If you are running a Joomla! website, you’ve already heard about the Joomla 1.7 upgrade. It’s recommended to upgrade to this version specially if you run Joomla 1.6.

Basic steps to update/upgrade to Joomla 1.7:

• How to Upgrade 1.6 to 1.7 http://docs.joomla.org/Upgrade_1.6.5_to_1.7
• How to Upgrade 1.5 to 1.7 http://docs.joomla.org/Upgrade_1.5_to_1.7
• How to Install 1.7 http://docs.joomla.org/Install_1.7

In some situtations, you might have trouble upgrading Joomla with the built-in “Joomla Updater”.

Joomla 1.7 Upgrade errors:

• “Update: :Collection: Could not open http://update.joomla.org/core/list.xml”

  To solve this errror, you need to “allow fopen” on your server:

  1. Create a php.ini file in your Joomla site’s root. This file should contain the following line:
        

     allow_url_fopen = on

  2. Make sure that the file is having the 644 permissions at least.
  3. Check if fopen is allowed by running a simple php file inside your Joomla root directory containing the following line:

     <?php phpinfo(); ?>

     and look for “allow_url_fopen”, it should say “ON”

  To upgrade to Joomla 1.7 on a Godaddy hosting running PHP5, you should create a “php5.ini” instead of the php.ini stated above.

• Joomla updates do not appear, and Joomla says there is no upgrade available at the moment?

  If you run Joomla 1.6.x,

  1. Go to the “Extension Manager”, hit the “Manage” tab, click the “Refresh Cache” button.
  2. Go back to “Update” tab, click “Purge Cache”
  3. Click on the “Find updates” button,
  4. Joomla should appear as an update option, check it and click the “Update” button.

• Fatal error: Cannot instantiate abstract class JDatabaseQuery in mysite/plugins/system/jat3/jat3/core/joomla/modulehelper.php on line 292

  When you run a JoomlaArt template, as of today, you will get an error after upgrading to Joomla 1.7.

  As the error message says it, the error is on line 292 of the above file. With your FTP client, or web file manager, navigate to the file mentioned above and edit the file.

  On line 292, comment out this:

  $query = new JDatabaseQuery;

  and insert this line below it:

  $query = $db->getQuery(true);

  so the final result at lines 292 and 293 looks like this:

  //$query = new JDatabaseQuery;
  $query = $db->getQuery(true);

• Fatal error: Cannot instantiate abstract class JDatabaseQuery in mysite/plugins/system/jat3/jat3/core/menu/base.class.php on line 329

  If you use the mega menu of JoomlaArt, you need to do the same proccess for the file base.class.php

  That is, the lines 329 and 330 should be as follows:

  //$query = new JDatabaseQuery;$query = $db->getQuery(true);

Basically,  all users disappear after install of Mac OS X Lion or upgrade to Lion (10.7), and you can’t login to your system.

After a little research, here is what worked for me:

Before giving you the solution, you should know that the first thing to do, is to call Apple’s customer service, and I take no responsibility for what ever might happen if you follow these instructions. They worked for my case, use at your own risk. 

Solution for Mac OS X Lion Login Error (Users disappear after upgrade to Lion):

• Step 0 : Don’t panic, your files are not gone !  

• Step 1: Reset ROOT Password for Mac OS X Lion:

1. Restart your Mac,
2. Hold “Command+R” buttons just the moment your Mac starts up,
3. Hold still…
4. A window should appear, it says “Utilities…”
5. From the tools menu, at the top, open “Terminal”
6. Type “resetpassword” and hit enter
7. A new window opens, select the System Administrator account (root) option
8. Set a new password, easy to remember for you,
9. Confirm and close all the windows,
10. A question will appear as would you like to restart?
11. Restart!

• Step 2: Login as ROOT on Mac OS X Lion: 

1. Let the Mac startup,
2. At login screen, type the user  name as “root” and put in the password you’ve chosen in step 1.8 above.
3. Wait a while…
4. You should be logged in with the “root” account to your Mac OS X Lion.

• Step 3: Re-create your user (Reincarnation!)

1. Right click on the “Finder” icon in the dock, select “Go to folder…”
2. Type “/” and click on “GO” to go to your Mac’s hard drive,
3. Navigate to the “Users” directory, you should see your own user folder, remember the folder’s name!
4. Click the Apple logo on the left top side of the screen, select “System Preferences…”
5. Go to “Users and Groups”
6. Your user should not exist in the left side list, so click the small “+” button below the users list to add a new one.
7. Set your Full name as it was previously (not very important though)
8. Set the “Account name”  EXACTLY AS THE FOLDER NAME YOU SAW IN STEP3.3 (VERY IMPORTANT)
9. Set an easy to remember password for your account,
10. And hit “Create User”
11. Confirm on “using the Existing folder for Home…”
12. Wait….until you see your user appear on the users list…

• Step 4: Back on the Road:

1. Restart your Mac
2. Login to your own account easily and get all your data back!

• Step 5: Send me a coffee from the Donations Page.

Online stores, e-commerce software…

More than 50 thousand online stores run on PrestaShop, an online e-commerce software. There are lots of advantages using this software, e.g. it’s open source, it’s got a huge community of developers and users, lots of modules and themes are being added to it regularly…

PrestaShop’s Drawback

But the main drawback of PrestaShop is that most of its modules are not free and to run a decent business you gonna spend a lot of money over the modules. Well, I would recommend to buy the modules you need without hesitation, because it is an investment in your business, but I know that you are looking for the Free ones at first.

Google +1

You’ve certainly heard of the “+1″ button from Google, and it would be nice to add it to your shop so that your users can recommend your products on Google.

There are modules on the PrestaShop’s market to allow you putting a “Google +1″ button to you store, and they are priced at around 40€ (about 50USD).

Free Google +1 for PrestaShop

The great news is that odience.net offers a “Google +1″ button for PrestaShop, completely FREE! and that saves you about 50USD!

As you know, you can donate to thank the developer

I got a copy of the oGooglePlusOne module from odience.net and tested it on one of my e-commerce websites. It is complete and integrates itself automatically! Go to odience.net and grab yourself a Free copy of oGooglePlusOne for Prestashop!

Don’t forget to say Thank You and send a donation if you think it’s worth it.

PHPMailer has lots of features, even if it’s a bit old.

One great feature is that it allows you to embed images inline within your e-mail’s body. In most email clients, the inline embedded images are shown in their right place just as on a web page and are “also” in the attachements list.

To be able to use this feature, proceed as follows:

1- Instantiate PHPMailer:

$mail = new PHPMailer(true);

$mail->CharSet='UTF-8';

...

...

//Path to image file (use full path)

$filepath= '/path/to/file/logo_mail.jpg';

//File token ID, use unique interger.

$filecid = 1001;

//File name which will be in the mail, overrides default filename.

$filename= 'shop-logo.jpg';

//Encoding

$encodingtouse = 'base64';

//File type MIME

$filemime = 'image/jpeg';

//EMBED IT

$mail->AddEmbeddedImage($filepath, $filecid, $filename, $encoding, $filemime);

//Message Html Body

$mail->MsgHTML(file_get_contents('/path/to/contents.html'));

2- In your /path/to/contents.html file, which is your mail template message, you can include the inline image. Use this syntax for the <img> tag:

<img src=”cid:1001” alt=”shop logo used in emails” width=”182″ height=”75″ />

Note the CID here, it should be the same as the one you defined for your embedded inline image.

Tested and working with PHPMailer 5.1 on GMAIL, Yahoo!Mail and Mac Mail application

ref: http://www.sitepoint.com/forums/php-34/embed-images-phpmailer-586789.html

PHPMailer 5.1 in PrestaShop 1.4

Trying to integrate PHPMailer in Prestashop and use it instead of SWIFT Mailer 3 (which is the default mailer script included with Prestashop 1.4), I spent hours to no avail and was getting the Could not instantiate mail function error.

mail() function

The mail() function by itself  was working correctly before and after loading Prestashop and every passed argument seemed to be correct. I did get the “Bad parameters to mail() function, mail not sent” error for mail() too.

Debugging and Abracadabra!

I’ve done lots of debugging and found in my case that the following functions were causing the error, when passing the $Subject parameter to mail():

SecureHeader();

EncodeHeader();

To solve the “Could not instantiate mail function” error in PHPMailer, I removed the above 2 functions from the mail() function arguments.

Just be careful to remove these functions correctly from all places in your class.phpmailer.php.

I recommend using the PHP function

mb_encode_mimeheader()

http://php.net/manual/en/function.mb-encode-mimeheader.php

because it encodes your stuff correctly for the headers in emails.

To be more clear,

1- open the PHPMAILER class file (class.phpmailer.php)

2- Locate:

protected function MailSend($header, $body)

function and in its body,

3- In every call to mail(),

replace this:

@mail($val, $this->EncodeHeader($this->SecureHeader($this->Subject)), $body, $header, $params);

by this:

@mail($val, mb_encode_mimeheader($this->Subject,$this->CharSet, 'B', ''), $body, $header, $params);

This way you are sure to correctly encode your subjet.

Remember to set the correct Charset for your PHPMAILER instance. That is, when calling PHPMailer, just after:

$mail=new PHPMailer(true);

add:

$mail->CharSet = 'UTF-8';

(or any other charset you need).

This solved my “Could not instantiate mail() function in PHPMailer issue. I hope it helps you out if you got this issue too.

Evenmore:

I’ll write more about PHPMailer and PrestaShop later,

In my next post, learn how to correctly include inline images in PHPMailer email to display in GMAIL, YAHOO, Mac Mail app and other email clients correctly as inline images.

En plein developpement

En plein développement de plusieurs modules PrestaShop, j’ai rencontrer plusieurs souci dans les code du package PrestaShop. Ce qui m’étonne, c’est qu’il y a beaucoup de gens qui utilise PrestaShop, même si c’est du gros n’importe quoi en terme de codage et programmation.

Alors pourquoi je créer des module?

Tout simplement parcequ’il y a de la demande.

(Restez connecté pour avoir des nouvelles de mes modules:

• Module Contact avec formulaire de contact et carte Google Maps avec possibilité de montrer l’itinéraire (oContact 1.0)
• Module de gestion des HOOKs pour PrestaShop ou “Le” Hook Manager de PrestaShop (oHookManager 1.0)
• Module d’affichage des devises dans un déroulant avec jQuery, pour economiser de l’espace dans le Front Store de PrestaShop (oCurrency 1.0)
• Module “Gratuit” pour ajouter le bouton “Google +1″ a votre boutique PrestaShop (oGooglePlusOne 1.0)
• Module de mise à jour pour jQuery (dans le pack oBasics 1.0)

Ces modules sont créer pour odience.net et seront sont disponible sur odience.net)

Retour à nos moutons

Je vous explique un bug que j’ai trouver aujourd’hui et la solution.

Le problème est ceci:

La variable SMARTY qu’utilise PrestaShop pour stocker les informations des magasin est nomée “$stores”. On peut y acceder et donc afficher les details de nos magasin un peu partout dans les pages et les modules sans diriger le visiteur sur la page de “nos-magasin”.

Quand vous changez la configuration de l’affichage simplifié dans le Back Office, la variable $stores devient VIDE partout sur votre boutique. Donc vous ne pouvez plus afficher les details comme un numéro téléphone ou une photo tiré directement de la variable $stores.

Ceci est du au faite que une fois la configuration dans le Back Office modifié, PrestaShop relance une requete vers la base de donnée pour recréer $stores, mais cette fois il relance la requete en cherchant a calculer un distance! Donc la variable $stores reste vide.

Essayez d’ouvrir votre boutique en ligne en ajoutant “?all=1″ à la fin de votre URL et vous verrez que la variable $stores fonctionne correctement et affiche bien les infos de vos magasins.

Remède, Solution

Le remède a ceci est de modifier le fichier

PSdir ->controllers -> StoresController.php

qui gère la variable $stores.

Au environs de la ligne 73, on ajoute une nouvelle requete SQL qui remplit la variable $stores avec la liste de tous nos magasins, et une deuxième requete SQL qui servira a calculer la distance en cas de recherche.

$stores = Db::getInstance()->ExecuteS(' SELECT s.*, cl.name country, st.iso_code state FROM '._DB_PREFIX_.'store s LEFT JOIN '._DB_PREFIX_.'country_lang cl ON (cl.id_country = s.id_country) LEFT JOIN '._DB_PREFIX_.'state st ON (st.id_state = s.id_state) WHERE s.active = 1 AND cl.id_lang = '.(int)($cookie->id_lang)); $results = Db::getInstance()->ExecuteS(' SELECT s.*, cl.name country, st.iso_code state, ('.(int)($multiplicator).' * acos(cos(radians('.(float)(Tools::getValue('latitude')).')) * cos(radians(latitude)) * cos(radians(longitude) - radians('.(float)(Tools::getValue('longitude')).')) + sin(radians('.(float)(Tools::getValue('latitude')).')) * sin(radians(latitude)))) distance, cl.id_country id_country FROM '._DB_PREFIX_.'store s LEFT JOIN '._DB_PREFIX_.'country_lang cl ON (cl.id_country = s.id_country) LEFT JOIN '._DB_PREFIX_.'state st ON (st.id_state = s.id_state) WHERE s.active = 1 AND cl.id_lang = '.(int)($cookie->id_lang).' HAVING distance < '.(int)($distance).' ORDER BY distance ASC LIMIT 0,20');

A savoir que la variable $results sera vide si il n’y a pas de demande de recherche de distance et donc StoresController.php ne genèrera pas de fichier XML servant a la mise en place d’une carte Google Maps dans le Store Locator. Pour assurer que le fichier XML sera créer seulement si $results contient quelque chose, je fait une verification avec:

if (!empty($results))

Téléchargez, tout simplement

Vous pouvez télécharger la version corrigée de ce fichier dans la page téléchargement de Gibni.com (nom du fichier: StoresController-1.4.Amir.zip)

Pour l’utiliser,

1- Allez dans:

DossierPrestaShop/controllers/

2- Renommez votre present fichier StoresController.php en StoresController.php.bak,

3- Placez le fichier php que vous avez télécharger et décompresser dans le même dossier.

Maintenant la variable $stores est de nouveau accessible, quelconque la configuration dans le Back Office de PrestaShop.

Je souhaite un grand succès à la communauté PrestaShop et j’espère qu’un jour ils auront du code concrete, correcte, scientifiquement étudié et structuré.

Cette article est sponsorisé par odience.net¦works

Nowrouz is the Persian new year, the beginning of spring. Last few years, I’ve posted about Nowrouz, as in President Obama’s greeting to all who celebrate Nowrouz, the Haft-seen table…

For you

I wish you all the best and a very happy Nowrouz and new year.

Réf:

http://anothervista.deviantart.com/art/Norouz-Greeting-1389-157530025

Yohoo Norooz:  http://arthome121.deviantart.com/art/YoOhoO-NoRoOz-90-200280504

Nowrouz Mobarak (en) : http://iliadmoosavi.deviantart.com/art/Nowruz-Mobarak-1-157810538

Comme vous le savez déja, depuis le 28 Septembre 2010, la lorraine est passée à la TNT (Télévision Numérique Terrestre). Beaucop d’entre vous étes passer déja au numerique en achetant un decodeur ou une télévision avec TNT intégré.

J’ai installer plusieur decodeurs et TV pour la TNT récement, voici quelques reponses à des probables souci:

Questions/Réponses à propos de la TNT:

Comment régler ses chaînes?

- Visitez le lien : Comment régler la TNT , c’est simple et rapide.

J’ai une télé LG, ai-je besoin d’un décodeur?

- Si vous voyez la touche “DTV”, donc votre télé a déjà la TNT intégré.

J’ai pas la TF1 parmis les chaines de la TNT. Que faire?

- Il est possible que vous ne captiez pas le signal suffisament fort pour la TF1, faites une nouvelle recherche de chaînes, preferablement tard dans la nuit et si le problème perdure, installez une antenne plus puissante.

M’a télé n’est pas une télé HD, pourrai-je avoir la TNT?

- Vous n’avez pas besoin du HD pour recevoir les chaînes de la TNT. Le HD est requis seulement quand vous voulez regarder une chîne en Haute Definition.

Doit-je changer de poste télé?

- Si vous avez acheter votre télé après 1981, vous n’avez pas besoin de la changer. Vous pouvez recevoir la TNT avec un simple décodeur si votre télé n’a pas la TNT intégré. Bien à savoir, toutes les télé achetées en France après Mars 2008, a la TNT intégré (Source: http://www.tousaunumerique.fr/)

Plus de Question/Réponses à propos de la TNT sur : http://www.tousaunumerique.fr/comment-faire/questions-reponses/

Y-Browser

Here’s another Symbian file browser which lets you browse all the system folders and drives on your phone. It comes with plugins to let you access your inbox and message folders for easy file transfers from your messages to your phone’s memory card. More details here.

Mobiola Web Camera

If you need to use your mobile phone as a wireless webcam, here’s Mobiola Web Camera, which is very reliable and supports bluetooth, wifi, and even USB cable connection, read more on this in Use you mobile phone as a wireless webcam.

… I’m actually writing next items, give me some time…

- Intro – Part 1 – Part 2 – Part 3 -

Warning!

Installing the stated applications stated, and using them, might require a large amount of data transfer over the internet from your phone, be aware of the connection fees that may apply to you by your mobile operator.

Interactive Voice Call Manager

This application by Mobisophy provides you with tons of features and is one of the best and most reliable call manager applications available on the market. Use this application to record voice conversations (without beep), have a personalized answering machine, send busy tone when you don’t want to answer a call, reply with text message when you’re not available, mute the ringer on scheduled hours and so on…

Salling Clicker

Salling Clicker is the ultimate bluetooth remote control from your computer. With Salling Clicker you can use your phone as a remote control, more details and download…

Yahoo GO

Here’s the application for all your Yahoo needs, more details here.

Google Maps

Google maps is a must have application, it allows you to search local businesses and addresses, and can use your phone’s internal GPS for advanced maps features. Enjoy Google Latitude on your phone, computer or both to locate your friends and familly. More details here.

ActiveFile

ActiveFile is a free browser giving you access to all your files and directories on the phone. You can navigate through your sms messages and backup your sms. It has lots of advanced features and tools. I recommend this application for free and advanced file browsing.

- Intro – Part 1 – Part 2 – Part 3 -

Warning!

Installing the stated applications stated, and using them, might require a large amount of data transfer over the internet from your phone, be aware of the connection fees that may apply to you by your mobile operator.