Archive for the ‘Joomla’ Category

Twitter Module for Joomla

Sunday, November 15, 2009 4:46 5 Comments

I created a twitter module for joomla 1.5 few days back and I am sharing it with you. The module is simple and loads the tweets from the twitter account that is set from the module parameters page. And hence the tweeter account can only set by adminitrator. This module is free to use and [...]

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Joomla1.6 Alpha 2 Released

Sunday, October 25, 2009 23:50 No Comments

Good news and Congratulations to every Joomligans – The most awaited Joomla 1.6 is in its alpha 2. I personally believe this will be better joomla than ever. Better navigation, better organization of contents and better extension development environment and many more. The most important thing in this joomla for me is ACL management, still [...]

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Component Creator for Joomla 1.5.x

Tuesday, July 21, 2009 23:10 3 Comments

Have you ever wondered, if there existed automatic component creator for Joomla that would cut hours of work creating Joomla component? I was looking for something similar but could not find the right one for me. Then a friend suggested me a development tool that can create Joomla component on the fly with few information [...]

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Using Mootools 1.2 in Joomla1.5.x

Monday, July 20, 2009 21:46 10 Comments

Yes! Joomla 1.5.x comes with mootools 1.1.x and it is a pity when you cannot use best of the latest mootools widgets with joomla 1.5.x.  To make the matter worse, you will rarely find forums and blogs that discusses about mootools 1.1. In this case you will definitely want to use mootools 1.2.x with Joomla [...]

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Implementing Element.getSiblings() in mootools1.1

Saturday, June 27, 2009 23:43 No Comments

I found a nice mootools code in David Walsh’s Blog. This code gathers all the siblings of an element but this code is compatible with mootools1.2 and above. I have modified the code a little to implement it in mootools1.1. Why mootools 1.1? because Joomla1.5 still uses mootools1.1. (Joomla1.6 will have mootools1.2). So here is [...]

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Ajaxifying Joomla Links with Mootools

Wednesday, June 3, 2009 12:21 4 Comments

Have you ever wanted to automatically ajaxify joomla links? This is to say if you ever wished that all the links would open with ajax request in your main component area! If yes, then read on! This small tutorial will teach you how to automatically implement ajax requests in every link on a joomla page. [...]

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Using jQuery with Joomla!

Friday, May 8, 2009 3:49 34 Comments

Joomla ! (till Ver 1.5.10)  by default supports mootools 1.11. The core is still not updated to use mootools 1.2x version. Now back to the topic. jQuery and Mootools are known to produce conflicts when used together. jQuery is more reliable and robust than mootools (It is my personal view)  but it is however not [...]

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Building MVC-model-view-controller component in Joomla1.5 – Part 2

Tuesday, April 14, 2009 4:57 2 Comments

This tutorial is the continuation of my previous tutorial on Building MVC-model-view-controller component in Joomla1.5 – Part 1. In this tutorial, I will talk about the directory structure of a component. All components should be created under components folder. This applies to both administrator and user part of Joomla. A component under the root components [...]

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JoomRSS – The Savior for All

Friday, April 3, 2009 9:22 1 Comment

Do you own a site that needs to be updated regularly? Or Do you want your site to boast of useful tips, news that is scattered all over the internet in various websites? If Yes and you are willing to do less manual work for all those tedious job, then JoomRSS should be your answer. [...]

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Building MVC-model-view-controller component in Joomla1.5 – Part 1

Thursday, March 5, 2009 21:38 2 Comments

Model–view–controller (‘MVC) is an architectural pattern used in software engineering. Successful use of the pattern isolates business logic from user interface considerations, resulting in an application where it is easier to modify either the visual appearance of the application or the underlying business rules without affecting the other. In MVC, the model represents the information [...]

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