Saturday, May 28, 2011

How to disable Joomla Component

Well let me elaborate the difference between disable & uninstall Joomla component first.
Uninstall component means to remove the component from the Joomla site. If you don't want to use a component in your Joomla site then you have to uninstall it.
Disable component means you are not interested in the component right now but may be in future you want to use it, in such situation you have to disable it.
In short Joomla just restricts the disabled components from showing the output. Whenever you want to use the disabled component you just need to enable it.
Doing this doesn't require coding, there is option for this at the backend. Here is the image. When i wanted to disable the component first time, then i was wondering that i need to make the change in coding.

Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Easy way to get backup your joomla site

There are many other ways to get joomla backups but i think this is the easiest way. You need to install Akeeba Backup, don't worry its free. After that go to Configuration(Akeeba Backup) Change the Archiver engine from JPA format to Zip format from Advanced configuration, save this setting.
Click on the 'Backup Now' option n follow the procedure. At the end you will get backup. Download that zip file & keep it in root folder. After that open it in browser n follow the procedure you will get copy of your Joomla site. You will get a fresh backup at any time with help of this extension.

Tuesday, May 10, 2011

How to override Joomla's language files

Wanted to override language file in joomla, as usual i googled little bit & got somewhere that 'just place language files in html folder of selected template'. I did but it didn't worked for me. Actually, the solution is to create a folder language(name must be language) inside that create another folder en-GB (most of the time we work on English but might be change) & insert the language file which you want to override (copy file from your root folder/langauge/en-GB) & make the changes whatever you want in the file, but wait work is not done yet.
You need to install this plugin .(its correctly worked for me thats why i am suggesting) & enabled it. Fianlly joomla language file has been overriden.

Monday, May 9, 2011

AJAX based select box (states & cities)

I just wanted to create a AJAX based select box which shows US states & cities means if user selects states then it shows cities accordingly to states in cities select box. I googled but as usual didn't get exactly what i want but got idea. Here is the code. The code is written in PHP & MySQL.

Wednesday, May 4, 2011

Jom Social

Working on JomSocial Joomla's most popular Social Networking extension for a business referral site. It's gonna very difficult for me to look the code & make necessary changes. So working strongly to fulfill my task's. Patience is the most important characteristic that i have a bit.