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

23 October 2015 # change this to your 403 - forbidden page. These are two methods I like and will work in tandem. They will not affect the standard visitors to your Joomla website (specifically those not interested in logging into the administrator section). Updated...

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

Google Authentication - OAuth 2.0 using PHP/cURLhttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/google/google-authentication-oauth-2-0-using-php-curl.html

31 October 2018 token based authentication. I find myself going through the motion and designing on a per-app basis so I wanted a standard way of doing it and I'll update this article as I improve on the code. How? So the plan is: Declare the functions. Authenticate on...

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

Google Drive API v3 - OAuth2 using Service Account in PHP/JWThttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/google/google-drive-oauth-using-service-account-in-php.html

02 February 2019 = 'https://www.googleapis.com/drive/v3/files'; 4. Declare a PHP function to send requests using cURL A standard function that is skipping the SSL checks and returns a PHP array function send_request($url, $header, $data, $method="GET") { $ch =...

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

Zoho Deluge - Get distance between two coordinateshttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/crm/zoho/get-distance-between-two-points-in-zoho.html

11 June 2019 Zoho which is acos or inverse cosine. Just lifted from the JavaScript library figuring if it supports cos() then try this standard function. Note this has only been tested in Zoho Creator rather than Zoho CRM. How? This function returns the distance as...

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

Zoho Deluge: Adding / Removing Total Tax from a Quote Recordhttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/crm/zoho/zoho-deluge-adding-removing-total-tax-from-a-quote-record.html

20 August 2019 quick reminder on when I want to apply overall Tax or remove Tax from a quotes product line items. Why? I would apply the standard update function and although the response would say it modified the record, the tax wouldn't apply both visually and...

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

Autohotkey - Chrome Profiles in Alphabetical Orderhttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/automation/autohotkey/autohotkey-chrome-profiles-in-alphabetical-order.html

07 January 2020 code that creates a GUI with a ListView with rows that can be double-clicked to open the profile. As an overview: Setup a standard AutoHotkey GUI Loop through Google Chrome Profile folders named "Profile 1", "Profile 2", etc. Scan the preferences file...

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• Author: Joel Lipman
• Category: AutoHotkey
• Language: en-GB

Zoho Deluge - Determine Quarter from Date with Fiscal Yearhttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/crm/zoho/zoho-deluge-determine-quarter-from-date-with-fiscal-year.html

31 January 2020 Here's the standard code you'd expect if your Fiscal year starts in January (Divide by 3 and round up): for each v_Month in l_Months { v_Quarter = (v_Month.toLong() / 3).ceil(); info "Month: " + l_MonthNames.get(v_Month-1) + " :: Quarter: " + v_Quarter;...

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• Author: Joel Lipman
• Category: Zoho
• Language: en-GB

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 the popup size will automatically resize based on content. I tend to use the first solution combined with a form/table of standard messages allowing the client to enter their own text to display to their users. A preset form/page with openUrl could do...

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

Zoho CRM: Mapping a Multi-User or Multi-Lookup field using Delugehttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/crm/zoho/zoho-crm-mapping-a-multi-user-or-multi-lookup-field-using-deluge.html

28 April 2021 multi-select lookup and multi-user lookup fields are held in temporary CRM modules called a "LinkingModule" (as opposed to standard modules and custom modules). Quick way to determine the API name of the linking module: Go to setup > Developer Space >...

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

Zoho CRM: Update a custom field in line items / product details using REST API v2.1https://www.joellipman.com/articles/crm/zoho/zoho-crm-update-a-custom-field-in-line-items-product-details.html

17 May 2021 REST API v2.1. We are going to update the field with label "Group Name" but API name "Grouping" in a list item column. The standard code you used to use even for REST API v2.0 would have been something like the following: // // init l_CrmLineItems =...

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

Zoho Creator: Two submit buttons on a non-stateless form with 2 different redirectshttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/crm/zoho/zoho-creator-two-submit-buttons-on-a-non-stateless-form.html

27 July 2021 form submission", or on properties "On Successful Submission" > "Direct To", or my favorite, Deluge "openUrl()"). Standard as for any usual form without a redirect. Drag a decision box field on to the form; we are calling ours "Save & Close" with the...

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

Zoho CRM: searchRecords with sorted resultshttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/crm/zoho/zoho-crm-searchrecords-with-sorted-results.html

10 February 2022 is an effort to find clear and working solutions. It is working again as of 2022-02-10. How? Two methods listed here, the standard searchRecords() and then the getRecords() functions: Set the record ID to your own record ID. Set the list of pages to the...

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

ZohoCRM: Get Organization Business Hours using Deluge/APIhttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/crm/zoho/zohocrm-get-organization-business-hours-via-deluge-api.html

28 March 2023 words, not alphabetical, numerical, or completely random order): void JoelLipman.fn_SetStaffUsualShift() { // // build a standard usual shift subform from CRM r_OrgDetails = invokeUrl [ url: "https://www.zohoapis.com/crm/v3/settings/business_hours"...

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

Zoho CRM: Change System Field Lengthhttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/crm/zoho/zoho-crm-change-system-field-length.html

19 June 2023 Modules and Fields Click on the "Deals" module (or whichever module you are wanting to edit) > and select the layout (eg. "Standard") Click on the ellipsis/3 dots icon of the system field you want to hack and select "Edit Properties" Right-click on the...

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• Author: Joel Lipman
• Category: Zoho
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Zoho CRM: ZDK Client Script: Auto-Select Pipeline based on User Departmenthttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/crm/zoho/zoho-crm-zdk-client-script-auto-select-pipeline-based-on-user-department.html

16 October 2023 and Close Setup: Specify Pipeline Options Login to ZohoCRM as a system administrator > Go to Setup > Pipelines Using the "Standard" layout, let's simply create a new pipeline by clicking the button in the top right. For this demo, we ensure there are at...

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

ZohoCRM: Using Criteria with Module Record Counthttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/crm/zoho/zohocrm-using-criteria-with-module-record-count.html

14 November 2023 ZohoCRM.modules.quotes.READ, Include ZohoCRM.settings.layouts.READ or ZohoCRM.settings.ALL as well; I've called it "zcrm". Standard Call for Module Record Count: v_PerPage = 200; v_Endpoint = "https://www.zohoapis.com/crm/v5/Quotes/actions/count";...

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

Zoho Creator: Render to PDF with margins and page numbershttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/crm/zoho/zoho-creator-render-to-pdf-with-margins-and-page-numbers.html

07 May 2024 then you hit the PDF button and it pretty much vomits your output back to the 90s. The code snippet below is just for a standard template with a modern design. How? Ok, admittedly, when first designing the template, there could have been a fair few...

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

ZohoCRM Client Script: On Change of Dropdown: Subform Rewrite: REST Functionhttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/crm/zoho/zohocrm-client-script-on-change-of-dropdown-subform-rewrite-rest-function.html

01 April 2025 p_QuoteID) Label: Fn - Quotes - Get Quoted Items Trigger: Triggered by a client script to retrieve quoted items Purpose: Standard Product_Details can be returned in client script. The purpose of this function is to retrieve the crm v2.1 Quoted_Items...

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

ZohoCRM / Client Script / Canvas: Hide Tab based on Pipelinehttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/crm/zoho/zohocrm-client-script-canvas-hide-tab-based-on-pipeline.html

06 May 2025 Why? A request from a customer asked if a tab specific to the pipeline selected can be shown while others hidden. Standard tabs such as Notes, Attachments, Emails, and Timeline should remain. Code will be needed as a layout rule couldn't control the...

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

Zoho Survey: Zoho CRM Webhookhttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/crm/zoho/zoho-survey-zoho-crm-webhook.html

01 October 2025 survey metadata Login to ZohoCRM with permissions to edit modules Go to Setup > Modules and Fields > Contacts > Layout > Standard Add the section: "Latest Survey" Add to it the fields "Response ID", "Survey ID", "Scheduled Report Generation Time" Save...

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