We have launched yet another ecommerce website powered by Joomla and Virtuemart. This time it is a hair extensions store.

Another great new feature of Joomla 2.5 : Easy Updates to core and extensions!

Automatic notification when a Joomla or extension update is available. When logged into the control panel, site administrators will instantly have access to new notification buttons that allows them to see and act on the latest updates. In addition to updates for the Joomla CMS, a second button offers third party extension notification updates.

Applying proper directory permissions for your live Joomla websites is one important step in securing it from malicious users online.

Use below commands to recursively set permissions to files and directories.  Joomla recommends 707 special permissions for the /images and /images/stories directories. 

find . -type f -exec chmod 644 {} \;
find . -type d -exec chmod 755 {} \;
chmod 707 images
chmod 707 images/stories
chown apache:apache cache

When you create a module of plugin for Joomla, you might allow the user to select different options from the administrator panel. These settings mau be simple ones such as selecting Yes or No to indicate the extension is in test mode or not.  You can create those fields in the extensions xml file like below.

But some times its required to select options based on database records,  for example the select a shopper groups from virtuemart component. The way to implement this in extension settings is first to create a param entry in the XML file. 

Then dont forget to change the main params tag like below

elements directory under the extension's directory will contain the definition for the 'myelementtype' field and its content.
and thats it!

Here's a chart that converts points to pixels (and ems and %). It's an approximation, which will depend on font, browser and the operating system.

 

Points	Pixels	Ems	Percent
6pt	8px	0.5em	50%
7pt	9px	0.55em	55%
7.5pt	10px	0.625em	62.5%
8pt	11px	0.7em	70%
9pt	12px	0.75em	75%
10pt	13px	0.8em	80%
10.5pt	14px	0.875em	87.5%
11pt	15px	0.95em	95%
12pt	16px	1em	100%
13pt	17px	1.05em	105%
13.5pt	18px	1.125em	112.5%
14pt	19px	1.2em	120%
14.5pt	20px	1.25em	125%
15pt	21px	1.3em	130%
16pt	22px	1.4em	140%
17pt	23px	1.45em	145%
18pt	24px	1.5em	150%
20pt	26px	1.6em	160%
22pt	29px	1.8em	180%
24pt	32px	2em	200%
26pt	35px	2.2em	220%
27pt	36px	2.25em	225%
28pt	37px	2.3em	230%
29pt	38px	2.35em	235%
30pt	40px	2.45em	245%
32pt	42px	2.55em	255%
34pt	45px	2.75em	275%
36pt	48px	3em	300%

 

go to: component/com_virtuemart/themes/browse/includes
edit one of this files depending of what you have selected in layout style. 

browse_listtable.tpl.php
browse_layouttable.tpl.php
browse_notables.tpl.php

 

Comment out following lines. It should look like this now