First time experiencing this error message “No input file specified” when trying to access the back-end of a client’s site at https://www.website.com/administrator/index.php. In fact, the entire login form is missing from the admin login page! Spent a hour with HostGator’s chat, but they couldn’t figure it out. Below I’m listing the resources I’ve found so…
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…
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…
Problem: New user registers, but never receives their Activation Email – which means they can NEVER log in. And Joomla does not have a way to resend them their activation email. Solution: wbReactiv Joomla plugin. wbReactiv manually resends Joomla activation email to users who may not have received them yet. It works from Joomla backend and display a…
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…
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…
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…
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
Joomla login module: SCLogin Enhanced Login (as of version 7.0.3) Project: Change register button’s text from the word “Register” to the word “Join” In order to avoid this edit from being overwritten when SCLogin gets updated, locate SCLogin’s language file: root/language/en-GB/en-GB.mod_sclogin.ini Copy line 8: MOD_SCLOGIN_REGISTER_FOR_THIS_SITE=”Register” And paste it in the Language Overrides file, located at: root/language/overrides/en-GB.override.ini Then…
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