Archive for April, 2009
Creating Your php.ini File
GoDaddy likes to make things difficult. Well, it’s probably the fact they have a ton of sites on one server, but that is besides the point. A client needed me to upload a Joomla extension and I kept getting a server timed out message. Turned out it was due to my lack of php.ini file [...]
Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ‘=’, expecting ‘)’ in ja_tabs.php on line 31
Are you getting the following error when trying to figure out JA Tabs with Joomla?
Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ‘=’, expecting ‘)’ in plugins/content/ja_tabs.php on line 31
Then please follow this guide:
Open plugins/content/ja_tabs.php file, at about line 31, find following code:
function plgContentJA_tabs( &$subject=null, $params=null )
and change to:
function plgContentJA_tabs( &$subject, $params=null )
If you [...]
JavaScript Not Working in IE?
While recently updating MIB Solutions‘ website, I wanted to use JavaScript to produce a very interesting function which would great the visitor with a special message depending on the time of the day of the user. I wanted to use PHP, but since that is server-side (thus producing only the time of my server) I [...]
Remove ‘Powered By YouTube’ on Google AJAX API YouTube Videos
A client of mine recently installed the Google AJAX API Video found here (which uses the Google API Search, also found in the Google Maps embed function everyone uses for their websites), but wanted to remove the ‘Powered by YouTube’ copy found below the videos. While we could use a Javascript fix for this, it’s [...]
Lost Joomla Admin Password – How To Reset?
While working on a recent Joomla project, the client had forgotten the Admin username/password and did not keep a record of it. This can easily be fixed if you have the access to the database. Review the steps below on how to reset your Joomla admin username/password:
First within you cPanel control panel; goto PHPMyAdmin and [...]
Free Internet Explorer Screen Shots
Designing websites to work in Internet Explorer is the worst part about being a web developer. Luckily I found a snazzy website which views any url in four different Internet Explorer versions. To view free Internet Explorer Screen Shot website please visit here.

