Submit form as a server and not the client with cURLhttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/automation/api-misc/submit-form-as-a-server-and-not-the-client-with-curl.html

20 February 2015 What? A quick article on how to create a middleware script which accepts the values from a submitted HTML form and sends it to a server on another domain for processing. This applies to Linux Apache MySQL and PHP (LAMP) setups. Why? A customer wanted to...

• Type: Article
• Author: Joel Lipman
• Category: API Miscellaneous
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Fix Oracle Tnsping 3511 without Windows Registryhttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/database/pl-sql/fix-oracle-tnsping-3511-without-windows-registry.html

04 March 2013 to: - MS Windows 7 Enterprise What? So I can ping the server the Oracle 11g database sits on. I've installed the Oracle 11g client tools and can connect using sqlplus. But if I tnsping any oracle database, I get something along the lines of: Message...

• Type: Article
• Author: Joel Lipman
• Category: Oracle PL/SQL
• Language: en-GB

ZohoRecruit: Create Linking Table for Candidates and Associated Job Openingshttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/crm/zoho/zohorecruit-create-linking-table-for-candidates-and-associated-job-openings.html

08 February 2023 This article is just in case it comes up again (has twice now) where a client wants a report on candidates and associated job openings in Zoho Recruit. Why? We're creating a custom module where our client wants to query Zoho Recruit via the API but...

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

PHP Script: Make your own Thumbnail Generator via APIhttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/crm/zoho/php-script-make-your-own-thumbnail-generator-via-api.html

29 May 2025 URL and which both generates and outputs a thumbnail image and makes it downloadable via URL. Why? Performance. I have a client with about 10k images of products that they want to appear in a dropdown menu of a JavaScript widget. When the user first...

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

Upload file to Google Drive with PHP/cURL and API REST v3 (without Client Library)https://www.joellipman.com/articles/google/upload-file-to-google-drive-with-php-curl-and-api-rest-v3-without-library-install.html

29 October 2018 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 didn't write or know what they're doing. Why? The objective...

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

Developer's Checklist: Taking over a projecthttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/web-development/developers-checklist-taking-over-a-project.html

01 March 2011 you been a developer? And this is new?). Can the developer be contacted? Yes! Questions to ask the developer The original client's brief for the project? (project mandate/charter/initiation document - the spec) Details on the Development Environment (is...

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

Joes Search Module (JSM)https://www.joellipman.com/component/content/article/joes-search-module-jsm.html?catid=40

09 March 2015 is a copy of the built-in Joomla Search module but with the parameters embedded (set in the administration section). Why? A client has a repository of PDF documents that are uploaded to a folder. The client also purchased OS PDF Indexer by OS Solutions...

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

Zoho Creator: Public URL of an Image field / Upload to Shopify APIhttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/crm/zoho/zoho-creator-public-url-of-an-image-field-upload-to-shopify-api.html

17 October 2021 to return 800x800). I wanted a way to upload my image directly to Shopify in 3024x3024 resolution (or the size that the client wants: iPhone res). I then found that Shopify does accept a Base64Encoded version of the image and the below is how I achieved...

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

Zoho Creator: Shopify API Integration Oauth 2.0 - Update 2022 (Search by SKU GraphQL)https://www.joellipman.com/articles/crm/zoho/zoho-creator-shopify-api-integration-oauth-2-0-update-2022.html

14 February 2022 form (I call mine "API Integration") ready with the following fields: Connection Name (Single Line) Dev ID (Single Line) Client ID (Single Line) Shop ID (Single Line) Client Secret (Single Line) Location ID (Single Line) API Version (Single Line)...

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

Zoho Creator: info/alert/modal/popup notification for any userhttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/crm/zoho/zoho-creator-info-alert-modal-popup-notification-for-any-user.html

06 November 2020 URL parameter zc_LoadIn=dialog: Click Here to Popup my Notification Dialog Additional This is optional but it allows your client/users to edit the text of any notification without knowing any code and without needing to use your creator knowledge. I...

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• Author: Joel Lipman
• Category: Zoho
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Zoho Creator: Change Radio into Tabshttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/crm/zoho/zoho-creator-change-radio-into-tabs.html

22 October 2021 a guide in terms of styling a radio group into a group of Tabs. This is only a guide or reference which was applied for one client but would need adapting to match the colors or style the next client wants. Why? The scenario is that my client has quite...

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

Zoho: Email Deliverability / SPF / DKIM / DMARC / Toolkithttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/crm/zoho/zoho-email-deliverability-spf-dkim-dmarc-toolkit.html

04 May 2023 issues with this. One important thing to note is that the setup needs to be done by whoever manages the domain for the client. Who owns the domain (eg. mycompany.com) So this setup involves creating the TXT records on the DNS. Ideally, we would not want...

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

Accessing a MySQL Database with Business Intelligence Development Studiohttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/database/mysql/accessing-a-mysql-database-with-business-intelligence-development-studio.html

05 January 2011 user who exists as a MySQL user and a server user. Reporting server is remote as well as the MySQL database. BIDS is on the client machine. Download and install the MySQL ODBC driver (at time of print v5.1) Visit...

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

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 It was created to take away the hours I know I would spend without it. This is not an upgrade; it is likely that your client may reconsider the template they are using or may want to add new 3rd-party components. If asked: "how long will it take", do...

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

19 December 2012 do not have development/test environments of their Joomla website. I have been doing this for years and still come across clients who have the one version of their website. They experiment on their customer-facing website and in most cases, they are...

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

Zoho Creator: Set Up Custom Domain for Customer Portalhttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/crm/zoho/zoho-creator-set-up-custom-domain-for-customer-portal.html

17 November 2020 which has the domain joellipman.com. Why? This took me a bit of going backwards and forwards to Zoho rather than getting my client to do this. The aim is to take up as little time as possible of the third-parties involved, plus the documentation online...

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

Zoho Creator: Receive JSON via a Shopify Webhookhttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/crm/zoho/zoho-creator-receive-json-via-a-shopify-webhook.html

15 July 2021 with options "Order Update", "Inventory Update", "Product Update"] JSON Payload [Multi Line] 2. Joel's first Cheat: If your client has ZohoCRM, let's use a CRM REST Function Granted this only works if you have a CRM connected to your Zoho Creator:...

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• Author: Joel Lipman
• Category: Zoho
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ZohoCRM: Template: not being able to edit a text boxhttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/crm/zoho/zohocrm-template-not-being-able-to-edit-a-text-box.html

25 January 2022 but worked for us. This documents the steps taken to edit/modify the header on a sales order inventory template. Why? A client raised an issue that they had previously hard-coded the address of their organization into the body of a template (just below...

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

Zoho Deluge: Determine if Daylight Savings are in effecthttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/crm/zoho/zoho-deluge-determine-if-daylight-savings-are-in-effect.html

03 July 2023 If you're lucky enough to build an application for a client based in a country that changes its clocks twice a year, then I'm opening this article without a 100% certain solution as I need to wait about 4 months until I can confirm this works. Why? I've...

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

ZohoBooks: Error Code 15: Ensure Billing Address has less than 100 charactershttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/crm/zoho/zohobooks-code-15-ensure-billing-address-has-less-than-100-characters.html

18 September 2023 update an estimate in ZohoBooks will fail... Why? I have a function to push a ZohoCRM quote to a ZohoBooks estimate and a client asked that the address on the CRM record 'pulls through'. Sending the address in the same request however gives me the...

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