Joomla! Extension (Component, module, plugin, template) Installation Problem

Sometimes while working on some server environment, Joomla! 1.5 or any other cms, the extensions(components,modules,plugins,templates) aren’t getting installed. There can be many reasons as to why they are not getting installed properly or completely, if they aren’t getting installed, then the problem might include but not be limited to: 1. You are using 1.0 components […]

How to add new module positions in joomla 1.5 template

If you are developing a new joomla 1.5 template or are editing any pre existing one, and need to add a new custom module position of your choice some where in the template index.php, here it is how to do it (you will be able to select this new module position from the Joomla! 1.5 […]

Direct Access problem after installing JomComment on Joomla! 1.5

I m quite fond of Joomla! project and try to beta test it alot and fix some bugs found in it myself. I installed the latest version of JomComment over my 1.5 nightly build on my demo server, btw i try always update this install with the latest files from trunk. When i finished installing […]

How to add new custom menu type in Joomla! 1.5 tutorial

Joomla! provides four menu types by default list legacy_horizantal legacy_vertical legacy_flat However if some one wants to add new menu type to the predefined menu types in joomla backend, this tutorial guides them through it easily.  It involves only three steps and is tested on Joomla! 1.5 In this tutorial we will add new menu […]

How to solve Joomla save article button not working issue

Recently uploaded a  Joomla! 1.5 based site to the live server, and found out that when tried to edit the articles, they can’t be saved because save or apply button are not working anymore. Well, there can be several issues which result in the Joomla article save / apply button not working and saving/ applying […]

Add custom field for user data ( joomla 1.0 tested )

In this tutorial we will discuss how to add new / custom fields to the joomla! user data like age, address etc. Once we have added the custom user data fields to the core, we can show them in registration page and accounts detail page etc. This have been tested on Joomla 1.0. 1. Add […]

Joomla released 1.5.12 today

Today joomla announced the release of version 1.5.12. It have been one month and few days since the last release of the joomla 1.5.11 on 3rd june 2009. Although i had subscribed to the joomla release updates, but they didn’t send the mail regarding this (or may be for some reason on their or my […]