How to prevent spammer in forum kunena?

Many joomla programmers use forum kunena. After a time, there are many articles are posted automatically by spammers. There is some way to stop it.

you can use component: Spam killer for kunena. But many people say it doesn't work. So it is not a good way.

After a time thinking, I find that these spammer relate to com_users to register user automatic, posting article automatic by some code inside forum kunena. If we stop spammer registration, we can stop these annoyed things.How can we do this? JWUSER is a good solutions.

1. Fist, download jwuser. Choose the suitable version for yourjoomla 1.5 ,Joomla 1.6 ,Joomla 1.7 website.

2. Then, config your website at global configuration: not allow register for new user.

3. Set the registration page of your website to registration page of jwuser.

Everything run as before, you also have more option from jwuser. No spammer can post article in kunena forum.

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How to detect template is on frontpage in joomla?

Many programmers want to put a script in joomla template that only run at home page. I recommend here two solution that i get from digital point forum:

1. Solution 1

you can simply put a module position and make it only display on frontpage. When this module display, it means we are on front page. Put a code of javascript here. For example: you have a funtion myonload() {...}; put in the area of this module. Hope that help you!

2. Solution 2

Put this code between tag of template:

 getActive() == $menu->getDefault()) { ?>  

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How to auto insert link to keyword and description to image in joomla?

There is hundreds of article in one website. Each article, we always want to have some link refer to our website. It takes a lot of time to do it manually. In joomla, there is a plugin name jwseolink can help you solve this problem.

jwseolink search for keywords automatically, then replace them with the tag a, then insert link that you want to put at every keyword.

In jwseolink versionJoomla 1.7, it also search for images, then insert the attribute alt, and title with value is the article title if author did not used it.

You can download and read more tutorial at: http://www.jw-extensions.net/jwextensions/item/Plugin-jwseolink-joomla-1-7.html?id=3473

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How to display menu of component in creating menu in joomla 1.6, joomla 1.7?

There a bit different in joomla 1.5 and later version joomla 1.6, joomla.17. In joomla 1.5, in view folder, we have view.html.php, metadata.xml, folder tmpl with default.php inside. But in joomla 1.6, joomla 1.7, it is: view.html.php, folder tmpl with default.php and default.xml. This file default.xml is like metadata.xml. A simple default.xml is like this:








Now, turn back to your admin site. Check again, it has been displayed.

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How to disable component on front page?

In most template, the component always display at one position. If there nothing to display, it still stand there, that make our page seem ugly. There is an easy way to handle this problem for five step.

Step1: Create a new module position. For example we create module position intro:

countModules('intro')) : ?>

Step2: Change the code display component to like this:

countModules('intro')) : ?>

Step3: Create a module (blank custom html module) at intro position, set it display only at home

Every thing 's done. Your frontpage will not display component.

Thinking like this way, we can modify where and when the component display in our website. It is not stay at the same position from page to page.

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Joomla Plugin auto insert links for keywords - a good seo plugin

This plugin will replace keyword by a link with keyword. IT will search for all keywords in content, and replace it with tag . This is really helpful for your site seo.

For example you have this article, with key words: joomla 1.6 ; website and link: http://jw-extensions.net; http://jw-extensions.net/website :

After you install Joomla 1.6 you will see a text in the content area “Home”. This is actually a breadcrumbs area. When you navigate to other pages or categories you will see the category links appended to the “Home”. It’s basically a link map of all the pages you visited on your website. Just like when you visit futureshop.com or bestbuy.com, you will see all the links you went through on the website to get to your current page. Although helpful, it is not entirely necessary.

After you install this plugin you will have:

After you install joomla 1.6 you will see a text in the content area “Home”. This is actually a breadcrumbs area. When you navigate to other pages or categories you will see the category links appended to the “Home”. It’s basically a link map of all the pages you visited on your website. Just like when you visit futureshop.com or bestbuy.com, you will see all the links you went through on the website to get to your current page. Although helpful, it is not entirely necessary.

Remember:

• keywords must ending with a space.
• If number of keywords > 1, user ; to separate these keywords.
• Each keyword must have one link.
• For exmple
• keyword is: keyword1 ;keyword2 then link is: link1;link2
• Delete cache before refresh your page to see the result quickly
  

Why you need plugin jwseolink?

When the content must be upgrate continuously, the keyword we seo would be changed quickly. It takes much time if we rewrite the old article. It must be a technique for us to do it quickly. JWseolink is the best solution for you.

You can download jwseolink1.5 or jwseolink1.6 at www.jw-extensions.net.

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Tutorial of jwuser version 1.3 for joomla 1.6

JW-extensions.net have released new version of jwuser, it is jwuser version 1.3 for joomla 1.6.

As we know, in joomla 1.6, the user system of joomla have changed a lot. It have different group, and user can defined group. Jwuser v1.3 have to change the core of previous version 1.2 to suitable with it. In this version, jwuser will manage your users of your site with com_user of joomla. You can modify information of your website users in jwuser or in joomla user. Website user can also modified their information at front-end by myaccount page of jwuser.

You can still use the system activation of joomla. When your website user have to pay to register, this activate system is not useful. You can turn it off at component user of joomla.

You can see tutorial how to disable new account registrations in joomla 1.6 here.

Remember, add your user into jwuser component, and enable it before you install plugin jwlogin v1.3, and enable it. After that, if you link to uninstall jwuser component, remember unable jwlogin first for later login.

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