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Joomla SQL 2 Excel Replacement

Posted on January 3, 2013 by admin

Joomla SQL 2 Excel Replacement Some months ago, almost a year I think there used to be a really ripping piece of software called SQL2Excel that was provided by Joomla R Us. It appears that this site has been down … Continue reading →

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The System Library ‘GD’ is not registered

Posted on July 4, 2012 by ttessier

The System Library ‘GD’ is not registered So… It appears that I am not the only one who ran into this issue, and not actually having run into it directly myself, it was a little tricky to get to the … Continue reading →

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eval base64_decode php

Posted on June 29, 2012 by ttessier

Eval base64_decode php So, it appears that there are some subtle variants on the site hacked in google and returning viagara or cialus, however those are spelled. But I believe the attack vector is the same and the protection is … Continue reading →

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Updating to Joomla 2.5

Posted on June 22, 2012 by admin

Updating to Joomla 2.5 NOTE: Do not do this on a live server, backup and test mileage before deploy as components and modules might not be available. Also templates need to be updated It’s getting pretty easy to update things … Continue reading →

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Updating the SiteURL or Home Link for wordpress

Posted on October 12, 2011 by ttessier

Updating the SiteURL or Home Link for wordpress Here and there I have come up with a problem to solve when either deploying word press sites or beginning to maintain sites that are live. My first step is usually to … Continue reading →

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Letters Missing From PDF

Posted on September 8, 2011 by ttessier

Letters Missing From PDF Having trouble with letters missing from your pdf content when you copy it to web? I noticed this issue before which I at first thought to be a corrupted PDF, but the PDF itself retained the … Continue reading →

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Allowing SuperAdmin access to Joomla for Demos

Posted on July 27, 2011 by ttessier

So you want to allow SuperAdmin access to joomla for demos, but you don’t want anybody to be able to do anything? Well, if thats what you want to do, then you will have to perform the following.

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Latest Version of Joomla Link

Posted on July 27, 2011 by ttessier

In case anyone is wondering where they can get the latest version of Joomla information which is now scheduled to have a major release every 6 months, the url is http://update.joomla.org/core/list.xml. There is an extension update link as well but … Continue reading →

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Joomla Module with Component Install

Posted on June 18, 2011 by ttessier

Looking for a way to package a module inside a component package, I came across the following technique. Re-use the JInstaller class and the com_installer install from folder code as well as the unpack methods to unzip.

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