[NaterGator]

I'm just going to go ahead and make this thread because people (especially TUTers who know) ask me from time to time for help fixing scripting (server-side and client-side) issues as well as general advice about the ins-and-outs of hosting, site maintenance, and the like.



So, if you are running a personal (or non-profit, or profitable yet beneficial to the cruiser community, club, etc) site and would like to hit me up for any free advice or ask any questions, I'll be more than happy to help to the best of my capacity.

I am quite familiar with LAMP (linux apache mysql php) server setup and administration, as well as familiar with PHP, XHTML, javascript, java, c/c++, MySQL, perl, some (limited) asp, flash, ajax, etc.

For example people often don't realize they are using very poor programming practices and unnecessarily increase the load on their server and the wait time on their site; typically it is easy to go in and say "ah, here are your 4 most major problems, fixing these will speed things up 400%".


So there you go. I'm not going to ignore questions elsewhere, but it will be simpler for myself and yourself to post them here, as well as reduce clutter (especially in TUT). Also, if you use firefox I am more than willing to take requests to develop greasemonkey scripts to make mud browsing better for yourself (for example: the TUT catsup minder, the script which patches back in the vB key listener so that ctrl+i,b,u work again, etc). I simply have a hard time anticipating what would be useful for people (and overall think the mud browsing experience is one of the best )

Let 'er rip. I realize this is probably going to be a low traffic thread, but I'll stay subscribed to it and try to help people out in a timely manner.

[grrlscout89FJ62]

Originally Posted by NaterGator

components/com_wrapper/wrapper.html.php
components/com_wrapper/wrapper.php


The error seems to lie therein

I did not see the first one, only the second. Is it possible that something else is adding the .html extension?

Here is the second one, and THANK YOU!

<?php

/**

* @version		$Id: wrapper.php 9764 2007-12-30 07:48:11Z ircmaxell $

* @package		Joomla

* @subpackage	Wrapper

* @copyright	Copyright (C) 2005 - 2008 Open Source Matters. All rights reserved.

* @license		GNU/GPL, see LICENSE.php

* Joomla! is free software. This version may have been modified pursuant

* to the GNU General Public License, and as distributed it includes or

* is derivative of works licensed under the GNU General Public License or

* other free or open source software licenses.

* See COPYRIGHT.php for copyright notices and details.

*/



// no direct access

defined( '_JEXEC' ) or die( 'Restricted access' );



/*

 * This is our main control structure for the component

 *

 * Each view is determined by the $task variable

 */

switch (JRequest::getCmd('task'))

{

	default:

		WrapperController::display();

		break;

}



/**

 * Static class to hold controller functions for the Wrapper component

 *

 * @static

 * @author		Johan Janssens <johan.janssens@joomla.org>

 * @package		Joomla

 * @subpackage	Wrapper

 * @since		1.5

 */

class WrapperController

{

	function display()

	{

		global $mainframe, $option;



		$document =& JFactory::getDocument();



		$menus	= &JSite::getMenu();

		$menu	= $menus->getActive();



		// Get the page/component configuration

		$params = &$mainframe->getParams();



		//set page title

		$document->setTitle($menu->name);



		$url = $params->def( 'url', '' );



		$row = new stdClass();

		if ( $params->def( 'add_scheme', 1 ) )

		{

			// adds 'http://' if none is set

			if ( substr( $url, 0, 1 ) == '/' )

			{

				// relative url in component. use server http_host.

				$row->url = 'http://'. $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'] . $url;

			}

			elseif ( !strstr( $url, 'http' ) && !strstr( $url, 'https' ) ) {

				$row->url = 'http://'. $url;

			}

			else {

				$row->url = $url;

			}

		}

		else {

			$row->url = $url;

		}



		require_once (JPATH_COMPONENT.DS.'views'.DS.'wrapper'.DS.'view.php');

		$view = new WrapperViewWrapper();



		$view->assignRef('params'  , $params);

		$view->assignRef('wrapper' , $row);



		$view->display();

	}

}

?>

[NaterGator]

Ok, do you know how to run SQL on the server, or do you know if you have phpMyAdmin installed?

[grrlscout89FJ62]

Originally Posted by NaterGator

Ok, do you know how to run SQL on the server, or do you know if you have phpMyAdmin installed?

Er, no and no.

I could probably install it.

[NaterGator]

Originally Posted by grrlscout89FJ62

Er, no and no.

I could probably install it.

Nah, no need. Give me a few minutes, I'm perusing the source of joomla as we speak

[grrlscout89FJ62]

Gotta love open source!

[woody]

thanks for the past help you've offered on 'MUD...always good to know people smarter than yourself!

(BTW: check your SS expiry date )

[NaterGator]

Originally Posted by woody

thanks for the past help you've offered on 'MUD...always good to know people smarter than yourself!

(BTW: check your SS expiry date )

Man, many thanks woody! Totally not deserved but greatly appreciated. Though your post should say "always good to know people who are more familiar with computers than yourself!" since I'm pretty darn sure I'm not smarter



grrl, I'm still working on reverse engineering a few pieces of joomla, and then I'm going to put up a the code for a php file I'll need you to create/upload. It will help give me a better understanding of if this problem is a DB problem or coding error.

[grrlscout89FJ62]

Originally Posted by NaterGator

grrl, I'm still working on reverse engineering a few pieces of joomla, and then I'm going to put up a the code for a php file I'll need you to create/upload. It will help give me a better understanding of if this problem is a DB problem or coding error.

TOTALLY deserved

Hey, I can make you a superadmin through Joomla and/or give you the FTP info if you need it.

[NaterGator]

grrl, I had to leave and meet with my professors but I had an epiphany while there (mainly that I was overthinking the problem; although the programming in joomla should have prevented this from ever happening)

This is blindingly simple to fix. The wrapper item is a loadable module, and you must have inadvertently enabled it without configuring it (it allows you to essentially drop another small page inside the menu bar on the left)

To fix this visit this link:
Cactus 4 Wheelers - Administration

Login as your admin account. Once you are logged in, on the top hover over "Modules" and then click "Site Modules". Somewhere down on that list you will see an item called "Wrapper". To the right of it you'll see an icon that looks like this:

Just click that little icon, refresh the main page, and see if that nagging little error message is gone

[grrlscout89FJ62]

BRILLIANT!

It went a little different for me. Maybe we're looking at 2 different version of Joomla? Nonetheless, I just disabled the Wrapper, since I don't think I need it anyway, and that seems to have done the trick.

Thank you much!

I have a more complex puzzle, but it can wait for another day.

In the meantime, I think I'm gonna tinker with the various stylesheets (for the forum, the gallery, and the calendar) to get a more integrated look. Oh, and trying to figure out how to change the stupid title tag

I owe you a fruity beer (or 6)

[NaterGator]

Glad it worked out. Yup, it looks like I pulled a mildly old version, but none-the-less you got it worked out

I'm always up for more complex puzzles, if nothing else it will give me time to mull over them.

[grrlscout89FJ62]

Originally Posted by NaterGator

Glad it worked out. Yup, it looks like I pulled a mildly old version, but none-the-less you got it worked out

I'm always up for more complex puzzles, if nothing else it will give me time to mull over them.

Well, if you must know...

I installed this bridge between the forum and the photo gallery, so that any registered user of the forum can contribute photos to the gallery:

SMF + G2 | Gallery

So, I sign into the forum, then click on the Gallery link. It prompts me for my password. When I enter it, it takes me to a blank page with this URL:

Login

If you need to try it out, I created a test account:

username: tester1
pass: tester1

Also, I don't know if it's important or not, but I also have a plugin in place that ports forum users into the Joomla membership list -- so there is one registration (the message boards) to use all of the features. The plugin is called JFusion:

Welcome to the Frontpage *

Like I said, no hurry, and thanks again.




* Apparently I'm not the only one who's having a hard time changing the title

[grrlscout89FJ62]

Originally Posted by grrlscout89FJ62

* Apparently I'm not the only one who's having a hard time changing the title

Fixed it! Google is my friend!

[NaterGator]

Looks like PHP is exiting prematurely due to an error.

You'll need to be able to pull up your Apache error logs and see if PHP is reporting meaningful errors there.

[grrlscout89FJ62]

Originally Posted by NaterGator

Looks like PHP is exiting prematurely due to an error.

You'll need to be able to pull up your Apache error logs and see if PHP is reporting meaningful errors there.

hrmmm... any idea how I might access those?

[johnny4ever]

My name is clunky HTML man. I love notepad.

Help me.........................

I need to revamp/completely overhaul my site.

I am also looking for more info on animating my avatar.
Animated gif? Do I need a PS plug in to animate?

[grrlscout89FJ62]

Originally Posted by johnny4ever

My name is clunky HTML man. I love notepad.

Help me.........................

I need to revamp/completely overhaul my site.

I am also looking for more info on animating my avatar.
Animated gif? Do I need a PS plug in to animate?

A) learn CSS - if you know HTML, CSS is a breeze.

B) What version of Photoshop do you have? Any that has ImageReady included is all you need.

I can help with front-end stuff -- it's the guts of dynamic sites that I suck at.

[grrlscout89FJ62]

Originally Posted by grrlscout89FJ62

Well, if you must know...

I installed this bridge between the forum and the photo gallery, so that any registered user of the forum can contribute photos to the gallery:

OK, so forget all that jazz.

I uninstalled the Gallery bridge, and instead replaced it was a SMF gallery add-on:

SMF Gallery - Lite Edition

But the gallery link wasn't showing up I did as directed in this thread, and added that code snippet to the template file.

Gallery button

It still doesn't show up.

I also made sure that the permissions on the board were changed so that the link would be visible registered users and above.

No dice.

I think the add-on is working, because you can see the gap between "Profile" and "My Messages", where the link would appear. So I think it has something to do with the permissions.

[grrlscout89FJ62]

Nate you're off the hook again!

I managed fixeded my gallery link problem -- 3rd piece of code's the charm!

[Tapage]

Thanks dude .. as maybe you know I have a little ( compared to MUD ) forum here in Panamá in vBulletin no mayor problems at all ..

I just take the bluehost hosting coz I think it's good for me ( acept comments about this selection ) but have a limited time and knowledge about webpages how to desing ..

I just wanna make a new index for my page .. did you have a susgestion .. ?

BTW I'm Ferdora user ..

[WristPin]

nate is like a right click ninja

[NaterGator]

Originally Posted by grrlscout89FJ62

Nate you're off the hook again!

I managed fixeded my gallery link problem -- 3rd piece of code's the charm!

Sorry I was in Miami being trained for the SCM internship. Glad to hear you got it fixed though

[johnny4ever]

Originally Posted by grrlscout89FJ62

A) learn CSS - if you know HTML, CSS is a breeze.

B) What version of Photoshop do you have? Any that has ImageReady included is all you need.

I can help with front-end stuff -- it's the guts of dynamic sites that I suck at.

Really I just want to make my site look a little more pro without going overboard with bells and whistles. Right now my site is kinda 1993.

I would like to experiment with mouse over effects, small animations and image maps.

Scope out my diamond in the rough.
RoyT's

Be gentle.

[NaterGator]

Originally Posted by Tapage

Thanks dude .. as maybe you know I have a little ( compared to MUD ) forum here in Panamá in vBulletin no mayor problems at all ..

I just take the bluehost hosting coz I think it's good for me ( acept comments about this selection ) but have a limited time and knowledge about webpages how to desing ..

I just wanna make a new index for my page .. did you have a susgestion .. ?

BTW I'm Ferdora user ..

Tapage, the major companies I've used are Dreamhost, 1and1, mediatemple, and sago networks.

For shared hosting I prefer dreamhost. I've had an account with them for a considerable amount of time and my server limits are very generous (to put it mildly)

What is the URL to your website?

[NaterGator]

Originally Posted by johnny4ever

Really I just want to make my site look a little more pro without going overboard with bells and whistles. Right now my site is kinda 1993.

I would like to experiment with mouse over effects, small animations and image maps.

Scope out my diamond in the rough.
RoyT's

Be gentle.

Johnny, the biggest leap you can make is to begin using tables for layout and CSS for formatting. There are a myriad of websites out there designed to help you get your feet wet, as well as examples and free templates. Google stuff like clean web design tutorial and snoop around. There are blogs and sites out there like www.aggropixel.com which gather other good resources for you. Your site lacks because the colors you chose do not fit very well (again, google color wheel, web color chooser, etc. There are some really cool tools which will help you find complimentary color schemes) and because your page does not lead the eye anywhere (there is no focal point)

Before you go into fancy DHTML / javascript effects I would consider making a mirror of your site (like oldsaladobakery.com/_testing/) and play around in there redesigning elements.

If I come across any websites in the future that I think you would be interested in I'll post them up here

[Tapage]

Originally Posted by NaterGator

What is the URL to your website?

Hello NaterGator ..

4x4panama.com

Thanks for your recomendations .. at time I saw dreamhost but choose ( I'm not sure why ) Bluehost .. ( maybe for the Support Chat online )

Have a few myswl conection issues that actually dosen't affect my forum .. but looking forward on that.

[grrlscout89FJ62]

Originally Posted by johnny4ever

Really I just want to make my site look a little more pro without going overboard with bells and whistles. Right now my site is kinda 1993.

I would like to experiment with mouse over effects, small animations and image maps.

Scope out my diamond in the rough.
RoyT's

Be gentle.

What Nate said. Here's a good site for learning CSS:

CSS Tutorial

You should also stick to the standard fonts. I don't have OldCentury, so I just got a boring font and it looks poopy.

That big image needs an alt tag.

Also, I think you updated the wrong metatag:

<meta http-equiv="Bakery, Coffee Shop, Coffee, Espresso, Latte, Cappuccino, Mocha, Java, Dougnuts, Donuts, Pastry, Cake, Pie, Pies, Cakes, Muffins, Coke, Dr-Pepper, Sprite, Lunch, Gumbo, Soup, Sandwich" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">

It should look more like this:

<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1" />
<title>Roy T's Bakery : Salado, Texas</title>
<meta name="description" content="Roy T's Bakery, serving fresh salads, hand-tossed pizza, doughnuts,  sandwiches, and espresso. Salado, TX"/>
<meta name="keywords" content="Bakery, Coffee Shop, Coffee, Espresso, Latte, Cappuccino, Mocha, Java, Dougnuts, Donuts, Pastry, Cake, Pie, Pies, Cakes, Muffins, Coke, Dr-Pepper, Sprite, Lunch, Gumbo, Soup, Sandwich />

The current movement is to get away from formatting with tables, and instead use CSS positioning. But it is very tricky, and there are still many differences between how the different browsers render them. So for now, perhaps stick with tables.

[Stumper]

Not sure who on here would be the best to ask, but we are looking for a complete revamp of our site. Need some good help, and we are definitely willing to pay. I need something that we can adjust and alter/update as needed ourselves. I just dont have the HTML skills to build up the front end, nor the time to do it. Handling the back end data, checkout, database stuff I can do.
Any leads or help would be appreciated. Looking to get it done quick....as in now. Let me know if any of you can help us out.

Thanks,

Russell

[grrlscout89FJ62]

Alright I've got a new one.

Remember that JFusion thing I installed? It's supposed to make it so that when someone signs up for the message boards, they are automatically signed up for the Joomla system too.

It doesn't appear to be working anymore :(

Using the login tester function, I got the following report:

- Performing the JFusion Authentication function for user:tester1
- JFusion is enabled
- using the forum database to check the users password
- the forum filtered username is: tester1
stdClass Object ( [userid] => 4 [username] => tester1 [name] => tester1 [email] => highskydesign@yahoo.com [password] => df0376200e266b0b012ed788323dd21c83630a3d [password_salt] => 49a1 [block] => 0 ) - the userinfo object contains the array:1
found the user in the forum database
- starting to loop through the different password encryption methods
- database password: df0376200e266b0b012ed788323dd21c83630a3d and smf password: df0376200e266b0b012ed788323dd21c83630a3d
- found a matching password


- Performing the JFusion User function
- JFusion integration enabled
- no entry found in the lookup table, checking in the Joomls user table directly
- the user does NOT exist in the Joomla database
- auto user mirroring is turned on, therefore we will create a new Joomla user

Warning: mysql_real_escape_string() expects parameter 1 to be string, array given in /home/content/p/a/g/pageweb77/html/joomla/libraries/joomla/database/database/mysql.php on line 193

Fatal error: Call to a member function on a non-object in /home/content/p/a/g/pageweb77/html/joomla/administrator/components/com_jfusion/admin.login_checker.php on line 197