AddThis for Virtuemart

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http://forum.virtuemart.net/index.php?topic=80560

Inserting an image into an article (Joomla 2.5 Tutorial)

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Found a solution here: http://forum.joomla.org/viewtopic.php?f=626&t=616753&p=2505301#p2505301

Excluding Unpublished Categories in Search

Extensions -> Plugin Manager -> Search Content.

Can be configured in here.

Place Here Module

New find: http://extensions.joomla.org/extensions/news-display/content-embed/498

This can be an alternative solution for when client want to edit custom modules. An article, category, or section is defined in the module configuration and it will display within a custom module on a website. This allows logged in users to edit the module as if it were an article.

Bridging Moodle and Joomla

http://joomdle.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=59&Itemid=99&lang=en

No upgrade for Joomla version 1.5.16 to 1.5.17

The shortest release ever of a Joomla version to 1.5.16 and quickly onto 1.5.17 .. and for those that upgraded in the record of about 2 days of realease it currently says

" IMPORTANT NOTE: The upgrade packages for 1.5.16 are temporarily unavailable. You can upgrade using the Full Package file below. Follow the upgrade instructions, but use the full package file. Thank you."

Sometimes it pays to wait and see if there are any bugs instead of quickly upgrading ones joomla sites to the latest version asap.

Fix for when Photoshop will not open

Was looking for a fix for my PS which will close immediately when I try to open it. It appears others have this problem as well, and its usually fixed by deleting the prefs.psp file. .............. So try this first as works with all versions of Photoshop the older and its easy to do search and delete :)

Else try this alternative method to remove prefs: (Works with PS Elements also)

Step 1. Hold down the Alt + Ctrl + Shift keys as you click on the icon to open Photoshop. When asked if you want to delete the settings file, say yes.

Step 2. Reset the preferences as above.

Step 3. Close Elements and let the file regenerate.

Bridging a Website to Media Wiki

Step A : Installing and Configuring the Joomla plugin.

Download and install the Joomla plugin

1. Install zip file using standard Joomla install
2. Publish the plugin and configure the plugin as below. Set
   • Directory path: The complete path to your mediawiki folder, eg) /home1/spfschoo/public_html/MEDIAWIKI/
     
   • Cookie domain: Leave Blank
     
   • Cookie prefix: The name of your database with a a '_' on the end. Eg) if the database is named "spfschoo_mdw1" then put "spfschoo_mdw1_" in this section.
     
   • Cookie path: I kept this as root "/".
3. Change the code in file joomla root/plugins/user/mediawikilogin.php on line 35
   1. Line 35: $salt = 'Give some variable name here'; //CHANGE THE VARIABLE NAME TO $salt= 'wiki' or something

Step B : Installing and Configuring the MediaWiki Extension.

Download the extensions from Mediawiki extension

1. First download the MediaWiki extension authjoomla2.php
2. To install the mediawiki extension, copy and paste the authjoomla2.php file to wikiroot/extensions/AuthJoomla2/authJoomla2.php
   Note: I had to create the AuthJoomla2 folder and put the file in there. It wouldn't work otherwise.
   
3. Next, download localsettings.php from Mediawiki extension
4. Open localsettings.php and copy all the code [Press Ctrl-C] and paste[Press Ctrl-V] it into the end of your wiki/LocalSettings.php file
5. Now, make these changes in your MediaWiki LocalSettings.php:
   • $wgAuthJoomla_security_key = 'CHANGE THIS VARIABLE NAME'; //The variable should have the same value of $salt in Line 35 in Step A -> Step 3
   • $wgAuthJoomla_UseExtDatabase = true;
   • Change the database settings
     $wgAuthJoomla_MySQL_Host = 'localhost'; // Joomla MySQL Host Name.
     $wgAuthJoomla_MySQL_Username = 'spfschoo_jml10'; // Joomla Site MySQL Username.
     $wgAuthJoomla_MySQL_Password = 'GmZ5AOGhxL'; // Joomla Site MySQL Password.
     $wgAuthJoomla_MySQL_Database = 'spfschoo_jml10'; // Joomla Site MySQL Database Name
     Note: these can all be found in the 'configuration.php' file in the website folder.
     
   • $wgAuthJoomla_domain = 'http://www.YOURWEBSITE.com/'; //location of your Joomla index.php file
     Note: Don't forget the tail '/' after '.com'
     
6. Save LocalSettings.php

Uploading Docman PDF files with JCE Editor

This was quite a simple fix, all that needed to be changed was the directory that the file manager was set to. This was done in the following steps:

1. Download jce_filemanager_152.zip, and install it via the JCE plugin installer (not the Joomla install/uninstall). Note: You must have a jce subscription to download this!
   
2. Go to JCE -> Groups -> YourGroup.
3. Select the 'Plugin Parameters', and then the 'File Manager' section.
4. Under the 'Standard' tab, in the 'File Directory Path' type the directory path to the Docman pdf folder. The default is root/dmdocuments.
5. File Manager should now go to dmdocuments, while link and image managers stay with the the default (images/stories).