@see – Joomla DocBlock headers Updated on August 16, 2021 by Brad Markle Please note the following: This article is supporting documentation for our tutorial, using DocBlocks in Joomla. There is official documentation that references what headers to use in your DocBlocks (such as @copyright and @license), but documentation is missing that outlines what values to use for each header. In an effort to learn what values to Read More >
@link – Joomla DocBlock headers Updated on August 16, 2021 by Brad Markle Please note the following: This article is supporting documentation for our tutorial, using DocBlocks in Joomla. There is official documentation that references what headers to use in your DocBlocks (such as @copyright and @license), but documentation is missing that outlines what values to use for each header. In an effort to learn what values to Read More >
@deprecated – Joomla DocBlock headers Updated on August 16, 2021 by Brad Markle Please note the following: This article is supporting documentation for our tutorial, using DocBlocks in Joomla. There is official documentation that references what headers to use in your DocBlocks (such as @copyright and @license), but documentation is missing that outlines what values to use for each header. In an effort to learn what values to Read More >
@license – Joomla DocBlock headers Updated on August 16, 2021 by Brad Markle Please note the following: This article is supporting documentation for our tutorial, using DocBlocks in Joomla. There is official documentation that references what headers to use in your DocBlocks (such as @copyright and @license), but documentation is missing that outlines what values to use for each header. In an effort to learn what values to Read More >
@copyright – Joomla DocBlock headers Updated on August 16, 2021 by Brad Markle Please note the following: This article is supporting documentation for our tutorial, using DocBlocks in Joomla. There is official documentation that references what headers to use in your DocBlocks (such as @copyright and @license), but documentation is missing that outlines what values to use for each header. In an effort to learn what values to Read More >
@subpackage – Joomla DocBlock headers Updated on August 16, 2021 by Brad Markle Please note the following: This article is supporting documentation for our tutorial, using DocBlocks in Joomla. There is official documentation that references what headers to use in your DocBlocks (such as @copyright and @license), but documentation is missing that outlines what values to use for each header. In an effort to learn what values to Read More >
WordPress All In One SEO Pack plugin zero-day vulnerability Updated on September 23, 2020 by Jeff Matson It has come to our attention that a zero-day vulnerability has been discovered within the All In One SEO Pack plugin which lets a non-privileged user either modify SEO data in posts or inject javascript into an administrators panel to execute malicious code. The developer has released a patch for this vulnerability which resolves the Read More >
WP-CopySafe-Web and WP-CopySafe-PDF zero-day vulnerabilites Updated on June 10, 2014 by Jeff Matson A very serious zero-day vulnerability has been found with the WP-CopySafe-Web and WP-CopySafe-PDF WordPress plugins, which allows users to arbitrarily upload code, including a PHP shell to fully exploit a user’s files. This first appeared a few days ago on hacker sites and is being widely sold. What if I am affected? If you are Read More >
@package – Joomla DocBlock headers Updated on August 16, 2021 by Brad Markle Please note the following: This article is supporting documentation for our tutorial, using DocBlocks in Joomla. There is official documentation that references what headers to use in your DocBlocks (such as @copyright and @license), but documentation is missing that outlines what values to use for each header. In an effort to learn what values to Read More >
Using Free Cloudflare for SSL on OpenCart 1.5 Updated on December 22, 2023 by Scott Mitchell Many people have decided to use the free CloudFlare CDN service with their website. The free option does not allow the use of SSL through CloudFlare. However, there is a workaround that lets you use it with your OpenCart site. CLoudFlare uses the www subdomain to route through CloudFlare’s servers. This allows your site www.example.com Read More >
The get_adjacent_post() WordPress function Updated on June 3, 2014 by Jeff Matson Using the get_adjacent_post() function in WordPress will allow you to display information on the next and previous posts within WordPress. For example, if you wanted to put links to the bottom of your posts that users could click on to visit the next or previous posts, you would use the get_adjacent_post() function. Usage <?php get_adjacent_post( Read More >
DocBlocks – Documentation headers in Joomla Updated on October 6, 2020 by Brad Markle The knowledge is this article has been obtained from this page. While learning about DocBlocks, we felt the information in that article would be more easily absorbed if reformatted. What is a DocBlock? DocBlocks, short for Documentation Blocks, are notes that describe what certain sections of code do. There are 1000’s of lines of code Read More >
Updating article hits when using Joomla cache Updated on August 16, 2021 by Brad Markle Enable cache, and disable hits When you enable caching in Joomla, article hits do not increase when cached pages are served. This is unfortunately a limitation of the caching system in Joomla, there is not “toggle switch” to enable this feature. Hits not always accurate, but sometimes needed For those users needing this feature, it’s Read More >
Jimport Updated on June 7, 2023 by Brad Markle jimport is a function that is used to include Joomla library files. How to use Jimport: Find the path to the library file you want to include. • In our testing, we want to import /libraries/joomla/filesystem/path.php • Jimport will only import files found within the libraries folder. Make the following changes to the path: • Read More >
Fatal error: Call to undefined method – Joomla 3 Component Development Updated on June 8, 2023 by Brad Markle When creating a Joomla 3 component, you can declare functions / methods within your models. When calling these methods in your views, you might see an error similar to the following: Fatal error: Call to undefined method ComponentViewName::yourMethod() in /home/userna5/public_html/components/com_component/views/component/view.html.php on line 19 This error can be resolved using the getModel method, and this is Read More >
How to add the default Model to your Joomla 3 component Updated on June 7, 2023 by Brad Markle How to add a new model Create the models folder If you haven’t already, you will need to create the models folder. This is where our model files will go. In our testing, we created: /components/com_helloworld/models Create <view>.php within models folder Each component view can have a corresponding model. In this tutorial we are creating Read More >
Renaming files and folders in cPanel Updated on November 19, 2021 by Scott Mitchell There are many programs to install on your hosting account to help create or add to your website. These programs have many files and folders that are added to your file structure. Sometimes, you may want to rename files or folders. This may be for security reasons, such as renaming an administrative folder. They can Read More >
Creating a Menu Item for your Joomla 3 Component Updated on January 23, 2024 by Brad Markle So far in this Joomla tutorial series we’ve been testing our new component by visiting our Joomla site and adding index.php?option=com_helloworld to the url, as in: https://example.com/index.php?option=com_helloworld In this tutorial, we will show you how to create a menu item for your component. This will allow you to add a link to your menu that Read More >
Developer Access Tools Updated on March 16, 2022 by Scott Mitchell Some of the more common questions we get are about the types of access tools that developers can use to work on customers’ websites. There is a plethora of tools available for developers allowing them to access and work on the sites in the ways they are comfortable. Below we have compiled a list of Read More >
How to add a New Task to your Joomla 3 Component Updated on June 7, 2023 by Brad Markle This tutorial series, Joomla 3 component development, is currently in progress… So far in this tutorial series for creating a component in Joomla 3, we’ve created views and we’ve created formats. The next feature of components we’re going to review is tasks. What is a task? A task is, well… something that can be done. Read More >
