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When you want to display only a certain amount of characters of a text block in Joomla, you can use the class JHTML and the method truncate.
With this code you can load the parameters of any Joomla module inside an external php file.

How to load the Joomla framework inside an external file

by minitek Monday, 02 April 2012 13:56
In some cases, like when you are accessing an external php file through an ajax call, it is necessary to load the Joomla framework inside that file. Loading the framework will ensure that you can use the Joomla classes and methods in the external file.

How to modify the Joomla generator tag

by minitek Wednesday, 07 March 2012 14:23
Joomla generates a meta tag that is included in the head section of the page stating that the website is built with the Joomla! CMS.

How to redirect using the Joomla API

by minitek Tuesday, 28 February 2012 14:06
You can use the Joomla API to easily redirect to another url and display a relevant message after the redirection.

How to embed a video inside a Joomla 1.7 article

by minitek Friday, 20 January 2012 15:24
In this tutorial I will show you how to configure Joomla so that you can embed a video inside an article without using any 3rd party plugin.

How to get the component parameters from within a model

by minitek Monday, 02 January 2012 16:21
In this tutorial I will show you how you can get the parameters of a Joomla component from within a model file.

How to use .htaccess in WAMP

by minitek Tuesday, 20 December 2011 15:46
In WAMP server, if you turn on Search Engine Friendly URLs in Joomla and attempt to enable URL Rewriting (by renaming also htaccess.txt to .htaccess), you will most likely get a 500 error page. The solution to this is pretty simple.

How to create new fields in any position of a K2 item

by minitek Saturday, 17 December 2011 13:51
In K2 you can easily add extra fields in a K2 Item by using the "Extra Fields" feature. However, these extra fields are all grouped in a div and displayed as an unordered list that makes individual positioning impossible.
Deleting non-activated user accounts from you joomla website is a really tiring process, especially if you have a lot of new registrations every day. Moreover, bot user registrations are very common if you have not taken the time to integrate captcha into the registration form.
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