Joomla Components

Here you will find all my extensions that I recommend in Joomla. Also Joomla tutorials on how to use the Component Manager, Extension Manager, Template Manager and Plugin Manager.

Joomla 1.6 – Where is the PDF Icon Link?

by Elaine February 14, 2011

If you were using Joomla 1.5, you will recall that under the article options you were able to show PDF, Email and Print icons for each article. Now if you look at your article options in Joomla 1.6 the Email and Print icons are there excpet for the PDF icon. It’s gone. Where did it [...]

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Joomla 1.6 – AcePolls Component Error – Warning: Invalid argument supplied

by Elaine February 10, 2011

My client wanted a voting section on his Joomla 1.6 website and I was playing around with the different voting Components compatible with Joomla 1.6. I found a component called AcePolls which I installed successfully. I’m not too sure if I’ll keep it because it’s a little buggy. I just wanted to share with you [...]

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Joomla – Increase the Search Character Limit

by Elaine February 9, 2011

I don’t know why there is a search character limit in the search box in Joomla, but there is one. I find it extremely annoying. You can test it out on your own Joomla website and see the you are restricted to only enter in 20 characters in the search box. To resolve this you [...]

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How to Uninstall Components in Joomla 1.6

by Elaine February 8, 2011

In Joomla 1.6 things look a little different than Joomla 1.5 or previous versions. If you have tons of Components installed and it’s clogging up your website, you can uninstall or delete ones that you don’t need. This will free up some space so you can manage your Joomla 1.6 website much easier. Here are [...]

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Joomla 1.6 – Creating a Menu Item For Component

by Elaine February 4, 2011

You just finished installing your Joomla 1.6 component and now you need to add it on your menu navigation. Assigning the component to a menu item is easily done through the Joomla 1.6 administrator backend control panel. Say for example you wanted to add the component under your the menu “About Joomla”. Here is how [...]

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Joomla 1.5 migration to Joomla 1.6 error

by Elaine February 1, 2011

I tested migration of Joomla 1.5 to Joomla 1.6 with one of my clients website and I started getting an error message. I was able to successfully use JUpgrade to install Joomla 1.6. The administration panel had no errors but accessing the frontpage there was an error message that said: Navigation Warning: in_array() [function.in-array]: Wrong [...]

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I’m getting a blank page after installing Joomla Component

by Elaine January 17, 2011

Installing Joomla Extensions is not difficult. On a perfect day, it’s simply – Click on Extensions, under the install tab, select the file and install. But not everyday is a good day. If you try to install a Joomla extension, whether it be a component, plugin, template, or module - the extension uploads and then [...]

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How to make a Job Posting Site

by Elaine January 13, 2011

So I hear the job market is going up this year. If that is true, then Companies will be looking for job boards to post their job opportunities and job seekers will be scouring the internet for job sites looking for any available jobs. If you want to know how ot create your own job [...]

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Joomla Firewall Extension

by Elaine January 9, 2011

It is important to protect your website from being hacked. I’ve received many emails asking for help after the fact, but you should be prepared to protect your site even before your site gets hacked. Even if your site is big or small, it is not a good feeling that someone went thru your code [...]

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Joomla – Facebook Like Button

by Elaine December 31, 2010

Jlike is a free Joomla Plugin that easily connects your site with users that have Facebook. If the visitor is already logged into Facebook and they click on your Facebook ‘Like’ button, the plugin immediately posts a link to their Facebook wall: <Facebook User> likes <Content Title> on <Your Website URL>. Under the article it [...]

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