I run an Ubuntu server at work for internal purposes and updated my PHP version to 8.1. That broke PHPMyAdmin (because it was quite outdated) so I had to update it. And the process was fairly simple. Continue reading to learn how I did it.
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Remove Powered by Phoca Download
January 15th, 2023
I use the Joomla! CMS a lot and I also use the Phoca Download extension as my default extension for file downloads. Phoca Download is great, no complaints from me…except that annoying “Powered by Phoca Download” footer message.
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May 4th, 2017Happy New Year peeps!!!. I know I know, it’s late but you know what they say: better late than never.
I was updating my Joomla version to 3.7 and I got a warning telling me that I should update my PHP version on the server. So I went straight to Google to figure out how to do it…and I got all sorts of tutorials that did not work.
How to Setup ReCaptcha in Joomla 3.4
November 10th, 2016One of my sites was being attacked by a damn spam bot so I decided that enough was enough! I use ReCaptcha for all my WordPress sites and deceided to use it for Joomla as well.
How to Install the Linux Dynamic Update Client on Ubuntu
July 14th, 2016Since those Digicel f***ers blocked port forwarding or put us behind a NAT, I have lost access to my computers via SSH and using the public IP so I installed NoIP’s DUC to try to gain access. By the way, it didn’t work but you can follow these steps if you are NOT on Digicel’s network.
Invalid Parent ID Error on Joomla 3
March 31st, 2016I was doing some routine work on one of my websites (adding articles and deleting expired ones) when I came across this “Invalid Parent ID” error when trying to save an article. The article was saved successfully but the error kept showing up.
Fighting Spam on Joomla! Powered Websites
March 19th, 2014
I use Joomla! at work to develop sites for the Government of Dominica and I have been getting quite a lot of spam from the contact form and comments. Reducing the spam is a challenge because I cannot use a Captcha due to our standards.
Connecting to a Remote MySQL Database
May 9th, 2013
Every once in a while when working on a multitude websites, the need arises to allow one site to access the database of another site. This sounds like a daunting task but in reality it is not as hard as you may think. Read the rest »
Mobile Joomla
October 17th, 2012
There are so many Joomla powered websites out there and I must admit, the majority of them look great! However, viewing these sites on your mobile device is a pain in the *** especially when they do not have a mobile theme. One solution is to use Mobile Joomla!
Category List Post for WordPress
September 16th, 2012Sometimes it becomes necessary to post articles from one particular category but the default WordPress CMS does not allow for that. Fortunately, there is List Category Posts.
Refresh Part of A Page Using jQuery
September 11th, 2012Sometimes, it becomes necessary to have a section on your web page refresh while the other areas of that page remain static (or dynamic), so here is a little jQuery script to do that.