Connect to Joomla database in standalone scripthttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/cms/joomla/connect-to-joomla-database-in-standalone-script.html

17 August 2012 TO Joomla 2.5.x Why? I'm building a Joomla component which is to be compatible with Joomla versions 1.6.x to 2.5.x. Because I use dynamic scripts running in the background (mootools), some of these need to connect to the database but as they sit outside...

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

Joomla article modal with clear buttonhttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/cms/joomla/joomla-article-modal-with-clear-button.html

27 August 2012 to Joomla 1.6+ What? This is an article to describe how to add an article modal button in the Joomla Admin Panel (at time of print version 2.5.6) of your component including the all important clear button. What I found was that no one posted this...

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

ReCaptcha disappears from Joomla 2.5 Registrationhttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/cms/joomla/recaptcha-disappears-from-joomla-2-5-registration.html

24 November 2013 from a forum which solved our problem for why the ReCaptcha part disappears from the user registration form. We have Joomla 2.5.16 installed and no new updates for a plugin that comes with Joomla 2.5 install. How? Source: Joomla! • View topic - Cannot...

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

Joomla: Remove IDs from URLs for out-of-the-box SEFhttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/cms/joomla/joomla-remove-ids-from-urls.html

14 March 2020 to Joomla! CMS v3.5.x What? This is a short article on how to remove the ID numbers from your Joomla website addresses for search engine friendly URLs. // What I have...

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

Community Builder in Joomla Vulnerabilityhttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/cms/joomla/community-builder-in-joomla-vulnerability.html

10 November 2009 that visiting this site may harm my computer. Continue? Even if you use the latest versions of Community Builder (v1.2) and Joomla (v1.0.14) then you're vulnerable to a hack. Watch for users signing up with the .ru top-level domain as they love playing...

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

Creating a custom form field type for Joomla XML fieldsethttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/cms/joomla/creating-a-custom-form-field-type-for-joomla-xml-fieldset.html

25 October 2013 I'm writing a Joomla 2.5.x component for logging time and projects and need a dropdown to have selectable options restricted to the logged-in user. This is specified in the XML file of the custom Joomla component and needs some SQL dependent on some...

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

Export Joomla Users scripthttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/cms/joomla/export-joomla-users-script.html

28 February 2014 Somebody said I could pay to get an export list of my Joomla users. I said Joomla is a FREE OpenSource system, why? Why? I want to move a client's list of Joomla users to a new system which allows the passwords to be in MD5. All I want is a quick bit of...

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

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 to: Joomla CMS v2.5.11 (Joomla.org) jComments v2.3.0 (JoomlaTune.com) What? Posting this as it was rather rewarding to achieve and I hope will be of some use to others in the same boat. This article details how to replace jComments built-in kCaptcha...

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

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

24 March 2014 to: Joomla CMS v2.5.11 (Joomla.org) jComments v2.3.0 (JoomlaTune.com) PlayThru v1.1.8 (AreYouAHuman.com) What? This article is a follow-up of my article JComments 2.3.0 with Google ReCaptcha (Joomla 2.5.x) but instead of using ReCaptcha, we're going to...

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

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

27 April 2014 to: Joomla CMS v3.2.3 (Joomla.org) jComments v3.0.0 (JoomlaTune.com) PlayThru v1.1.8 (AreYouAHuman.com) What? This article is a follow on from my article JComments 2.3 with PlayThru (Joomla 2.5.x) but this is for a later version of the components using...

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

Joes Quicklist Weblinks (JQW)https://www.joellipman.com/component/content/article/joes-quicklist-weblinks-jqw.html?catid=40

03 July 2011 you need to select an user group with higher privileges like "Super User". Installation: Install this module ZIP using your Joomla! CMS extension manager. Go to "Content" > "Media Manager" > Create a folder for your thumbnails. Go to "Extensions" >...

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

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: *

Forgotten Super User Password in Joomla 2.5.x - 3.xhttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/cms/joomla/forgotten-super-user-password-in-joomla.html

06 February 2015 up as a client had lost their super user password. How? This method is reliant on having access to the database of your Joomla website. Method #1: Quickest way I know This is based on if you have another user account (registered or administrator, any)...

• Type: Article
• Author: Joel Lipman
• Category: Joomla
• 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 uninstalled and reinstalled once just to make sure everything was OK. Basically after I use my website (using the default Joomla welcome template with NO modifications whatsoever) I start to get the "cannot connect to MYSQL." I contacted my webhost, and...

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

Joomla field types clear my htmlhttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/cms/joomla/joomla-field-types-clear-my-html.html

09 August 2012 clicked (ie. submitted from a PHP form). This is for the Opensource Content Management System (CMS - phew what a mouthful) Joomla! version 1.6.x to 2.5.x; no wonder customers have difficulty following. How? So it's the field on the XML file...

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

Link to a Joomla article from within another articlehttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/cms/joomla/link-to-a-joomla-article-from-within-another-article.html

04 December 2012 Quick article here as googling/binging for how to refer to Joomla articles after versions 1.5.x wasn't obvious. This article is to demonstrate how to write the webaddress for a Joomla article even when you have Search-engine-friendly website addresses...

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

Joomla Development: Possible XML Filtershttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/cms/joomla/joomla-development-possible-xml-filters.html

17 October 2013 to: Joomla! CMS 2.5.x Joomla Filter: Validation OnSave INT Forces the value to be an Integer UINT Forces the value to be an absolute number (-4.2 becomes 4.2) FLOAT Forces the value to be a floating point value BOOL Forces the value to be true or false...

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

Change the default Joomla Error templatehttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/cms/joomla/change-the-default-joomla-error-template.html

04 April 2013 This is a quick article on what I change the error page for Joomla websites to. I like a clean error page, for a demo visit http://www.joellipman.com/my_error_page. Applies to Joomla 1.6.x, 1.7.x, 2.5.x How? Backup the file \templates\system\error.php...

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

Joomla Component: Set default params on installationhttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/cms/joomla/joomla-component-set-default-params-on-installation.html

24 October 2013 I'm making a custom component for Joomla CMS 2.5.x which is restricted to registered users only. On installation, and by default, the menu item returns a 500 - Server Error because the parameters haven't been set. I need to go into the Joomla Admin...

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

Restoring your WYSIWYG editor after upgrading Joomlahttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/cms/joomla/restoring-your-wysiwyg-editor-after-upgrading-joomla.html

15 September 2009 The Issue Basically that after upgrading Joomla, my TinyMCE WYSIWYG (What-you-see-is-what-you-get) editor halved its number of buttons and I couldn't add code snippets... The Fix Just installed JoomlaFCK WYSIWYG Editor, an editor I use with my day...

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