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Joomla »

[16 Jul 2009 | One Comment]

I used JoomlaPack for backing up my Joomla! CMS site and I cannot stop writing about it. It’s simple, easy to use, quick, efficient and moreover it’s FREE.
It creates a full backup of your site in a single archive. The archive contains all the files, a sql file with database script and a restoration script (derived from the standard Joomla! installer). You also have the option to create backup of only your database excluding the files.

Facebook, Twitter, Wordpress »

[11 Jul 2009 | Comments Off on Twitter, Facebook, WordPress getting together]

Twitter, Facebook and wordpress are all popular and fascinating. You publish an article in your wordpress blog. And you may want to publicize your article in twitter and facebook through status update separately. It would be very easy and time saving if I could publicize my blog article in twitter and facebook as soon as the article is published.
But this is possible and I have implemented it as well. You just need a wordpress plugin and facebook application.

Magento »

[7 Jul 2009 | 53 Comments]

Problem:
I had a new installation of magento. But I was unable to login as an administrator. I went to the admin login page, entered correct username and password but was redirected to the same login page. I could not enter the dashboard page. Error message is displayed when I enter wrong username or password. But nothing is displayed and I am redirected to the same login page when I insert correct username and password.
Solution:

Magento »

[7 Jul 2009 | 14 Comments]

Remember that, Sample Data must be installed prior to the basic Magento Installation. But never mind if you forgot to install sample data before installing Magento.
Here, I will show you how you can install sample data after you have installed Magento.

Magento »

[7 Jul 2009 | 2 Comments]

Scenario:
I am installing a fresh magento 1.3.2.1 in my Windows XP computer. I have Xampp installed. While installing magento, I had a problem at the configuration step where I had to fill database host, username, password etc. When I click continue after filling the required fields, the installation process doesn’t move forward. I am redirected to the same page.
Solution:

Magento »

[6 Jul 2009 | 6 Comments]

I was installing Magento 1.3.2.1 in my Windows XP computer. I am using Xampp. I encountered the following errors during the installation.
PHP Extension “curl” must be loaded
PHP Extension “mcrypt” must be loaded
PHP Extension “pdo_mysql” must be loaded