Shondalai Documentation

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  • Update GeoIP Database

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    All our extensions use the MaxMind GeoIP City database to find the user location and other Geographical information of the users while saving the user data to your site. This information is used for reporting purposes in some places such as Community Surveys reporting and used for logging purposes in all extensions. Please note that…

  • Tags which can be used in email templates

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    The documentation describes the smart tags that can be used in email templates. The tags will be replaced automatically with the necessary content before the emails are sent to users. These placeholders can be added at any place in the email templates of the respective extension. CjForum In subject: {TOPIC_TITLE} – this tag will be…

  • Setup cronjob to trigger emails automatically

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    This guide explains setting up cronjob to trigger emails automatically without need for any page loads. Most of corejoomla extensions adds emails to the queue in CjLib component and needs a trigger to send the emails at regular intervals. There are two ways to trigger emails: Types of scheduled jobs Manual triggering: In this method…

  • Setup automatic updates for extensions

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    Setup One-Click Updates You can now update extensions automatically within your website just like Joomla updates. For this, you need to have a few prerequisites on your website setup. Follow the below instructions. Now you are all set. When an update is available, you will be shown an alert just like any Joomla update and…

  • How to uninstall a package

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    Precautions: Never uninstall individual extensions of a package separately. i.e. components/modules/plugins should never be uninstalled separately. To clean uninstall complete extension including component, modules and plugin; the package should be uninstalled. Do not uninstall CjLib package before uninstalling other corejoomla extensions. Database tables will never be deleted by the uninstall. You need to delete them…

  • How to translate date strings

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    All corejoomla extensions use CjLib language files for translating date strings. To translate the date strings shown on front-end, translate the file administrator/language/en-GB/en-GB.com_cjlib.sys.ini to your language. You can also find community-contributed language translations on the Transifex site.https://www.corejoomla.com/support/language-translations.html

  • Frequently Asked Questions

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    I have installed the component but I could not access it on the front end, it gives me a 401 error. What am I missing? You need to set permission settings. All Shondalai components come with permission settings, which give you immense control over various functionalities of the component such as component access, create, view,…

  • Extending component shareable layouts

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    All corejoomla components uses Joomla shareable layout system so that they can be used anywhere with less configuration. Please read more about shareable layouts here:https://docs.joomla.org/J3.x:Sharing_layouts_across_views_or_extensions_with_JLayout To override any component layout: Identify the layout file you would like to override Copy the layout files to your override directory Make modifications and you are good to go.…

  • Debug ajax requests using Chrome developer tools

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    Most of the corejoomla applications uses Ajax requests to send and recieve information from the server. Ajax is a technique used to send/recieve data from the server asynchronously (without reloading page). You can find more about Ajax at this page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ajax_(programming) We use json requests to send and receive data with Ajax. When the result…

  • Using GPS Tools content plugin to display track in articles

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    You can use GPS Tools content plugin to add any track to your Joomla articles. The plugin can be enabled from the Joomla Plugin Manager. Go to Extensions -> Plugins -> Filter content plugins and enable the “Content – GPS Tools” plugin. After enabling the plugin, add the shortcodes as explained below in your articles.…

  • GPS Tools Quick Stater Guide

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    Install GPS Tools package GPS Tools package comes as a single installable package which includes the GPS Tools component and all addon modules and plugins. https://docs.joomla.org/Installing_an_extension Configure options After installing the component, Joomla! will create a menu item under your admin menus. Go to components->GPS Tools->options button on toolbar. All options are documented over their labels.…

  • GPS Tools Changelog

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    v6.2.0 (25-Dec-2024) + Add tracks navigation on track details page* Tracks list shows empty when MySQL null dates are used v6.1.6 (22-Oct-2024) * Download permission set at track level does not work* Search filter cleared out when moving to next page on tracks listing v6.1.5 (07-Oct-2024) * Fixed issue with MySQL null checks v6.1.4 (10-Aug-2024)…

  • Extending GPS Tools using plugin events

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    Gps Tools is not just full featured but also extendable. There are many plugin events the component triggers which you can use to extend the functionality provided by the component. Plugin events are supported in CS v4 and above only. Creating a plugin Please read the following documentation to know about creating a Joomla! plugin.…

  • Custom module positions in GPS Tools

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    You can publish your modules in the following custom module locations which are specific for the component. These are not the module positions provided by your Joomla template rather custom positions defined by GPS tools. tracks-list-above-categories: shows modules on top of the listings and but below the toolbar tracks-list-below-categories: shows modules on top of the…

  • Setup third-party plugins for Crosswords

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    Configuring JomSocial Plugin The JomSocial plugin is bundled with the main component. So you need not install anything separately. However, to use the user points functionality, please follow the below steps. Go to JomSocial->User Points on your Administration Control Panel components Click on Rule Scan button on toolbar. This will install the rules for awarding…

  • Installing and configuring Crosswords

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    Installation Installing the extension is straigtfoward just like any other Joomla extension. Read the installation instructions here: http://docs.joomla.org/Installing_an_extension Prerequisites Download and install the CjLib component which is available on Required Extensions category on downloads section. Configuration Once the extension is installed, you need to setup the component options to suite your requirements.Go to Components->Community Crosswords->Click…

  • Crosswords FAQs

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    Why I am getting error continuously while creating the crossword? Make sure you have enough number of keywords/questions published. Please note that after submitting questions from front-end they must be approved on back-end. This will ensure improper questions submitted by your users will not be part of the new crosswords. A 23×23 grid size, hard…

  • Crosswords Changelog

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    v3.6.2 (08-Jan-2017) + Added transifex config file + Added countItems method to count crosswords in categories page + Added AltaUserPoints support ^ Added build files ^ Changed autoupdate file location * Removed redundant files v3.6.1 (21-Jul-2016) * Enable Automove option not showing in options * Email sent after solving crossword contains untranslated body text and…

  • Crosswords Built-in Module Positions

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    You can use below module positions to insert modules in crosswords pages. cw_list_above_navigation – On top of the listings and categories cw_list_below_navigation – below categories but above listings cw_details_above_title- Above crossword title on details page cw_details_below_navigation – Just above the crossword table

  • Translating Surveys

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    Introduction Community Surveys supports multiple languages through a built-in translation feature. So you need not create a separate survey for each language. To start with the translations, you need to fully set up your survey first which includes: Your survey title and descriptions Your survey questions and answers Once you setup your survey, close the…

  • Survey Types Explained

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    Each survey is classified as either Anonymous or Non-anonymous. You can choose this option while creating the survey. Anonymous Survey An anonymous survey is used to get feedback from the users allowing them to give prompt feedback anonymously. No user-identifiable data will be recorded for the responses they will provide including usernames, IP addresses, etc.…

  • Survey Email Notifications

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    Community Surveys has a built-in system to send email notifications to users in various scenarios which is explained below. Sample Usecases The following are a few sample cases where you may need to send an email notification to the users. These are some use cases of notification emails. Here is how you can configure the…

  • Show the answers given for a question in another question title in a survey

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    Community Surveys has a built-in feature to show answers given for a particular question in another question title. For example, you would like to ask question: Which city would you like to go to for your next vacation? Rome Venice Paris Vienna If the user answers, say Venice, then you would like to ask further…

  • Setup regular expression validation on textbox questions

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    Go to Edit Questions page of your survey . Click on your question title to edit the question . Click on Customize tab of your textbox type question . Enter your regular expression in the “Regular Expression” field. For example, if you want to restrict user to enter either single or two digit number, enter…

  • Sending survey through AcyMailing newsletters

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    Community Surveys allow you to insert unique survey URLs automatically into your newsletter. For example, if you want to invite 100 users to take the survey, you need not create and insert 100 URLs into the emails, it will be automatically done by the AcyMailing plugin provided by Community Surveys. Here are the steps. The…

  • Ranking Questions in Community Surveys

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    Ranking questions allow users to compare the answers by drag-and-drop and placing them in order of their preference. In Community Surveys, you can give weightage to each answer apart from the ordering weightage chosen by the user. While displaying the consolidated report, the order of the answers chosen by the user and their weightages are…

  • Quick get started guide for Community Surveys

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    Quick Guide Configuring Permission Settings Create Survey Viewing Survey Reports Prerequisites before the survey available to the users What are the ways to display a survey?

  • Inviting users to take the survey

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    Community Surveys offer 4 ways to ask your users to take part in the survey. Invitation Types After you make a survey, you’ll see 4 ways to invite people to take it. Here is a quick video tutorial. Through global survey URL Using this method you can manually email the Survey URL to all the…

  • Installing and configuring Community Surveys

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    Core Component Installation Please install CjLib component before installing Community Surveys. For installation instructions please check http://docs.joomla.org/Installing_an_extension Once you install CjLib package, make sure to update your MaxMind API key in the CjLib component options.Read more at https://docs.corejoomla.com/Update_GeoIP_Database Configuring Component Go toComponents->Community Surveys->Click on Options button on toolbarHere you can configure the various options for Community Surveys.…

  • How URL Parameter questions work in Community Surveys

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    URL Parameter question type is introduced Community Surveys v5.3.4. The typical use case for this question type are: You would like to separate different set of users into groups for your reporting and want to know which group the user belongs to You would like to record certain the values from the user response without…