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WordPress Generating Core Dumps

Surprisingly, the culprit is probably PHP.

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When Your Website Stops Working Properly, it may be a Corrupt Database

This tutorial is for people using a web host that uses the cPanel interface (version 11.34.1). Instructions may be the same for other versions or interfaces, but not guarantee is made. When we set up a website, we expect it to keep working. Maybe we have to apply periodic updates and patches, but, in general, […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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.) […]

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XAMPP – Fixing 'Strict Standards' Errors

This tutorial is for XAMPP 1.7.4 and XAMPP 1.7.7. It addresses the problem of many errors being generated by popular PHP applications (notably Joomla!) that you would expect to work, but, instead, generate lots of errors. If you have installed XAMPP 1.7.4 or XAMPP 1.7.7, you may have noticed that some applications (notably Joomla 1.5.x, […]

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Does Your CMS Affect Your Traffic?

This site began on December 16, 2009 with an article on getting Windows Live Writer to recognize your Joomla! theme – as far as I know, it was the first article on the web describing how to do that because I’d searched and searched and couldn’t find any tutorial on how to do it. After […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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, […]

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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 […]