Joomla – FIX Missing Admin Components Menu Items

Problem: Updated Joomla 3.7.0 to 3.7.2 – and lost Joomla’s core Admin Components menu items (Banners, Contact, Joomla Update, Messaging, News Feeds, Redirects, Search, Smart Search). Solution: Ended up running SQL in MySQL database. Note: Change #__menu to yourprefix_menu + change the 2-space “__” to a 1-space “_” (i.e.: prefix__menu to prefix_menu). URL: Upgraded to…

Joomla PayPlans Subscription – Upgrade Membership via Admin

Joomla PayPlans Subscription – Upgrade Membership via Admin

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…

Joomla – Find Specific PayPlans Fields In MySQL Database

Goal: Delete ALL PayPlans No-status (status=0) memberships. In MySQL, locate all PayPlans memberships that have status=0. (The No-status (status=0) memberships are a broken remnant of the previous database migration): Open phpMyAdmin Navigate to payplans_subscription table Click SQL tab Run the following script: SELECT * FROM `xxxx_payplans_subscription` WHERE status=0 Also check the following PayPlans tables to make sure a membership is fully…

Create Membership Reports Using Fabrik

Goal: Generate 8 different monthly member reports for Califaep.org’s PayPlans-powered Joomla membership site. Solution: I’ve chosen Fabrik to query the database, display member content, filter info, and generate CSV files. Background: Califaep uses PayPlans to register members, and is using JomSocial’s custom fields to capture specific information during the registration process. Unfortunately, JomSocial’s custom fields data…

Joomla SSL

After having HostGator set up SSL, a couple of final Joomla SSL settings: Set Force SSL in Joomla Global Configuration Edit configuration.php file Edit .htaccess file Follow instructions in Gavick’s article: Need to protect the customers of your Joomla website? Use SSL