While I hit the bench, I would however like to hook you guys up with one more little fix I found for Joomla! on IIS7. While pushing all of Joomla!’s buttons to see what works and what doesn’t I noticed aside from my previous post which states Joomla! search fixes this one fixes a problem generated by the web links option. I also found a problem with the Newfeeds button on the left menu, but that seems to require a whole lot more time and possibly some server re-configuration which I can’t really do since GoDaddy hosts my site. Ah..nonetheless. Here is the fix for the web links option.

Web Links Display
File: /components/com_weblinks/views/catergories/tmpl/default.php
Line#: 5
Replace: <?php echo $this->escape($this->params->get('page_title')); ?>
With this: <?php echo 'Weblinks';?>

File: /components/com_weblinks/views/catergory/tmpl/default.php
Line#: 14
Delete or comment out this value: if ( isset($this->image) ) :  echo $this->image; endif;

File: /components/com_weblinks/views/catergories/tmpl/view.html.php
Line#: 62
Replace: $category->link = JRoute::_('index.php?option=com_weblinks&view=category&id='. $category->slug);
With this: $category->link = JRoute::_('index.php?option=com_weblinks&view=category&id='. $category->slug .'&Itemid=48');

FIle: /components/com_weblinks/views/catergory/view.html.php
Line#: 94
Replace: $image = JHTML::_('image.site',  $params->get('link_icons'), '/images/M_images/', $params->get( 'weblink_icons' ), '/images/M_images/', 'Link' );
With: 	$image = JHTML::_('image.site',  $params->get('link_icons'), '/images/M_images/', 'weblink.png', '/images/M_images/', 'Link' );

FIle: /components/com_weblinks/views/catergory/view.html.php
Line#: 103
Replace: $link = JRoute::_( 'index.php?view=weblink&catid='.$category->slug.'&id='. $item->slug);
With: $link = JRoute::_( 'index.php?view=weblink&catid='.$category->slug.'&id='. $item->slug .'&option=com_weblinks&Itemid=48');

A bit ago I communicated with some of the nice people at Joomla.org where they recommended I do not make changes to Joomla!’s core. I understand their point as a developer myself and will change my ways in the future but sometimes when you need a fix, you’ll do anything. So with that said I ask you that if you are going to use my fixes, you backup your original files. Play it safe and at your own risk.

Attached is what I have “fixed” so far in regards to the Newfeed option on Joomla! 1.5. This is just a partial, “getting there” fix. I am just including it in case other developers want to try to fix it while I take a break for a while.

Amy and Sam, in case you read this. I haven’t flaked out on you guys. I am working on getting an IIS7 server for my other site so that I can continue fixing these shenanigans.

Thus far I have noticed only five problems with Joomla! on IIS7, three of which I have solved. Below I describe them and provide the fix I found for them.

1. Search

File: components/com_search/controller.php

Line: 70

Add Value: $uri->setVar('view', 'search');

Reason:  This adds the "view=search" parameter to the URL to allow the search view.

2. Vote Button

File: components/com_poll/controller.php

Line: 93

Replace Value: $this->setRedirect( JRoute::_('index.php?option=com_poll&id='. $poll_id.':'.$poll->alias.$itemid, false), $msg );

With Value: $this->setRedirect( JRoute::_('index.php?option=com_poll&view=poll&id='. $poll_id.':'.$poll->alias.$itemid, false), $msg );

Reason:  This adds the "view=poll" parameter to the URL to allow the poll view.

3. Vote Results Button

File: modules/mod_poll/tmpl/default.php

Line: 39

Replace Value: onclick="document.location.href='< ?php echo JRoute::_("index.php?option=com_poll&id=$poll->slug".$itemid); ?>'"

With Value: onclick="document.location.href='< ?php echo JRoute::_("index.php?option=com_poll&view=poll&id=$poll->slug".$itemid); ?>'"

Reason:  This adds the "view=poll" parameter to the URL to allow the search view.

4. Top News button

Problem: News button on top horizontal menu returns the message:

Error loading feed data. Error: Feed not retrieved.

Probable error: Something wrong with the feed generating code? Uncertain.

5. News Feed link on left menu

Problem: News Feeds link on left takes you to a catergories page. The links there generate a page not found error.

Probable error: Malformed URL posted by the application. Also high possiblities of a bad interpretation when recieving a good URL. These are tough! Any suggestions?