Not a common problem. Sometimes you will be working on a very large website and want to transfer the database up to your host and your dbms panel, like phpmyadmin just doesn’t cut it. It’s only happened to me on a couple of occasions. The last time was on a website that had more than 90,000 articles so the database was enormous. Even though it was pure text it still reached about 40MB in size. [...]

So you’ve found a great module but you want to place it directly in your content. No problem, it’s as easy as pie. Go into the module manager Configure as you would normally Type a unique item in the “Position” dropdown, e.g. “mycontentmodule” Publish the module Go into your article Place the cursor where you want the module to appear Type the following at that location {loadposition mycontentmodule} Save the article Refresh the page in [...]

So someone asked me another common question the other day. “A section of my website is component X” but when I login and go to that page I can’t control the modules that are displayed.” Actually you can do so in a very simple manner. Just follow the steps in my previous post “I want my module on this page!” but create target the component’s url in your hidden menu item. e.g. a large section [...]

Here’s a common question. “I want to put module X on page Y. How do I target that page in the module manager?” Well you can’t actually target a page as such. The Joomla module manager works by using the itemId at the end of the URL. The itemId is based on the menu item that was clicked by the user. This goes way back to the days when Joomla navigation was meant to be [...]

So you’ve gone and developed your website, installed and configured extensions, entered content and built up a membership. You have a wealth of time invested in this project. One day you visit the website and and notice the dreaded “This site contains malware do you want to proceed” notice in your browser or even worse you’re website has been compromised, used to attack other machines and nobody is any the wiser. You and your readership [...]

So you want to sell stuff with your Joomla site? This is an area that’s pretty well covered by a multitude of extensions. However, you should take a while to step back and think about what you want to sell, how you want to sell it and what features you need in an eCommerce system. It is also important that you (or your client) are aware that different systems offering wildly differing levels of administration [...]

Here are my picks for the most useful Joomla Extensions as of June 2011. Some of these are old but up to date extensions that I have been using for years, some are new kids on the block that are just too good to overlook. Akeeba Backup This gets installed on all of my websites bar none. Keep a regular backup of your website with Akeeba. One can make an archive of the website in [...]

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Should I create my own template or purchase a commercial template? I get asked this question all the time. I often create my own templates but will sometimes use a template created by a reputable template shop/club. There are pros and cons to each approach:

People are often scared of this but there is no need to be. Below I will show you just how easy it is. These are the basic steps that we will follow: Download Akeeba Quickstart Upload Akeeba Kickstart to your hosting package Download the latest WordPress installation from WordPress.org Upload the zip file to your hosting package (in the same folder as Kickstart) Create a database for your website on your hosting package Run Akeeba Quickstart [...]