    A really quick article for anyone who got stumped by the same issue: How to send multiple invoices to Xero in one API call? Why? Our use-case is in Zoho Deluge which couldn't generate more than 5 invoices in a scheduled task because Xero only allows 5...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Xero
    • Language: *
  18. Stop Excel Row Height Self-Adjust on Refreshhttps://www.joellipman.com/component/content/article/stop-excel-row-height-self-adjust-on-refresh.html?catid=110&Itemid=165

    Training these people in adjusting row height would be like a magician revealing the secrets to his tricks... no it wasn't really, time was the issue. Additional conditions Direct access to our databases, both development and production, means that...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Excel
    • Language: en-GB
  19. DJI Phantom FC40 - Fun at the raceshttps://www.joellipman.com/component/content/article/dji-phantom-fc40-fun-at-the-races.html?catid=113&Itemid=165

    the reason I wasn't using my propeller guards was that I clean forgot which was rather reckless of me, but the winds were really strong, I'd doubled the cost of the quadcopter and that's my mate's girlfriend. I'll use the guards next time if the wind...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Quadcopters
    • Language: *
  20. Make bootstrap carousel responsive to swipehttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/cms/website-development/bootstrap/make-bootstrap-carousel-responsive-to-swipe.html

    How? Some will suggest to load the jQueryMobile library but that started messing up the template layouts for me. I really like the solution (and think it should be voted best answer) put forward by Mark Shiraldi: The code is minimal but does what it...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Bootstrap
    • Language: *
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