From donnamarievincent at yahoo.com Thu Oct 3 13:27:10 2013 From: donnamarievincent at yahoo.com (Donna Marie Vincent) Date: Thu, 3 Oct 2013 10:27:10 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [joomla] Web Usability Message-ID: <1380821230.96506.YahooMailNeo@web164906.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> Has everyone gone to https://www.healthcare.gov/ to sign up for Obamacare?? I am in awe of this site!? It is the most usable site I've ever seen by far.? I made some mental notes about some of the layout and function of the site. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From unitelny at gmail.com Mon Oct 7 11:49:31 2013 From: unitelny at gmail.com (Unitel) Date: Mon, 7 Oct 2013 11:49:31 -0400 Subject: [joomla] ACL Message-ID: <5EDBCE5BFCA641BDA616EB18999327A3@OwnerPC> Hello everyone, (Joomla v3) I need to give a user the ability to login into article manager module directly. Ideally when this user logs in he should see the "control panel "and article module". He should have permission to create, edit, delete, articles and assign categories to those articles. These are my current settings - 1. User Group: Administrator 2. Content / Article - Manager/ Options /Permissions / Administrator / Actions / Allow ALL With these settings when user logs in articles display the edit icon. It does not take the user to control panel where he can choose the article manager. Can someone give me a hint - I am tired of watching videos!!! Best regards, Marcos Miranda --- -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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All best, Steve On Mon, Oct 7, 2013 at 11:49 AM, Unitel wrote: > Hello everyone,**** > > ** ** > > (Joomla v3)**** > > ** ** > > I need to give a user the ability to login into article manager module > directly.**** > > ** ** > > Ideally when this user logs in he should see the ?control panel ?and > article module?. He should have permission to create, edit, delete, > articles and assign categories to those articles.**** > > ** ** > > These are my current settings ?**** > > **** > > 1. User Group: Administrator**** > 2. Content / Article - Manager/ Options /Permissions / Administrator / > Actions / *Allow ALL***** > > * * > > With these settings when user logs in articles display the edit icon. It > does not take the user to control panel where he can choose the article > manager.**** > > ** ** > > Can someone give me a hint ? I am tired of watching videos!!!**** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > Best regards,**** > > ** ** > > Marcos Miranda **** > [image: ---] > > ** ** > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > -- Stephen Britton Technology Consultant sbritton at gmail.com Twitter: @StephenBritton ph: 914-661-0040 "Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself." - George Bernard Shaw -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Please help raise our attendance levels.**** > > ** ** > > If you are planning on attending the Joomla Users Group Meeting next > Thursday October 17th, **** > > or if you have or are planning on signing up for our Joomla Camp Sunday > October 27th, please show your support by letting others know you will > attend on Meetup.com. **** > > ** ** > > Meeting Thursday October 17th:**** > > http://www.meetup.com/New-York-City-Joomla-Users-Group/events/144550322/** > ** > > ** ** > > Joomla Camp Sunday October 27th**** > > http://www.meetup.com/New-York-City-Joomla-Users-Group/events/144553902/** > ** > > ** ** > > Thanks. I hope to see you soon. **** > > ** ** > > *Stewart Newfeld*, President**** > > New York City Joomla Users Group (NYCJUG) > Meetings 6-8:30PM every 3rd Thursday of the Month > Check our website: www.joomlanyc.org**** > > [image: NYCJUG_Logo_Signature_Thursdays]**** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > _______________________________________________ > 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: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001.gif Type: image/gif Size: 13356 bytes Desc: not available URL: From unitelny at gmail.com Thu Oct 10 18:31:20 2013 From: unitelny at gmail.com (Unitel) Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2013 18:31:20 -0400 Subject: [joomla] Featured Article - Don't show Title Message-ID: <7DDEB755179B4B1E99BA75264BDC7579@OwnerPC> Hello everyone, Joomla v3. I need to remove the "Title" in an article which is featured with a readmore. I am able to remove the title from the article - but not from the readmore in featured. I have a J2.5 site with featured article and readmore and was able to remove title. Somehow - with same settings as the j2.5 - the j3 is not doing it, am I missing a step in j3? Best regards, Marcos Miranda --- -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001.gif Type: image/gif Size: 3357 bytes Desc: not available URL: From sbritton at gmail.com Fri Oct 11 23:28:49 2013 From: sbritton at gmail.com (Stephen Britton) Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2013 23:28:49 -0400 Subject: [joomla] Joomla! 3.2 preview - Must watch video! Message-ID: If you have 25 minutes to spare, you have to check out Brian Teeman's Joomla 3.2 presentation that he gave last month at Joomla Day Switzerland. It is excellent and it looks like Joomla 3.2 is going to be a huge upgrade, unlike the jump to Joomla 3.1 from 3.0, which was mostly bug fixes and some security upgrades. http://vimeo.com/76115552 SPOILER ALERT - If you want to watch the video and be surprised, stop reading NOW and watch the video. But if you can't wait, here are some highlights. Brian goes over a lot of additions and improvements, among them are: * Security Keys. When you log into the admin panel there will be a third text box to insert a key (It's optional.) * Removing the left column in the articles and categories pages (Yippie!) They are going to use Smart Search and a new filter system. * Upgrading the jQuery, Bootstrap and icon libraries that ship with Joomla. (I am assuming that there will be an option to continue using the Bootstrap 2 library because Bootstrap 3 is completely different from 2.) * Improved and expanded template manager functions. You will now be able to edit all the template files through the backend, not just the index.php and CSS files. You will also able to create files in the template manager. * Joomla 3 will likely ship with a built-in app builder IDE for developers to rapidly build Joomla apps. * Speaking of apps, Joomla 3.2 will have a built-in App Store, just like the iPhone. * And much, much more. I have find time to watch the video a second time. This is a major upgrade (they could probably call it Joomla 4.0) and the 3.2 beta is supposed to be released later this month so we will have a chance to check it out very soon. ALSO, don't forget to sign up for JoomlaCamp NYC on Oct. 27th at the Hive at 55 on 55 Broad Street. Visit the Joomla NYC site for more details http://www.joomlanyc.org/ Please attend JoomlaCamp NYC - Let's get Joomla NYC rockin' again. Wishing everyone a happy and healthy Columbus Day weekend! - - - Steve -- Stephen Britton Technology Consultant sbritton at gmail.com Twitter: @StephenBritton ph: 914-661-0040 "Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself." - George Bernard Shaw -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From donnamarievincent at yahoo.com Sun Oct 13 18:04:49 2013 From: donnamarievincent at yahoo.com (Donna Marie Vincent) Date: Sun, 13 Oct 2013 15:04:49 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [joomla] Search vs. Smart Search - Explained Message-ID: <1381701889.65305.YahooMailNeo@web164901.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> In searching for information on Joomla!'s Smart Search component, I found there was some misinformation (one blogger said the Smart Search was simply the autocompletion feature), and little or nothing explaining how it's different from the original Search and how it works. 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It's only $45 and includes a Panera Bread lunch of your choosing. http://joomlanyc.org/index.php/events/joomlacamp-2013 I hope to see some of you at the Monthly Joomla Users Group Meeting tonight at Touro College. There will be a drawing for one free admission to JoomlaCamp. Intermediate Topics - For people with Joomla experience * Search vs. Smart Search - Huh? (Donna Vincent) If you google Joomla Search and Smart Search you may find that there is not a lot of information about it other than basic implementation. Many people are unsure of what it is. One blogger was telling people that it is the autocompletion that happens as you type your search terms! Yikes. Let's discuss what the differences are between the old search and the new search, and some of the tweaks and customizations that can be done to Smart Search. * Joomla 3.2 is currently scheduled for release on November 6, 2013. We will have a preview of some of its many new features. (Elin Waring) Advanced Topics - For people with Joomla experience and know PHP or another programming language. * DIY Module (Donna Vincent) Let's build our own custom module from scratch! It's easy and very useful. How many times have you looked on the Joomla Extensions Directory and couldn't find a module that was what you wanted. Do-It-Yourself! If you can do a little coding, even if it's mostly copy-and-paste, you can build a module. * DIY Content Plugin (Donna Vincent) Let's build our own custom content plugin! That's one of those things where you type curly braces into your Joomla article: {something foo} and when the article is displayed on the website, "{something foo}" is replaced with text, or a video, a photo, a link, etc. * Resources for Quick Joomla! Coding (Gary Mort) At Joomaday NY 2012, Gary Mort gave "resources for Quick Joomla! Coding to a large packed room of Joomla enthusiasts. He'll be doing something in a less formal workshop style at our JoomlaCamp. Come with your questions! Stewart Newfeld, President New York City Joomla Users Group (NYCJUG) Meetings 6-8:30PM every 3rd Thursday of the Month Check our website: www.joomlanyc.org NYCJUG_Logo_Signature_Thursdays -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001.gif Type: image/gif Size: 13356 bytes Desc: not available URL: From unitelny at gmail.com Tue Oct 22 17:56:49 2013 From: unitelny at gmail.com (Unitel) Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2013 17:56:49 -0400 Subject: [joomla] Online Payments Message-ID: <1FED147E85264C46A1E4AE6B0DA985CF@OwnerPC> Hello everyone!! I would like my customers to be able to visit my website and pay their invoices online. I am not looking to sell (e-commerce) online only to give my customer the option to pay me. I already accept credit card payments (I use Bankcard/Peachtree) - I do the transaction manually - customer calls me and I enter info into Peachtree and submit. BankCard charges me a monthly service of about $60.00 to $80.00 even when there no transactions for the month. I looked at Pay Pal and they don't have a monthly service charge. My question is; Are there other entities out there - besides Pay Pal - that provide the same service at competitive rates with no recurring monthly fees? Is there a Joomla extension that will enhance the Pay Pal button? Maybe something where the customer can enter invoice number and maybe other information that I can capture. Best regards, Marcos Miranda --- -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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I am _not looking to sell_ (e-commerce) _online_ only > to give my customer the option to pay me. > > I already accept credit card payments (I use Bankcard/Peachtree) -- I > do the transaction manually -- customer calls me and I enter info into > Peachtree and submit. BankCard charges me a monthly service of about > $60.00 to $80.00 even when there no transactions for the month. > > I looked at Pay Pal and they don't have a monthly service charge. > > My question is; > > Are there other entities out there -- besides Pay Pal - that provide > the same service at competitive rates with no recurring monthly fees? > > Is there a Joomla extension that will enhance the Pay Pal button? > Maybe something where the customer can enter invoice number and maybe > other information that I can capture. > > Best regards, > > Marcos Miranda > > --- > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 -- Scott Wolpow 718 275 7765 ------------------- -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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I already accept credit card payments (I use Bankcard/Peachtree) - I do the transaction manually - customer calls me and I enter info into Peachtree and submit. BankCard charges me a monthly service of about $60.00 to $80.00 even when there no transactions for the month. I looked at Pay Pal and they don't have a monthly service charge. My question is; Are there other entities out there - besides Pay Pal - that provide the same service at competitive rates with no recurring monthly fees? Is there a Joomla extension that will enhance the Pay Pal button? Maybe something where the customer can enter invoice number and maybe other information that I can capture. Best regards, Marcos Miranda --- -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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I have added page breaks on one of my articles and there is some code that generates "1 of 4" pages under the page title and before the article begins. I want to move that to below the article but I can't figure out where the code is in the Yootheme template,or is it a Joomla core function. If it is, how can I change it's position? Ellen -- Ellen Rothwax Web Design and Development *Don?t say you can?t afford a website. . .you can?t afford not to have one. *www.ebrwebsitedesigns.com* *(P) 203 572-5756* * -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From gjschaller at psi-13.com Thu Oct 31 15:22:19 2013 From: gjschaller at psi-13.com (Geoffrey Schaller) Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2013 15:22:19 -0400 Subject: [joomla] page break question In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: If you can't find the function in the template, you might be able to use it using CSS. Using Chrome or Firefox, right-click on the area, and Inspect it. If you can find the proper ID or Style, you can the reposition it using CSS to another part of the page. -Geoffrey On Thu, Oct 31, 2013 at 3:10 PM, Ellen Rothwax wrote: > I am hoping someone can help me.I am using the latest Joomla 3 and a > Yootheme template. I have added page breaks on one of my articles and there > is some code that generates "1 of 4" pages under the page title and before > the article begins. I want to move that to below the article but I can't > figure out where the code is in the Yootheme template,or is it a Joomla > core function. If it is, how can I change it's position? > Ellen > > > -- > > > Ellen Rothwax > Web Design and Development > *Don?t say you can?t afford a website. . .you can?t afford not to have > one. > *www.ebrwebsitedesigns.com* > *(P) 203 572-5756* > * > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > -- Geoffrey Schaller gjschaller at psi-13.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From donnamarievincent at yahoo.com Thu Oct 31 16:00:18 2013 From: donnamarievincent at yahoo.com (Donna Marie Vincent) Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2013 13:00:18 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [joomla] page break question In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <1383249618.2870.YahooMailNeo@web164901.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> Look at the template override.? In Yootheme templates, it's buried deep in the template subfolders.? I think it's in warp/systems/joomla/layout/... >________________________________ > From: Ellen Rothwax >To: Joomlanyc >Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2013 3:10 PM >Subject: [joomla] page break question > > > >I am hoping someone can help me.I am using the latest Joomla 3 and a Yootheme template. I have added page breaks on one of my articles and there is some code that generates "1 of 4" pages under the page title and before the article begins. I want to move that to below the article but I can't figure out where the code is in the Yootheme template,or is it a Joomla core function. If it is, how can I change it's position? > >Ellen > > > >-- > > >Ellen Rothwax >Web Design and Development >Don?t say you can?t afford a website. . .you can?t afford not to have one. >www.ebrwebsitedesigns.com >(P) 203 572-5756 > >_______________________________________________ >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 unitelny at gmail.com Fri Oct 4 13:39:59 2013 From: unitelny at gmail.com (Unitel) Date: Fri, 04 Oct 2013 17:39:59 -0000 Subject: [joomla] Google - Search Results Page In-Reply-To: <98155F79A93D469888E0B093C72D3AF9@OwnerPC> References: <11BAAF47B3B848FBBC69592ABF1008EE@OwnerPC> <98155F79A93D469888E0B093C72D3AF9@OwnerPC> Message-ID: Thank you!! Best regards, Marcos Miranda --- _____ From: joomla-bounces at lists.nyphp.org [mailto:joomla-bounces at lists.nyphp.org] On Behalf Of Unitel Sent: Thursday, July 18, 2013 12:23 PM To: 'NYPHP SIG: Joomla' Subject: Re: [joomla] Google - Search Results Page Importance: High Check this out Stephen, --> Google / home page -> view source -> Description and Keywords: Are coming from my Menu/Home/ Meta Description/Keywords. Not from Global configuration. Hum? Should I be concerned? Best regards, Marcos Miranda --- _____ From: joomla-bounces at lists.nyphp.org [mailto:joomla-bounces at lists.nyphp.org] On Behalf Of Stephen Britton Sent: Thursday, July 18, 2013 11:50 AM To: NYPHP SIG: Joomla Subject: Re: [joomla] Google - Search Results Page Not sure what is going on with the meta description tags on your site. I always fill out the description tags found in the "Site > Global Configuration" and then on the first page, you will find "Metadata Settings." I put the general site description here. And on the Articles page, I use the "Metadata Options" and fill out the description based on the content in the article. Limit content to three sentences or less. The fewer characters the better, but make sure the sentences make sense because they show up in the search results. Also use a different meta description for each article. While you are filling out the descriptions, you might as well put in some keywords too. Generally Google search works like this: when it indexes a page, it first checks to see if there is content in the meta description tags and if so, it uses those in the search results. If it cannot find the description tag or content in the description tag then it looks for content on the page. Do a "view source" on one of your web pages and see if there is a meta description tag in the header (or head) section. It should look like this And yes, I highly recommend the Xmap extension. I have been using it for years and it has always worked for me. Stay cool! - - - Steve On Thu, Jul 18, 2013 at 10:16 AM, Unitel wrote: Yes I have put content in meta-tags - somewhere I read that meta tags in Joomla are hierarchical - in other words menu meta tags are at the top of the list and everything else follows, so if you have meta tags info in your menus you don't need them in articles and so forth. Do you agree? Yesterday I did enter meta info in articles - just in case. What had me confused was the source of some of the entries for example this entry >> SL1100 System NEC SL1100 - SL1100 System Pos.15 NEC SL1100 VoIP Digital Hybrid ... < OOPS I just realized where this info was coming from. For testing purposes I had setup custom html modules and assigned them to different positions in the template. They are now deleted. Can you suggest a sitemap extension for Joomla - am told that Xmap by VARGAS is the best? Thank you for your response to my question << Best regards, Marcos Miranda --- _____ From: joomla-bounces at lists.nyphp.org [mailto:joomla-bounces at lists.nyphp.org] On Behalf Of Stephen Britton Sent: Wednesday, July 17, 2013 11:35 PM To: NYPHP SIG: Joomla Subject: Re: [joomla] Google - Search Results Page Google search needs help. You need to configure a few things before you can expect good results. Have you put content in the description meta tags? This is information that should be displayed in search results once your site has been indexed. And have you uploaded an XML file to your Google Webmaster Tools account? This tells Google when and where to search you site. On Wed, Jul 17, 2013 at 2:03 PM, Unitel wrote: When I type unitel.biz in google I get the following results: I know where this is entry coming from - unitel.biz - Unitel.biz | Sales and service of Voice-over-IP (VoIP) equipment for Small to Medium sized Businesses (SMBs). Products include business phone systems, ... But the rest of the results are somewhat of a mystery to me! * The entry "Articles" IPitomy is an all in one business phone system. PBX, voip phone .. | I have no idea where in the site is coming from. Yes it is a page in my site but why "Articles" . When you click on it the title "Articles" appears on top of page. * Business Phone System - VoIp || SL1100 Communications System. Smart communications for ... < that's ok but it doesn't show my SPTABS? * Unitel.biz - unitel.biz - Serving the New York State lower Hudson Valley business ...< When clicked on link I have no idea where is going -why is it displaying that page. * SL1100 - This unique communications Platform is the ideal solution for ... < This one is correct. SL1100 is a menu item. And is displaying the page correctly SP TABS and all. * Title: Ipitomy Native IP - Voice Over IP. This is the Tag Line - digital & VoIP System. By ...< I have no idea where this one is coming from. Although when I unpublished my "categories" it goes away. * Products - This unique communications Platform is the ideal solution for ... < Products - This unique communications Platform is the ideal solution for ... < Products is a menu heading, why is it displaying that page? * SL1100 System NEC SL1100 - SL1100 System Pos.15 NEC SL1100 VoIP Digital Hybrid ... < That's one of the sub-categories that I deleted. * IP Paging Systems - ... VoIP IP PBX - IP Phones - SIP Telephony - IP CCTV - IP ... < Again no idea where is getting this page from. * CCTV - is a category that I disabled - Why is it displaying categories in the search results???? * IP Telephony vs. VoIP < This one is correct. Can someone explain what's going on? Best regards, Marcos Miranda --- _______________________________________________ New York PHP SIG: Joomla! 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