Before we begin, you must have access to your database. If you don’t, pass these instructions on to someone that does. It’s also a good idea to backup your database before making changes, just in case something goes awry. Finding the Password Log in to your Joomla database (via phpMyAdmin for example) Click to edit the _users database (will be preceded by your account name, for example: example_users) Edit the entry...

To change the minimum characters you want to search for in your VirtueMart store edit the following file administrator/components/com_virtuemart/classes/ps_main.php Change around line 1273 if( $strlen > 2 ) { to if( $strlen > 1 ) { for 2 character search

Here are a few tips for speeding up your Joomla! site. Gzip, Sometimes Encoding your pages with Gzip is an 90% solution…  If your server’s processor is faster than your bandwidth (again, 90% of the time), than enabling Gzip compression will actually speed up your site.  I say that because gzipping the pages does require some CPU horsepower.  Try enabling Gzip and see if your site loads any faster (especially on highly...

After a fresh install of Joomla your URL of a article may look something like this http://www.hjdesign.nl/index.php?option=com_aicontactsafe&view=message&layout=message&pf=1&Itemid=58 This is of course not a very friendly URL to remember. So lets change this to something more readable for everyone who visits your site. Rename htaccess.txt to .htaccess in your root folder of your Joomla installation Edit .htaccess and...

After restoring a site with AkeebaBackup I got the following error. JError Unable to load Database Driver After some research the configuration.php missed the database information. The following lines were not complete. var $dbtype = ‘mysql’; var $host = ‘xxxxxxxxxx’; var $user = ‘xxxxxxxxxx’; var $db = ‘xxxxxxxxx’; var $dbprefix = ‘jos_’; I filled those lines with my MySql...