My Quick Fix

Problem
A coleague wanted to change the default ‘browse’ path that the JCE ‘Image Manager’ and ‘File Browser’ plugins use. By default when you use the plugins, the contents of the ‘Stories’ directory will be displayed. It seems that even if you go into the plugin settings ( under ‘Components > JCE Administration > Plugins > [plugin name]‘ ), and set the ‘File Directory Path’ setting, it still doesn’t change the default path!
Solution
Navigate to Components > JCE Administration > Groups as shown below:
Choose Groups from the main menu…
Then select the group you want …

Problem
Just now, I needed to move a website running Joomla 1.5 and VirtueMart 1.1.2 from the development server, to the live web space. After I had moved the data, and the files, and updated the path in Joomla’s ‘configuration.php’ file, it seemed to work ok, but all the links in the VirtueMart Admin area still pointed to my development server.
Solution
After doing a ‘find in files’ for my development server’s name, I found two more paths that need changing in VirtueMart’s own configuration file. This is the file:
/administrator/components/com_virtuemart/virtuemart.cfg.php
The following two paths …

Problem
In Joomla 1.5, at present, there is no way to set the template applied to an article or category  based on the section that article is in. Templates can be set by menu item, but not by the overall section they reside in. This means that if multiple templates are being used, each time a new article is added, changes have to be made to the template setup too – very tedious. All I wanted was to be able to create an article or category, add it to a certain …

Problem
The other day I was trying to type two hypens (–) in a post, and when I saved/published the post, WordPress reformatted the hypens to display as an ‘en dash‘ (–).
More Info: After some searching about, and some helpful info provided in the WordPress Codex, I found out about a WP function called ‘wptexturize’ which is applied each time a post is rendered. The function – which can be found in ‘wp-includes/formatting.php’ – replaces quite a few things, like ™ to ™ etc.
Solution
You could stop this happening a number of …

Problem
Yesterday I found out how to run Chrome in ‘Incognito Mode’ from a shortcut. However, now I have two identical ‘Chrome’ Icons in my Quicklaunch bar, and need a way to distinguish them.
Which ones the incognito link? New icon needed!
Problem
Solution
Make a modified Chrome icon! Here’s the one I made:
If you want THIS cheesy icon, click on the image to download it.
Using the Icon: Once you have another icon to use [or you have downloaded my one by clicking on the image above], here’s how to use it:

Save the .ico file …

Problem
I use Google Chrome’s Incognito window mode regularly to view multiple Google Analytics accounts at the same time on one PC. It’s very useful – it means I don’t have to keep signing in and out of my primary google account – but what annoyed me each time was having to open chrome, then open a new ‘incognito’ window from there, which leaves the old ‘normal’ window open in the background.
Solution
Since Chrome came out of beta, the ‘??incognito’ command line switch has been available.
So, to get this switch working with …

Problem
You can’t subscribe to any Podcasts in iTunes music store because the the buttons are greyed out. An example is shown below:
Greyed subscribe button
Solution
This happens when the ‘Podcasts’ item is not enabled in the iTunes library. To enable it, follow these steps:

Open the iTunes Preferences. To do this, either press ‘Ctrl+,’ (that’s the control key, and the comma key at the same time); or Go to ‘Edit’ in the top menu, and then ‘Preferences’.
Select the ‘General’ tab, usually on the left most.
Tick the ‘Podcasts’ item in the ‘Show:’ options list …

Problem
For a long time, MSN Messenger and Windows Live Messenger have been able to display what is currently being played on Windows Media Player. It gets displayed next to your ‘Display Name’. If you use iTunes, what you’re playing can also be displayed in the same way.
Solution
Firstly, open iTunes and go to the Preferences window. You can do this 2 ways:

Press ‘Ctrl+,’ (that’s the control key, and the comma key at the same time).
Go to ‘Edit’ in the top menu, and then ‘Preferences’.

…then click on the ‘Advanced’ tab, usually on …

Problem
Recently I bought an Apex single from iTunes. Excellent though the tracks are (They really rock, honestly, if you like D&B, have a listen!), they both have about 5 seconds of blank ‘emptiness’ at the beginning. This is quite annoying when cueing them for an impromptu mix, or when they are part of a playlist.
Solution
I found this by accident, while looking for a solution. If you right click on the track in iTunes, then select the ‘Options’ track, you should see an option labelled ‘Start Time’. This is the time …

Problem
I’m using AcaJoom Plus as a newsletter component for Joomla, on behalf of a client. While testing the component I found that once the “Change your subscription” and “Unsubscribe” links were appended, it messed up my template and styling. The text is surrounded SPAN with a class called ‘subscriptionlink_nws’ applied to it, but there is only so much you can do with styles in the newsletter itself.
Solution
The ”Change your subscription” and “Unsubscribe” links can be found in the file ‘class.jmail.php’ which sits in: [site root]/administrator/components/com_acajoom/classes/.
Open this file and at around line 76 …