Q: I'm trying to install the 1.6 version of Joomla as described in this course. The files have been moved into the htdocs folder in MAMP. I open MAMP, go to phpMyAdmin, and create the 1.6 database. Then the author goes to localhost:8888. This is where the problem occurs. I get an error message saying the browser can't connect to localhost:8888. Where does the 8888 come from and what does it refer to?

A: Try the Window syntax for accessing your site. Type one of the following in your browser:

http://localhost/
http://localhost/administrator

If that doesn't work, you may need to install the MAMP stack. Refer to David Gassner's videos in Installing Apache, MySQL, and PHP.

Q: While working on the "Configuring category blogs" movie, I encountered the following error. What should I do?

Strict Standards: Declaration of ContentModelCategory::populateState() should be compatible with that of JModelList::populateState() in C:\xampp\htdocs\components\com_content\models\category.php on line 23

A: If you are seeing errors with "Strict Standards" message, you have installed the wrong version of XAMPP. Make sure to install the version that is compatible with your operating system version. Download the correct version from www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp.html. You might also want to check out David Gassner's course Installing Apapche, MySQl, and PHP, which has a whole chapter on installing XAMPP.

Q: I've reached Chapter 10 and watched "Configuring content for ACL". At 09:11 you say " ...and we assigned the Registered User level. Registered users are in common now between the Distributors and the Employees. So if I set this to Registered, my module should now display for both Distributors and for Employess." I don't understand this part.  In "Creating a new access level", you only check the Distributors User Group box. I thought the Registered checkbox must also be set to set this also to see the User menu. Can you explain?

A: Each user is created in the "Creating a User" video and assigned 2 user groups, either Employee plus Registered, or Distributor plus Registered as the user group. 

Since Registered is in common between the two user groups, when you create a module and assign it an access level of Registered, all users who are assigned the Registered group can see it. In this case, Maria Vitalia (for example) is assigned Employee user group and Registered user group, so she is also able to see the Registered access level. 

If Maria had not been assigned the Registered user group, she would not see any modules assigned to registered users only. 

It's very confusing, because access levels (reading) are outside of the normal permissions structure (like editing, creating, etc). 

Q: I'm encountering a "strict standards" error message when working with Joomla on the Windows/XAMPP platform. What should I do?

A: If you see a "strict standards" error message, you may have installed the wrong version of XAMPP. The correct version is 1.7.3. The best practice fix is to upgrade XAMPP to 1.7.3.

However, alternatively, you can use the XAMPP version currently installed, but you must modify the php.ini file.  To do so, open the file in a text editor and change the error_reporting line of code to:

error_reporting = E_ALL & ~E_NOTICE

Restart Apache by quitting and re-opening XAMPP. The error shouldn't reoccur.

Q: How does Joomla 2.5.0 (the latest release) differ from 1.7? Will your Joomla course be updated to include info on the latest release?

The 2.5 release is not significantly different from 1.6 or 1.7. You should have no trouble following along using 2.5 with the video. For the most part, the screens are the same -- you may see minor variations, but nothing you shouldn't be able to figure out.

 

However, as of 4/03/2012, we have released Joomla! 2.5 Essential Training. In that course, you can follow along in the new interface.

Q: After following along with the exercise files, all has gone well until I installed JCE. When I did this my control panel on the backend came up with the following "strict standards" error:

( ! ) Strict standards: Non-static method WFEditor::getInstance() should
not be called statically, assuming $this from incompatible context in
C:\wamp\www\administrator\components\com_jce\models\model.php on line 112

Please advise. I looked for a way of uninstalling JCE and could not find one. The exercise site seems to work quite well otherwise, although I can't change the profile of JCE as instructed because of similar messages throughout the JCE profile.

A: Anytime you receive an error about "strict standards" when work with WAMP (any additional messaging doesn't matter), please apply the following fix. This fix is also described in the Joomla! 3 Essential Training Chapter 11 video, "Turning off WAMP error reporting."

Because the error reporting is an issue with WAMP and not Joomla!, this fix works for Joomla! 1.6, 1.7, 2.5, and 3.0, as well as later versions of Joomla.

1. In WAMP, find the icon in the system tray and click it.

2. Choose PHP - php.ini from the list.

3. Search the php.ini file for the following line:

error_reporting = {there will be some kind of value in this place}

4. Change whatever value is there on that line to the following:

error_reporting = E_ERROR

5. Save and close php.ini, then go back to the WAMP menu and choose "stop
all services", followed by "start all services" to reboot Apache.

6. You should no longer see errors. If errors are still present, then do
the following:

a. follow steps 1 and 2 above

b. Search the php.ini file for the following line:

display_errors = off

Change this to

display_errors = on

c. Follow step 5 above.

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