Joomla! CMS Development Google Group

Proposal for Media manager insert link to document

lemings...@gmail.com (Lemings) — Fri, 24 May 2013 18:49:00 UT

Hello
I hava a need to insert links to documents residing in images folder.
I know that people are working on new media manager, but while it is on its
way.
Please check out [link]
Idea is simple, documents with allowed types are listed in media manager

Selenium Testing

georgejameswil...@googlemail.com (George Wilson) — Thu, 23 May 2013 17:24:42 UT

So as you may have (or not) noticed I've started writing some Selenium
testing for the some of the core components (Contact:
[link], Weblink:
[link], Banner:
[link]). Got a couple of questions

Joomla CMS will use the new Framework (with namespaces) ?

hassan.pro...@gmail.com (Hassan Amouhzi) — Wed, 22 May 2013 23:52:11 UT

Hello,
I see that there is two branches: Joomla CMS and Joomla Framework.
Developers will be divided on two projects.
Is Joomla CMS will use this new Framework, or there is no plan for that?

forum component

fortas.ah...@gmail.com (ahlem) — Wed, 22 May 2013 22:37:57 UT

I'm debutante in joomla developement and for my first project I want to realize a forum component. my problem I do not know how to use API Jommla. thank you help me with documentation

Interested in UCM?

javier.gomez.co...@gmail.com (Javier Gómez) — Wed, 22 May 2013 16:47:35 UT

Hi,
For those interested in Unified Content Model you can join the UCM Working
Group mail list
at: [link]
^_^

Github use.

hassan.pro...@gmail.com (Hassan Amouhzi) — Wed, 22 May 2013 14:45:47 UT

Hello,
I forked Joomla CMS and I want to update my repository. I need help, is
that correct?
<[link]>
I want to know how to send to amouhzi/joomla-cms my changes and how to get
joomla/joomla-cms updates?
Thanks.

Is it normal to be able to do that : http://www.joomla.org/?template=beez5

thomas.pa...@gmail.com (Thomas PAPIN) — Wed, 22 May 2013 12:44:45 UT

Hello,

I was surprised to see that on all joomla websites you can change the
template so easily.

Should not by default Joomla prevent to change template ?
This is just for "template switcher", should be an option to activate and
this function should be unactive by default.

It's not really a security issue, but it could be. (a old module publish to

Joomla! PHP-FIG New Representative

n...@iowawebcompany.com (Nick Savov) — Tue, 21 May 2013 19:52:22 UT

Hi all,

PLT is pleased to announce that Don Gilbert is the new official
representative for the Joomla! project for PHP-FIG ([link]).
Also, Niels Braczek will step in temporarily whenever Don can't make it for
voting (e.g. vacation, etc). Don and Niels will also work together on

Postgresql Bugs

hassan.pro...@gmail.com (Hassan Amouhzi) — Tue, 21 May 2013 19:43:12 UT

Hello,
I want to use Joomla with postgresql but I had many bugs.
A figure out some solutions: Here just one example:
in JDatabaseDriverPostgresql::get TableColumns()
Joomle fixed the NULL default value with those instructions:
if (preg_match("/^NULL::*/", $field->Default))
{
// Change Postgresql's NULL::* type with PHP's null one

Add the option to use joomla behind a proxy

aseq...@gmail.com (Joan) — Mon, 20 May 2013 12:31:39 UT

After posting a bug in the tracker someone told me to post it here to get more feedback.
The bug is here (the information is in the posta and the first followup): [link]
The steps to enable proxy browsing in joomla (at least for the update system) are the following:

Get model from a view

lsri8...@gmail.com (lsri8088) — Sun, 19 May 2013 16:35:30 UT

Hello,
I'm starting with Joomla (2.5) and want to create a component.
I have two tables: googleaccounts and imports
Each table is managed by a view, but the view ViewImports, I also need to
use the model "googleaccounts".
The $this->getModel returns data only if I send parameters or if you use
the model of the same view.

FYI: Renewal of PhpStorm license

nbrac...@bsds.de (Niels Braczek) — Thu, 16 May 2013 12:58:54 UT

Hi,

I just got the good news: Joomla! has been granted another year to use
PhpStorm.

Please contact me, if you want the license key. Mail me directly using
the sender address of this mail, *not here on the list*. I'm most likely
going to ignore non-PM requests.

"Develop with pleasure!"

Cross Post about RAD

georgejameswil...@googlemail.com (George Wilson) — Thu, 16 May 2013 01:43:51 UT

Just in case people aren't subscribed to the General Dev mailing list -
read this about developing a RAD layer, likely FOF:
[link]
Kind Regards,
George

Joomla CMS General Search Needs Some More Improvement

akram2m...@gmail.com (Mohamed Akram - Sl Joomla Developer) — Wed, 15 May 2013 07:24:08 UT

Dear Everyone,
First of all I want to brief me about ,I am a joomla developer and Joomla
lover from Sri Lanka, (you may find about me in [link])
I am Really sorry for late message, I am pretty worried that I couldnot
send My proposal for this year
GSOC and I dont know whether its has been finalized, with my busy schedule

Task Scheduler - Technical Discussion: Schedule Techniques

wurstbrot3...@googlemail.com (timo pagel) — Tue, 14 May 2013 21:24:09 UT

Hi all,
I will create the "Task Scheduler and Manager" while the GSoC 2013 (if it will be excepted).
Short Description:
The task scheduler will be used in the Joomla CMS Administration Panel.
Each plugin can register easily themselves to the scheduler and will be run at the requested point of time. To read more about the idea take a look at my proposal on [link]

Task Scheduler Plugins

wurstbrot3...@googlemail.com (timo pagel) — Tue, 14 May 2013 21:16:48 UT

Hi all,

I will create the "Task Scheduler and Manager" while the GSoC 2013 (if it will be excepted).

Short Description:
The task scheduler will be used in the Joomla CMS Administration Panel.
Each plugin can register easily themselves to the scheduler and will be run at the requested point of time. To read more about the idea take a look at my proposal on [link]

Google Summer of Code Status Update

drmmr...@gmail.com (Chad Windnagle) — Tue, 14 May 2013 16:08:39 UT

Hey Devs:
I wrote this up for the Google Summer of Code mailing list last night. I
wanted to make sure everyone got a chance to read it so I'm just posting a
link here:
[link]
Cheers!

Keyboard shortcuts

danielper...@gmail.com (Daniel Peraza) — Tue, 14 May 2013 04:14:33 UT

Hi guys. I think it's a good idea to provide administrators with a bunch of
keyboard shortcuts to speed content management and common actions like
create a new item, save current item, apply changes, etc...

I've searched the idea pool and this was already suggested. I'm writing
this post to the list to request your support. As far as my memory can

Joomla and PHP-FIG

n...@iowawebcompany.com (Nick Savov) — Mon, 13 May 2013 18:31:25 UT

Hi all,
Due to increased work and unexpected family pressures, Andrew Eddie had to
step down as Joomla's representative in the PHP Framework Interop Group
([link]). Does anyone have a strong interest in
volunteering for this position and representing Joomla? If so, could you
please say so in this thread or email me (nick.sa...@community.joomla.o rg)

Redesigning of Combo-box

theachalaggar...@gmail.com (Achal Aggarwal) — Sat, 11 May 2013 18:32:40 UT

Hi All,
I have been discussing about Combobox working at tracker [link] , it seems like it is not working as it should be.
As far as I know a combo box have a text field and a list. User can either choose an item from list or type custom value in text field.

How to treat the OAuth2 redirection

aparicio.ru...@gmail.com (Rubén Rodríguez Aparicio) — Sat, 11 May 2013 17:02:32 UT

Hi everybody,
I am Ruben Rodriguez and I have presented one proposal for Google Summer of
Code for "Remote web services management". I have some previous experience
with webservices and Joomla as user, but not as a developer of Joomla CMS.
Because of this, I am using this previous days to practice with Joomla CMS

How are the "lft" and "rgt" fields calculated

jmcb...@gmail.com (jmcbade) — Thu, 09 May 2013 08:10:36 UT

If I don't calculate them, they stay "0" as I insert rows - even if I
rebuild the tree.
Can someone hep me understand the use for these,
How they are calculated
How they are re-calculated
I want to add rows to the DB tables that use these programmaticly, not with
the backend for a migration.
SP Upgrade does a fantastic job for the base language but to import

api to get seo urls, plugins independent

baumgart.guen...@gmail.com (jgo) — Sun, 05 May 2013 21:39:02 UT

does Joomla3 has standard api to access seo urls per item across different
seo providers yet ?
I can't find anything about in the docs.
however, this is needed to build more complete web services for Joomla.
Also there is a need to reverse decode links from content back to non-seo
urls. It almost impossible to access the real urls without the help of the

Why do Tags have the ID in the URL?

alpinej...@gmail.com (Josh Lewis) — Sun, 05 May 2013 17:17:01 UT

I am curious why an id is inserted into the url of a tag? I don't see how this is necessary. Unlike articles "duplicates" are okay in the sense that it should and will link to the same tag. But with articles they are obviously unique even if both article titles are "Joomla" and "Joomla".

Anyone thought about ditching the admin area yet?

mathew.lenn...@gmail.com (Mathew Lenning) — Sat, 04 May 2013 15:37:57 UT

I was just working on my component and wondering if anyone has considered unifying the front & back ends? It seems that a lot of complexity and duplication comes from having them separated. I understand that is part of the whole mambo legacy, but is it really nessecary anymore?
Unifying them would simplify a lot of the classes and bring all of the backend functionality to the front-end (which most components are doing the hard way. It would also simplify installation packages and remove the need for mirror MVC/Language/helper files.

How are things going? How can we make things better?

n...@iowawebcompany.com (Nick Savov) — Fri, 03 May 2013 17:05:27 UT

Hi all,
Just wanted to get your feedback on how things are going for you. How can
we make things better in JBS and more fun? What roadblocks are getting in
the way? How can we remove them? What documentation do you need that we
don't currently have? What tools do you need? What questions do you have?

Combine JBS and JCMS mailinglists?

n...@iowawebcompany.com (Nick Savov) — Fri, 03 May 2013 16:59:03 UT

Hi all,
Just wanted to get your thoughts on combining the JBS and JCMS
mailingslists. They basically serve the same function and serve the same
people, so we get a lot of cross posting and split discussions (e.g. for
news items, announcements, etc).
Your thoughts?
Kind regards,
Nick

js confusion

t...@hallhome.us (Troy) — Fri, 03 May 2013 16:46:09 UT

Any JS guru's wanna pm me to help with extension problem? Appreciate it
in advance
--
Bear

Request to get feedback about my proposal

gopi....@gmail.com (Gopi M) — Thu, 02 May 2013 17:50:28 UT

Hello sir/madam,
I already asked lengthy discussion on joomla gsoc group. They said good. So
i submitted proposal about my project. Please review and give feedback to
improve it.
Link :
[link]
Thank you,
Gopi.M

JPagination->getLimitBox() custom limits

goodladyb...@gmail.com (Viper) — Thu, 02 May 2013 08:27:10 UT

Hi!
Some peoples(me too) needs to custom limits in their pagination, but we
cannot override these limits 'cause it's hardcoded. See the topic
[link]
My suggestion: add input parameters to the method and small changes in code.
$start - from that number we start

GSoC - Improvements to the Template Manager for CMS 3

aleks.li...@gmail.com (Aleksander Linkov) — Thu, 02 May 2013 00:06:12 UT

Hi everyone,
I am working on the proposal "Improvements to Template Manager for CMS 3"
for GSoC. Here is my proposal on melange.
[link]
Any feedback will be highly appreciated. Thanks.

get extension on the joomla.org site

snupie...@googlemail.com (Chris Ward) — Wed, 01 May 2013 19:54:53 UT

Hello,
how can I get my extension on the joomla.org extension site?

JLog Question

dextercow...@gmail.com (Mark Dexter) — Wed, 01 May 2013 00:39:07 UT

Hi everyone. I'm stumped on something and hoping someone with some
experience using JLog might be able to help me.

I'm trying to add logging to the Joomla! Update component. I've added
code like the following at a few places (for example in a few places
in JoomlaupdateControllerUpdate) to log different steps in the update

Formating articles titles

feder...@usematics.com (Federico Matarrita) — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 14:24:17 UT

Hello, I have a section on my site were we are writing natural history of
organisms, the title is usually the scientific name and family of
the organism that is being described, for example *Morpho
catalina*Nymphalidae<[link]>

Joomla Bootstrap Adminpanel Problem

yuri.struszczyn...@googlemail.com (MaracujaJoe) — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 15:24:35 UT

Hi,
i just got the following Problem:
Joomla 3.1.1 includes an old Bootstrap Version 2.1.0 (/media/jui/js/bootstrap.min.j s). In this version there are some problems with the carousel.
So i need to use bootstrap version 2.3.1, but joomla always writes the old version to the head, even if i add the right version in a logic.php template file:

Joomla! 3.1 problem with canonical URL

suski.ra...@gmail.com (Radek Suski) — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 11:29:11 UT

Hi everybody,
It looks that the canonical URLs in Joomla! 3.1 is working now perfectly
for articles. It's great :)
However it seems now that Joomla! is always trying to determine the
canonical URL. The main problem for me is that it is being done through the
method "addHeadLink" which do not allow any further alteration of it.

REST for Joomla back end and com_services

buddhimawijewe...@gmail.com (Buddhima Wijeweera) — Sun, 28 Apr 2013 18:12:36 UT

Hi All,
I'm Buddhima Wijeweera, an undergraduate student from University of
Moratuwa, Sri Lanka. Through the GSoC project ideas proposed in idea page "*Project:
Create com_services for front end website administration for CMS 3*" is the
one I'm interested in. During past few weeks, I worked on that idea and

Filed multiple, multiple for any - new field suggestion

fed...@gmail.com (Fedir) — Sat, 27 Apr 2013 17:31:49 UT

hi all!
have a idea about tricky field for Joomla!, that will load any existing
field as much as we need.
Joomla! Feature Tracker:
[link]
as i described there, it is simple (on first look), just use field that
will load children as much as we need...

Good sign: Appear as Many, Not as One

amystep...@gmail.com (Amy Stephen) — Sat, 27 Apr 2013 00:00:20 UT

Lately, as I have watched Michael, and Nick, and Andrew, and Mark debate
topics in the open, each voicing different opinions, I have thought of the
"Appear as Many, Not as One" chapter in "Producing OSS" and I wanted to
note I believe it's a good sign of positive change.
[link]

Creation of an X-Ray mode by way of examining rendering loops and legacy code

joe.hacob...@gmail.com (Node-0) — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 19:51:00 UT

I'v gone through and read the roadmap, and realize that the back-end's days
are numbered, ok so be it.
If the front-end is Joomla's future then, it's going to need a data
enriched browsing mode in order to allow
the users aided by a JS-UI layer to make meaningful and efficient work of
in-situ management.

Question with deleting a tag

werbema...@bakual.ch (Bakual) — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 12:15:14 UT

Hi
I have two questions relating to deleting/removing tags:
- When deleting a tag in the tag manager, the entry in #__tags is
removed, but the mappings in #__contentitem_tag_map are still there. Imho
this is wrong. I see two ways to solve this. I could probably provide code
for both ways, but would like to know what your preferences are.

Splitting off the core extensions.

georgejameswil...@googlemail.com (George Wilson) — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 13:35:30 UT

Now 3.1 is out the way - whilst there are many bugs to fix - I'd like to
have a peek ahead into 3.2.
*The idea*
Much got made in this post here:
[link] of
splitting up the components from the main CMS branch into their own
subbranches. This would help address points 5 and 6 of the roadmap:

JFormFieldURL Issue

georgejameswil...@googlemail.com (George Wilson) — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 01:06:41 UT

Hi guys,
Quick question about using the HTML5 form fields. I went to build a module
for the CMS the other day and noticed that when selecting a URL it didn't
automatically parse it in anyway. Upon further inspection I noticed I had
to add `filter=url` into the XML file for it to do any parsing of the URL

How are associations created?

jmcb...@gmail.com (jmcbade) — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 14:36:21 UT

Very new to this and please help the new kid out a little?
What is the "key" in #_associations generated from?
Thanks,
-John

Convert JavaScript from MooTools to jQuery project proposal for GSoC 2013

ashan...@gmail.com (Ashan) — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 13:46:46 UT

Hi everyone,
First of all let me introduce my self in brief. I'm Ashan Fernando, a graduate student having BSc (hons), in Computer Science & Engineering University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka and currently following MSc degree in Software Architecture from the same University.
I have already participated in the discussion for the project idea "Convert JavaScript from MooTools to jQuery" in GSoC mailing group and came up with the following proposal.

3.1.0 and 2.5.10 Pre-release packages available now

n...@iowawebcompany.com (Nick Savov) — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 23:20:15 UT

Hi all,
The pre-release packages for 3.1.0 are available to JBS members at the
following URL:
[link]
You can test the update from 3.0.x to 3.1.0 by changing the Update server
to Testing in Components->Joomla Update. You can test updating from 2.5.x

onkeyup not works in joomla 3.0 admin side edit form

sramkumarchee...@gmail.com (ram) — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 13:17:47 UT

Hi,
we have used the onkeyup function in our old joomla 1.5 component in admin side edit form.
now we have change the component to joomla 3.0 compatibility.
so we are now used the xml file for this.
that xml field is
<field name="template_text"
type="textarea"
label="SMSTEMPLATEV_TEXT"
description="SMSTEMPLATEV_TEXT _DESC"

Fatal error: Class 'JFolder' not found

sramkumarchee...@gmail.com (ram) — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 13:16:27 UT

Hi,
I want to create folder via joomla coding.
Here is the method i'm using,
JFolder::create($filepath);
But it show me a error ->'Fatal error: Class 'JFolder' not found
How can i fix this.Kindly help me.

Joomla 3.1 Beta or RC?

mostaphafao...@gmail.com (Mostapha Faouzi) — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 11:16:33 UT

Hey folks,
Will there on April 24 an Final of Joomla 3.1 or an RC release?
Thank you

Is it safe/future proof to use Mootools in a J3-component?

and...@qson.se (Qson) — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 08:35:27 UT

I love Joomla, and also I love Mootools. It is beautifully object oriented and an "extension" to the native Javascript. jQuery I do not like as much but since Joomla (Bootstrap) is using it, I should follow.
The question though, when building JS for custom fields/forms and things like that, I have previously (in components for J1.5 to J2.5) built my javascripts using Mootools Classes. This makes the JFormFields self contained and kind of namespaced.