Jan 22
2010

Joomla Back-up with JoomlaPack - Brilliant

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I have just completed a site development to replace an existing site.  I needed to transfer the site to a different server.  Normally, I  go through the pain of uploading all the Joomla software, then install all the components and plugins for the site, upload all the images, then remove the Mysql database, then import the new one.  Takes a while.

This new site had an estate agent software, with images in a different place to images/stories ... so I did a little research and I found JoomlaPack.

What a treasure ...
First install the joomlapack into the new site.  Configure the software in the components menu, and then click on back-up site.

The back-up sits in a folder on the server, so using FTP, download the back-up.

Secondly, make sure where you are sending the site has a clean webspace and upload the KickStart package.  It is just one kickstart.php file.  Upload the backup to the site using FTP.

Lastly, go to www.newsite.com/kickstart.php and press the Start button.  Wait about 5 mins, then follow the instructions.  About 5 minutes later, you have the website working on a new server.
Issues
The permissions on the folder cannot be changed by using FTP, so ensure you have Explorer installed, so you can change permissions in the backend of the site.

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Jan 13
2010

IE8 Kills the Internet. IE8 Fix for Joomla

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With the advent of IE8, many sites will be broken.  Apart from telling the world to download Firefox, Chrome or Opera, which will not happen, then a fix is required for affected Joomla sites.  Having scoured the universe, I found the following:

Put the following code in the head of the Joomla template ....

< head ><meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=EmulateIE7" /><head />

That forces IE8 to emulate IE7 ... simple.

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Jan 07
2010

Joomla 1.0.x ... Virtuemart upgrade from 1.1.3 to 1.1.4

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On a recent upgrade of Virtuemart, anyone who tried to register with the website who had a hyphen in their email address could not register with the site.  On searching, I found the following solution.

Joomla Changes:

File: includes/joomla.php

From: Code: if (eregi( "[<|>|"|'|%|;|(|)|&|+|-]", $this->username) || strlen( $this->username ) < 3) { $this->_error = sprintf( addslashes( _VALID_AZ09 ), addslashes( _PROMPT_UNAME ), 2 ); return false; }
To: Code: if (eregi( "[<|>|"|'|%|;|(|)|&|+]", $this->username) || strlen( $this->username ) < 3) { $this->_error = sprintf( addslashes( _VALID_AZ09 ), addslashes( _PROMPT_UNAME ), 2 ); return false; }

File: components/com_user/user.html.php

From: Code: var r = new RegExp("[<|>|"|'|%|;|(|)|&|+|-]", "i");
To var r = new RegExp("[<|>|"|'|%|;|(|)|&|+]", "i");

File: administrator/components/com_user/admin.users.html.php

From: Code: var r = new RegExp("[<|>|"|'|%|;|(|)|&|+|-]", "i");
To: var r = new RegExp("[<|>|"|'|%|;|(|)|&|+]", "i");

That's it for Joomla. You should now be able to register a new user without a hyphen.

Virtuemart Changes:

In in /administrator/components/com_virtuemart/classes/ps_shopper.php

Code: silent_username = substr( str_replace( '-', '_', $d['email'] ), 0, 25 );

change to

Code: change to silent_username = substr( str_replace( '-', '-', $d['email'] ), 0, 25 );

 

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Nov 30
2009

Upgrade of Virtuemart 1.1.3 to 1.1.4

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When I upgraded an ecommerce site from Virtuemart 1.1.3 to 1.1.4, certain things started to go wrong. Firstly, the Purchase Order email address was from the shop, not the shopper. Secondly the currency symbol in the purchase order showed £6.99 instesad of £6.99.

The first issue was sorted.

The ps_checkout.php code at line 2198 shows: $vendor_mail = vmMail ( $from_email, $mosConfig_fromname, $shopper_name, $vendor_email, $vendor_subject, $vendor_mail_Body, $vendor_mail_AltBody, true, null, null, $EmbeddedImages );

and should be changed to:

$vendor_mail = vmMail( $shopper_email, $shopper_name, $vendor_email, $vendor_subject, $vendor_mail_Body, $vendor_mail_AltBody, true, null, null, $EmbeddedImages);

This allows the email to be sent by the shopper not the shop, making it easier to search for the email in your email client.

The Symbol issue still has to be sorted.

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Nov 27
2009

Welcome to Total Ecommerce - Our new Joomla 1.5 website

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To show that we are moving on with technology, we have changed our company name to Freetime Webgroup and changed the style of the site to reflect this.

At the Freetime Webgroup (ex Total Ecommerce) we use Joomla Content Management Systems. Joomla! Content Management System has become the first choice Content Management System (CMS) for thousands of web site developers from individuals to large corporations. The range of Joomla! extensions available from third party developers gives you amazing potential for your feature rich and dynamic website.  Call us to get your feature rich CMS website for your business.

We will also update this blog weekly with our latest projects.

Keep coming back!

Mike Collins
MD Freetime Webgroup.

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