i'm working on a joomla 1.5 with virtuemart 1.1.8. I'm not an experienced user of joomla, and one of my modifications exited the virtuemart page "shop.registration" (register page) out of the theme's layout : i miss the header and the footer.
Did anyone know how joomla and virtuemart templating system works ? It's my first use of virtuemart, and the 2nd of joomla.
Thanks.
Virtuemart prior to version 2.x does not use the Joomla! template system, instead it uses it's own "themes" mechanism which is frankly horrible. The main problem is that most people hack the standard theme and then when and update comes along it get over-written by the update.
You can still read about the old 1.1.x style of themes on the Virtuemart Developer documentation website.
Also, you should update to Virtuemart 1.1.9 as it includes some serious fixes.
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we moved a site for a client a while back that someone else created. Its running on Joomla 1.7.
We want to do some light SEO work for them but I can't for the life of me find the Meta/SEO title field anywhere.
All the support posts I've looked at say its here or there but for me its not. It seems to be know where! In the meta options section when editing an artcile there is a description and keyword field but no title.
Some help would be appreciated. This client can't justify a new website.
Thanks!
Update:
we ended up upgrading this install to 2.5, still couldn't edit the meta titles anywhere. So I installed a plugin which gave me the title field but it had no effect! Can only assume the theme hasn't been put together properly. The conclusion is that its now quicker for us to just move them to WordPress where stuff works properly! :)
I'm working more with Wordpress than Joomla, but I think that you should download an extension if you want to have a meta-title in the pages. For the home page you can change it from Menu - Main menu - Home.
After installing k2.6.7 my Joomla 3.2 overrides do not seem to work.
I am using k2 only in one category, the rest of the site uses the basic joomla 3.2 system.
Template is my own custom template.
Had applied Joomla overrides before installing k2 which worked just fine.
Since k2 install have tried applying a override to blog_item.php and default_item.php with no results.
If not k2 what else could cause overrides to stop working?
You have to create overrides for K2 too. Check these:
Templating with K2 (and the concepts of sub-templates)
http://getk2.org/documentation/k2class2012/865-k2-template-and-overrides
K2 shouldn't affect your standard Joomla overrides, it has nothing to do with them.
How are you using the overrides? (and which ones you are trying to edit would be helpful)
If you want to replace the standard views then your files should be in your templates folder at
/html/com_content/category/blog_item.php
/html/com_content/featured/default_item.php
If you are trying to override views other than category blog and featured articles then your files are named incorrectly.
I have a Joomla! 1.5.15 and VirtueMart 1.1.4 installation from a client project and I need to change something I'm not sure how to.
I have one of my menu links pointing to the shop (menu item type: VirtueMart) but it directs me to a front page (to be precise, it renders the content in themes/default/templates/common/categoryChildlist.tpl.php).
What I want is for this link to make one of my product categories show.
I've tried several methods (without any luck so far):
Using header() doesn't work (I know, it's a pretty shameful trick, but I had to try it).
Changing the menu item type doesn't work (you can't modify the link itself).
Modifying any of the browser_ files doesn't work either (at least, doesn't look like it).
I'm a bit out of ideas... any hint?
It's been a while since I used VM 1.1.x, but isn't there a Category menu item available in the menu manager? (by the way you are way out of date I think 1.1 got to version 1.1.9 before it reached EOL).
I would also strongly recommend updating your Joomla! installation to at least 1.5.26 with the additional hotfix that was released recently (Joomla 1.5.x is also EOL).
I am new in joomla. I am trying to implement virtuemart in joomla 1.5. I install virtuemart v1.1.19 . Now I want to add "add to favotite" and "Wishlist" in virtuemart. Can I get theose component free? If so how can do this? Please help me.
All extensions for Joomla can be found on the Joomla extensions directory
There are 557 specific extensions for VirtueMart on JED so I'm sure something will pop up.
This is a commercial extension but serves both purposes:
http://extensions.virtuemart.net/component/sobi2/?sobi2Task=sobi2Details&sobi2Id=128&Itemid=2
I have a joomla 1. 7 website and I have installed a widget kit for displaying a slider with buttons on it. It works fine in the backend, however it does not display on the site.
Is there a reason why widget kit is not compatible with Joomla 1. 7?
Without any details at all, I'd suggest a possible conflict with you chosen joomla template and javascript library(s) like jquery or mootools.
Try one of the simple templates that came with your joomla installation and see if the problem on the front end persists.
Widget Kit is compatible with Joomla 1.7, however as Grag P said, it might possibly be a conflict with another extension using Jquery.
Use Firebug and look at the scripts being loaded in the <head> tags and see if there are 2 Jquery libraries being loaded.
If so then the 2nd one is most likely coming from your template in which case go to your template manager and see if there is an option to turn off Jquery, else if its coming from another extension, try disabling it and seeing if this solves the problem.
Also make sure you have the most up-to-date version of widget kit as Yootheme have brought out a lot of updates in the last 2 months.