Joomla Template 3.4 Upgrading Problems & Solutions

25 Mar 2015

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As Joomla 3.4 has been released, it brings many advanced features to users. It is necessary to upgrade your websites to be compatible with Joomla 3.4 in order to take your websites into the best performance's conditions. However, it may return some bugs while upgrading. This article will help you to solve some popular errors of Joomla template 3.4 updating for SmartAddons.

1. Template Layout Error When Switching to RTL

Solve: Install package ytshortcodes_j3.3_v1.3.zip

Download YT Shortcode

2. Front-end Module Editing Error

Front-end Module Editing Error

Solve:

- Open file: yt\yt.php in YT plugin

- Declare this code: $config_module = ($option == 'com_config' && $view == 'modules') ? true: false;

as following:

// Frontend

$k2detail = true;

$k2detail = ($option == 'com_k2' && $view == 'item') ? true: false;

$acticle = ($option == 'com_content' && $view == 'form') ? true: false;

$disMootool = $app->getTemplate(true)->params->get('disableMootool', 0);

$config_module = ($option == 'com_config' && $view == 'modules') ? true: false;

if($app->isSite() && !$k2detail && !$acticle && $disMootool && $config_module) {

// Remove default mootools

unset($doc->_scripts[JURI::root(true) . '/media/system/js/core.js']);

unset($doc->_scripts[JURI::root(true) . '/media/system/js/modal.js']);

unset($doc->_scripts[JURI::root(true).'/media/system/js/caption.js']);

unset($doc->_scripts[JURI::root(true) . '/media/system/js/mootools.js']);

- Add this code into your_css.css file

.form-validate .controls select {display: block !important;}

.form-validate div.chzn-container {display: none !important;}

.form-validate .hasTooltip {display: inline-block !important;}

.form-validate .modal-button { background: #999; color: #fff; }

.form-validate .modal { position: static; margin: 0; padding: 0; border: 0; box-shadow: none; display: inline-block; width: auto; padding: 6px 10px; margin: 0 5px; }

.form-validate .radio input[type="radio"],

.form-validate .radio-inline input[type="radio"],

.form-validate .checkbox input[type="checkbox"],

.form-validate .checkbox-inline input[type="checkbox"] {margin: 5px;}

.form-validate legend,

.form-validate .accordion-toggle { padding: 8px 10px; background: #eee;display: block; }

.calendar .button {display: table-cell;}

[class^="icon-"],

[class*=" icon-"] { font-family: "FontAwesome"; font-style: normal; }

.icon-calendar:before {content: "\f073";}

.icon-edit:before {content: "\f044";}

.icon-remove:before {content: "\f00d";}

.jmodedit { background: #777; color: #fff; height: auto !important; width: 40px !important; }

.form-horizontal .controls input{width:auto;}

.accordion-group{margin-bottom:10px;}

We're planning to update our all Joomla Templates and Joomla Extensions with Joomla 3.4. If you find any problem of upgrading, please let's us know by directly leaving your comment here. Hope it helps!

Thanks for reading!