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In the template or any other place in the Joomla! Components code where you wish to display the module permanently place the following PHP code

jimport('joomla.application.module.helper'); //Importing the Module helper
$module = & JModuleHelper::getModule('mod_name');
echo JModuleHelper::renderModule($module); //rendering the module

Replace mod_name with your module’s name

Import/Include the module helper jimport('joomla.application.module.helper'); Call the getModule method and reference it to the $module variable $module = & JModuleHelper::getModule('mod_search'); Display it in the browser echo JModuleHelper::renderModule($module); Your code will look like this jimport('joomla.application.module.helper'); $module = &...

This can be obtained using the JFactory/getSession object Instantiate the getSession object $session =& JFactory::getSession(); There are a couple of parameters that you can pass with this object. They are name – The session name id – Unique ID of the session expire – Expiry date and time security – Comma separated security options, have a look at JSession Now we set...

I’ve installed VirtueMart on one of my websites, when I opened the VirtueMart Control Panel in my Joomla! Administration Panel I noticed that when the view is set to Simple Layout all the tabs “Accordion Menu” are extended and I get the following JavaScript error: Ext not defined and most functionality that includes JavaScript is disabled. When I click on Extended Layout the...

This error happens because the version of Joomla! you are running is not compatible with PHP 5.3.0 . You could get this error for the reason being that your host upgraded to PHP 5.3.0 A quick solution will be is to open the file modules/mod_mainmenu/helper.php in your root folder and change the following line from function buildXML(&$params) to function buildXML($params) at the top of helper...

Open your template file where you would like to place the module position  Add the following code to the template file <?php if ($this->countModules('customPosition')) : ?> <div id="customPosition" > <jdoc:include type="modules" name="customPosition" style="xhtml" /> </div> <?php endif; ?> NOTE: customPosition is the name/identifier for the new module position Now...

I get the error Deprecated: Assigning the return value of new by reference is deprecated in components/com_fireboard/template/default/view.php on line 509 and Deprecated: Assigning the return value of new by reference is deprecated in components/com_fireboard/template/default/view.php on line 1037 after I’ve upgraded to PHP 5.3 within my Fireboard Joomla! component when viewing a forum...

Within the PHP code type in the following command

echo JURI::base();

This is a static method that returns the base URI of your Joomla site.
To read more about it click here

By typing the code below within the appropriate place the active menu item name will be echoed to the browser

<?php echo JSite::getMenu()->getActive()->name; ?>

To read more about the JSite class click here

Opencomponents/com_virtuemart/themes/default/templates/product_details/flypage.tpl.phpfor editing
On line 43 replace

<td colspan="2"><?php echo $ask_seller ?></td>

with

<td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td>

Now the link ‘Ask a question about this product’ will disappear

Make sure the acymailing_module.js is present within the /media/com_acymailing/js/ directory

<script type="text/javascript" src="/media/com_acymailing/js/acymailing_module.js"></script>

This file can be optained within the com_acymailing zip file within /media/js simply copy it from there to /media/com_acymailing/js/

Go to Menu and then Main Menu
Select the Default Menu item “To identify the default menu item you will see a star in the Default column“
Under the Basic Parameter options place a 0 next to # Links and click on save, refresh the Home Page and the More Article Links will disappear.

Anywhere in your code place the following code

 
if(JRequest::getVar('view') == "frontpage" ) :
 
 echo "I'm on the Front Page";
 
else :
 
 echo "Not on the Front Page";
 
endif;

The above code may be modified according to your needs

Use the code below on any page in your Joomla! application, the code may be changed or modified according to your needs.

 
$menu = &JSite::getMenu();
 
if (JRequest::getInt('Itemid') == $menu->getDefault()):
 
    echo "I'm on the Home Page";
 
else:
 
    echo "I'm not on the Home Page";
 
endif;

When I installed the AceSEF component, and enabled it all of a sudden the PDF linksdid not work anymore, it opens a new window but instead of displaying the PDF version it displays the HTML version of the page, when I disabled the AceSEF component it works again. Luckily I managed to solve this problem. Please see the Answer Open the AceSEF configuration page and click on the URLs tab. Under...

Create you 16px in width and 16px in height .ico file using Gimp or any other image editing software Name the .ico file favicon.ico Copy your newly create favicon to the template directory of your Joomla! 1.6template where you would want the favicon to change via FTP or any other File Managing Application Refresh your Joomla! 1.6 webpage and you will see that the favicon has changed to...

Click on the form name under the Forms Management tab and ensure that Data storage is enabled Next click on the Validation Tab Scroll down to the Server Side Validation and set Enable Server Side Validationto yes In the text area Server Side Validation Code add the following code <?php   $db =& JFactory::getDBO();   $query = "     SELECT count(*)       FROM `jos_chronoforms_table`      ...

This can be done using the getActive() method from the JMenu class with the Application subpackage. Read More here
Anywhere in your Joomla! code use the following codeline to get the parent IDfor the active id.

$parentID = JSite::getMenu()->getActive()->tree[0];

To remove a template you will have to click on Extensions and then Extention Manager Click on the Manage tab Search for your template “Filter by Type and select Template to make things easier“ Check the checkbox next to your Template and click on the Uninstall button at the top right corner The Template will now uninstall NOTE: If it says that the template has been uninstalled and you...