How to a Have a Different Category Blog Layout for a Specific Category in Joomla
If you’re reading this post, then this means that most likely you have reached a level, in Joomla, where you know that you can override the default layout of any view in any component by copying template files to the html directory of the template and then modifying these files. For example, if you want […]
How to Invoke a Controller Function in a Joomla URL
When we develop custom Joomla components for our clients, a very common task that we do is that we call custom controller functions from a URL within a view. For example, just today, while working on a custom component that’ll allow people to post their press releases through the frontend of a Joomla website, we […]
“Cannot delete last style of a template” When Uninstalling a Joomla Template
Here’s a small Saturday niblet… While trying to uninstall a template from the Template Manager, we encountered the following error: Cannot delete last style of a template And, of course, we were not able to uninstall the template. Uninstalling the template was necessary for us because we wanted to re-install it as it had an […]
No Backend Menu in Joomla 2.5
Warning: Implementing the fix in this post will reset all your ACL modifications. Additionally, it’ll remove all the associations between your users and your groups – with the exception of the user with the first ID in the #__users table. It’ll also remove all the groups that you have created. If you have a large […]