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Troubleshoot: custom fields are grayed out (disabled) in my form
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- First published June 15, 2020
- 1092 hits
You have just created a few custom fields for your articles, contacts or users in the Joomla console to realize that they are grayed out when you try editing them on the public side of your website. You are able to add data just fine in the console, so why not on the public side?
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Troubleshoot missing styles and scripts (access permissions errors)
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- First published October 13, 2015
- 7377 hits
- For:
- Any Simplify Your Web extension that has an output display
After installing any of the Simplify Your Web extensions (or after moving the site to a different server with different settings), some users may experience issues with the extension's HTML output. No matter the setup, the output does not look anything like any of the demos or screenshots that the user has seen...
Feelings of disappointment occur (it should work from the start, right?). What is really happening?
This tutorial will help you diagnose the issue (or confirm it) and guide you to help you fix it.
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Troubleshoot missing tabs or parameters in module (administration)
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- First published April 15, 2019
- 3018 hits
If you are missing parameters in any of the modules created by Simplify Your Web (in the Joomla administrator console), you may be a victim of conflicts caused by colliding extensions.
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Troubleshoot: Fatal or Class SYW... not found error
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- First published April 27, 2017
- 6193 hits
The issue
It's been reported a few times that suddenly, after an update, fatal errors or Class not found errors can occur when accessing an extension or a page hosting a Simplify Your Web extension.
Although a major issue (since it may crash the site on some pages), it is easily fixable.
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Troubleshoot: I don't see changes in the output no matter the parameters I set
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- First published October 13, 2015
- 4960 hits
- For:
- Any Simplify Your Web extension that has an output display
After installing an extension, no matter what you are trying to do, no matter the parameters you set, the output does not come out right. You can see pictures but no text for instance.
What is happening? You may experience a file access permission error on the stylesheets used by the extension.
Find out how to diagnose and ways you can fix these issues at Troubleshoot Missing Styles And Scripts (Access Permissions Errors).
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How to override the appearance of elements in an extension output
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- First published May 11, 2016
- 5711 hits
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 overcome design issues in Joomla, all mostly involving overrides. When the layout is considerably different, a template override may be in order but for simple changes (like the color of a title for instance), additional CSS code may just be the way to go.
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Troubleshoot blank screen after installing/updating an extension
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- First published April 08, 2016
- 6095 hits
- For:
- Any Simplify Your Web extension that relies on the lib_syw external library
Once in a while users come across a blank screen on the public side of their website. Rarely they may have the same experience on some administrator console pages.
While this could be a bug introduced by the latest extension update, it actually is most likely an issue with the external library that is necessary for most of our extensions to work.
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