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Joomla! 2.5 – Installing a Movable Type API Plugin (XMLRPC)
This installation procedure is for Movable Type XMLRPC for Joomla! 1.7.1 under Joomla! 2.5.0. It is likely the same for other version combinations, but there is no guarantee. Even though the plugin name says it is for Joomla! 1.7.1, it works fine with Joomla! 2.5.0 This installation procedure is NOT compatible with Joomla! 1.5.x. Instructions for installing the Movable Type API for Joomla! 1.5.x can be found here. Some images may be clicked for larger versions. Installing the Movable Type API allows frontend clients (such as Windows Live Writer) to manage Joomla! articles via a blog interface. The Movable Type API is widely supported. Downloading the Plugin 1a) Download the plugin from here. The download link is the package icon – you will need to scroll about halfway down the page: 1b) Accept the GNU license terms … Read entire article »
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Adding Adsense to Your Joomla! 2.5 Site
This tutorial shows you how to display Google Adsense ads on your Joomla! 2.5 website without installing an extension. Requires you have a Google Adsense account. Should work for other ad providers that provide you with a code snippet for ads on your site. It is less convoluted than it was for Joomla! 1.6 and Joomla! 1.7 Some images may be clicked for larger sizes. It is very easy to place Google Adsense ads on your Joomla! site without installing an extension. Yet, the last time I looked, there were at least 30 different Joomla! extensions to help you display Google Adsense ads on your site. Embedding ads directly within your article requires a plug-in and is not covered by this tutorial. Determine Ad Placement You need to find a place for the ads on your site. Ads are … Read entire article »
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How to View Module Positions in Joomla! 2.5
These instructions are the same as for Joomla! 1.6 and Joomla! 1.7. Some images may be clicked for full size versions. (1) Login to the Joomla! backend. (2) Select Template Manager from the Extensions menu: (3) Click on the Options icon: (4) Click on the Enabled button of the Preview Module Positions entry.Then click on Save or Save & Close to save the change. (5) Observe that module positions are now visible on your Joomla! pages when you append ?tp=1 to the end of your URL: When you are done examining module positions, remember to set Preview Module Positions to Disabled. … Read entire article »
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Installing Joomla! 2.5 Under XAMPP
This tutorial describes how to install Joomla! version 2.5.0 under XAMPP version 1.7.3 on Windows 7. The procedure should be the same or similar for other version combinations, but no guarantee is made. Assumes you have already installed XAMPP. (Installation instructions can be found here.) created a MySQL database. (Creation instructions can be found here.) Joomla! 2.5 is a release with long term support until at least July 2013. Some images may be clicked on images for full size versions. Downloading Joomla! 1) Download the full Joomla install from here Click on the zip link. 2) Click on Save as. 3) Choose a directory in which to save the file and click on Save. Remember where you saved the file. 4) After the download has completed, you can choose Open to open the downloaded file with the default application … Read entire article »
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Adding Adsense to Your Joomla! 1.7 Site
This tutorial shows you how to display Google Adsense ads on your Joomla! 1.7.x website without installing an extension. Requires you have a Google Adsense account. Should work for other ad providers that provide you with a code snippet for ads on your site. Joomla! 1.7.0 has backend compatibility problems with IE 8 (and possibly other browsers). These instructions worked using FireFox 6.0, but will not work using IE 8 because you will be unable to edit the Global Configuration page using IE 8. NOTE: Joomla! 1.7.1 does not have this problem and works as expected. Some images may be clicked for larger sizes. It is very easy to place Google Adsense ads on your Joomla! site without installing an extension. Yet, the last time I looked, there were dozens of different Joomla! extensions to help … Read entire article »
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How To View Module Positions in Joomla! 1.7
Joomla! 1.7 is now obsolete. Joomla! 2.5 is the newest release with long term support. Instructions for installing Joomla! 2.5 can be found here. Instructions for viewing module positions in Joomla 2.5 can be found here. In Joomla! 1.5.x you would append ?tp=1 to the end of the URL to view your module positions. For security reasons, Joomla 1.6 and 1.7 change this behaviour and you no longer see the module positions by appending ?tp=1 to the end of the URL. This tutorial assumes you have Joomla! 1.7 installed. Instructions for installing Joomla! 1.7 under XAMPP are here. These instructions are the same for both Joomla! 1.6 and Joomla! 1.7. Click on images for full size versions. (1) Login to the Joomla! backend. (2) Select Template Manager from the Extensions menu: (3) Click on the Options icon: (4) Click on the … Read entire article »
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Installing Joomla! 1.7 Under XAMPP
Joomla! 1.7 is now obsolete. Joomla! 2.5 is the newest release with long term support. Instructions for installing Joomla! 2.5 can be found here. This tutorial describes how to install Joomla! version 1.7.0 and 1.7.1, 1.7.2, 1.7.3, 1.7.4 under XAMPP version 1.7.3 on Windows XP. The procedure should be the same for other version combinations, but no guarantee is made. Assumes you have already installed XAMPP. (Installation instructions can be found here.) created a MySQL database. (Creation instructions can be found here.) Some images may be clicked on images for full size versions. Downloading Joomla! 1) Download the full Joomla install from here. 2) Choose to either save the ZIP file or to open it over the web. Saving the ZIP file makes it easier to install Joomla again, if you have to. Extracting Joomla! 3) Open the downloaded file by … Read entire article »
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Adding Adsense to Your Joomla! 1.6 Site
This tutorial shows you how to display Google Adsense ads on your Joomla! 1.6.x website without installing an extension. Requires you have a Google Adsense account. Should work for other ad providers that provide you with a code snippet for ads on your site. Joomla! 1.6 is now obsolete and Joomla.org no longer provides support for it. The instructions are the same for Joomla! 1.6 and Joomla! 1.7 – except that Joomla! 1.7.0 has compatibility problems with at least IE 8 (and possibly other browsers). Read the updated instructions for Joomla! 1.7 here. Some images may be clicked for larger sizes. It is very easy to place Google Adsense ads on your Joomla! site without installing an extension. Yet, the last time I looked, there were dozens of different Joomla! extensions to help you with Google … Read entire article »
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Installing the Movable Type API Plugin for Joomla! 1.6
This installation procedure is for Movable Type XML-RPC 1.0.0 for Joomla! version 1.6.x. It is likely the same for other version combinations, but there is no guarantee. Joomla! 1.6 is now obsolete. Joomla.org will continue to provide support for 1.6 until 19-August-2011. I have not tested these instructions with Joomla! 1.7 (and will not until I get back from holidays on 19-August-2011). Joomla.org claims there are minimal code differences, so these instructions might still work. This installation procedure is NOT compatible with Joomla! 1.5.x. Instructions for installing the Movable Type API for Joomla! 1.5.x can be found here. Some images may be clicked for larger versions. Installing the Movable Type API allows frontend clients (such as Windows Live Writer) to manage Joomla! articles via a blog interface. The Movable Type API is widely supported. Downloading the … Read entire article »
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How to Turn Off ‘display_errors’ in XAMPP
If you are here because: (1) when you try to run Joomla 1.5.x, 1.6.x, or 1.7.x under XAMPP 1.7.4 or 1.7.7 you get lots of errors like Strict Standards: Accessing static property JCache … or (2) you are running a popular PHP application and gettings errors when installing or running it out-of-the-box then see this page instead. NOT RECOMMENDED: One of the reasons for installing XAMPP is to be able to detect errors in your site and code. Disabling error reporting makes this a lot harder. These instructions are for XAMPP version 1.7.3, but it should work for other versions as well. If you are getting errors, the CORRECT thing to do is to FIX those errors, not hide them by turning off ‘display_errors’. Those errors are still there whether the setting is on or off. Think of it this way, … Read entire article »
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