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VirtueMart and Related Products! PDF Print E-mail
Written by Ahmad Alfy   
Thursday, 17 July 2008 00:00

Related Product in VirtueMart is great but It can break the layout of your design. I am not talking about the module - you have full control over the module - I am talking about the Related Proructs that display at the bottom of a product!

Its fixed to display 4 items in one row! So if your design's main-content area is narrow it could break and look like this:

You see the items expanded beyond the contents area and reached the sidebar on the right. I spent hours trying to figure where to control it from the administration panel without any success! I even downloaded the user manual but failed to find anything can fix it!

So, a new hack journy began Happy smiley VirtueMart URLs helps you to understand where you should start :

index.php?page=shop.product_details&flypage=flypage.tpl

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Create custom Joomla! installer PDF Print E-mail
Written by Ahmad Alfy   
Sunday, 06 July 2008 00:00

Recently I have been working on a huge project took over 2 months. This project involved building a custom Joomla template , modules and modifying existing components and modules. After I finished this site I had like 12 modified component , 5 new and modified modules and a task to install it over 50 websites!!

There are some components help you create a backup of your website helping you to install it on new servers like JoomlaCloner. I wanted to do it without any 3rd party addons and it worked. I created my installer version loaded with all the addons and contents I need Happy smiley

To create a custom Joomla installer you need :

  • A copy of the database.
    This can be done using any database backup utility. My favorites are JoomlaPack and eBackup. You can also create it using phpMyadmin from your control panel.
  • A copy of your work files.
  • Installation package from Joomla.org
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DOCman Ultimate Download Module 1.0 PDF Print E-mail
Written by Ahmad Alfy   
Tuesday, 17 June 2008 00:00

Ten days passed since I released my first module, I was so excited so I decided to add more features and make some modifications. I would like to thank my friend Chris Happy smiley without you, this module could never exist!!

DOCman Ultimate Download Module helps you listing your DOCman documents in a better way by setting parameters like :

  • Sort by ( date, hits, title ).
  • Order ( ascending, descending ).
  • Show hits beside the title.
  • Select the link ( details, downloads, category )
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Online Favicons Generator PDF Print E-mail
Written by Ahmad Alfy   
Friday, 13 June 2008 00:00

Favorites icon are litle icons associated with a particular website or webpage, shown next to the site's name in the URL bar of most browsers.

Genfavicon is a free online tool you can use to generate favicon for your website. It takes just one page to do it all :

  1. Upload your image.
  2. Select which part of the image to be used.
  3. Select the dimensions.
  4. Download the result!

I really enjoyed using this tool as it save me a lot of time. Best thing is you're able to scale the image and choose which part exactly you want to use; So its not just about resizing Happy smiley

Also it gives you a snapshout about how your favicon is going to look on Firefox. Take a look:

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New Logo! PDF Print E-mail
Written by Ahmad Alfy   
Sunday, 08 June 2008 00:00

About three weeks ago, I came across a portfolio of a talented graphic designer. Sway is really awesome when it comes to illustration and graphics! He converted my picture to a mascot in less than two days for a good price. I really like it and I'm happy with my new logo. I spent a few minutes playing with the layers...

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