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How to override the appearance of elements in an extension output
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No matter how flexible an extension is, there always comes a time where, now that the functionality is in place, the output is not quite an exact match to the original design. There are many ways to... -
You can skin a date formatted with PHP
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The PHP date format is very powerful and, although most people understand how to parse a date with the date() PHP function, it is less known that one can include HTML tags into it. Why would you... -
Making the cut with jQuery and MooTools in Joomla: The multiple jQuery libraries loading problem - Part 2
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There is an alternative to code jQuery library calls into a Joomla! template or into the Joomla! core. Nowadays, there is a pletora of jQuery plugins available in the Joomla! Extensions Directory...
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Troubleshoot: the module breaks the site after save
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- First published July 02, 2024
- 1968 hits
If a module breaks your site after a simple 'save', you are most likely using the extension 'Advanced Module Manager'.
The 'Advanced Module Manager' replaces the tags's condition with its own and raises a compatibility issue.
Luckily, there are 2 possible workarounds until I accommodate my extensions to work with Advanced Module Manager.
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How to add a hamburger menu with sliding pane in the Bare 960 Responsive template
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- First published November 12, 2023
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In many situations, the main menu of a site may be too big for consumption on a mobile device. One of the many techniques to make a menu responsive and mobile-friendly, is to have the menu transform into a 'hamburger'-style icon (hence, the 'hamburger' menu name) once the site's viewport becomes too small.
The selection of the hamburger icon then results in the opening of a pane, which contains the then hidden menu.
The Bare 960 Responsive template features that functionality out of the box.
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Troubleshoot: When opening your extension, I get '3 arguments are required, 2 given' in the administrator console
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- First published August 21, 2023
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When Joomla 4 came out, the CodeMirror editor has had a language string modification.
From the 3 arguments that were passed on to the language string, it now only requires 2.
So why is your Simplify Your Web extension breaking in the backend?
Because it uses the editor CodeMirror in quite a few places in its parameters.
What's the fix?
It's an easy one, actually.
Just make sure you update the language files, it is most likely that they are outdated and do not reflect the change made for CodeMirror.
To update a language (if you have not received a notification), go to System -> Install -> Languages and re-install the language(s) in use in the backend.
And voilà!
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Add font icons to menu items on your site (Joomla 3)
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- First published September 06, 2016
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Menu Icons
Adding a pictogramme to a menu item is visually appealing and useful to visitors of a site.
Joomla!'s core allows the use of images for such task (link image
parameter), but font icons have a definite advantage over them:
- Icons resize and look sharp on any device,
- their color can be changed easily through the use of CSS,
- no more loading of images,
- the icons may already be loaded on the page through the template's fonts.
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- Category: Tutorials
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Using custom fields to select items in Simplify Your Web extensions
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- First published December 11, 2021
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Simplify Your Web extensions have a very extensive array of options when it comes to selecting articles, contacts or weblinks, so you can really target a specific set of items to present to the visitors of your sites. I have just added to the list of filters the possibility to use custom fields as selectors.
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- Hits: 5537
Moving Simplify Your Web extensions from Joomla 3.10 to 4
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- First published July 23, 2021
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The migration from Joomla 3.10 to Joomla 4 for Simplify Your Web extensions is fairly simple, but there are still a few rules to follow for a smooth transition.
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Create a hidden menu item for search results
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- First published August 24, 2011
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You want to see search results in a specific page, have modules associated to that page but do not want to have a specific menu item for it. Why? Because you already have a search box in your template and therefore do not need a menu item for it. And modules need to be associated to a specific page unless they are supposed to show on all of them.
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