Joomla! programming
Load a custom language-file in your Joomla! template
When working with multi-lingual Joomla! sites, it is not uncommon that translations contain small mistakes, which you might want to change. But changing the original language-pack is actually the same as making a core hack - and that is dead wrong. But the Joomla! Framework offers you a way to include a custom language-file with just a few lines of code. Ideal to place in your template.
Read more...MVC workflow with JPagination
The MVC architecture is something that probably can not be explained without solid examples. In this example we will concentrate on showing a list using pagination. We will assume a component called "com_example" which just shows a single page with multiple items. If there are more items then defined by the "List Limit" within the Global Configuration, pagination is added.
Read more...Random Joomla! admin logouts due to SQL table-changes
On one of our Joomla! sites, we had a strange little problem: Once logged into the Joomla! Administrator, you could do various tasks. But after some time you got logged out - the session seemed to expire. However, the session lifetime was set to a few hours, and the session expiration happened randomly. After debugging, we found this to be due to a corrupt Joomla! database-table. Here's the fix.
Read more...Starting with Nooku development on Linux
The Nooku Framework serves as a replacement of the Joomla! 1.5 Framework and improves development a lot: It's main focus is to "do more, write less" and acts as a Rapid Development Environment within Joomla!. In this tutorial we will discuss the basics of setting up the Nooku Framework on a Linux environment.
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