The Joomlashack Blog
How to Find the ID of a Joomla User
- Written by Nick Savov Nick Savov
- Published: 04 August 2020 04 August 2020
One of the questions from our customers this week was how to find the ID number of a Joomla user by their surname.
You will unlikely need it in your day to day Joomla administration. Occasionally though a Joomla user ID number may come in handy. In this tip, I will show you how to find the ID number of a Joomla user by their surname.
How to Reinstall a Joomla Extension
- Written by Nick Savov Nick Savov
- Published: 14 July 2020 14 July 2020
There's an age-old piece of advice for fixing computer issues: reboot the computer. As with computers, simply reinstalling a Joomla extension can fix many bugs.
For example, today one of our OSTraining members was having an issue uninstalling an extension. Reinstalling the extension first was the key to being able to uninstall it.
This tutorial will show you how to reinstall Joomla extensions.
How to Delete Articles from the Joomla Trash
- Written by Steve Burge Steve Burge
- Published: 31 January 2020 31 January 2020
Joomla allows you to delete articles, but in case you made a mistake, it doesn't permanenently delete them unless you to take another step.
Joomla's trash can is similar to those on PC's and Mac's. Sending items to the trash can is an action that can be undone.
In this short tutorial, I'm going to show you how to remove articles from the trash can and delete them forever.
Joomla: Session is marked as crashed and should be repaired
- Written by Steve Burge Steve Burge
- Published: 02 January 2020 02 January 2020
The image below shows an error message that sometimes occurs on Joomla sites:
The message is actually fairly clear once you know what to look for. Let's take a look at how to fix it.
Read more: Joomla: Session is marked as crashed and should be repaired
How to Create Custom 404 Pages in Joomla
- Written by Steve Burge Steve Burge
- Published: 15 November 2019 15 November 2019
By default, Joomla does not provide a 404 page that you can easily create and manage.
A 404 is really useful for guiding your visitors when they visit a broken URL on your site.
I'm going to demonstrate how to create a custom 404 page.
We're going to create an article, add a menu link and then add a little code to a file in your template folder.
JFolder::create: Could not create directory
- Written by Ed Andrea Ed Andrea
- Published: 22 August 2019 22 August 2019
"JFolder::create: Could not create directory" is a really common error message. You can face this error trying to install a Joomla extension or moving, copying or installing a Joomla site.
In most cases, this error has to do with the /tmp folder. In this tutorial, I will show you how to solve this error.
PHP Temporary Directory is not set: Joomla Error
- Written by Steve Burge Steve Burge
- Published: 16 August 2019 16 August 2019
Have you ever seen this error message on your Joomla site?
The PHP temporary directory is not set
The PHP temporary directory is the directory that PHP uses to store an uploaded file before Joomla! can access this file. Whilst the directory not being set isn't always a problem, if you are having issues with manifest files not being detected or uploaded files not being detected, setting this in your php.ini file might fix the issue.
Even though you get this error, it may not be a problem. You only need to deal with it if you have problems uploading themes and extensions.
You get this error because Joomla extracts all the files and places them in a temporary directory, then copies them to their own directories. If the PHP Temp directory is missing, has the wrong permissions, or has the wrong path set, Joomla can't save the files to the temporary directory, so it produces a message.
How to Add Joomla Content Editor to a Joomla Site
- Written by Steve Burge Steve Burge
- Published: 07 August 2019 07 August 2019
"Joomla Content Editor" (JСE) is one important Joomla extension you must install on your Joomla site. We install JCE on every single Joomla site we build.
JCE has been around since 2006 and has been outstanding since its launch. It makes content editing ridiculously easy and fast.
In this blog post, you will learn how to add JCE on your Joomla site.
Read more: How to Add Joomla Content Editor to a Joomla Site
The Ultimate Joomla Content Editor (JCE) Guide
- Written by Steve Burge Steve Burge
- Published: 05 August 2019 05 August 2019
There is one Joomla extension that we install on every single Joomla site we build: Joomla Content Editor (JCE).
JCE has been around since 2006 and has been outstanding since its launch.
It makes content editing ridiculously easier and faster, whatever your task is:
- Linking
- Formatting
- Adding images
- Spell-checking
- Create tables and much more.
It's built by Ryan Demmer at https://JoomlaContentEditor.net.
So, it made sense for us to sit down and write the "Ultimate JCE Guide".
How to Move a Joomla Site from Local to Live Server
- Written by Steve Burge Steve Burge
- Published: 23 July 2019 23 July 2019
Many people like to develop their Joomla sites locally and then move their work to a live host when completed. This tutorial will show you how to move an exact copy of your Joomla site from your local to your live server.
You'll first use Akeeba Backup Joomla extension to make a backup of your local Joomla site (files + database). Then you will use Akeeba Kickstart to restore this backup to your remote server.
Read more: How to Move a Joomla Site from Local to Live Server