Joomla Article Remains Locked After Saving and Closing It

One of the (almost unique) features that Joomla has is “locking” articles. So, when someone is editing an article, that article is locked to prevent others from editing it. The lock is released when the article is “closed” by clicking on the Save & Close button, the Save as Copy button, or the Close button. […]

Do We Really Need the Joomla “System – User Log” Plugin?

Almost all Joomla administrators do not think about disabling any core plugins that are enabled by default – which is a fine approach, but not when you’re running a large site. Some of these plugins have very little use for many Joomla sites and, as such, they are better off disabled. Take, for example, the […]

“You are not permitted to use that link to directly access that page” Error when Editing a Joomla Article

After moving the website of a client from a shared host to a dedicated server (with another company), we got a call from the client telling us that she’s experiencing a weird situation. She told us that when she tries to edit an article on the frontend of the Joomla site, it works the first […]

The Joomla Authors Filter Field Slows Down Large Sites

Note: This post contains a core modification. Keep in mind that core modifications may cause stability issues and may be wiped out with a simple Joomla update. A few months back, we’ve written about the Joomla getAuthors function, and how we initially thought it was there to populate the contents of the Author filter field, […]