Items filtered by date: December 2015

The Problem

I have installed projectfork and installed the PF Menu module. I am using SEF (native not extension). All the links are as follows

http://www.mysite.com/dashboard
http://www.mysite.com/projects
etc..

as you can see they are all root links, but i would like them like

http://www.mysite.com/projectfork/dashboard
http://www.mysite.com/projectfork/projects

On the docs site, the menus on the left do exactly this.
http://projectfork.net/docs

Are all the docs menus actually part of the main menu or is there a joomla trick i can use ie hidden menu item to get all the PF module menu to have 'normal' links

thanks


Solution

My method allows me to have all my projectfork links in the projectfork subfolder. With the standard install of PF and joomla. The PF Menu Module Links are all root items. I wanted my in a subfolder as if i had installed a seperate piece of software whilst everything else was kept route.

Install projectfork

  • this install PF, modules and the menus

Make the following changes:

PF Menu

  • edit the PF menu
  • add a menu item, call it 'projectfork' point it to the PF dashboard
  • in the PF menu select all the other items and select batch (at the top)
  • move all the items under the new 'projectfork' menu item you have just created

Main Menu

  • create a menu item, call it 'projectfork' or what ever you want, do not fill in alias
  • select menu item type 'Menu Item Alias', this is under 'System Links'
  • point the 'Menu Item Alias' to the top level menu item in the PF Menu
  • save

PF Menu Module

  • edit the PF Menu Module called 'Projectfork'
  • set 'Base Item' to 'Projectfork' (or what ever your parent menu item is in the PF Menu)
  • set the start level = 2

You have now configured all your PF links to be under the directory projectfork.


Other methods of getting a menu to the url you want

  • Add to main menu (the traditional method)
    -
    move the PF menu items from the PF menu to the Main Item whilst giving it a parent item which will then provide the url structure you want
  • Leave PF Menu in a standalone Module
    -
    If you want the PF Menu module left as is, in a separate module. Just give it a parent item, this parent item is best pointing to the Front dashboard. The downside of this if it has to be dispalyed all the time. You can then go further and hide the parent item. The menu will then look exaclty the same as it was when it was installed but with a url prefix (ie projectfork/dashboard)
  • Publish PF menu next to main menu
    -
    as above but publish the module to the main menu slot, it should then create a menu but next to the regular menu. The advantage of this is the url structure you want is created, the menu is maintained spearately.
Published in Extensions

If your login box is in this position, joomla is in debug mode.

 joomla-administrator-login-box-debug-position

Published in Joomla
Wednesday, 26 November 2014 00:00

Submenus from a item but no alias in URLs

I would like to create a Submenus from a item but they not have alias in URLs. Similar than this:

Parent item: "Market" and URL: "www.mydomain/market"
Submenu item menu: "Cars" and URL: "www.mydomain.com/cars"

Now this is same than this

Parent item: "Market" and URL: "www.mydomain/market"
Submenu item menu: "Cars" and URL: "www.mydomain.com/market/cars"

How can I do to do not add parent alias (bolded text) in submenu item?

Solution

With this method you can manually create Joomla menu items with almost any URL you want

  • Create a new Menu (NOT Menu Item) say Hidden Menu
  • In the Hidden Menu, create a new menu item Cars
  • In the Main Menu, under the menu item Market, create a new menu item Cars of the type Menu Alias and point this menu item to the menu item Cars in the menu Hidden Menu

Article Taken from here

Published in Joomla

Sometimes you want to create a link to a menu item, but you do not want a menu item.

You can link directely with the ugly internal joomla link but no-one wants that. To get around this, there is a trick.

  • create a new menu and call it 'Hidden Menu Links'
  • create a link in this menu to the item you want
  • in your article or Custom HTML, add a JTree link and select the 'Hidden Menu Links', select the link yoou want, and there you go.

NB:

  • If the menu item's alias is contact-us you could just use /contact-us as a normal link but this will not have all the benefits of a joomla JLink
  • in joomla 3.0x the 'Hidden Menu Links' module is not required, everything relates to the 'Hidden Link Menu' and it's permissions
  • Joomla Article Link With No Visible Menu Item - YouTube
Published in Joomla

To transfer out a .co.uk you need to 'Release' the domain. This really should be renamed 'Transfer Tag Out'. When you click on the 'Release Domain' Button you get the following prompt. You enter the new/target IPS Tag and then click submit. My advice is to make sure the reception of the IPS Tag is done first, this prevents a small chance of the domain getting hijacked.

Published in WHMCS
Wednesday, 26 November 2014 00:00

IDEs for Programming

Gary from sandwich software recommends:

  • Lazurus IDE
  • Dolphin IDE

 When using an IDE:

when configuring an IDE they usually have up to 3 locations where they store the files:

  1. Raw files that you work on
  2. A live enviroment where yoou publish the changed files to
  3. the SVN server where you send the revisions

And you also have the choice of where to save the meta data. These can be stored in the same folders as the Raw files for portability but this can get messey so you have the option of storing them in their own folder seperate from the Raw files. This feature might be IDE specific.

Published in General
Wednesday, 26 November 2014 00:00

My Javascript Notes

  • html element
  • all things are nodes and can be treated as objects
  • Node tree
  • DOM Objects
  • standard DOM structure
  • DOM Tree

Other

  • var result - will set a variable, if it is outside of a function, it becomes a global variable
  • if any part of the script is broken or bad syntax, none of it will work.
  • the equals operator
    will set a value
    == will compare
Published in Javascript
Wednesday, 26 November 2014 00:00

Test Comodo DNS is working

This is a simple task to test if your Comodo DNS servers are working as they should.

To test comodo dns is working try an incomplete domain such as 'www.pcpro' , it will then give a dns error page with comodo on it.

Published in Web Security
Wednesday, 26 November 2014 00:00

Windows Activation Error 0x8007007B

You cannot activate Windows and when trying to Activate Windows do you get the following error.

"A Problem occured when Windows tried to activate. Error Code 0x8007007B."

Cause

  • A KMS Key has been used when a MAK Key should of been used
  • The activation state has become corrupt or has been changed a state that cannot be activated.
  • This can also occur is a pirated version of windows is used and the activation technologies fail. There is an activation status of 'Pirated Windows' and once this is set even if windows is running you can never activate it.

Solution

  1. Reset / Re-Arm the activation status. I used a utility called 'Windows 7 Loader Extreme Edition v3" which allowed me to reset the activation status and then i could used the correct MAK Key
  2. Reboot the computer
  3. Change the product key to an MAK (if required). To do this, follow these steps:

    1. Click Start, click All Programs, click Accessories, and then right-click Command Prompt.
    2. Click Run as administrator. If you are prompted for an administrator password or for confirmation, type the password or provide confirmation.
    3. At the command prompt, type the following command, and then press Enter:
      slmgr -ipk xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx
       
      Note In this command, the placeholder xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx represents your MAK product key.
  4. reboot the computer and the activation status should now be correct with a valid key if entered in previous steps.

Other Resources

Published in Windows General
Wednesday, 26 November 2014 00:00

Configuring Projectfork for first Use

Configuring Projectfork for first Use

  1. install googles
  2. enable project fork menu module (+ menu) in position 7 (assuming googles template)
  3. enable dashboard buttons module
  4. enable project tasks module
  5. assign googles template to the project fork menu items
  6. take main Joomla menu module and disable on projectfork menu items

 

Published in Extensions
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