The Techjoomla Blog

Undoubtedly, Joomla! is one of the most popular and flexible CMS for building websites and online applications of all types and sizes. The large number of extensions help give a headstart to any project.

Like other software frameworks and platforms, a lot of Joomla projects have adopted DevOps processes to streamline their deployments. This also helps scaling of Joomla sites to run on multiple servers. At Techjoomla we have been using Jenkins, Ansible and GIT to deploy Joomla sites for several years. Recently we have also started exploring Docker for containerized deployment and easy scaling.

In this series of blogs, we will talk about common mistakes to avoid while building extensions for Joomla!.

In this particular blog, we will talk about these four common mistakes:

• Not using language constants and instead of hard coding language strings
• Not using JInput and instead directly accessing $_POST or $_GET
• Not using the Joomla Database layer and writing plain database queries instead
• Wrong usage of loadObjectList / loadAssocList() (Using loadObjectList() when just 1 row is needed)

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In the previous blog on JQuery we saw - “How to Get Values of Form Inputs Using jQuery”. In this post we will cover how to set up values for Form Inputs using jQuery for form fields including inputs, textarea, radio, single select list and multi-select list. Below is sample code that shows a form with all types of form inputs for input, textarea, s...

We have released a minor updates for plugins "Jomsocial Mutual Friends" and "CB Mutual Friends". We have done some bug fixes and improvements in this version for both the plugins. For those who don't know what these plugins do here is quick intro for both plugins: Mutual Friends For JomSocial & Community Builder Mutual Friends Th...

  Screenshot shows menu item parameters for Joomla - Content - Featured Articles Menu   Here are two code snippets inside Joomla that lets you access menu parameters anywhere inside Joomla!   1. To access Current Menu parameters $app = JFactory::getApplication();// Get active menu$currentMenuItem = $app->getMenu()->getActi...

We have released a minor update version 2.5.4 for JMailAlerts. In this version we have added Joomla Updates to notify users about new versions and Live Updates support to let site admins receive and install updates right inside Joomla.See the entire change log here. Talking more about JMailAlerts, it is one of our most popular free components....

Hey All, We have released a bug-fix release update v2.9.8 for InviteX. This release addresses 15+ bug fixes. Check changelog below to view what's new in this release. Also, with this release we have two important announcements to make:1. Since LinkedIn has restricted access to their APIs from May 215, we are dropping support for LinkedIn API p...

Hey Guys, We have released a minor update v2.5.3 for JMailAlerts. This release includes the fixes for bugs reported in previous version. Here is what's new this release. Changelog: Bugs fixed:- #49140 Notice: Undefined index: state in /components/com_jmailalerts/views/emails/tmpl/default_joomla16.php- #48346 Plugin titles are not translatable on em...

Hey all, A lot of JBolo users asked for a Skype like one page view form where users can access all chat conversations. So here we are with an update regarding JBolo development. Here is a snapshot of how one page chat-conversations view will look like in JBolo v3.3.   With this view users will be able to access all their chats, group chat...

Hey All, We got some good news for you! Our most popular Free Extension PDF Embed plugin (with 1 Lac+ downloads and counting) is here with exciting new features. 1. Google Viewer Support: This feature is offered by Google Docs. With this you can embed PDF files in a web page. And, the pretty part is - you don't have to be u...

When developing a new Joomla extension or making changes to existing extension, you might need to access plugin parameters of a Joomla plugin outside the plugin code. There can be cases where you want to access plugin parameters in some Joomla module or component. Now the question is - How to get plugin parameters outside the plugin code? Here is a...

Hey All, We have released a minor update for JBolo. This release includes the fixes for bugs reported in previous version. Also it addresses the Joomla 3.4 compatibility issue with JBolo Chat Theme module. Take a look at what's new in this release below: Changelog Bugs fixed:- Bug #39153 Joomla 3.4 compatibility fixes needed - Change module name fr...

Hey Guys, It's been a while since previous release for JMailAlerts which received an amazing response with over 3372+ downloads(as of 4th March 2015) and still counting. We have released a minor update v2.5.2 for JMailAlerts. This release includes the fixes for bugs reported in previous version. Also it works quite well with all new Joomla 3.4. Her...

Hey All, We are pleased to announce the availability of JTicketing version 1.5.5 to active subscribers. This release addresses several critical bug fixes for bugs reported in previous version. Check the change log given below for more details. Change log: - Bugs Fixed: #35879 Installation screen :: Read document links redirects to page no...