In your Joomla! 1.5.x  root you should have
/plugins/docman/standardbuttons.php
/plugins/docman/standardbuttons.xml

If you dont see the above files extract (unzip) the com_docman_1.4.0_rc3.zip file on your harddisk and copy 2 files from the ‘plugins’ folder (standardbuttons.php and standardbuttons.xml.php) from the files extracted.

Then
Backend > Extensions > Plugin manager you should have
DOCman Standard Buttons

Here also you can enable/disable the buttons and you have to have this plugin enabled to get it work.

You can not see this plugin in Backend > Extensions > Install/Uninstall > Plugins because this plugin will be installed automatically by DOCman extension. Also if you delete extension it will delete the plugin too.

NOTE : If you are not able to copy the files to your FTP, this might be due to the fact that the apache user is the owner of the’docman’ folder under ‘plugins’ folder

To change the ownership

Login to SSH using ‘root’ user and  change the ownership of the docman folder (under plugin folder) to your user

command

chown username:usergroup filename

OR

chown username:usergroup foldername

When a User edits a file, Joomla! changes the file's status to Checked Out (represented by the padlock icon). The file is locked and only the User who has checked it out can modify it. This is a safety/security feature that prevents two Users from editing an Item at the same time, thus preventing the loss of any data upon saving.

A Content Item remains "Checked Out" until the User clicks Apply, Save, or Cancel while editing it. Once saved, the Content Item is Checked In. However, if there's a connection error, such as when the User presses the browser's Back icon, or they choose another Menu Item without saving or cancelling the work in progress, the Content Item remains Checked Out. This means no one else can edit it.

Using the Global Checkin will unlock all Items that are currently Checked Out across the whole site. It can only be performed by a Super administrator. The action commences as soon as the Menu Item is clicked.

Joomla! returns a list - similar to that in the screenshot above - showing how many items, and from which tables, were checked back in.

 WARNING:  Performing a Global Checkin while documents are open for editing will result in data loss. All Checked Out Items will be checked in, and any unsaved changes will be lost.

Well it depends on what you want to achieve. If you are new to Joomla , and have no clue how it all fits together, it useful to install the sample data. But if you are comfortable with Joomla you can proceed the installation without installing the sample data.

 

Is  your company is looking for a super scalable server Joomla hosting server that will run Red Hat Enterprise or most Linux/Unix flavors?  Look no further Intel just came out with a new processor and Sun has a system to run the beast.  

Imagine your Joomla site running on the new Intel Dunninton. Dunnington is Intel's first multi-core CPU - features a single-die six- (or hexa) core design with three unified 3 MB L2 caches (resembling three merged 45 nm dual-core Wolfdale dies), and 96 KB L1 cache (Data) and 16 MB of L3 cache. It features 1066 MHz FSB, fits into the Tigerton's mPGA604 socket, and is compatible with the Caneland chipset. These processors support DDR2-1066 (533 MHz), and have a maximum TDP below 130 W. They are intended for blades and other stacked computer systems.

 Visit Sun to see this machine in action.   Sun Blade X6450 server

 

   

 

 

 

This can be a very effective way to protect your Joomla! administrator directory. Any other directory in public_html can be protected in the same way. This method only works if you have a static IP address assigned to you. Anyone attempting to browse such directories using a different IP Address will get a 403 Forbidden error.

Directions

1. In the directory you wish to protect, open (or create) a file called, .htaccess. (Note the dot at the beginning of the file name.)
2. Add the following code to this file, replacing 100.100.100.100 in this example with the static IP address you plan to allow:

Order Deny,Allow Deny from all Allow from 100.100.100.100 

 

• Optional: You can enter partial IP Addresses, such as, 100.100.100. This allows access to a range of addresses.

• Optional: You can add multiple addresses by separating them with comma's.

100.100.100.101, 100.100.100.102 

You can insert a module inside an article using the "{loadposition xx}" command, as follows:

1. Create a module and set its position to any value that doesn't conflict an existing template position. You can type in the position value instead of selecting it from the drop-down list. For example, use the position "myposition".
2. Assign the module to the Menu Items that contain the articles that you want the module to show in. You can also just assign the module to "All" Menu Items.
3. Edit the articles where you want this module to show and insert the text "{loadposition myposition}" in the article, at the place where you want the module to show.

The module will show at that point in the article.

I would like to take the initiative to help the new Joomla family members installing Joomla 1.5.x version on their server

Please follow the following steps

1. Download latest joomla package from http://www.joomla.org/download.html
2. Decompress the file downloaded
3. Login to your FTP server
4. Upload the extracted files on the server
5. Now open your web browser IE, Firefox etc.
6. Access the site http://www.yourwebsite.com you will get first installation page.
7. In first page, you will choose language. Default en-GB - English. Click Next button on top right.
8. Next step, Joomla will check your system before installation. On top part, your system must match with requirement. If not, your Joomla installation not functioning correctly. There are several recommended setting on bottom page. If your settings do not quite match the recommended, it will be red warning on actual column. You can fix it or leave. Click next button to continue.
9. Next page about licence. Read carefully. Click next button.
10. Next page about database configuration. Before configure, make sure you made a database for joomla. These must already exist for the database you are going to use.If not ready, open your phpmyadmin. Create a new database, for example give name “joomla”.Then, fulfill all item at database configuration. Click next button.
11. Next page about FTP Configuration, Provide the FTP Details and Click Next button.
12. Next page about site configuration. Enter your site name, email and admin password.Click Install Sample Data button.Then, Click Next button.
13. If you get statement “Congratulations! Joomla! is installed.”, your steps successfull.
14. The last step, remove folder installation from your joomla install directory.

If you want look site, click Site button. Or click Admin button for login to administration page.

Joomla is one of the best content management systems (CMS) available.

It is favorite among the mass due to the following reasons

Scalability - A Joomla website is well-suited for a growing organization. Contents can be continuously added / edited and Joomla's inherent hierarchal structure keeps the content organized and easy to search and find. 

Rapid Development - Joomla provides the website organization infrastructure, a new website can be built very quickly.  The focus of the work is on the content, not the navigation, layout, etc.

Easy Maintenance - Joomla allows even the non-technical persons to easily update and add content.  Built in permission structures allow multiple people to manage different parts of the site.

Beautiful Templates with Modern Web 2.0 Look & Function - There are several excellent template building companies who are regularly creating quality Joomla templates and distributing for free or at a resonable price.

 

 

The favorite icon (commonly referred to as the favicon) is an image file that is 16×16 pixels, and is normally named favicon.ico.

You need to upload it to the template directory of the template that you are using. If you are using multiple templates you’ll need to upload it to different directories. If I were replacing the favicon in the Joomla! 1.5 default template Rhuk_Milkyway, You need to upload the favicon to: joomlaroot/templates/rhuk_milkyway/favicon.ico

Since your browser has already downloaded (cached) your old favicon, you probably won’t see the changed icon till you clear your cache and refresh (you may have to refresh multiple times before you see the changed icon).

 We had to patch some annoying bug. It was another PHP4 problem which prevented the data from being saved to the ConstantContact database (sometimes returning white page or some errors) and/or broke displaying the "name" and "last name" fields in the component frontend. Thanks to our users feedback this one was submitted,  diagnosed  and fixed in one hour.

 But this new version is not all about bug. We also replaced the good old textarea with default joomla editor in the "Email Settings" page in the admin panel.

 A new version of ConstantContact integration is about to come soon, with modified and cleaned up core files, some brand new functions and possibly integrations with another user-extending components for those who use something else than Community Builder.