Copy a Wordpress Site for Developmenthttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/cms/wordpress/copy-a-wordpress-site-for-development.html

08 March 2015 Applies to: Wordpress CMS v4.1.1 What? A note to myself on how to create a development/test version of a production/live Wordpress CMS site. Why? I have a website sitting at a domain (eg. www.myexample.com), and I want to create an exact copy at a...

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

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

09 March 2015 changes to the existing component. Download You can download this module I made from my download section at http://www.joellipman.com/features/downloads/product/20.html or search my site for "Joes Search Module" (or "JSM"). Other Areas: One of the...

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

Warning: Save failed. Another menu item has the same aliashttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/cms/joomla/warning-save-failed-another-menu-item-has-the-same-alias.html

13 March 2015 What? A quick article for Joomla CMS version 3.x on resolving a menu item alias conflict: Warning Save failed with the following error. Another menu item has the same alias in Root. Root is the top level parent You will need: Access to the Joomla...

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

Convert XML UTF-16 to JSON UTF-8 with PHP cURLhttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/web-development/php/convert-xml-utf-16-to-json-utf-8-with-php-curl.html

28 March 2015 500 Internal Server Error header('Content-Type: text/javascript'); header('Access-Control-Allow-Origin: http://api.joellipman.com/'); header('Access-Control-Max-Age: 3628800'); header('Access-Control-Allow-Methods: GET, POST, PUT, DELETE'); // open...

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

Converting SQL date in PHP to European date format and vice-versahttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/web-development/php/converting-sql-date-in-php-to-european-date-format-and-vice-versa.html

17 September 2009 The Issue If you've ever made PHP scripts to process data within a LAMP environment (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP) then this happens a lot. In the following example, our HTML form will allow the user to specify a date (so excludes hours, minutes and...

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

How to make a HTML form post its variables to itselfhttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/web-development/html/how-to-make-a-html-form-post-its-variables-to-itself.html

17 September 2009 The Issue You have a PHP page which generates a HTML form. When the user submits the form, you want the same PHP page to process the data. Solution I've seen a lot of people write CGI requests but if you left the action attribute blank, this would do...

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

Joes Google Map for Joomla (JGM)https://www.joellipman.com/component/content/article/joes-google-map-for-joomla-jgm.html?catid=40

13 April 2015 What? This article serves as documentation for a module extension I made for the Joomla Content Management System versions 2.5 or later. Why? Could have probably used someone else's. I think there's loads out there but thought making my own to do...

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

TravelPort Universal API - Ping Request with PHP-cURLhttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/automation/api-misc/travelport-universal-api-ping-request-with-php-curl.html

27 April 2015 Applies to: TravelPort Universal API PHP 4 or 5 cURL What? An article on how to resolve errors and setup a standard ping request using the TravelPort Universal API. This is to be achieved using PHP as the server-side programming language and cURL, a...

• Type: Article
• Author: Joel Lipman
• Category: API Miscellaneous
• Language: *

List of Font Awesomehttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/web-development/list-of-font-awesome.html

04 September 2015 What? I needed to use these in a template I was working on. Font awesome is a brilliant tool for webdevelopers who want icons that can be any size of any color without compromising on image quality or overhead maintenance. It's basically a font set that...

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

Joes Word Cloud (JWC) Downloadhttps://www.joellipman.com/component/content/article/joes-word-cloud-jwc-downloads.html?catid=92

07 September 2015 VersionPlatform ChangeLogOptions3.2.4- Fixed Bug: Some systems report "Strict Standards: Non-static method called" - Note: not included in auto-update as it only applies to certain environments. - Note: this version is also backwards compatible with...

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

Joes Revolver Map (JRM) Downloadshttps://www.joellipman.com/component/content/article/joes-revolver-map-jrm-downloads.html?catid=92

07 September 2015 VersionPlatform ChangeLogOptions1.5 (4)- Enhancement: Restored alignment parameter - Enhancement: Restored colors and new colors given - Enhancement: Compatible with Joomla v2.5.x - Fixed: Backwards compatible parameters updated - Date Uploaded: Fri,...

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

Joes Quicklist Weblinks (JQW) Downloadshttps://www.joellipman.com/component/content/article/joes-quicklist-weblinks-jqw-downloads.html?catid=92

07 September 2015 VersionPlatform ChangeLogOptions3.1.1 Artur- Enhancement: Added parameter: Weblink separator height. - Enhancement: Added parameter: Display submitted by. - Enhancement: Added parameter: Display category. - Enhancement: Reorganized parameters "Module...

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

Joes Youtube Plugin (JYP) Downloadshttps://www.joellipman.com/component/content/article/joes-youtube-plugin-jyp-downloads.html?catid=92

07 September 2015 VersionPlatform ChangeLogOptions1.0.5- Tested for compatibility with Joomla! CMS v3.4.0 - Included instructions in description - Included license file - Date Uploaded: Thu, 12th Mar 2015 Download 1.0.4- Tested for compatibility with Joomla! CMS v2.5.8...

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

Joes Google Map (JGM) Downloadshttps://www.joellipman.com/component/content/article/joes-google-map-jgm-downloads.html?catid=92

07 September 2015 VersionPlatform ChangeLogOptions1.1- Added parameters: Width, Height - Added parameters: Zoom Level, Heading, Tilt - Added parameters: Marker 1: Latitude, Longitude - Added parameters: Marker 1: HTML to display, Replace Marker Image - Added parameters:...

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

Migrating from Joomla 2.5.x to 3.4.xhttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/cms/joomla/migrating-from-joomla-2-5-x-to-3-4-x.html

12 September 2015 as it is considered unstable for official use... Saying that this is how I upgraded my own personal website: www.joellipman.com. This article assumes you are familiar with upgrading a Joomla! CMS and running MySQL statements against your database. For...

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

Sort an associative array by values in Javascripthttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/web-development/js/sort-an-associative-array-by-values-in-javascript.html

29 September 2015 What? An article on how to quickly adapt an array code and sort by its values. Surprising how many examples are on the web and everyone saying you're doing it wrong... Which is true but quite unhelpful. The original code is not my own either but that's...

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

Import Excel CSV file as JavaScript arrayhttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/microsoft/excel/import-excel-csv-file-as-javascript-array.html

05 October 2015 What I have: A CSV file exported from Excel along with double-quotes label1,label2 item1a,item2a item1c,"item2c,c" item1b,item2b What I want: To read the file (stored on the server) and convert to a JavaScript array of objects var my_object_array = [ {...

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

Protecting your Joomla Administrator Sectionhttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/cms/joomla/protecting-your-joomla-administrator-section.html

23 October 2015 to your static IP address # PREVENT VIEWING OF .HTACCESS order allow,deny deny from all ErrorDocument 403 http://www.joellipman.com/error/403.html # change this to your 403 - forbidden page. These are two methods I like and will work in tandem. They...

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

Foreign Characters create symbols in PHP and MySQLhttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/web-development/php/foreign-characters-create-symbols-in-php-and-mysql.html

25 January 2016 Applies to: PHP 5.4 MySQL 5.1.4 Databases initially setup with collation 'latin1_swedish_ci' What Another article trying to help people display foreign characters on their website without the funny question marks in diamond symbols and how I solved it...

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

Accessing Apimo WebService APIhttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/automation/api-misc/accessing-apimo-webservice-api.html

29 March 2016 Applies to: Apimo Webservice 2.0 (apimo.com) PHP v5.5 What? This is an article on how I connected to the Apimo WebService. The Apimo Webservice is an API provided by apimo.com and requires a server request over HTTPS using the GET method. Why? This was...

• Type: Article
• Author: Joel Lipman
• Category: API Miscellaneous
• Language: *