Graphic designer since before the Internet. Started with newspaper paste-up; then art director for advertising agency in Reno, NV; and now freelancer designing marketing materials, print-on-demand t-shirt art, websites, and social media graphics.
Use Joomla Akeeba Backup to create a Test site using an existing site’s files (so upgrades can be tested before applying to live site): Install Akeeba Backup onto existing site. Take a backup. FTP download the resulting Akeeba Backup .jpa file to hard drive (MUST use Binary* Transfer Type). Curretly using Cyberduck to FTP the…
A. Create a HIDDEN MENU item called Reports: Reports (Alias: reports. In the Note section, add: “This is in a HIDDEN menu, so that the Alias menu can be Access Public, but only Super Users can log in.”) Articles » Single Article MUST create a User > Access level to attached to the HIDDEN Menu Item…
Joomla: 2.5.28 Content Editor: JCE Editor 2.4.6 Goal: Embed a cool Wistia video in a Joomla 2.5 Article. Problem: Joomla editor keeps scrambling <iframe> into <i-frame>. SO ANNOYING! Solutions (for Joomla 2.5 and Joomla 3): A) Joomla Global Configuration 1. In the Joomla! Global Configuration, click on the Text Filters tab. 2. For the Super…
How To Upgrade a PayPlans subscription via Admin Source: Upgrade from back-end Note: PayPlans UPGRADE App must be Published (but it does not have to be added as a Widget to Member’s profiles if only Admin will make Upgrades). From Admin: PayPlans > Subscriptions Search by Username Click ID Click Upgrade button in upper left corner Select new…
Resources – Upgrade from Joomla 2.5 to Joomla 3 Joomla 2.5 to 3.x Step by Step Migration (Joomla) How to Upgrade from Joomla 2.5 to Joomla 3 (Jan 6, 2013) Upgrade from Joomla 2.5 to Joomla 3 Practical Guide Upgrade Joomla 2.5 to Joomla 3.x (Mar 3, 2013)
Migrating from Joomla 2.5 to 3.0 requires a lot of research. Here’s the extensions compatibility matrix for the Ximenia theme from RocketTheme that we’re using on a couple of client’s websites. RocketTheme – Joomla Extensions Compatibility Matrix