From wpage1 at gmail.com Wed Jan 3 00:36:32 2007 From: wpage1 at gmail.com (WP1) Date: Wed, 3 Jan 2007 00:36:32 -0500 Subject: [joomla] Trying to get "From Scratch" template to have a menu like SolarFlare's template Main Menu Message-ID: Hello All! Hope everyone is enjoying the New Year! I am building a template from scratch. I would like to get the menu to display with the colors that change like the SolarFlare template Main Menu. I do not know where to begin or where to go to get information as to how to do it. I played with a SolarFlare template previously and was able to alter the CSS and Menu Link Image so that I could change the colors for the Main Menu. However, I cannot figure out how to do this from scratch. If anyone can provide some direction with this and/or suggest a Tutorial that I could read to accomplish this, it would be appreciated. Thanks in advance. WP1 -- Webbing Along!! From wpage1 at gmail.com Wed Jan 3 08:41:25 2007 From: wpage1 at gmail.com (WP1) Date: Wed, 3 Jan 2007 08:41:25 -0500 Subject: [joomla] Joomla Quick Start Guides for educating users In-Reply-To: <4596B2A0.8080601@nuthinwerked.com> References: <4596B2A0.8080601@nuthinwerked.com> Message-ID: Hi Mr. Spice! Thank you for the links. I have placed them in my Joomla Tutorial folder. WP On 12/30/06, Graham Spice wrote: > Glad to see people using this list again. If you have newbie users, I always > point mine to these 2 quick start guides: > > http://www.netshinesoftware.com/downloads/Joomla%20Quick%20Start%201.0.pdf > http://www.redevolution.com/content/view/52/63/ (requires > login to download) I find that showing the user how to use Joomla is the > only hurdle to using it. Once they see the light, they never want to go back > to any other website creation and delivery system they've ever used. > > Barrie has some great tutorials at his site. He is a gifted writer for these > types of things. Glad to see you here, Mr. North. ;) > > Happy Holidays- > Graham > > _______________________________________________ > New York PHP SIG: Joomla! Mailing List > http://lists.nyphp.org/mailman/listinfo/joomla > > NYPHPCon 2006 Presentations Online > http://www.nyphpcon.com > > Show Your Participation in New York PHP > http://www.nyphp.org/show_participation.php > > -- Webbing Along!! From wpage1 at gmail.com Wed Jan 3 09:02:22 2007 From: wpage1 at gmail.com (WP1) Date: Wed, 3 Jan 2007 09:02:22 -0500 Subject: [joomla] Intranet development using Joomla In-Reply-To: <330532b60609010737v3a73be5ewb1c8d1a1f574c530@mail.gmail.com> References: <330532b60608311802i2943b17did18ae8d5aa5e2d9e@mail.gmail.com> <330532b60609010737v3a73be5ewb1c8d1a1f574c530@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: Hi Mitch! Any follow-up on the note to the editor about the article you wrote in the past on using Joomla as an Intranet. Thanks for your response in advance. WP -- Webbing Along!! On 9/1/06, Mitch Pirtle wrote: > On 9/1/06, WP1 wrote: > > Hi Mitch! > > > > Can you share the article? :) > > Just fired off a note to my editor, as a brief search turned up > nothing. Will keep you posted here :-) > > -- Mitch > _______________________________________________ > New York PHP SIG: Joomla! Mailing List > http://lists.nyphp.org/mailman/listinfo/joomla > > NYPHPCon 2006 Presentations Online > http://www.nyphpcon.com > > Show Your Participation in New York PHP > http://www.nyphp.org/show_participation.php > From mitch.pirtle at gmail.com Thu Jan 4 11:19:42 2007 From: mitch.pirtle at gmail.com (Mitch Pirtle) Date: Thu, 4 Jan 2007 11:19:42 -0500 Subject: [joomla] Trying to get "From Scratch" template to have a menu like SolarFlare's template Main Menu In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <330532b60701040819o59468b55r434126d1a2221d04@mail.gmail.com> On 1/3/07, WP1 wrote: > I am building a template from scratch. I would like to get the menu > to display with the colors that change like the SolarFlare template > Main Menu. > > I do not know where to begin or where to go to get information as to > how to do it. You can experiment with CSS to do this, mainly a:hover and using classes for your menus. Barrie has provided a real nice tutorial (actually several) as linked in another thread, and you can find CSS tutorials all over the web. I cannot think of a specific tutorial that covers Joomla menus and CSS though. Anyone? -- Mitch From wpage1 at gmail.com Thu Jan 4 11:40:14 2007 From: wpage1 at gmail.com (WP1) Date: Thu, 4 Jan 2007 11:40:14 -0500 Subject: [joomla] Trying to get "From Scratch" template to have a menu like SolarFlare's template Main Menu In-Reply-To: <330532b60701040819o59468b55r434126d1a2221d04@mail.gmail.com> References: <330532b60701040819o59468b55r434126d1a2221d04@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: Hi! Thanks for responding Mitch! My problem is, I cannot figure out what code in the CSS should be written to affect this type of menu. I understand enough CSS to write the code but I am having a disconnect with which class/id affects this type of menu. Maybe I will just try a cut and paste CSS from the SolarFlare template that has a similar menu in the template. I might be able to use it as an example. Will post the results here. WP1 -- Webbing Along!! On 1/4/07, Mitch Pirtle wrote: > On 1/3/07, WP1 wrote: > > I am building a template from scratch. I would like to get the menu > > to display with the colors that change like the SolarFlare template > > Main Menu. > > > > I do not know where to begin or where to go to get information as to > > how to do it. > > You can experiment with CSS to do this, mainly a:hover and using > classes for your menus. > > Barrie has provided a real nice tutorial (actually several) as linked > in another thread, and you can find CSS tutorials all over the web. > > I cannot think of a specific tutorial that covers Joomla menus and CSS > though. Anyone? > > -- Mitch > _______________________________________________ > New York PHP SIG: Joomla! Mailing List > http://lists.nyphp.org/mailman/listinfo/joomla > > NYPHPCon 2006 Presentations Online > http://www.nyphpcon.com > > Show Your Participation in New York PHP > http://www.nyphp.org/show_participation.php From mitch.pirtle at gmail.com Thu Jan 4 12:10:17 2007 From: mitch.pirtle at gmail.com (Mitch Pirtle) Date: Thu, 4 Jan 2007 12:10:17 -0500 Subject: [joomla] Trying to get "From Scratch" template to have a menu like SolarFlare's template Main Menu In-Reply-To: References: <330532b60701040819o59468b55r434126d1a2221d04@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <330532b60701040910l2928d183o443d8bfa4ccf4e0d@mail.gmail.com> On 1/4/07, WP1 wrote: > Hi! > > Thanks for responding Mitch! > > My problem is, I cannot figure out what code in the CSS should be > written to affect this type of menu. I understand enough CSS to write > the code but I am having a disconnect with which class/id affects this > type of menu. Maybe I will just try a cut and paste CSS from the > SolarFlare template that has a similar menu in the template. I might > be able to use it as an example. Will post the results here. One option for you is self experimentation, which is my favorite way to figure something out. Create a blank index.php page for your template, and only have the base XHTML to start with. Then, add the PHP code for Joomla to render the one module position that has your menu in it - and nothing more. Then you can write a simple CSS file that works specifically with that markup. Sounds simplistic, but if you are trying to figure out something that doesn't make sense, I've learned that making things as painfully simple as possible speeds up the understanding ;-) -- Mitch From wpage1 at gmail.com Thu Jan 4 12:40:34 2007 From: wpage1 at gmail.com (WP1) Date: Thu, 4 Jan 2007 12:40:34 -0500 Subject: [joomla] CafePress and Joomla v1.0.11 and v1.0.12 Message-ID: Hi All! I sure will be glad when I can finish this site. This is a learning experience. I am having fun, but sometimes it can be exasperating. I have been trying to get the CafePress module and component which is an older mambo module and component to work with Joomla v1.x. I was able to get some help with the module and that is working fine now. The component is another matter. The component installs with no problem, however when I try to refresh the cache in the back end I get the following message, "DB function failed with error number 1146 Table 'msessie_joom2.mos_menu' doesn't exist SQL=select m.id from mos_menu as m inner join mos_components as c on m.componentid = c.id and c.option = 'com_cafepress'Cache Refreshed." Also, there appears to be an image missing in the front end of the component. You can see what I am referring to at this post: CafePress module not working http://forum.joomla.org/index.php/topic,42462.msg626134.html#msg626134 Otherwise the component appears to be functioning properly. Does anyone have any experience with the Cafepress Component on the list? I have also placed a zipped copy of the component file into the Joomla Forum post noted above. Does anyone have any suggestions as to (1) How to fix the database problem? (2) How to get the image to display on the front end? Does anyone know if CafePress changed its code so that the missing image is no longer supported/displayed by CafePress? I have not been able to get a response from the scripts' creator. I am hoping to (1) Repackage the scripts and post them at the "Forge" if I can get both to run properly. (2) Try to get someone who knows what they are doing to volunteer to maintain the scripts. The scripts will probably work with Joomla v1.x. I dunno about v1.5. There is another option provided by a group called PrestoGifto. PrestoGifto provides a free CafePress Component and Module for Joomla and WordPress at PrestoGifto.com but, it comes with the condition of the PrestoGifto rotating their PID in 1 in 5 times. I do not think that I want to go down that road but, Anyone on the list who is interested and wants to check it out can do so at: : http://forums.cafepress.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/594104/m/45210898?r=39610898#39610898 Main Web Site: PrestoGifto.com http://www.prestogifto.com/plugins Appreciate any and all help with this. WP1 -- Webbing Along!! From wpage1 at gmail.com Thu Jan 4 12:45:52 2007 From: wpage1 at gmail.com (WP1) Date: Thu, 4 Jan 2007 12:45:52 -0500 Subject: [joomla] Trying to get "From Scratch" template to have a menu like SolarFlare's template Main Menu In-Reply-To: <330532b60701040910l2928d183o443d8bfa4ccf4e0d@mail.gmail.com> References: <330532b60701040819o59468b55r434126d1a2221d04@mail.gmail.com> <330532b60701040910l2928d183o443d8bfa4ccf4e0d@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: Hi Mitch! Sounds like a good approach. will try it.:) WP1 On 1/4/07, Mitch Pirtle wrote: > On 1/4/07, WP1 wrote: > > Hi! > > > > Thanks for responding Mitch! > > > > My problem is, I cannot figure out what code in the CSS should be > > written to affect this type of menu. I understand enough CSS to write > > the code but I am having a disconnect with which class/id affects this > > type of menu. Maybe I will just try a cut and paste CSS from the > > SolarFlare template that has a similar menu in the template. I might > > be able to use it as an example. Will post the results here. > > One option for you is self experimentation, which is my favorite way > to figure something out. Create a blank index.php page for your > template, and only have the base XHTML to start with. Then, add the > PHP code for Joomla to render the one module position that has your > menu in it - and nothing more. Then you can write a simple CSS file > that works specifically with that markup. > > Sounds simplistic, but if you are trying to figure out something that > doesn't make sense, I've learned that making things as painfully > simple as possible speeds up the understanding ;-) > > -- Mitch > _______________________________________________ > New York PHP SIG: Joomla! Mailing List > http://lists.nyphp.org/mailman/listinfo/joomla > > NYPHPCon 2006 Presentations Online > http://www.nyphpcon.com > > Show Your Participation in New York PHP > http://www.nyphp.org/show_participation.php > -- Webbing Along!! From ajai at bitblit.net Thu Jan 4 12:45:55 2007 From: ajai at bitblit.net (Ajai Khattri) Date: Thu, 4 Jan 2007 12:45:55 -0500 (EST) Subject: [joomla] CafePress and Joomla v1.0.11 and v1.0.12 In-Reply-To: Message-ID: On Thu, 4 Jan 2007, WP1 wrote: > "DB function failed with error number 1146 > Table 'msessie_joom2.mos_menu' doesn't exist SQL=select m.id from > mos_menu as m inner join mos_components as c on m.componentid = c.id > and c.option = 'com_cafepress'Cache Refreshed." The default table prefix in Joomla is "jos_" and for Mambo it is "mos_" so if you are using the defaults for Joomla then the MySQL query above *will* fail since its looking for a mos_menu table. Educated guess says you can probably replace all queries with "jos_" instead of "mos_" in the table names. Of course, Im assuming the table structures (number of fields, name and types of fields) is the same between Mambo and Joomla but that my not be the case. -- Aj. (ajai at bitblit.net) From contact at compassdesigns.net Thu Jan 4 13:45:09 2007 From: contact at compassdesigns.net (Barrie North) Date: Thu, 04 Jan 2007 13:45:09 -0500 Subject: [joomla] Trying to get "From Scratch" template to have a menu In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <459D4B35.7060905@compassdesigns.net> "I cannot think of a specific tutorial that covers Joomla menus and CSS though. Anyone?" Actually, I have a neat trick in that tut about using listamatic.... Regards, Barrie North www.joomlashack.com www.compassdesigns.net Phone: (802) 291-3973 Fax: (802) 609-0427 **************************** Read the Joomla Blog www.compassdesigns.net/joomla-blog Got something to tell us? www.joomlashack.com/shop/feedback.php **************************** joomla-request at lists.nyphp.org wrote: > Send joomla mailing list submissions to > joomla at lists.nyphp.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://lists.nyphp.org/mailman/listinfo/joomla > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > joomla-request at lists.nyphp.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > joomla-owner at lists.nyphp.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of joomla digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Trying to get "From Scratch" template to have a menu like > SolarFlare's template Main Menu (Mitch Pirtle) > 2. Re: Trying to get "From Scratch" template to have a menu like > SolarFlare's template Main Menu (WP1) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Thu, 4 Jan 2007 11:19:42 -0500 > From: "Mitch Pirtle" > Subject: Re: [joomla] Trying to get "From Scratch" template to have a > menu like SolarFlare's template Main Menu > To: "NYPHP SIG: Joomla" > Message-ID: > <330532b60701040819o59468b55r434126d1a2221d04 at mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > On 1/3/07, WP1 wrote: > >> I am building a template from scratch. I would like to get the menu >> to display with the colors that change like the SolarFlare template >> Main Menu. >> >> I do not know where to begin or where to go to get information as to >> how to do it. >> > > You can experiment with CSS to do this, mainly a:hover and using > classes for your menus. > > Barrie has provided a real nice tutorial (actually several) as linked > in another thread, and you can find CSS tutorials all over the web. > > I cannot think of a specific tutorial that covers Joomla menus and CSS > though. Anyone? > > -- Mitch > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Thu, 4 Jan 2007 11:40:14 -0500 > From: WP1 > Subject: Re: [joomla] Trying to get "From Scratch" template to have a > menu like SolarFlare's template Main Menu > To: "NYPHP SIG: Joomla" > Message-ID: > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > Hi! > > Thanks for responding Mitch! > > My problem is, I cannot figure out what code in the CSS should be > written to affect this type of menu. I understand enough CSS to write > the code but I am having a disconnect with which class/id affects this > type of menu. Maybe I will just try a cut and paste CSS from the > SolarFlare template that has a similar menu in the template. I might > be able to use it as an example. Will post the results here. > > WP1 > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From rothmail at comcast.net Thu Jan 4 16:31:20 2007 From: rothmail at comcast.net (David A. Roth) Date: Thu, 4 Jan 2007 16:31:20 -0500 Subject: [joomla] Subscribe to a BLOG feature for Joomla? Message-ID: <16f162f88eca5e33d9c6fc0f3933eb10@comcast.net> I'm building a site in Joomla where the client wants to have a blog of company news items/announcements, and be able to have visitors opt-in. I know there is a login form for users to register in Joomla, but I was wondering if there is a way to be able to have them sent an e-mail letting them know that the blog or news item has been updated or that in general there is new content added to the web site. Also, we need for these registered users not to be able to post blogs or follow-up comments on the blogs. Is there something out there already that does this? Or have I overlooked this feature already in Joomla? Thanks! David Roth rothmail at comcast.net From mitch.pirtle at gmail.com Thu Jan 4 17:28:36 2007 From: mitch.pirtle at gmail.com (Mitch Pirtle) Date: Thu, 4 Jan 2007 17:28:36 -0500 Subject: [joomla] Subscribe to a BLOG feature for Joomla? In-Reply-To: <16f162f88eca5e33d9c6fc0f3933eb10@comcast.net> References: <16f162f88eca5e33d9c6fc0f3933eb10@comcast.net> Message-ID: <330532b60701041428j6e5c05a6n6d3c03bbe4069da0@mail.gmail.com> On 1/4/07, David A. Roth wrote: > Is there something out there already that does this? Or have I > overlooked this feature already in Joomla? That would be the RSS export module. There are also many other 3rd party RSS feed generators available on the forge, that let you generate many types of feeds for many types of purposes. There are mailing list managers available too, but to me RSS feeds were meant for this exact kind of purpose. -- Mitch From seizo.mazer at gmail.com Thu Jan 4 22:53:17 2007 From: seizo.mazer at gmail.com (Seizo Mazer) Date: Thu, 04 Jan 2007 22:53:17 -0500 Subject: [joomla] mp3 player Message-ID: <459DCBAD.9050005@gmail.com> I'm sure other may have come across this and can offer a solution (hopefully different and easier to implement than what I'm thinking). I am building a joomla website and part of it needs to have an iTunes like interface where visitors can listen to music, and buy it. I'm using virtumart for the shopping cart. I can't seem to find an mp3 player for joomla that keeps the locations of the files completely hidden from the end user, thus opening up the possibilities for people to steal the music. Here's the conclusion I've come to: a flash interface (because if the results end up in the swf, and not the html, then they are not visible to the end user and they don't show up in the page source) that calls the database, and stores the data within flash or through a temporary xml file (created by a php script) that the visitor would have no knowledge of, and that also acts as a music player, with each row of the database results being a particular song/piece of music that can be played by clicking on it (or preferrably double clicking, if possible) and added to the shopping cart with another click. I've looked at the available mp3 players for joomla and they do not fit my needs. Am I missing something? Have I overlooked something? Also, does flash integrate easily into joomla in a component? Are there other issues I should be aware of as I build out this project? Thanks, Seizo From alvinwang at gmail.com Mon Jan 15 21:32:39 2007 From: alvinwang at gmail.com (Alvin Wang) Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2007 18:32:39 -0800 Subject: [joomla] Reduce template manager security? Message-ID: <77d044440701151832w2f070d46q1a4748875d7d220b@mail.gmail.com> Hi, I am a bit new to joomla. The default security for the admin side seems strange to me. You have to be super admin to change the template but you can add components. How would I remove the installers for components, modules, and mambots from the admin? I want to add the ability to upload and change the template. Thanks Alvin -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From rothmail at comcast.net Thu Jan 18 16:06:16 2007 From: rothmail at comcast.net (David A. Roth) Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2007 16:06:16 -0500 Subject: [joomla] Joomla template question regarding the menus. Message-ID: How do you mix the colors of the text or fonts in the menus? For example, "everything" where "every" is one font, and "thing" is another font? Or instead of fonts, different colors? Thanks in advance, David Roth rothmail at comcast.net From debbie.salemink at gmail.com Fri Jan 19 02:17:19 2007 From: debbie.salemink at gmail.com (D. Salemink Klikstudio) Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2007 08:17:19 +0100 Subject: [joomla] Joomla template question regarding the menus. In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <352c93420701182317y3c077135o875fb87d379fe77f@mail.gmail.com> You can try putting html code straight into your menu name like everything, if this is what you mean. Regards On 1/18/07, David A. Roth wrote: > > How do you mix the colors of the text or fonts in the menus? For > example, "everything" where "every" is one font, and "thing" is another > font? Or instead of fonts, different colors? > > Thanks in advance, > > David Roth > rothmail at comcast.net > > _______________________________________________ > New York PHP SIG: Joomla! Mailing List > http://lists.nyphp.org/mailman/listinfo/joomla > > NYPHPCon 2006 Presentations Online > http://www.nyphpcon.com > > Show Your Participation in New York PHP > http://www.nyphp.org/show_participation.php > -- D. Salemink Zomerdijkstraat 1-1 1079WX Amsterdam +31207726869 +31651611510 New media courses and workshops, Webdesign, interaction, digital presentation for the arts and design sector http://www.klikstudio.net -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From compustretch at gmail.com Mon Jan 22 19:56:47 2007 From: compustretch at gmail.com (forest ) Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2007 16:56:47 -0800 Subject: [joomla] Admin Inactivity Timeout Message-ID: Hi Everyone, Can someone clue me in as to how to increase the inactivity timeout for the admin login? I'm using Joomla on a development box and its getting to be an annoyance to have to re-login every single time I switch screens for too long. Thanks very much! Compustretch -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From donnamarievincent at yahoo.com Mon Jan 22 20:37:25 2007 From: donnamarievincent at yahoo.com (Donna Marie Vincent) Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2007 17:37:25 -0800 (PST) Subject: [joomla] Admin Inactivity Timeout Message-ID: <669105.56041.qm@web35615.mail.mud.yahoo.com> >From the admin control panel: Site -> Global Configuration -> Server -> Site Session Lifetime and/or Admin Session Lifetime ----- Original Message ---- From: forest To: joomla at lists.nyphp.org Sent: Monday, January 22, 2007 7:56:47 PM Subject: [joomla] Admin Inactivity Timeout Hi Everyone, Can someone clue me in as to how to increase the inactivity timeout for the admin login? I'm using Joomla on a development box and its getting to be an annoyance to have to re-login every single time I switch screens for too long. Thanks very much! Compustretch _______________________________________________ New York PHP SIG: Joomla! Mailing List http://lists.nyphp.org/mailman/listinfo/joomla NYPHPCon 2006 Presentations Online http://www.nyphpcon.com Show Your Participation in New York PHP http://www.nyphp.org/show_participation.php -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From rothmail at comcast.net Sat Jan 27 02:04:56 2007 From: rothmail at comcast.net (David A. Roth) Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2007 02:04:56 -0500 Subject: [joomla] How to handle many friendly URLs to specific pages in Joomla? Message-ID: <1de528c8f25ceae72d54a3ab314ae0f5@comcast.net> (As I continue to learn by mucking around...:-) ) A domain has an FAQ, where the URL needs to stay as domain.com/faq. What is the best way to do this? Enable SEO, copy htaccess.txt to .htaccess and do a redirect of of domain.com/faq to domain.com/content/category/1/1/2/ ? If so, this sounds workable for several menu items I think. What about this example, a Joomla web site where many alumni profiles will be created (based on data collected from a survey form.) How can this be made to friendly URLs such as domain.com/jerry domain.com/elaine domain.com/kramer domain.com/uncleleo instead of URLs like domain.com/content/category/1/1/2/ etc? Is the solution to set-up a huge redirect list ? Thanks in advance, David Roth rothmail at comcast.net From mitch.pirtle at gmail.com Sat Jan 27 11:13:09 2007 From: mitch.pirtle at gmail.com (Mitch Pirtle) Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2007 11:13:09 -0500 Subject: [joomla] How to handle many friendly URLs to specific pages in Joomla? In-Reply-To: <1de528c8f25ceae72d54a3ab314ae0f5@comcast.net> References: <1de528c8f25ceae72d54a3ab314ae0f5@comcast.net> Message-ID: <330532b60701270813q4c84cae7g8b3a51c7a7bfd70c@mail.gmail.com> On 1/27/07, David A. Roth wrote: > (As I continue to learn by mucking around...:-) ) Excellent, that's the best way :-) > A domain has an FAQ, where the URL needs to stay as domain.com/faq. > > What is the best way to do this? Enable SEO, copy htaccess.txt to > .htaccess and do a redirect of of domain.com/faq to > domain.com/content/category/1/1/2/ ? That is the easiest way to do it IMHO. > What about this example, a Joomla web site where many alumni profiles > will be created (based on data collected from a survey form.) How can > this be made to friendly URLs such as > domain.com/jerry > domain.com/elaine > domain.com/kramer > domain.com/uncleleo > > instead of URLs like domain.com/content/category/1/1/2/ etc? > > Is the solution to set-up a huge redirect list ? That is one option, another is to try one of the SEF enhancements (like OpenSEF, SEF Advanced, or many others) and see if they can do what you want. There are other, more drastic measures, but you should work with something that is easier to maintain for now... -- Mitch From norman at enorm2.com Sat Jan 27 11:52:25 2007 From: norman at enorm2.com (Norman ONeil) Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2007 11:52:25 -0500 Subject: [joomla] How to handle many friendly URLs to specific pages in Joomla? In-Reply-To: <330532b60701270813q4c84cae7g8b3a51c7a7bfd70c@mail.gmail.com> References: <1de528c8f25ceae72d54a3ab314ae0f5@comcast.net> <330532b60701270813q4c84cae7g8b3a51c7a7bfd70c@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <3F93334E-4FF3-479D-B82D-19DF8EE7D84D@enorm2.com> For a more automated approach to url rewriting you might want to try some of the existing solutions. opensef is open source and quite flexible although not as easy to implement with some third party components, but great with joomla standard components http://projects.j-prosolution.com/projects/os-projects/project- opensef.html SEF Advanced works extremely well with most of the components that I have played with although not as flexible as the one above, plus it is encrypted and cost around $50. http://www.sakic.net Norman O'Neil eNorm P.O. Box 6592 Portsmouth, NH 03802- 6592 978.255.2672 http://www.enorm2.com On Jan 27, 2007, at 11:13 AM, Mitch Pirtle wrote: > On 1/27/07, David A. Roth wrote: >> (As I continue to learn by mucking around...:-) ) > > Excellent, that's the best way :-) > >> A domain has an FAQ, where the URL needs to stay as domain.com/faq. >> >> What is the best way to do this? Enable SEO, copy htaccess.txt to >> .htaccess and do a redirect of of domain.com/faq to >> domain.com/content/category/1/1/2/ ? > > That is the easiest way to do it IMHO. > >> What about this example, a Joomla web site where many alumni profiles >> will be created (based on data collected from a survey form.) How can >> this be made to friendly URLs such as >> domain.com/jerry >> domain.com/elaine >> domain.com/kramer >> domain.com/uncleleo >> >> instead of URLs like domain.com/content/category/1/1/2/ etc? >> >> Is the solution to set-up a huge redirect list ? > > That is one option, another is to try one of the SEF enhancements > (like OpenSEF, SEF Advanced, or many others) and see if they can do > what you want. There are other, more drastic measures, but you should > work with something that is easier to maintain for now... > > -- Mitch > _______________________________________________ > New York PHP SIG: Joomla! Mailing List > http://lists.nyphp.org/mailman/listinfo/joomla > > NYPHPCon 2006 Presentations Online > http://www.nyphpcon.com > > Show Your Participation in New York PHP > http://www.nyphp.org/show_participation.php -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From kirill at svots.edu Mon Jan 29 10:50:21 2007 From: kirill at svots.edu (Dn. Kirill Sokolov) Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2007 10:50:21 -0500 Subject: [joomla] Re: How to handle many friendly URLs to specific pages in Joomla? In-Reply-To: <200701271700.l0RH011X004694@beth.svots.edu> References: <200701271700.l0RH011X004694@beth.svots.edu> Message-ID: These are interesting questions. As an aside, I think that the lack of built in "aliasing" as SEF Advance calls it really hinders Joomla's potential growth. It's been difficult for me to convince small non profits that their URL's might lose some flexibility that basic HTML in Apache provides. For example, if you have: http://www.svots.edu/Library/index.html in straight HTML, your user can typically enter the following in the address bar: http://www.svots.edu/Library and get to the appropriate page. I haven't found anything in months of forum-hopping that would describe how to make this functionality work. The best I can do is create an alias in SEF advance like: http://www.svots.edu/Library/index.html/ [the trailing slash is there on purpose] Maybe I just need to learn some Apache rewriting rules..? Best to all, Kirill Sokolov From norman.on at gmail.com Mon Jan 29 10:58:52 2007 From: norman.on at gmail.com (Norman O'Neil) Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2007 10:58:52 -0500 Subject: [joomla] Re: How to handle many friendly URLs to specific pages in Joomla? In-Reply-To: References: <200701271700.l0RH011X004694@beth.svots.edu> Message-ID: <8fb4a1f50701290758k6bc0704aq93c85e98e2fbee73@mail.gmail.com> you may want to look at opensef. I am pretty sure you have a lot of flexibility with it that you wouldn't have with sefadvanced On 1/29/07, Dn. Kirill Sokolov wrote: > > These are interesting questions. As an aside, I think that the lack > of built in "aliasing" as SEF Advance calls it really hinders > Joomla's potential growth. It's been difficult for me to convince > small non profits that their URL's might lose some flexibility that > basic HTML in Apache provides. > > For example, if you have: > > http://www.svots.edu/Library/index.html > > in straight HTML, your user can typically enter the following in the > address bar: > > http://www.svots.edu/Library > > and get to the appropriate page. > > I haven't found anything in months of forum-hopping that would > describe how to make this functionality work. The best I can do is > create an alias in SEF advance like: > > http://www.svots.edu/Library/index.html/ [the > trailing slash is > there on purpose] > > Maybe I just need to learn some Apache rewriting rules..? > > Best to all, > > Kirill Sokolov > > _______________________________________________ > New York PHP SIG: Joomla! Mailing List > http://lists.nyphp.org/mailman/listinfo/joomla > > NYPHPCon 2006 Presentations Online > http://www.nyphpcon.com > > Show Your Participation in New York PHP > http://www.nyphp.org/show_participation.php > -- Norman ONeil 978.255.2672 norman.on at gmail.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From cozimek at picnet.net Mon Jan 29 11:04:35 2007 From: cozimek at picnet.net (Ryan W. Ozimek) Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2007 11:04:35 -0500 Subject: [joomla] Re: How to handle many friendly URLs to specific pagesin Joomla? In-Reply-To: <8fb4a1f50701290758k6bc0704aq93c85e98e2fbee73@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: I agree, OpenSEF really gives you a lot of power to create URLs just as Kirill is looking for. We happily use it on our site with ease. Best, Ryan ------------------------------------------------- Empower your organization with a new Web site! Non-Profit Soapbox http://www.nonprofitsoapbox.com Ryan W. Ozimek PICnet, Inc. - http://www.picnet.net 1341 G St., NW, Suite 1100 Washington, DC 20005 P: 202.585.0239 F: 202.393.0712 "Empowering the missions of non-profits through technology" _____ From: joomla-bounces at lists.nyphp.org [mailto:joomla-bounces at lists.nyphp.org] On Behalf Of Norman O'Neil Sent: Monday, January 29, 2007 10:59 AM To: NYPHP SIG: Joomla Subject: Re: [joomla] Re: How to handle many friendly URLs to specific pagesin Joomla? you may want to look at opensef. I am pretty sure you have a lot of flexibility with it that you wouldn't have with sefadvanced On 1/29/07, Dn. Kirill Sokolov wrote: These are interesting questions. As an aside, I think that the lack of built in "aliasing" as SEF Advance calls it really hinders Joomla's potential growth. It's been difficult for me to convince small non profits that their URL's might lose some flexibility that basic HTML in Apache provides. For example, if you have: http://www.svots.edu/Library/index.html in straight HTML, your user can typically enter the following in the address bar: http://www.svots.edu/Library and get to the appropriate page. I haven't found anything in months of forum-hopping that would describe how to make this functionality work. The best I can do is create an alias in SEF advance like: http://www.svots.edu/Library/index.html/ [the trailing slash is there on purpose] Maybe I just need to learn some Apache rewriting rules..? Best to all, Kirill Sokolov _______________________________________________ New York PHP SIG: Joomla! Mailing List http://lists.nyphp.org/mailman/listinfo/joomla NYPHPCon 2006 Presentations Online http://www.nyphpcon.com Show Your Participation in New York PHP http://www.nyphp.org/show_participation.php -- Norman ONeil 978.255.2672 norman.on at gmail.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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It seems funny that the Component would load blank, but after checking all the configurations I can't see what is making it do that. If anyone has any ideas, I'd be very grateful. (PS/btw- we are using ExtCalendar for a different site, but this one we want to stick with Jevents so events can be added via the admin interface. TIA, Frest Compustretch at gmail.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From rothmail at comcast.net Mon Jan 29 20:04:10 2007 From: rothmail at comcast.net (David A. Roth) Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2007 20:04:10 -0500 Subject: [joomla] Re: How to handle many friendly URLs to specific pages in Joomla? Message-ID: Thanks for the suggestions by everyone. I installed OPENSEF and it solved the problem. It does allow you to take a menu item, such as the FAQ example and be able to have it referred to externally by whatever URL you wish such as /faq/my-faq.html. It also does some intelligent naming based on the title for other pages URLs as well, but you can be specific of what you want for each URL. The elegant part of this is that it doesn't make the user aware that a redirect (even if it is) is taking place. David Roth rothmail at comcast.net From compustretch at gmail.com Tue Jan 30 16:48:31 2007 From: compustretch at gmail.com (forest ) Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2007 16:48:31 -0500 Subject: [joomla] stuck logins ? Message-ID: Experienced a problem with a Joomla crash that left almost a dozen users logged in. One of these users was an administrator with a checked out module that now can't be used. The others are just annoying. Not sure of how to force all these logouts-- am I missing an obvious admin button, or is there a trick? Joomliciously, Froest Compustretch at gmail.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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