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Joomla 1.7 remove "Created on" in Article Date

DetailsPublished on Monday, 25 July 2011 12:05

joomla_17The string "Created on" in Article Date can be edited in the com_component language file at:

[joomla_root]/language/en-GB/en-GB.com_content.ini

Search file for COM_CONTENT_CREATED_DATE_ON="Created on %s"

Change to COM_CONTENT_CREATED_DATE_ON="%s"

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Joomla User Group Permissions: (who gets to do what)

DetailsPublished on Saturday, 19 June 2010 22:07 joomla-aclJoomla has four front end user groups and three back end user groups.

User permissions are set in: Site > User Manager

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There are four Front-end User Groups available in a standard Joomla installation:

Registered: The Registered User Group comprises those users who have completed the registration process.

As a Registered User they have the access permission to log in to the web site, view all Content that is set as Registered Access as well as Public Access Content.

By default Registered Users are able to configure their own User Profile, submit a Web Link, view/rate Content Items with a Registered Classification,

Author: The Author User Group inherits the access permissions of the Registered User Group and in addition, its members are allowed to create a new Content Item for the Front-end of the web site.

A new Menu Item link will need to be added to one of the web site Menus to allow the Author to access this function.

Editor: The Editor User Group inherits the access permissions of the Author User Group and, in addition, its members are allowed to edit all published Content Items for the Front-end of the web site, and to review and edit (where appropriate) any new Content Item that has yet to be published.

A new Menu Item link will need to be added to one of the web site Menus to allow the Editor to access any unpublished Content Items. These are created in the menu=>Menu Manager [menuname]->new Menu Item.

Publisher: The Publisher User Group inherits the access permissions of the Editor User Group, and in addition, its members are allowed to publish new Content Items to the Front-end of the web site. In addition the Publisher can control existing published Content Items and Unpublish them if necessary by direct entry into the Content Item itself.

A new Menu Item link will need to be added to one of the web site Menus to allow the Publisher to access any unpublished Content Items.These are created in the menu=>Menu Manager [menuname]->new Menu Item.

There are three Back-end User Groups available in a standard Joomla installation.

As administration User Groups they have the access permission to log in to the web site as well as to the Administrator Back-end - via a separate log in process. They can view all Content that is Classified as Registered Access, Public Access, as well as Special Access.

Manager: The Manager User Group inherits the access permissions of the Publisher User Group in the Front-end of the web site and, in addition, its members are allowed access to the Administrator Back-end (Control Panel) via a separate log in.

In the Control Panel a Manager can access the following Administrator Menus and associated functions:

Site: Media Manager Preview. Statistics Menu: Access and edit existing Menus Content: Content by Section All Content Static Content Manager, Section Manager, Category Manager Front Page Manager Archives Manager. Page Impressions Help (general), including System Info.

Administrator: The Administrator User Group inherits the access permissions of the Manager User Group and in addition an Administrator has the following permissions:

Site: Trash Manager, User Manager (may create/edit/delete any user of the same level or below – all except Super Administrator. Menu: Modules: Site Modules Administrator Modules Components Banners Contacts Mass Mail Not available although it appears in this menu News Feeds Polls Syndicate Web LinksMambots: Installers

Super Administrator: The Super Administrator User Group has total access permission – that is for all Back-end administration and all Front-end functions.

All the functions accessed by the Administrator User Group plus:

Site: Global Configuration Language Manager Template Manager User Manager (may create/edit any type of user, may delete any user except Super Administrator.

In Joomla Content is classified by who can view/access it. There are three levels of Content Access Classification:

Public - open to all visitors to the web site. Registered - restricted to all seven Registered User Groups of the web site. Special - restricted to all User Groups except Guest and Registered.

NOTE: The Special Classification uses the individual Group's authority levels to determine precisely what Special Access is actually permitted.


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Joomla Security Update 1.7.3

DetailsPublished on Monday, 14 November 2011 00:00

Joomla 1.7.3 download is here

Get Joomla update alerts by email here

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Joomla Favicon

DetailsPublished on Wednesday, 29 July 2009 07:37

favicon-joomla.jpg The Joomla favicon can be changed to your own favicon.

The Joomla favicon can be found at:

[Joomla root] templates/yourTemplate/favicon.ico

For an Administrator template it will be located at:

[Joomla root] administrator/templates/yourTemplate/favicon.ico

It is also possible that the favicon is in the root of the Joomla site or the images folder.

It depends on the template programming.

One way to determine where the favicon is being pulled from is to view the source code of your page. 

Look for something like this in the head section of the code:

! Browsers cache the favicon and some don't flush the favicon easily. You may need to clear the browser cache and possibly reboot the browser to clear the old favicon from the browser cache. 

Tip: I find this favicon generator tool helpful for converting images to favicons.

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How to Reset Super Administrator Password in Joomla 2.5



After installing Joomla 2.5 (just yesterday), I already forgot my super administrator password and username.  It must be signs of getting old.  So I went out to try to figure out how to change my super admin password, and successfully retrieved both without having to reinstall.
Steps to Reset Your Joomla 2.5 Super Administrator Password:

1.  Forgot Password Link

Forgot Password Link Will NOT Send Super Admin Password.  After clicking on the ‘Forgot Password’ link, I entered in the email address for the Super Admin and got this message:

Reset password failed: A Super Administrator can’t request a password reminder. Please contact another Super Administrator or use an alternative method.
There goes the easy way.  So jump to 3, to find out how I reset the Super Admin Password.

2.  Forgot Username Link

Since I also forgot my Super Admin username, I went to the frontpage and clicked on the ‘Forgot Username’ link.   Joomla 2.5 will send you the super administrator username to the email address you created the account with.    Below is the message you get:

3.  Reset Password in phpMyAdmin

For this step, you will need to access your web hosting and to know your MySQL database username and MySQL database password.  You will also need to access and modify your backend database ‘user’ table.  Below I will show you how to do this:
Note: I am using Dreamhost, but the same logic applies to any web hosting provider.
a.  Find my MySQL Database Username/Password?
  • Login to your Webhosting provider account i.e., Dreamhost
  • Click on ‘MySQL Databases’
  • Scroll down to ‘Databases on this Server‘
  • See your database name, and in the middle column is your Database username
  • If you forgot your password, you can click on the Database username and next screen will allow you to enter in a new password.

b.  Access phpMyAdmin

  • Still in Dreamhost, in ‘MySQL Database’ screen
  • Scroll up to ‘Hostnames’ and click onphpMyAdmin.
    • *** In other web hosting, there should be an icon that says phpMyAdmin.  You can just click on that.
  • Enter in the Database username and password you got from step 3a.

c.  Access the Users Table in phpMyAdmin

  • On the left, you will see 2 links, click on your Database name (same database name from Step 3a.  Not the same as your database username).
    • ***These are list of tables in your Joomla 2.5 installation that keeps all the information and manages your site.  Do not delete or change any of the tables if you do not know what you are doing.  You can potentially corrupt your database, lose information or delete your whole database.
  •  You will see all the table names are prefixed with some letters, i.e. adfa_
  • The table names are on the right of the Underscore.
  • Scroll down to the table  xxxx_users
  • Click on the ‘Browse‘ tab

d.  Change the Super Administrator Password


3d. Click on Pencil to Edit the Super Administrator User
  • Click on the ‘Pencil‘ to edit your Super Administrator user.
    3c. Click on 'Browse' users Table in phpMyAdmin
  • The next screen is where you can change your password, See the password field:
    • Change the password drop down to ‘MD5′
    • Enter in a new password in the text box beside it
  • Also as a security measure:
    • change your user ID 42 to another number not already being used.
    • Change your Username Admin to another username not already being used.
  • Click on ‘Go’
See the screenshot below of how your _users table should look like.  Please change the values according to your own website data.
3d. phpMyAdmin Change Password in Users Table
After that your password is changed.  You will see on the next screen that the password field changed to a bunch of letters and numbers that you didn’t enter.  That’s ok, because that’s how MySQL stores your password.
Go to your Joomla 2.5 Administrator screen and try out your new username and password you entered in from Step 3d.
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Convert Joomla 1.5 Templates Back to 1.0

Joomla 1.5 Templates can in theory be converted to Joomla 1.0 Templates.
Is it wise? 
Some Joomla users still on 1.0 are looking at the new templates for Joomla 1.5 and wishing they could use them.
It is possible to convert a Joomla 1.5 template to Joomla 1.0, but there are some things to consider.
1. Joomla 1.0 is no longer supported.
If a security hole is found in Joomla 1.0 it will not be fixed. (unless you fix it yourself) 
2. Joomla 1.5 has template parameters not available in Joomla 1.0.
Some of the newer templates are actually like many templates in one with the options provided by the template parameters.
The parameter selections would need to be determined and hard coded into the Joomla 1.0 template. 
This would involve loading the template into a Joomla 1.5 installation first to determine the desired settings.
3. Installer Package 
A new Joomla 1.0 compatible installer package would need to be created for the converted template. 
4. Is it Wise?
I can't say this is a best practice and question the value of spending time/money on going backwards.
I can understand, however, that some users are quite happy with Joomla 1.0.
My main reason not to do this would be the fact that Joomla 1.0 is no longer supported by joomla.org. 
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CPanel Redirects Not Working With Joomla .htaccess

If CPanel Redirects are not working ...
Manually edit the .htaccess file and move the redirect directives at the bottom of the .htaccess file to the top (before the Joomla related directives).
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Joomla 1.7: Module Not Showing When Published

If a Joomla Module is published, but does not show up on the front end, it might not be assigned to any menu items.
In the Module Manager open the Module and check that "Module Assignment" is NOT set to "No pages".

Set to "On all pages", or "Only on the pages selected", or "On all pages except those selected".
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Joomla 1.7: How to Empty Article Trash

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When Joomla 1.7 Articles are Trashed they are still in the database.To empty the Joomla 1.7 Trash go to:
Content -> Article Manager
In the "Select Status" drop down menu select "Trashed".
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Select the articles to remove from Trash and click the "Empty Trash" icon in top right toolbar.
If you have many articles to delete you may find it faster to run this SQL in PhpMyAdmin:
DELETE FROM `jos_content` WHERE `state` = "-2"
(the jos_ table prefix may need to be replaced with your custom prefix)
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Joomla blog posts from around the web (46/11)

Here are some interesting Joomla blog posts I found during week 46: • A Report From Joomla!day Italy 2011• Pizza, Bugs, and Fun 2011Bugs• Languages: 1.7.3 improvements• Weever Apps for Joomla goes Free• A Coffee joomla! for a new "distro" Joomla! from Latin American• Under the hood of FILEman• Social media is changing SEO, is your Joomla web site ready?• 9 Joomla Template framework solutions for developers • Build a Joomla website within 2 minutes. Is it possible?
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Joomla blog posts from around the web (49/11)

Here are some interesting Joomla blog posts I found during week 49:  • Thanks to Pizza, Bugs and Fun Participants!• DOCman 1.6.3 released• Introducing Zentools• How to add a default menu item in Joomla• Celebrate Christmas by taking 100% off redSHOP with purchase of sh404SEF• Flexible Desktop Browser and Mobile Grid Layout Template Framework for Joomla v1.7• Remarkable Joomla powered websites - Amazing illustrations for your desirable websites
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Joomla blog posts from around the web (43/11)

Here are some interesting Joomla blog posts I found during week 43: • Hidden Joomla 1.7 Secrets - Live in your living room• No Upgrades? You'll Scare Your Users Away• 2011 Joomla Day New York Recap• 2012 Goal setting and budget planning proposed process• Forms for Joomla 1.7 – Just released!• Six free must-have Joomla extensions – Have you installed them all?• The Joomla 1.7 extensions native: Round 2• Simon Says Get K2 Important News
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Joomla blog posts from around the web (41/11)

Here are some interesting Joomla blog posts I found during week 41: • Roadmap Meeting Streaming Live• Shhhh something amazing is getting ready!• The write stuff• Introducing the Responsive Joomla Template
Written by Andrea Tarr
We will be having live streaming of the Joomla Roadmap Meeting happening in New York City this Friday, October 21. The meeting is scheduled to start at 10 am EDT. See this link for the time in your area:
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Joomla blog posts from around the web (44/11)

Here are some interesting Joomla blog posts I found during week 44: • Hiring a Writer• Meet FILEman and LOGman• Joomla SaaS – A Good Start for Joomla Newbie• Top 10 most popular Joomla FAQs from newbies• Languages: 1.7.3 improvements• The Busiest Year Ever for Joomla!Days• Proposed 2012 CLT Goals• Proposed PLT 2012 Goals• Community feedback requested on OSM's top 2012 goal ideas• Important Security Vulnerability Fixed• Premium stock photo resources for your Joomla website (Part 1)
We are looking for a web content writer to help us run a group of regional websites.  The sites are major online resources for some famous places. AppalachianTrail.com covers one of the world's most famous hiking trails. LakeLanier.com and LakeAllatoona.com cover two of the most popular attractions in the state of Georgia.
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Joomla blog posts from around the web (42/11)

Here are some interesting Joomla blog posts I found during week 42: • Roadmap Meeting Recap• FAQs About the Recent Updates• Introducing Zen Grid Framework 2• Excellent Joomla 1.7 Extensions Native: Round 1• Product Version View - A convenient tool for compare Joomla templates• K2 v2.5.1 (maintenance release) now available  
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Joomla blog posts from around the web (45/11)

Here are some interesting Joomla blog posts I found during week 45: • A Closer Look at LOGman• Framework, Security and Unified Extension Updates• Premium stock photo resources for your Joomla website (Part 2)

Knowing what’s happening on your site and what other people are doing is an essential part of web administration and the social web. Whether you’re alone or working with a team of web administrators, writers and editors, having the ability to record and view their activities in your site or across sites is very useful.
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Joomla blog posts from around the web (1/12)

Here are some interesting Joomla blog posts I found during week 1: • New Features in 2.5 - Windows Azure support• New Features in Joomla! 2.5• 30% Discount New Year Coupon• The bamboo working bee bamboo • Resizing images with Zentools • 10 Joomla headlines you won't see in 2012 • Joomla 2.5 - new features and version system
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Joomla blog posts from around the web (47/11)

Here are some interesting Joomla blog posts I found during week 47:  • Joomla! is not one community• Last Steps to Joomla 2.5!• Mexico CIty Runs Joomla• Adding Drag & Drop uploads to Joomla• DOCman 1.5.12 & 1.6.2 released• The Bamboo state of the union• How to make your joomla content socially engaging and improve seo• Joomla Solution To Push Any Form Data Into Salesforce CRM• The web development tools to start working with Joomla templates• K2 v2.5.3 (maintenance release) now available
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