How We Integrated GetResponse with RSForm Pro on a Joomla Website

A client of ours wanted to integrate webinar purchasing on her Joomla website. She had a GetResponse account where she creates webinars, and she wanted to give her clients the ability to purchase her GetResponse webinars through her website. Unfortunately, GetResponse does not technically allow either directly or indirectly the purchase of webinars. So, in […]

Joomla Security Tip: Regularly Check the Physical Cron Files on Your Server

Most administrators check the cron jobs that they have on their server by just logging into their cPanel and clicking on the Cron Jobs link under the Advanced section. The more advanced administrators check their cron jobs by typing the following command in the shell: crontab -e So, in the absolute majority of cases, an […]

How to Change the “Last-Modified” HTTP Header in Joomla + Free Plugin

A regular client of ours came to us yesterday evening with an interesting task: she wanted to set the Last-Modified HTTP header on an article page to the actual modified date of an article. We thought it was an easy task, until we started working on it. You see, by default, Joomla sets the Last-Modified […]

How to Display Articles from Multiple Categories on a Category Blog Page

Note: The solution in this post is a modification to a core file. Proceed at your own risk, and keep in mind that a Joomla update may wipe out your changes. We got a request from a client of ours to display articles from multiple categories on an existing category blog page. As a Joomla […]

“Invalid mime type detected.” Error When Trying to Upload a PDF File in Joomla’s Media Manager

Note: The second solution presented in this post consists of a core modification, which means that a future update can overwrite your changes. Always document your core modifications so that you can re-apply them after an update. During the past weekend, we updated the website of one of our clients to Joomla 3.7.5 from Joomla […]