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Declaring Custom Parameter Types in 1.6 By: Matt Thomas Hi All, In 1.6, how do we declare custom parameter types in the XML manifest file? Would it be something like <config addpath="/plugins/content/name/elements">? I ask since I'm experimenting with porting a 1.5 plugin to work with both 1.5…	3	Aug 4 2010 10:48	Sep 3 2010 10:35
submitting code/patches By: klas berli? Hi, currently it is impossible to submit patches for tracker issues without specially assigned permissions. Why is that and can we get this changed? How can one contribute code without an ability to submit patches? It does not make much sense as…	4	Sep 2 2010 11:24	Sep 2 2010 17:54
joomla component customisation By: sky hi, am new 2 joomla coding. i want 2 add some features 2 a joomla component(ignite gallery). i want 2 add e-commerce function 2 this gallery such that a user has 2 pay 4 voting. the problem is that i can't find the code 4 the rating tag(stars). i…	15	Aug 24 2010 11:00	Sep 2 2010 17:08
Joomla and AJAX By: fejky structure mod_greet/ .................mod_greet.php .................javascript.js .................helper.php mod_greet/tmpl/ .......................default.php helper.php class ModGreet extends JModel { function greet() { return "greet"; }…	12	Aug 29 2010 05:34	Sep 2 2010 14:39
JTable saving an empty form. By: heartisan Hi everyone, I'm kind of a copy, paste and addapt programer, so please be patient with me. I'm developing this custom component to manage a MySQL db for an NGO, registering families and its members. I have made a form for storing and updating…	9	Aug 31 2010 11:20	Sep 2 2010 04:49
AJAX/Mootools Help By: Nick Texidor I'm getting a little confused with the javascript code for an ajax call, and wondered if someone could maybe cast an eye over the code and see where I'm going wrong? Basically, I've gone through the developer documents, and cobbled the following…	8	Aug 31 2010 10:24	Sep 2 2010 00:58
Component parameters (menu specific) By: Dan Parry Hi all I'm certain I'm missing something easy so if I have I aplogise in advance. I'm trying to use menu specific component parameters but for the life of me I can't get them to work. In the documentation there is this line: 'Assuming that the…	11	Aug 31 2010 16:19	Sep 1 2010 08:19
Porting MFSlidebar to Mootools! By: coder12 Hi there! A man by the name of John David Dalton has kindly helped me in porting the MFSlidebar module over to mootools for compatibility's sake. The only problem is that it doesn't seem to work :( The bar fails to expand/contract, and I'm not sure…	5	Aug 26 2010 08:19	Sep 1 2010 06:42
MAC MAYDAY By: Troy Hall HEYEEELLP ok.. now that thats outa my system.... I have a ppc g3, 1g Ram, 40G HD, 128M video running 10.4.11. I've got all the server software functioning now, now I need a IDE. Unfortunately my lovely NB won't run on this old girl, so until I…	0	Aug 31 2010 19:35	Aug 31 2010 19:35
Module for listing top n posts from different categories of a section By: KoolKabin Hi guys, I am in search of a module which will display top n no. of articles of categories of a given section. If a section consists of 5 categories and n = 2 no of article then i should get 2 articles of each 5 categories of the selected section.…	0	Aug 31 2010 07:41	Aug 31 2010 07:41
Unit Test Style Question By: Mark Dexter Hi everyone. We have implemented a number of PHPUnit tests and have many more to go. So far, we have been "feeling our way" as far as the best way to write the tests. We don't have any documented best practices at this point, but we should probably…	6	Aug 29 2010 22:18	Aug 30 2010 18:55
html.pane/tabs/chrome & safari issue - driving me NUTS!! By: Nick Texidor Hey guys, I'm wondering if anyone has come across this before, and whether there is a workaround or fix available. Its driving me absolutely nuts. I have a component view that has a large amount of fields, so to make the form more 'presentable',…	14	Aug 26 2010 19:25	Aug 27 2010 16:03
3rd Party Extension Security By: Brad Gies Hi, I've been asking myself this question for several months now, so I thought I'd ask it here. I keep hearing that the most vulnerable to security breaches in Joomla are 3rd party extensions. Is there a component/extension or some other …	42	Aug 14 2010 09:12	Aug 27 2010 13:28
Ajax and class method By: fejky javascript file function Send(param) { if (window.XMLHttpRequest) { xmlhttp=new XMLHttpRequest(); } else { xmlhttp=new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP"); } if(xmlhttp) { xmlhttp.open("POST","modules/mod_test/tmpl/default.php"); …	2	Aug 27 2010 06:34	Aug 27 2010 09:00
Redirecting the browser after inserting a new item By: FRamonTB I'm developing a component to deal with items. I would like redirect the browser to view the new item, after a user have inserted one. For doing that, I need to know the 'id' of the newly inserted item. The code that insert the item is a…	2	Aug 27 2010 05:15	Aug 27 2010 05:21
Survey with ip control or other type of control By: Miguel Real Hello. I want to make a survey (or a form/poll) with 5 questions, four of them are with radio answers (voters can choose only one answer) and the fifth is a text answer. It's the first time i'm doing this and i don't know what tool should i use. …	5	Aug 25 2010 09:12	Aug 26 2010 17:56
in J 1.6 How to get from Token to User Group By: Brad Gies I'm writing a backend extension for 1.6 and I've got most of my functions working, but now I want to move them to Ajax, and also add a custom permission or user group. First, what is the best way to make sure only authorized users can use my…	5	Aug 25 2010 23:22	Aug 26 2010 15:03
Create menu items in the Frontend By: Jefeh Hello, As I already say, I try to implement my first Joomla component and I still have a problem... I would like creating a menu (in the frontend) containing links (menu items) to several parts of my component. That menu should be displaying as…	6	Aug 25 2010 07:37	Aug 26 2010 11:41
A suggestion to really make 1.6 and up BETTER By: Brad Gies I'm not sure how practical it is to implement in Joomla! 1.6 at this late date, but I thought I should throw it out for discussion at least. I'll try to make the story part of this short :). About 11 years ago I was hired by a company that did…	2	Aug 25 2010 11:31	Aug 25 2010 13:12
LoadTemplate: Layout not found By: Jefeh Hi, I already posted that message on the Joomla forum but unfortunately, I received no response... So I would also ask you the question... I try to build my first component for Joomla and I'm in front of a problem... Actually, I have a view which…	6	Aug 24 2010 16:35	Aug 25 2010 03:09