What is the best open source software for…?
Posted by admin on Jan 24, 2010
Im looking for an open source software under the gnu/gpl licence that would be good for ecommerce and a main page and where its easy to add things like menu items etc and also would have a range of different themes for it.
Please do not say joomla as i am fimiliar with it and is not suitable.
Thanks
try these sites for freeware
http://filehippo.com
http://cnet.com
http://majorgeeks.com
should find what you need on one of them
enjoy
Joomla Page Editing?
Posted by admin on Jan 20, 2010
How do I edit the Joomla pages that are on the default template? I am aware of the admin control panel, but I dont know how to edit all the other pages like the home page. Are there separate menus?
You would need to have some programming skills, but since you already have a template it isn’t hard to change certain things. If you have Microsoft Frontpage (or any FTP Program) copy all the Joomla Template Files to your computer. In the directory template/YOURTEMPLATE/index.php will be the main page for your Joomla Web Site. I’d make a copy of it and call it indexOrig.php before editing it (just in case). Then you will see the basic PHP and HTML code that you can change. Sometime its easier to view the website in Internet Explorer and do "View Source", so can see the difference between how the browser sees the code and the actual index.php file. Play around with making changes, upload the file to your web site and see how it looks – as long as you have the original backed up, you’ll be fine.
Hope that helps – I’ve developed about 10 Joomla sites over the past 6 months and that was how I learned.
-Matt
Here is an example of a Joomla Site with a completely edited index.php file:
http://www.craftys.net
Help with JOOMLA 1.5?
Posted by admin on Jan 18, 2010
I started a website, www.fantasy-advice.com
i used a joomla template and when i go to my main site, you can see the template. however, when i click on of the links on my menus, it takes me to the correct article, but the template goes away and all there is is a white background and funky text. can anyone help me fix this so the template works for all pages of my site?
Tell me the name of template may be your template is corrupt go to this site u will find all premium templates free
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Joomla experts, please help me with these problems,?
Posted by admin on Jan 12, 2010
1. I want my banners to show on the frontpage of http://yolaguide.com.
How can I make the banner to show?
2. I will like the directory link of the main menu to show on the front page too. How? please assist. Thanks a lot.
You can use the banner extension that’s already a part of Joomla or you can download an extension that will work best for you in http://extensions.joomla.org. Anyway, no matter what you do, your template must have a module holder for the banner, otherwise it won’t show at the front page.
Goodluck
My Joomla web page is messed up!?
Posted by admin on Jan 8, 2010
I just installed joomla to my webapge (bloodybullet.net) but i did some stupid thing.
I deleted the Home page from both The Menus and the Modules.
HELP!!!
Reinstall would be easy. But you would loose everything. Backing up the database would save your articies. It sounds like you are early on though, where a reinstall wold be painless.
But you can just add a new menu and new module. Set it to be published and the default front page..
Need help with my Joomla site?
Posted by admin on Jan 3, 2010
My joomla site on http://coloncleansingraleigh.com/joomla/ needs help. It needs the template’s style on all the pages. I need articles to be under the tabs on the top menu rather then frontpage. I want to delete the words "welcome to the frontpage" and info like the date and author’s name, etc.
How do I fix all that?
i am using siteground-j15-61 from SiteGround.com
i check your site and i have one question. what template are you using? it seems that your template is not following the standards of the joomla! template.
in removing the welcome to the frontpage is in the templates/index.php
Joomla Problem: Database Error?
Posted by admin on Dec 25, 2009
I installed joomla on localhost. Now I can’t access it because I changed the database name.
I went to Site –> Global configuration –> server and I change the database name to something else. Now I get this message everytime I try to open the localhost/xxxxx/administrator menu:
Database Error: Unable to connect to the database:Could not connect to database.
How do I get it back?
open the config.php or configuration.php and change your details
It is all commented and you will see what you need to change straight away
joomla, css, and clean template?
Posted by admin on Dec 13, 2009
hi i need help with Joomla…
1. have problem, when i add external CSS for creating tabs menu like
this:
http://stilbuero.de/jquery/tabs/
or this:
http://css.maxdesign.com.au/listamatic2/horizontal05.htm
its making them looks bad, because my tabs CSS collisioning with joomla JA_Purity’s template…
(screenshot here: http://pub.ashphp.info/sccc.JPG )
i tried to edit the CSS of the template, tried to place the tabs css in bottom/middle/top of the page and notting helped… any idea?
2. OR there is any super basic clean template of joomla to download for free? no css, etc. i just need this site as a One page site…
Thanks!
You may contact a joomla expert live at website like http://definitivelab.com/ ,etc .
Joomla help – Failed links and limited privileges?
Posted by admin on Dec 10, 2009
I posted this on the Joomla help forum, but it’s been less than a day and it’s already buried on the second page with no answer, so I figured I’d hedge my bets and see if anyone on here could help.
I’m somewhat new to Joomla and I have a few technical questions I’ve been trying to sort out.
I’ve been working on building this site for someone, using Joomla and one of the problems I’ve encountered recently is that that links to sub pages don’t work on the actual site.
I’m almost 100% they worked the first time I put them up, but now I get "The page you tried to access does not exist on this server. "
But the pages are all right there on Joomla, they were there when I started, because the person I’m building this site for had a number of page already there, some of them from another site (including the main page, which I’m overhauling) The sub pages were all there, save for one original one that I made; but I saved them, I’ve hit publish; the link is in a side menu on the main page, so I select which menu and give it the right name for the link; and it appears just fine in the menu on the main page, but you try and click it, it fails.
I’m positive it worked the first time, because I was really happy it worked and it all seemed to be working pretty easy; I probably wouldn’t have left it alone if there had been a problem the first time; but then a couple of weeks ago, I go to look it over, make some text changes and stuff, and I go to see how it looks on the actual site and….nothing.
Another snag is that, despite the owner of the site giving me administrator privileges (separate log-in/account from his own, but it’s supposed to be full access) I don’t have all the same editorial tools he has. There are many key function that simply aren’t there in my account that he has in his, which means I can’t do certain things we want to do to get the site how we want it. One of things being, uploading and embedding videos on some of the web pages. He did one, somehow, by uploading the video on the FTP and then putting an embedding code I found online – it worked, but I can’t seem to figure out how, because I can’t seem to reconcile where the files on the FTP are in Joomla.
But the main point is, certain folders and managers are missing from what I have when I log-in, compared to what the owner has when he logs in and I need to be able to access those functions; but neither I nor the own know why I don’t have these features, since I’m supposed to have…everything.
Lastly, somewhat small point, but something I definitely need solved; I can’t seem to put in links that lead away from the original website. The owner of the site has another site he wants the site I’m working on, linked to – but every time I put in the address, even the full address, starting with "http", when you click on the link, the address it tries to go to, puts in the full main address of the originating site and then the full address I put in. Just as an example, it’s like I’m trying to link from yahoo to Google, so I put in www.google.com into the field that asks for the address and enter the link; only the address it would take you to is www.yahoo.com/www.google.com.
I understand this could be potentially be useful for linking sub pages (although, not the ones I’m trying to link, since I don’t have a full address to them, that I’m aware of; and the process I’m trying to link them by, should work…) But I can’t find any options that establish the link as one that leads away from the main site. And for all I know, it’s because I’m missing the feature that lets you do that in the first place.
It may be that your account is set up to be an "Administrator" and you should be a "Super Administrator".
It also sounds as if there may be some SEF (search-engine friendly) URL rewriting issues. The missing pages issues might be a problem with the rewriting cache, so look for an option to clear it.
I’ve seen the "local site URL prefix" problem before. You may have to disable SEF rewriting or switch to a different SEF plug-in to fix it.
Joomla Website HOME TAB?
Posted by admin on Dec 5, 2009
I want to make my Site LOGO HOME and I want to make the FIRST Main Menu Item the SECOND Page of my site! Any ideas as how I can do this…I know a fair bit of PHP and my way around Joomla 1.5 …but not an expert.
Thanks.
I’m not sure if I understand you correctly, but it sounds as if you want to have a graphic/intro home page with a "click to enter" type entry into the site.
First, let me say that I recommend against this type of site design because most users want to get straight into the site without extra clicking. It just makes more work for your visitors.
However, if that’s what you want to do, here’s how to do it:
Joomla! displays the first item on the "main menu" as the home page, but there is no requirement that this menu ever be displayed by being assigned to a module position.
In other words, leave the system main menu (the one that says it can’t be deleted) empty except for your entry ("logo") page and do NOT assign it to any module position for any pages.
Then create a new menu (which can also be called "Main Menu" if you want) that has your second (and other) page main menu items. Assign this second main menu to the desired module position and pages (or all pages) where you would have placed the original main menu.
You may want to rename the original main menu to avoid your own confusion when looking through the module list.
