Joomla: Unable to find install packagehttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/cms/joomla/joomla-unable-to-find-install-package.html

05 September 2009 friend who was trying to upload extensions. You should find that the configuration file is unwriteable (and that you can't change it using the joomla interface). In the end to resolve this, he had to do a fresh install and double-checked the server...

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

Add the website name to the page title in Joomla!https://www.joellipman.com/articles/cms/joomla/add-the-website-name-to-the-page-title.html

06 September 2009 Change Page Title in Website Here 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...

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

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

11 September 2009 have either typed the wrong URL or it has not been installed properly. To test if your dedicated SSL certificate is working change the protocol in the address bar from http to https. https://www.example.com/store and press return. If it has been...

• Type: Article
• Author: Joel Lipman
• Category: eCommerce Systems
• Language: *

View your available module positionshttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/cms/joomla/view-your-available-module-positions.html

15 September 2009 Window' Bookmark the web address of the new window The bookmark/favorite that you have just made can be refreshed when you change things on your site and should reflect exactly how your website is overlayed with the module positions. You will need to...

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

Using a HTML form and PHP to upload a filehttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/web-development/php/using-a-html-form-and-php-to-upload-a-file.html

17 September 2009 Apache. This is the full path to the folder that you will be uploading the files to and should be 755 (ie. rwxr-xr-x). The change ownership command in shell is 'chown -R apache:apache '. 3. Check that your PHP ini specifies a reasonable maximum file...

• Type: Article
• Author: Joel Lipman
• Category: Personal Home Page
• Language: en-GB

Database Error: Unable to connect to the database: Could not connect to MySQLhttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/database/mysql/database-error-unable-to-connect-to-the-database-could-not-connect-to-mysql.html

25 September 2009 think that developers should not be able to send a 1000 queries a minute or why a developer has to refresh the page, make a change, upload, etc. well it's beyond a joke and no one should waste their time with such companies.

• Type: Article
• Author: Joel Lipman
• Category: MySQL
• Language: en-GB

Using K2 with jezReCaptcha plugin causing errorshttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/cms/joomla/using-k2-with-jezrecaptcha-plugin-causing-errors.html

25 September 2009 registration form and contact form (on this website I just went recaptcha-happy), then there are some settings you need to change in the plugin options: Inclusion Syntax = NO Auto-verify =YES Update 16.NOV.2009 I don't see this supported anymore so I...

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

Installing phpBB3 for Joomla with a RocketTheme templatehttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/cms/joomla/installing-phpbb3-for-joomla-with-a-rockettheme-template.html

28 September 2009 you do the below in because I went through rocketheme's instructions once and it didn't work. I then carried out all the changes going up and down the document, double-checking I had done everything their instructions said. For demonstration purposes: I...

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

Project Plan for Freelance Websitehttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/web-development/project-plan-for-freelance-website.html

25 February 2010 system). Content Review List all pages (and their web address) published on the website Spelling, grammar checks Comments, changes, suggestions, additions, exclusions Functionality and feature checks Initial content to be finalised (this is content that...

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• Author: Joel Lipman
• Category: Web-Development
• Language: *

Running Internet Explorer 6, 7, 8 as standaloneshttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/microsoft/windows-os/running-internet-explorer-6-7-8-as-standalones.html

18 May 2010 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 to...

• Type: Article
• Author: Joel Lipman
• Category: Windows OS
• Language: *

K2 Items disappearhttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/cms/joomla/k2-items-disappear.html

27 August 2010 following query: REPAIR TABLE jos_k2_items Note that I say "jos_k2_items" because by default that's what it is... If you changed the table prefix when you installed Joomla! on your site (default is "jos_") then you'll need to change this repair table...

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• Author: Joel Lipman
• Category: Joomla
• Language: *

Create Read-Only Database User in SQL Serverhttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/database/create-read-only-database-user-in-sql-server.html

09 November 2010 can read all data from all user tables. db_datawriter Members of the db_datawriter fixed database role can add, delete, or change data in all user tables. db_ddladmin Members of the db_ddladmin fixed database role can run any Data Definition Language...

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

SQL Queries for Statisticshttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/database/mysql/sql-queries-for-statistics.html

13 December 2010 year is specified (2010), I have a variable posted from a HTML form in my PHP. Also note: The association to a user can change because anonymous guests count as guests until they login, which is when they are associated to a UserID and identified as...

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

SQL Calendar in Business Intelligence Development Studiohttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/database/t-sql/sql-calendar-in-business-intelligence-development-studio.html

14 January 2011 I want the user to be able to select a date and then the report to return the month containing that date: I'm going to change the header from "Reinventing the wheel" to the Month and Year based on this parameter: Note that I've asked it to return the...

• Type: Article
• Author: Joel Lipman
• Category: Transact-SQL
• Language: en-GB

List all cron jobs for all usershttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/linux/list-all-cron-jobs-for-all-users.html

04 May 2011 script showed me where the cron job we intended was located. #!/bin/bash # System-wide crontab file and cron job directory. Change these for your system. CRONTAB='/etc/crontab' CRONDIR='/etc/cron.d' # Single tab character. Annoyingly necessary....

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

SSRS Redirect after a report is runhttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/microsoft/ssrs/ssrs-redirect-after-a-report-is-run.html

12 August 2011 - toggle visibilty based on parameter. Method #2 Add a button below "View Report" linked to some script code (requires change to ASP pages on the ReportingServer, ie. affects all reports on that server). Method #3 Use ASP instead of SSRS. Method #4 Use...

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

Excel PivotTable Filter List Orderinghttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/microsoft/excel/excel-pivottable-filter-list-ordering.html

05 September 2011 above, open a Microsoft product Bang "Head" against wall. Bang "Head" against wall. Bang "Head" against wall. Alternatively Change the SQL query so that the date returns in yyyy-mm-dd format (eg. 2012-03-04) Reverse Dates Order If you have a date filter...

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

How to Display Report Execution Time in SSRS (milliseconds)https://www.joellipman.com/articles/microsoft/ssrs/how-to-display-report-execution-time-in-ssrs.html

17 November 2011 AS TotalTime FROM [ExecutionLog] e INNER JOIN [Catalog] c ON c.ItemID=e.ReportID WHERE c.Name='My Amazing Report' -- just change the value here to the name of your report ORDER BY e.TimeStart DESC Deploy the report to the SSRS Run the report from MS...

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

Joes DNS Correction (JDC)https://www.joellipman.com/component/content/article/joes-dns-correction2.html?catid=40

25 November 2011 1) Decompress to a folder of your choosing 2) Run the EXE (there is no install process, it should just start) 3) Done! ChangeLog: v1.0 (22/11/2011) - Display internal and external IP address - Display flushdns errorlevel - Display registerdns errorlevel...

• Type: Article
• Author: Joel Lipman
• Category: Product Documentation
• Language: *

Print Directory Contents to a Filehttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/microsoft/windows-os/print-directory-contents-to-a-file.html

19 July 2012 you will get an "access denied" message. If you don't have a C:\windows folder, then find your "cmd.exe" program and change the path in the above instructions accordingly.

• Type: Article
• Author: Joel Lipman
• Category: Windows OS
• Language: *