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Quick Fixes
We all encounter little nagging problems with the software we use day in and day out. From now on, whenever I find a solution for one of these little (and not so little) problems I am going to post a "Quick Fix" in this page.
Warning: I am not going to go into much detail about the fixes and the causes of the problem. If someone finds this page during a search they will probably already know the nature of their problem and I hope they'll be glad to find the fix. Use the comment fields if you need more details. If I have time I'll be glad to expand on it.
If you have your own fixes, add them in the comments and I'll move them in the content. I'll give you full credit and a link to your website.
Joomla 1.5 admin menus disappear
Blogs - Quick Fixes
Has your administration page in Joomla 1.5 suddenly lost the ability to display tabs, drop-down menus and navigation? You could be a victim of the "Disappearing /media/ folder. When using "lazyBackUp" for Joomla 1.5 sometimes, and seemingly out of the blue, your menus in the administration website will stop working at all.
The cause is uncertain at this moment, but the cure is pretty straightforward: upload the /media/ directory to your site from a backup (or from a fresh installation if you don't have a backup) and the menus will work once again.
I will keep you posted if I find a better cure for this issue.
Joomla: Finding a good Vertical CSS menu with drop downs
Blogs - Quick Fixes
The Problem: There are plenty of horizontal, unordered list based, pure CSS menus for Joomla, but there are no standard compliant Vertical CSS menus available.
The Fix: Superfish is your solution. Also, go to Media65.com read the tutorial and download the Superfish menu module for Joomla 1.5.
NOTE: It makes a dandy horizontal css menu too.
Thunderbird: after import emails vanish from folders
Blogs - Quick Fixes
The Problem: After importing emails and custom folders from MS Outlook, the Thunderbird custom folders appear empty.
The Fix: In Thunderbird, select the account and go to Properties. Select "Do not delete messages from server". All your emails will reappear.
You may need to r-click on the folders and choose Properties: Rebuild Index
Joomla - JCE Editor rewrites script and object tag
Blogs - Quick Fixes
The problem: In Joomla 1.5.8 after an update from 1.5.7 the JCE editor strips the and tags from the code for a video file. The end result is gibberish.
The fix: Go to Content->Article Manager Click on Parameters.
Scroll to the bottom of the parameters popup and select 'Registered' in the 'Filter Groups' (ie : the user type that WILL be filtered) section and check the 'Blacklist (Default) ' option in the 'Filter Type'.
Thanks to Ryan of joomlacontenteditor.net and creator of the JCE Text editor for Joomla for this fix.
