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XML-RPC for Joomla! 1.7

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Category: Joomla 1.7
Published on Monday, 31 October 2011 20:23
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I cant personally blog anymore while being logged in a web editor (being either in the frontend or the backend of Joomla). I like to prepare my articles offline. Unfortunately XML-RPC plugins have been removed out of the core of Joomla 1.7 and are not maintained anymore (an error for me). And here is how to bring back this nice feature working in Joomla 1.7

Install this extension Blogging XMLRPC for Joomla!  (direct link to download) and then follow the tutorial.

In short, the tutorial explains you to publish these 2 extensions plugins

  • XMLRPC – Joomla
  • System - RSD

    • You can now start your favorite XML-RPC client, I personally use

  • Or Get ScribeFire for Firefox – Chrome – Safari – Opera
    • If you use Windows Live writer and add your blog, it will AutoDetect all settings.

    My experience updating from Joomla! 1.5 to 1.7

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    Published on Monday, 31 October 2011 20:02
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    Here is a small how to, everything went fine: more than 1750 post were migrated without any majors issues. SInce I am using Rockettheme templates and extensions here is how I went though the update process.

    Of course I can not stress enough the added value of backups: both databases and file system (using AkeebaBackup for example). Do a backup first and verify it before continuing!

    Prepare a directory with all templates and extensions for Joomla! 1.7 that you were used to use in Joomla! 1.5. You may not find always equivalency but learning how to use new extensions may also be fun. Some extensions gems are waiting to be discovered at JED Winking smile

    You will need a migration extension from Joomla Extension Directory (JED)

    Install jUpgrade 1.2.1 like any other extension.

    jUpgrade is a simple Joomla 1.5 component that will download a version of Joomla 1.7, decompress it and install it. After that, it should migrate all of the data from old Joomla 1.5 to the new Joomla 1.7 installation.

    Search the plugin called Mootols update and switch it on.

    If you are using one of these plugins, un-publish then to make jUpgrade work correctly

  • ShadowBox
  • Rockettheme Rokbox

    • The upgrade should work fine, and you should be able to browse the new instance and see the migrated content. But here are some remarks:

    Modules

  • 3rd party Modules extensions are not migrated (they may need code change and that out of scope of jUpgrade), but custom HTML modules are,
  • HTML Modules are all published  as default but are not assigned to any pages, so you’ll have to edit each modules and assign them either to some page, all or none,
  • AdSense custom html modules that contains only JavaScript were not migrated properly by jUpgrade: the content of the module in the new migrated site were empty. You’ll have to copy manually the code in each module.

    Articles

    Articles were displayed in what seems to be random….the natural order of displaying newest post first was lost somehow. To restore it, go to the “Main Menu”, click on “Home” and set

      • Article Order = Most recent first
      • Date for Ordering = Published

    How to deal with components not existing in Joomla! 1.7?

    While not ideal, I did keep a stripped version of Joomla! 1.5 for my download section, carefully removing everything and just keeping RokDownloads. For some rare case, this technique is acceptable. In this scenario you may want to use:

    • iFrame integration with a iFrame module
    • .htaccess redirects to keep stable links to the outside (JED and external forums) 
    Redirect permanent /downloads.html http://www.waltercedric.com/old/downloads.html

    I may extend this post in the the next few days if I discover something else about Joomla! 1.7. So far I am impressed by the quality and speed of this new version. The update went fine even after more than 7 years of content to migrate!

    • Ipod, iPhone, iPad Add to Home Screen for Joomla! CMS version 1.6.1

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    Category: Joomla 1.7
    Published on Saturday, 17 September 2011 18:17
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    This small plugin for Joomla! add a message inviting iPhone/iPad users to add the web application to the home screen. It also optimize your site by adding all meta that are recognized by Apple iOS browser: authorize resize, screen ratio, startup picture, web app optimize rendering and much more.

    add2Home_ipod_iphone_ipad_joomla_001 add2Home_ipod_iphone_ipad_joomla_002

    The new version introduce

    • A better administrator panel
    • The same codebase for Joomla! 1.5 and 1.7
    • A lot of new features, see below

    Read more: Ipod, iPhone, iPad Add to Home Screen for Joomla! CMS version 1.6.1

    Related Thumb Article plugin 3.1.1 For Joomla 1.7

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    Published on Monday, 24 October 2011 20:42
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    joomla_cms

    This extension plugin displays other Articles that are related to the one currently being viewed. These relations are established by the Meta Keywords. 
    All the keywords of the current Article are searched against all the keywords of all other published Articles. For example, you may have an Article on "Breeding Parrots" and another on "Hand Raising Black Cockatoos". If you include the keyword "parrot" in both Articles, then the Related Items Module will list the "Breeding Parrots" Article when viewing "Hand Raising Black Cockatoos" and vice-versa.

    What’s new?

    • Tested against Joomla 1.7.0, 1.7.1 and Joomla 1.7.2
    • It use latest TimThumb library for more performances and better resizing options,
    • Joomla! Update manager let you update from 3.0.0 to 3.1.1 in one click
    • Refactoring 25% less code, more functionalities!

    and best of all new plugin outputs are available!

    Matrix

    Allow you to display a matrix of N thumbnails per lines. Post title is visible only when user hover on each pictures.  Use it for blog having great pictures, when you want to maximize the visual impact and if you are ready to use thumbnails at least of 140 x 140 pixels.

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    All credits goes to the author at http://tympanus.net/codrops/2010/07/21/related-posts-slide-out-boxes/

    New existing plugins are also soon coming!

    You can see the latest version 3.1.1 live running at demo-joomla-1.7.waltercedric.com in demo mode and download it here.

    Currently only for Joomla! 1.7, a back port of the functionality for Joomla! 1.5 is underway

    SocialSharing 2.0.0 (J15/J17) Released

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    Published on Monday, 29 August 2011 20:32
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    This small plugin add automatically to any article a set of social icons that let your reader increase your social ranking. It support: Twitter, Facebook, Google +, Google Buzz, Digg, Xing and LinkedIn

    SocialSharing For Joomla! has been released at version 2.0.0 for Joomla! 1.5 and for Joomla! 1.7. It is running on this blog and at the various showcase site:

    socialSharing.Joomla

    To update your extension, Download the latest copy, uninstall from Extensions → Install / Uninstall → Plugin and install with the fresh copy.

    Online documentation is available in the wiki

    Changelog

    NEW

    • Improved caching for more speed,
    • Add Xing share button, available in 16x16, 32x32 and 64x64 pixels,
    • Use the official Facebook share button and not anymore the third party provider fbshare.me for more security and better sharing options.

    BUGS

    • Remove a bug where the sectionid was accessed even while not being viewing an article,
    • One version number 2.0.0 for all version of Joomla!
    • Google+ was available in version for Joomla 1.5 but missing in the version For Joomla! 1.7

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