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Written by Ken Task
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Monday, 26 October 2009 14:28 |
Run Joomla 1.5.x? Extension well worth the download and installation!
After installation and minimal configuration (choice of method of upgrade routine and version number), running the component on the admin side of your Joomla will check your version number of Joomla with Joomla.org. If it finds your version to be behind (say you have 1.5.7), it will download the appropriate files (both the patch and the full version. With example given, it downloads the patch update that would take the 1.5.7 to the highest version 1.5.X - the patch and the full version) and then prompt for your selection to update ... the patch or the full version.
Just one pre-configuration not mentioned that I could find ... how much memory a script can consume. First few tires at running the component failed ... got a blank screen. Checking the Apache error logs, if you see something like this:
"[Sat Aug 29 08:43:52 2009] [error] [client 74.x.x.x] PHP Fatal error: Allowed memory size of 38797312 bytes exhausted (tried to allocate 18257921 bytes) in /var/www/html/joomlaX/libraries/joomla/filesystem/file.php on line 297, referer: http://www.k12os-foss.net/j..."
It means the default resource limit that determines the amount of memory a script can consume is too low. In the php.ini file there is a section:
;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
; Resource Limits ;
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max_execution_time = 90 ; Maximum execution time of each script, in seconds
max_input_time = 180 ; Maximum amount of time each script may spend parsing request data
memory_limit = 32M ; Maximum amount of memory a script may consume
Increase the "memory limit" to a size that totals over the amount you saw in the error. As in the example above, 38797312 is what your php was allowing.
The script tried to allocate 18257921 more. So, a ball park setting would be 60M.
After changing the memory limit to your roughly calculated value, restart your web service:
/sbin/service httpd restart
and try your script again.
WARNING ... it will be slow so just be patient.
Upon completion, it will notify of success:
"You have successfully upgraded your Joomla! install! Congratulations!"
Also note: you might have to login in again to the admin side after running.
Once logged on, note the version number.
Link to download:
http://extensions.joomla.org/extensions/core-enhancements/installers/9332
Rating is 4.5 (out of 5) stars. |
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Written by Ken Task
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Saturday, 03 October 2009 07:52 |
The popularity of tter is really amazing, isn't it? Of course, I've read that it's not for everyone and agree. But for entities that desire to "get the word out" to members of entity X (or those who have interest in entity X), it's a channel of communication that doesn't require much effort and some of that can be automated.
To maximize Twitter usage, one could look for add-ons to existing web based apps/systems. For example, there is an extension for Joomla that sends a tweet to a specific account when a posting/article submission is made to a Joomla CMS.
Called Tweets Module (example at http://moodle.tcea.org/) may acquired from:
http://extensions.vaneldijk.nl
or installed to your Joomla using URL install via:
http://moodle.tcea.org/jinstalls/tweetsmodule-v2.2.zip
Twitter Status (example at http://sos.tcea.org/) maybe acquired from:
http://tomasz-dobrzynski.com
or installed to your Joomla using URL install via:
http://moodle.tcea.org/jinstalls/mod_twitterfeed_1.0.0a.zip
Entity X could also offer another means ... there is a search site for twitter content that will pull up all tweets from a twitter account and it also provides an RSS feed of the search. Place the RSS Feed link on your web site.
Atom RSS Feed SOSSIG
http://search.twitter.com/search.atom?q=+from%3Asossigg+filter%3Alinks
Yours, in "getting the word out",
Ken
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Last Updated on Friday, 09 October 2009 15:24 |
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Written by Ken Task
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Monday, 24 August 2009 06:26 |
There is an extension plugin for Joomla for embedding Google Docs into
Joomla content. Once the plgin is installed, one may embed via bot lingo:
Used to embed Documents from Google Docs into the website. Syntax is
{ googledoc docid="xx" type="xx" size="xx" }.
There is also a plugin that provides an editor button to insert a placeholder for displaying a document from GoogleDocs. A popup allows you to configure the settings to be used.
The file names are:
plg_googledocs_content.zip
plg_googledocs_editors-xtd.zip
You can install across internet without having to download and upload.
Here's how:
1. in a browser, go to: http://www.k12os-foss.net/jinstalls/
(herein called the "JINSTALLS browser")
2. In a NEW browser window or tab, login to your Joomla Admin side and go to the Extensions Manager Install/Uninstall
3. use the JINSTALLS browser to copy the URL of the desired mod/plugin/ to install
4. In the Joomla Admin browser, go to "Install from URL" dialog box for the install URL and paste the URL.
5. Click Install
You can see an example of a shared Google Presentation (Testing) by following the Google Docs link in the main menu. |
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Last Updated on Friday, 09 October 2009 15:25 |
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