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Can Joomla! 1.5 operate with PHP Safe Mode On?

Wednesday, August 06 2008 19:28 Kevin Pokorney

Yes it can! This is a significant security improvement.

The safe mode limits PHP to be able to perform actions only on files/folders who's owner is the same as PHP is currently using (this is usually 'apache'). As files normally are created either by the Joomla! application or by FTP access, the combination of PHP file actions and the FTP Layer allows Joomla! to operate in PHP Safe Mode.

Last Updated on Wednesday, August 06 2008 19:28

What happened to the locale setting?

Wednesday, August 06 2008 16:47 Kevin Pokorney

This is now defined in the Language [lang].xml file in the Language metadata settings. If you are having locale problems such as dates do not appear in your language for example, you might want to check/edit the entries in the locale tag. Note that multiple locale strings can be set and the host will usually accept the first one recognised.

Last Updated on Wednesday, August 06 2008 16:47

Why does Joomla! 1.5 use UTF-8 encoding?

Tuesday, August 05 2008 01:11 Kevin Pokorney

Well... how about never needing to mess with encoding settings again?

Ever needed to display several languages on one page or site and something always came up in Giberish?

With utf-8 (a variant of Unicode) glyphs (character forms) of basically all languages can be displayed with one single encoding setting.

Last Updated on Tuesday, August 05 2008 01:11

How do I upgrade to Joomla! 1.5 ?

Wednesday, July 30 2008 20:27 Kevin Pokorney

Joomla! 1.5 does not provide an upgrade path from earlier versions. Converting an older site to a Joomla! 1.5 site requires creation of a new empty site using Joomla! 1.5 and then populating the new site with the content from the old site. This migration of content is not a one-to-one process and involves conversions and modifications to the content dump.

There are two ways to perform the migration:

How do I localise Joomla! to my language?

Wednesday, July 30 2008 14:06 Kevin Pokorney

General

In Joomla! 1.5 all User interfaces can be localised. This includes the installation, the Back-end Control Panel and the Front-end Site.

The core release of Joomla! 1.5 is shipped with multiple language choices in the installation but, other than English (the default), languages for the Site and Administration interfaces need to be added after installation. Links to such language packs exist below.

KRPweb.com