I've just got Joomla 1.6 up and running.
My question is this:
Do we need plug-ins to add a PayPal donate button on Joomla? Can't we just paste the code in the article?
You can't paste code in to an article without an extension. By default the article text field cleans any code out before inserting it in to the database. You can install an extension that allows code in articles or a Paypal button extension. I am not a fan of allowing users to insert their own code so the plugin or module method would be the better route. There are quite a few 1.6 native Paypal extensions - http://extensions.joomla.org/search?q=paypal
I just went through the process of getting the PayPal button to work on our Joomla site. With the help of PayPal's technical support, I found that although I had back-end administrative permission, I had to log-in as the Super Administrator to get it to work.
Log-in as the Super Administrator and go through your article manager to edit the article. Once you are in the article, the "toolbar" above the textbox will have a blue "HTML" button on the right end the second row. When you click that it opens the HTML editor. I then pasted the PayPal code, and clicked "Update". The PayPal button then appeared in the text box and I was able to adjust the alignment as I wanted.
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I was wondering how one would go about implementing an editor like tinymce so that registered members of a joomla site can post articles, edit them, and get paid when someone downloads them
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This functionality is already built into Joomla.
All you need to do to enable this is to add a new "Create Article" menu option with Access = "Registered".
You will probably also need to enable a login module if there isn't one already so users can log in to the front end to see the new menu option.
How do we link an article page on Joomla without it being published as a menu item? We have tried using the ID number, but it does not work.
For example, within one of our published pages we want to link to another article page but this page does not exist as a menu item- so there is not an url to use.
Please provide step-by-step instructions.
If you prefer to NOT have to create URLs manually you can try switching the editor that Joomla uses by default (TinyMCE). Personally I find JCE Editor much more useful. With that you can quickly generate links to menu items, content or even contacts all from their 'Insert/Edit Link' modal popup. It also has a more robust image manager. JCE Editor can even be installed from the 'Install from Web' tab of the Extension Manager Install page.
Add to cart button is not working.
Is this due to any jQuery conflict.
I am not using any custom jQuery for add to cart button but had used many extension which had jQuery.
On clicking add to cart button, no action no effect is performed, even nothing is displayed in firebug console.
Can any one tell me how to debug this.
Have you attempted switching on the default template for Magento to see if it could be something in your custom theme? Have you attempted in another browser?
I have most commonly seen the "add to cart" button cease if there were a jQuery conflict or if the button class/name had been changed.
Not sure if you're on version control but if you have migrated the site, there is a possibility that some files may have been left out. If you right click > inspect, are you getting any 404 errors?
Again, we would have to see the code (and possibly a link to the site) in order to accurately diagnose.
In Joomla 1.5, I created an article. Before publishing it, I want to send a preview URL to my colleagues (they are not registered to Joomla).
I'm looking for something like adding task=preview to the URL and it would show the article.
It would be enough if the article would be normally published but would not be displayed on the main page in the latest news. I tried to set "Front Page" to "No" but without success.
How can I solve the problem?
Joomla! 1.5 doesn't have a feature like this and from the way it's built I'm not sure it's possible without modifying the core com_content files. You could try a search of the Joomla! Extension Directory to see if someone has implemented what you're after.
In the meantime if the article is turning up on the websites front page even when you've set it not to - then the front page must be using a Section/Category Blog page style rather than a Joomla Frontpage page. In this case you could find out which category is set to show on the menu item being used for the front page and then temporarily change your article to another that doesn't appear there.
Once you've got it in another Category you should be able to get a link to the article by doing a search from the front end (assuming you don't want to create a menu link).
try creating a new category called Preview and since that wouldn't have been assigned to any pages yet, it should not appear. If you have trouble finding the article then, you could temporarily publish it either on the home page or somewhere in the menu. Then when you have found and copied the url, you can remove the article from the home page or menu or wherever you temporarily have it appear.
If you should ever want several 'preview' articles appearing on one page, create a new menu item, assign it to the Preview category you made, and in System Parameters, click on Show Title: 'No' so it doesn't appear in the menu. I don't know about what shows up in Google for example so if it's sensitive data I can't say it won't show in search engines, it probably will.
It probably appears on the Front Page because as you say it's part of the 'latest news' module. You could also try removing it from the module feed, but a new category is what I'd do.
Paul
I just selected Section: "Uncategorised" and the article went out from the latest news. Hope it's not accessible any other way in the current setup (there is no search function hopefully). It's not a cleanest solution, but it seems to work.
I'm almost positive this topic has been addressed somewhere because my question feels so rudimentary. That said, I haven't had any luck searching, so here's the question:
I am using VM to sell ONE item only (digital download), and the default "Add to Cart" then "View Cart" 2-step process is cumbersome. What I want is the ability to change "Add to Cart" to a button that says "Purchase" (I don't need help here) and change the coding for the button so that ONE item is added to the cart and the user is taken automatically to the checkout page.
If there is a simple URL format to achieve this, that's my preference, because then I could just manually code out my own product page (like a Joomla article, rather than in VirtueMart) and then add my own "Purchase" button. However, if I have to modify PHP, that's fine too, I just need to get pointed in the right direction.
If someone could direct me to the proper resource for this? I can't believe I haven't been able to find something so rudimentary, and I suspect I'm not using the right search terms.
assuming you are using Joomla 1.5
here is an extension: http://extensions.joomla.org/extensions/extension-specific/virtuemart-extensions/virtuemart-related-products/14458
see demos, I'm sure it will be fine for you
Compatible with VirtueMart 1.1.x (VM2 version is ongoing)
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