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Free Joomla Templates - Are they worth it? |
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Tuesday, 16 October 2007 |
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One of the first thing people start doing right after installing Joomla is start looking for Free Joomla Templates!.
If you're an experienced Joomla user you'll notice that - no offense to
those template makers- but most of them simply don't cut it. Key word here being most. But hey, they're free and many people find them useful.
If you're a new Joomla user, you may think that all Joomla templates
follow the same two and three layout standards that was inherited from
Mambo. I remember when I first started using Joomla and I started
showing a large collection of primitive Joomla templates to my boss, he
said: they're all the same design the only difference is in the
colours, and that was true at that time. It was a list of one of the earliest template clubs available for Joomla. It was easy to take a glance at a website and noticed it was made in Joomla or Mambo.
Nowadays, Joomla templates have evolved quite a lot - and we've seen a very
healthy evolution in the way Joomla templates are designed. But most of this Joomla Themes or Templates are being offered by what's known as Joomla template clubs. Joomla template clubs require a membership in order to enjoy the benefits of downloading premium Joomla templates.
If you're looking to develop a personal website, it's very easy to find what you're looking for free! - but as a Joomla professional or a person who demands the very best you're obliged to create your own templates or Join a template club. I prefer the second choice, as this usually gives me more time to spend on what I consider more important - focusing on content.
There are many Joomla Template clubs available on the net, -it seems like every 2 months there's a new template club-, which is excellent for the Joomla Community as these clubs provide desing variety and support of the CMS we love the most: Joomla!
If you're new to Joomla and looking for Free Joomla templates take a look at the following websites: www.Joomlart.com, www.Rocketheme.com , www.Joomlashack.com and Yootheme. You won't find free templates there but they're totally worth the money! believe me. At least check their demo and you'll see.
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Constant "Admin Session Expired" error or no sessions persist in Joomla |
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Wednesday, 10 October 2007 |
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Many of us have encountered an issue with the admin session in web servers that are not optimized to run Joomla. Please read below to find out more details about the admin session expired problem.
Problem:
- You can login to the front end but not the backend or
- Your admin session doesn't persist
You do NOT receive an incorrect username/password message - you are just dumped back to login screen.
Cause:
This may be due to save_session_path not being writable on the webserver.
Solution:
To overcome this issue,
1. request your web host to allow save_session_path, or
2. Create a folder chmod (777); put it above your /public_html/ or /wwwroot/ folder and add to your .htaccess file this line:
php_value session.save_path '/herepath/to/Jooma/newwriteablefolder'
the path to Joomla should be the same as your mosConfig_absolute_path with the additional folder added. No trailing backslash added
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Turning Register Globals Emulation Off in Joomla 1.0.13 |
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Wednesday, 10 October 2007 |
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In Joomla 1.0.13 the Register Globals Emulation is switched off through the Global Configuration, Server Tab > Turn off Register Globals Off.
To see how to turn RG emulation OFF in previous versions go here: INSERT ARTICLE ADDRESS.
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Resetting you Joomla admin password |
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Wednesday, 10 October 2007 |
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To reset your Joomla Admin Password you need access to the Joomla installation Database. Once you're inside find the admin account in the #_users table and in the password field write any of the MD5 hash of passwords:
admin = 21232f297a57a5a743894a0e4a801fc3
secret = 5ebe2294ecd0e0f08eab7690d2a6ee69
OU812 = 7441de5382cf4fecbaa9a8c538e76783
Once you've regained access to your backend remember to set a new password for your admin account.
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