I know many people who run their sites on joomla would like to have a separate login page set up as a menu link as opposed to the normal login form appearing as a module, especially when you are using virtuemart. Well to do this is very simple.

Just login into your joomla admin > click on menu manager and try to set up a menu under the menu section you want > then afterwards choose type to link the menu to a type > choose “user” in the list and then choose “default login layout”  > Just publish your menu and you should be done by now.

Normally this works with virtuemart because by default, virtuemart is linked to joomla user database if you opted to make it the same.

There is no  other excuse for not blogging daily these days other than laziness. I have loads of useful articles to publish but i am sure i would pick up in the coming days.

Now lets get down to business;

Problem: After installing Oscommerce and selecting your default currency, you might find that the prices are rounded up to the nearest highest figure.

ie. if you set item price to £2.99, it rounds up to £3.00. Now, we do not want our customers to see our items as being too expensive.

Solution: Go to your admin > then go to Localization > then click on the default currency > click on edit > set the parameter “Decimal Places : 2″, make sure it is set to 2 decimal places. You can use this to adjust the other currencies also.

Please note that this applies to Oscommerce2 and may be different in Oscommerce3.

Hope this helps out!

For just a quick one, i know it might seem stupid but a lot of people who successfully install dolphin usually wonder how to manipulate the front page and especially to remove the news feed placed in the frontpage after installation.

Solution: After installation , simply log into your admin, then > click on  ”Builders” in the left hand menu > When it loads, click “Page Blocks” >  then select “home Page” > Once it opens , you would see active and inactive Blocks> Just drag “Boonex News” down to the inactive block and you are done. You can also use this system to modify your home page.

Cause of Problem: This means that you were using a template built for the older version of joomla.

Solution: In this case you would have to log into your joomla admin panel, Go to Extensions on the top menu > Go to Plugin Manager > and then when the list of plugins open up. Look for this plugin “SYSTEM-LEGACY”. Just enable this plugin and then refresh your front page. i think you should be okay then.

Hope this helps!

SOLUTION: Simply change the email address when registering as joomla VirtueMart has no error message to tell you that the email is already in the database. Most Admins would tend to use the same  email registered during installation to try out a user account.

This is an extract from a post on how the problem was solved.

”

So I finally found that it’s posted clearly here in several threads…For anyone still facing these registration issues…

It’s not a bug that needs fixed, you just have to have your settings correct:

• Joomla > Site > Global Configuration > System: “Allow User Registration” is turned ON
• Joomla > Site > Global Configuration > System: “New User Account Activation” is turned OFF
• Joomla > Extensions > Module Manager: Disable standard Joomla Login
  (*Note: I was also using the YooTheme YooLogin and had to disable it as well)
• VirtueMart > Admin > Configuration: set your “User Registration Type”
  (I was able to use “Normal” and “Silent” without problems)
• *ALSO NOTE* – I had to make sure my Joomla/VM/server email was working properly as well, before the user registration would work. For me that meant going into the Joomla > Site > Global Configuration > Server: and setting my “Mail From” to an email address that was @ the same domain/server as my Joomla/VM site.

My issue was this:  Whenever a new customer would add an item to their cart, then begin the checkout process, they were not able to register and create a new account.  After completing the fields, then clicking “Send Registration” they were shot back to the registration page again.  After changing the above settings (disabling the modules was my big hangup), things are working perfectly.

If anyone still needs more info, this post basically explains things in detail:  
CLICK HERE ”

Hope this helps out!

But the following type  messages appear to be difficult to get rid  of;

• Number of queries: 19 [0s]
• Execution Time: 0.078s [osC_Services_debug]

Dont worry it’s easy, Here is the solution

Go to your Admin, > then go to Modules(on top menu in your admin) > choose Services > When the window opens , then choose to uninstall the “Debug” in the list by clicking on the icon uninstall linked to it.

Now refresh your store page and this should be fixed.

One of the reason why it is good to rent your server from an established hosting provider is the fact that they are used to most problems and would normally work with you to take care of the problem.

The culprit was simply the joomla cache that was turned off. If you turn on the joomla cache option from the joomla admin > Site >  Global configuration >System > Cache Setting.  Joomla would generate a file saved on your computer that can be called up when ever it is requested instead of stressing the server all the time if requests are made. In order to avoid this happening to your site, it’s better to turn it on after installation.

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The password reset script only resets the password, not the username.
You can either look in the mySQL database (table hesk_users) for the username or use the password reset script again, but open it in Notepad first and change

`pass`=’499d74967b28a841c98bb4baaabaad699ff3c079′

to this:

`user`=’Administrator’

Then you can use the default info to login;
User: Administrator
Pass: admin

PROBLEM: Once a customer logs in and checks out an order, they cannot go further because of this message “There is no carrier available that will deliver to this address!”

You may wonder why this is happening even after you have created a carrier and saved it as a default.

Quick solution: Go to Admin > shipping > Carriers. Make sure you have set up your carrier and save it as the default carrier, then go to the >  Price 0r > Weight tabs  just above on the menu.  Add a price rage  or weight range.

Please note that this must be realistic with the range of prices and weights in your store. It’s better to set a range for one and then click on >Shipping tab,

Select a radio button to reflect  billing according to weight or price  as you have chosen and then just below  where you find this text “Fees by carriers”, select the default carrier and save the page. Now test your clients account again and you should be okay.

If you are having problems with this , feel free to leave a comment here and we will answer it.

Now let’s leave every other thing behind and see how this can be done;

If you meet this error, simply open up a notepad, put this text in it register_globals = off , exactly like that, then save the file as php.ini and then upload the file to your root folder and that should be the answer to your problems hopefully.

Not only do this php.ini problem apply only to Drupal, it also applies to other similar problems with similar php built database driven sites.