Using MetaMod to hide buttons from logged in usershttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/cms/joomla/using-metamod-to-hide-buttons-from-logged-in-users.html

22 September 2009 I'd love to hear if this helps you. Let me know if you find any mistakes and I'll be sure to fix asap. To hide buttons on your site for users that are logged in do the following: First thing.. Install this -->...

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

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 I've been looking into this for a friend and going through forums to investigate this error. After you've checked your database connection details, I find what FisherC said below is the most probable cause for the error. FisherC says: I have the same...

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

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

27 August 2010 Basically you've woken up this morning, visited your website, and all your K2 articles are gone !!!! If you login to your Joomla! administration panel (back-end) and look under k2 items, you should get the following error: Warning: Invalid argument...

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

Joes Word Cloud (JWC)https://www.joellipman.com/component/content/article/module-joes-word-cloud-jwc.html?catid=40

13 October 2010 Download the appropriate file for your system (see compatibility table below) Login to your Joomla admin panel and install as per usual. How to Use Install the ZIP using your Joomla! Admin Panel > Extension Manager View the module on your front-end to...

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

Passwords: Did-you-knowhttps://www.joellipman.com/hardware/passwords-did-you-know.html

15 November 2010 a speed of 76.1 billion passwords per second! (source: Lockdown.co.uk 01/2007) By default, the Mozilla Firefox browser lists your stored passwords in plain text to anyone with access to your browser through the tools > options > security > Saved...

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• Author: Joel Lipman
• Category: IT Support
• Language: *

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

25 November 2011 had this? Your colleagues are connecting fine and your IT service desk say everything is functioning normally and it's just YOU! Script Function If you are on a network that frequently loses connection or simply forgets what intranet site you were...

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

Prefix Line Numbers in a Text Filehttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/automation/ms-dos/prefix-line-numbers-to-a-text-file.html

18 July 2012 /LB 300 c:\original_file.txt c:\temp.txt > c:\results_file.txt" The resulting file will be "c:\results_file.txt", open it in your favorite text editor... ta-daa... Explanation: FC is a file comparison tool in MS-DOS /N tells the comparison tool to...

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• Author: Joel Lipman
• Category: MS-DOS
• Language: *

Search a database with SOUNDEXhttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/database/search-a-database-with-soundex.html

11 October 2012 the database and change all variations to be typed the same way in the same case. Wouldn't it be nice to search through your entire database for similar sounding values (so not just case), and in this example, find typos as well, eg. "Daat ont Ety...

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

Improve Default Joomla Search https://www.joellipman.com/articles/cms/joomla/improve-default-joomla-search-heuristics.html

07 May 2013 component in Joomla works. The default is to sort the results by popularity (hits) or by most recently added (depending on your version) which I have never seen in any other system. I've googled and binged but could not find anything that documents how...

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

Zoho Templates - Font size is inexplicably tinyhttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/crm/zoho/zoho-templates-font-size-is-inexplicably-tiny.html

22 February 2019 and re-uploading this fixed the problem. Step #1 Remove any images that you uploaded to Zoho and you've included in your HTML — this will be something like img src="https://crm.zoho.com/viewInLineImage?fileContent=: You should find your code now...

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

AutoHotkey - MS Windows 10 - Open Apps on Multiple Monitors and Desktopshttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/automation/autohotkey/autohotkey-ms-windows-10-open-apps-on-multiple-monitors-and-desktops.html

18 July 2019 desktops. So if you have a Mac or Linux system, you will know of a feature where you can have another virtual desktop on your device. For those that don't know it, the feature is similar to mobile phones where you swipe left/right to reveal another...

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

Zoho Projects: Add a Time Log to an Issue using Delugehttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/crm/zoho/zoho-projects-add-a-time-log-to-an-issue-using-deluge.html

30 April 2021 with a specified start date/time (requires end time field if using): // // init (from dropdowns you have made applicable to your Zoho Projects system) v_PortalID = ifnull(input.ZohoProject_Portal,0); v_ProjectID = ifnull(input.ZohoProject_Project,0);...

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

Zoho Deluge: Text (SMS) reminder using Twilio API (LocalSense)https://www.joellipman.com/articles/crm/zoho/zoho-deluge-text-sms-using-twilio-api-localsense.html

16 December 2021 How? The code is actually pretty straightforward but you will need to follow these steps to get the credentials: Login to your Twilio console On the dashboard, note the ACCOUNT SID and AUTH TOKEN In the side menu, expand Phone Numbers > Manage > Active...

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

Joel's Reference to MidJourney v4 Promptshttps://www.joellipman.com/graphic-design/joel-s-guide-to-midjourney-prompts.html

11 February 2023 subscribe you can have a private conversation with the MidJourney Bot Type the word /imagine and then a space and then type your idea (eg. "fire mage, steampunk victorian, detailed, full body hyperrealistic female" without the quotes to get the left...

• Type: Article
• Author: Joel Lipman
• Category: Graphic Design
• Language: *

Add a template to the dropdown in Kunenahttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/cms/joomla/add-a-template-to-the-dropdown-in-kunena.html

20 September 2009 This is what I had to do to be able to add another template to the dropdown in the Kunena configuration panel: Download your site from your server to a copy on your local disk (hard disk, flash drive, etc) Make sure that the...

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

Frontpage Item Orderinghttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/cms/joomla/frontpage-item-ordering.html

16 September 2010 Having trouble ordering your frontpage articles? After re-ordering articles wondering where it was taking the order it puts the articles in the front page (or landing page) was confusing me. The quick answer is that it is within the menu manager > main...

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

Zoho Deluge: Determine your Statement Execution Limithttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/crm/zoho/zoho-deluge-determine-your-statement-execution-limit.html

31 July 2024 What? A very quick article on how to check what the statement execution limit is on the Zoho application you are working in. Why? Our use-case is that an application we built in Zoho Creator was hitting statement execution limits and rather than...

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

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

Change Regional Settings for your Reporthttps://www.joellipman.com/articles/microsoft/ssrs/change-regional-settings-for-your-report.html

17 May 2010 Basically I thought that the regional settings of a report generated using Report Builder 2.0 on a MS SQL Server 2008 instance were dependent on either the server or the client machine. Realised that this was actually specified in the report. Here's a...

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

Thank You for your donation!https://www.joellipman.com/thank-you-for-your-donation.html

08 August 2010 As an IT professional, I feel that both OpenSource and Commercial applications have their benefits and neither should go. My day job doesn't involve any Joomla! material but has many Content Management Systems (CMS) commercial equivalents. I use any...

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