Category Archives: Joomla (en)

Joomla and Drupal

What do Joomla and Drupal have in common? For example, Joomla has linux.com, and Drupal has ubuntu.com   Both sites have a huge load. Both have a high level of services. Both work fast.   So what’s the difference? Briefly … Continue reading

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Joomla 2.5 lost admin panel (solution)

Sometimes you move a site to new hosting under a test alias to update or make changes. For example, the site skobki.com transferred to the domain skobki.com.superhostingblabla.com   As a result, disappears admin – you can not go to sitname.com/administrator … Continue reading

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Joomla 2.5 menu sorting does not work (solution)

After upgrading from joomla 1.0.15 to joomla 2.5 the menu sorting stops working. Faced with this on the third migrated site. Cures are very simple. You need to query the database to reset the output order of the menu. To … Continue reading

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Joomla 2.5 – setting session time out limit in frontend

Accidentally came across the following potential vulnerability in joomla – the end of session in the frontend in Joomla does not match the backend – the session did not end for more than two days. Pretty dangerous if you give … Continue reading

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Joomla 2.5 – configuring user rights

When you need to differentiate user rights in the frontend, you may encounter a problem when the rights in the “user manager” for some reason show “allowed”, although it is “inherited” from users who have “prohibited”.   A trick of … Continue reading

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rss cache Joomla 2.5

Faced with an amazing bug in Joomla 2.5:   When importing news from third-party sites via rss, they first hang for a while, and then completely disappear. After an hour of wandering it became clear that the problem with the … Continue reading

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No “Joomla Update!” button in “Components”

To fix it, we write the following query to the database: INSERT INTO `#__menu` (`menutype`, `title`, `alias`, `note`, `path`, `link`, `type`, `published`, `parent_id`, `level`, `component_id`, `ordering`, `checked_out`, `checked_out_time`, `browserNav`, `access`, `img`, `template_style_id`, `params`, `lft`, `rgt`, `home`, `language`, `client_id`) VALUES (‘menu’, … Continue reading

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Updating Joomla. Newbie mistakes.

How much I once suffered with upgrading Joomla… I had to update several sites from Joomla 1.0.x to 1.5, then to 2.5. Often it was all done semi-automatically – when the sites were too big. It was the quiet horror … Continue reading

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Random Joomla article

As always – we do everything by regular means because it is safe and does not load the server (so the site is not slowed down by 100500 third-party extensions).   Recipe for outputting random material in the module:   … Continue reading

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joomla revalidate register global

Jumla installer has become very clever these days. Checks at the beginning of the requirements and if the hosting does not match them – refuses to install. Stupidly lit button “Re-check” and all.   Most often it has to do … Continue reading

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Joomla: uncategorized in breadcrumbs

A small tip for joomla crumbs problem – when you link other materials/categories to a menu item that is uncategorized, their names are duplicated in the crumbs. If you select “out of category” (uncategorized), then this inscription appears in the … Continue reading

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[SOLUTION] Upgrading Joomla from 3.6 to 3.7 “404 component not found” error

ЕImmediately after upgrading Joomla from 3.6.x to 3.7.x the main error pops up: 404 Component not found How to solve this problem: 1) make a rollback to a backup before the update (if there is no possibility – manually transfer … Continue reading

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[SOLUTION] Joomla 3.7.x menu glitches – “Error publishing 1 category because at least one of its parents is not published or one of its descendants…”

If after updating to Joomla 3.7.x you have started glitching menu when trying to add a new item and gives an error: Failed publishing 1 menu item as at least one of its parents is unpublished or one of its … Continue reading

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