Here you will find tidbits of information from JUGS members which might just make your day that little bit easier  If you would like to contribute, please let us know via the forum or at one of the JUGS meetings.
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Top 10 Stupidest Administrator Tricks |
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10. Use the cheapest hosting provider you can find.
- Preferably use a shared server that hosts hundreds of other sites, some of which are high-traffic porn sites. Don't check the list of recommended hosting providers.
FYI: You can use a tool such as Robtext (if you are using a shared Hosting Provider) To see who you are sharing space with and if you should be proactive to request a move to another shared space. For example: http://www.robtex.com/dns/joomla.org.html or for REALLY cool information: Google.com: http://www.robtex.com/dns/google.com.html shows domain,shared,whois,blacklist,analysis,contact
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Merging emails from Access Database with attachments |
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Came across a brilliant site for anyone doing exciting stuff with Word. I needed to do a mail merge from an access database, into emails, with an attachment (and possibly more than one in the future).
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Pagination links not working in article index? |
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I came across this issue which completely baffled me!
I have a site which is using Artio JoomSEF for it's SEF url generation, and lots of very long articles which needed splitting into pages, however using the page break feature was generating URL's which pointed at <rooturl>/#page1 when they should link to <rooturl>/pagename/#page1.
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Customize the dynamic page title |
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To customize the page title to add the site name followed by the document title, edit index.php in the template that you are currently using. For example, directly after the <head> tag add the following to show "Site Name - Page Name" as the browser's page title:
<?php
$document =& JFactory::getDocument();
$document->setTitle($mainframe->getCfg('sitename') . " - " . $document->title);
?>
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How to redirect "You need to Log In" to a content article |
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Sometimes you might have the situation where you would rather have an informational piece of text to advise the user that they need to register to view the content article or so forth, rather than have them dumped to the "You need to log in to view this" page. Here's how!
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