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  1. Could not instantiate mail functionhttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/cms/joomla/could-not-instantiate-mail-function.html

    administrator of this site. Check you can send email from that server ERROR: Message not sent. Server replied: Connection refused 111 Can't open SMTP stream. One common problem people have is an incorrectly setup mail system. Here is a list of rules...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Joomla
    • Language: *
  2. Connect to Joomla database in standalone scripthttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/cms/joomla/connect-to-joomla-database-in-standalone-script.html

    to use the $_GET, $_POST or $_SESSION methods. Or redeclare it after the above. MYSQLI_USE_RESULT allows these results to be used once, remove it if you need counts or to use the data later on. Further Post-Joomla 2.5 aides Validating a login was...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Joomla
    • Language: en-GB
  3. Setup a copy of your Joomla websitehttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/cms/joomla/setup-a-copy-of-your-joomla-website.html

    for public use. This allows for a good test bed and stable releases, error and hopefully risk-free. How? Here's one method I used based on the services available to my client: Copy all files of your main website to another folder. Setup an FTP account...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Joomla
    • Language: en-GB
  4. Call to a member function mark() on a non-object in Joomla CMShttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/cms/joomla/call-to-a-member-function-mark-on-a-non-object.html

    and component files. Here are some tips when restoring the site to return it to as it was. The error refers to a function used by the core framework. Comment it out and you get an error referring to the includes/framework.php file. Comment that out and...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Joomla
    • Language: en-GB
  5. Registered Users Cannot Login - Super Users Canhttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/cms/joomla/registered-users-cannot-login-super-users-can.html

    would not be able to login, despite their status in the admin panel saying "enabled" and "activated" (not blocked). If I used a test account, none of the Joomla groups, not even "Administrators" could login. However set the same test account to a "Super...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Joomla
    • Language: en-GB
  6. Export Joomla Users scripthttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/cms/joomla/export-joomla-users-script.html

    the page from a browser and you should get all your users listed... For security reasons, delete the file after you have used it. IT IS A SERIOUSLY BAD IDEA TO LEAVE THIS FILE ON YOUR WEBSITE FOR ANYONE TO ACCESS!!! DELETE IT AFTER USE.

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Joomla
    • Language: en-GB
  7. 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

    that I have an article on how to do this with a ReCaptcha alternative called PlayThru by AreYouAHuman.com 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...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Joomla
    • Language: *
  8. ReCaptcha alternative: Integrate PlayThru in JComments 2.3 for Joomla 2.5https://www.joellipman.com/articles/cms/joomla/recaptcha-alternative-integrate-playthru-in-jcomments-for-joomla.html

    but instead of using ReCaptcha, we're going to use an alternative called PlayThru by AreYouAHuman.Com. Why? The kCaptcha used by the jComments extension is easily automated and no longer blocks spam comments. How? So I have come up with what I consider...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Joomla
    • Language: *
  9. ReCaptcha alternative: Integrate PlayThru in JComments 3.0 for Joomla 3.2https://www.joellipman.com/articles/cms/joomla/recaptcha-alternative-integrate-playthru-in-jcomments-3-0-for-joomla-3-2.html

    this is for a later version of the components using the alternative called PlayThru by AreYouAHuman.Com. Why? The kCaptcha used by the jComments extension is easily automated and no longer blocks spam comments. Google's ReCaptcha is overrun by click...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Joomla
    • Language: *
  10. Protecting your Joomla Administrator Sectionhttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/cms/joomla/protecting-your-joomla-administrator-section.html

    those not interested in logging into the administrator section). Updated for Joomla 3.x but pretty much the same system as used for previous versions of Joomla. I hope this helps you tune down those pesky visitors.

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Joomla
    • Language: en-GB
  11. Upgrading Joomla CMS version 3.x to Joomla CMS 5.xhttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/cms/joomla/upgrading-joomla-cms-version-3-x-to-joomla-cms-5-x.html

    An article for me or for whoever dares to upgrade their Joomla CMS from version 3 to version 5. Disclaimer: I'm used to doing this without any third-party extensions. I strongly recommend you do a backup beforehand of the database and of all your files...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Joomla
    • Language: *
  12. MacOs: Transcribe Training Video using OpenAI Whisperhttps://www.joellipman.com/component/content/article/macos-transcribe-training-video-using-openai-whisper.html?catid=60&Itemid=165

    more than 10 files at a time. I have a 1.5 Gb video which has a duration of 5.5 hours. I struggled with this and ultimately used VOSK but I'm leaving the instructions here in case it works for you. Pre-amble Requires Homebriew, FFMPEG, PIP, and Python:...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Apple
    • Language: *
  13. Upload file to Google Drive with PHP/cURL and API REST v3 (without Client Library)https://www.joellipman.com/component/content/article/upload-file-to-google-drive-with-php-curl-and-api-rest-v3-without-library-install.html?catid=61&Itemid=165

    So this is supposed to be a quick article detailing how I used a PHP function to upload a video file to Google Drive. Note that this example does not involve installing the Google Client Library for PHP. So no classes or built-in functions that you...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Google
    • Language: en-GB
  14. Google Drive API v3 - OAuth2 using Service Account in PHP/JWThttps://www.joellipman.com/component/content/article/google-drive-oauth-using-service-account-in-php.html?catid=61&Itemid=165

    explaining the code needed to write a PHP script which generates an access token for a service account which in turn is used to list files in a team's Google Drive. This is very different to my code for OAuth when attended: Google Authentication - OAuth...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Google
    • Language: en-GB
  15. Setting up your store to use SSLhttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/else/e-commerce/setting-up-your-store-to-use-ssl.html

    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 means that you will have your own SSL certificate which enable you...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: eCommerce Systems
    • Language: *
  16. MessageBox or AlertDialog in Android Javahttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/else/app-dev/android-os/messagebox-or-alertdialog-in-android-java.html

    It's similar to javascript's message box or confirm box, only Android let's you redesign the dialog. For my purposes I have used an XML as the layout. How? This displays a standard Ok/cancel message popup which you attach to some event import...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: AndroidOS
    • Language: *
  17. Sort order a dropdown list in MS InfoPath without programminghttps://www.joellipman.com/component/content/article/sort-order-a-dropdown-list-in-ms-infopath-without-programming.html?catid=73&Itemid=165

    yourself into) Go to Settings Select Create View Select Datasheet View (you could probably use a "Standard View", I just used the Datasheet one) Give the view a name, select what columns you want the form to have (I included the IDs for functional...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: Infopath
    • Language: *
  18. SSIS Convert a string into a datehttps://www.joellipman.com/component/content/article/ssis-convert-a-string-into-a-date.html?catid=74&Itemid=165

    that column is not consistent? This made sense as I need to parse the string to extrapolate the date, month and year. How? I used two "Derived Column" tasks for this after giving up with a "Data Conversion" task. I then parse the date, month and year...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: SQL Server Integration Services
    • Language: en-GB
  19. Room Availability Calendar in Business Intelligence Development Studiohttps://www.joellipman.com/component/content/article/room-availability-calendar-in-business-intelligence-development-studio.html?catid=75&Itemid=165

    and "Status" ("Tooltip" was for me so that when the user hovers the mouse over the block it will display the details). I've used a UNION clause which will hopefully make all rooms (even empty ones) display. Note the second select statement (to list all...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Joel Lipman
    • Category: SQL Server Reporting Services
    • Language: *
  20. How to Display Report Execution Time in SSRS (milliseconds)https://www.joellipman.com/component/content/article/how-to-display-report-execution-time-in-ssrs.html?catid=75&Itemid=165

    so who copied off who is not my concern as this is not the solution to our problem. This is the solution that I initially used but my end-users were asking why is it always 0 seconds. This was because we were using the following MDX statement which had...

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