HTML over Flash
Well it’s been a while since the last post but that doesn’t mean the quality has gone down! Today I needed to show a normal HTML anchor tag, a close button, but over the top of some flash content. Now this works fine in firefox, just create the anchor and move it over the flash.
Add to Joomla message queue
Joomla has an internal message system, which queues up pieces of information to relay back to user. You can push messages to the end of this queue very simply
Get Joomla template name
How do you get the name of the current template on joomla? Simple as this: $app =& JFactory::getApplication(); $template = $app->getTemplate(); :)
Change Joomla's language at run time
I have been recently working on a website which is required to be available in multiple languages, this is something that Joomla makes fairly simple. Through its implementation of language files and language packs, it is easy to have multiple versions of your site. But can it be done on a click of a button?
Joomla component parameters - Do it your way!
First of all, an acknowledgment. I can’t take credit for this information as I found it on another blog: http://onestoryeveryday.com/joomla-component-parameter-save-and-persist.html. But I felt that the post was so good it was worth repeating just to get the information out there! If you want to be able to save component parameters in Joomla, outside of the normal methods, read on.