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Joomla: Who’s Online Module – wrong number of guests

Posted on March 11, 2011 by ewanvrooyen

If you find that the “Who’s online module” is showing more users online that actually is this should fix it. Go to > /modules/mod_whoisonline/helper.php Change: $query = ‘SELECT guest, usertype, client_id’ . ‘ FROM #__session’ . ‘ WHERE client_id = … Continue reading →

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Joomla: 403 – You are not authorised to view this resource.

Posted on March 10, 2011 by ewanvrooyen

You might sometimes get the following error when clicking on a menu link: 403 – You are not authorised to view this resource. You may not be able to visit this page because of: 1.an out-of-date bookmark/favourite 2.a search engine … Continue reading →

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Set up email account outlook express

Posted on March 8, 2011 by ewanvrooyen

Settings needed for an Email Account in Outlook Express To ensure that Outlook Express will be able to connect to your email account, check the email account settings below, needed to set up new email accounts in Outlook Express. Standard … Continue reading →

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Upgrade Sobi2

Posted on March 2, 2011 by ewanvrooyen

Uninstall Old Version * Remove all plug-ins using the Sobi2 plug-in manager. Don’t remove the database tables for the plug-ins. * Uninstall the component using the Joomla! Extension Manager (Extensions -> Install/Uninstall -> Components). Install New Version * Install your … Continue reading →

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How to fetch geo coordinates in add/edit entry form

Posted on March 2, 2011 by ewanvrooyen

Create custome text field and add below code. <script src=”http://maps.google.com/maps?file=api&v=2&key={googleApiKey}” type=”text/javascript”></script> <div id=”map” style=”width: 500px; height: 340px”></div> <p><span>Type your address:</span> <input type=”text” size=”43″ id=”address” value=”Street, City” /> <input type=”button” value=”Search” onclick=”showAddress()” /></p> <script type=”text/javascript”> //<![CDATA[ var start_latitude = “62.103882522897855″; var … Continue reading →

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Social Media: How to handle Negative, Rude or Deceitful Comments

Posted on February 23, 2011 by ewanvrooyen

How does one handle negative comments or outright lies being posted on social platforms across the web? This is becoming a greater and greater concern and the root problem is that social media cannot truly be “controlled”. The best defense … Continue reading →

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No horizontal scroll-bar at the bottom of the page

Posted on February 22, 2011 by ewanvrooyen

Solution: In style-sheet > change: overflow: hidden; to overflow: visible; #art-main { position: relative; /*overflow: hidden;*/ overflow: visible; z-index: 1; width: 100%; left: 0; top: 0; cursor:default; }

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Joomfish – 500 – No valid database connection:

Posted on February 21, 2011 by ewanvrooyen

When editing article in the front end I sometimes get a “500 – No valid database connection:” error. 1. Backup site using akeeba backup 2. Joomla backend > Global Configuration > Server > Database settings (right colomn) > Change the … Continue reading →

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Change Collation from latin1_swedish_ci to utf8_general_ci using Akeeba backup

Posted on February 17, 2011 by ewanvrooyen

An easy way to change the collation if you are cloning your website to another server using Akeeba backup is to use the setting > Fine settings > Force Utf8

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Fatal error: Maximum execution time of 120 seconds exceeded in \tool_phoca_changing_collation\index.php on line 91

Posted on February 17, 2011 by ewanvrooyen

If you are using the the phoca collation tool OR get Fatal error: Maximum execution time of 120 seconds exceeded errors when running scripts do the following: Try these different settings in C:\wamp\bin\apache\apachex.x.x\bin\php.ini Find: post_max_size = 8M upload_max_filesize = 2M … Continue reading →

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