Tuesday, 21 August 2012

How to work out where Youtube video thumbnails will be located



How To Calculate The Exact Placement

X = Video length (in sec.)

Y = X divided by 4 or X/4 (in sec.)

Y is the 1st thumbnail.
2 times Y or 2xY (in sec.) is the 2nd thumbnail (poster frame).
3 times Y or 3xY (in sec.) is the 3rd thumbnail.

For example :

x = 364 seconds (video length 6min 4 seconds)
y = 91 (364/4)

3rd = 3 x 91= 273

1 = 1min 31sec
2 = 3min 33
3 = 4.55min\

For more information visit : http://www.squidoo.com/youtubeframe

Wednesday, 10 November 2010

Excluding Unpublished Categories in Search

Extensions -> Plugin Manager -> Search Content.

Can be configured in here.

Thursday, 14 October 2010

Place Here Module

New find: http://extensions.joomla.org/extensions/news-display/content-embed/498

This can be an alternative solution for when client want to edit custom modules. An article, category, or section is defined in the module configuration and it will display within a custom module on a website. This allows logged in users to edit the module as if it were an article.

Sunday, 9 May 2010

Bridging Moodle and Joomla

http://joomdle.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=59&Itemid=99&lang=en

Tuesday, 27 April 2010

No upgrade for Joomla version 1.5.16 to 1.5.17

The shortest release ever of a Joomla version to 1.5.16 and quickly onto 1.5.17 .. and for those that upgraded in the record of about 2 days of realease it currently says

" IMPORTANT NOTE: The upgrade packages for 1.5.16 are temporarily unavailable. You can upgrade using the Full Package file below. Follow the upgrade instructions, but use the full package file. Thank you."

Sometimes it pays to wait and see if there are any bugs instead of quickly upgrading ones joomla sites to the latest version asap.

Saturday, 27 March 2010

Fix for when Photoshop will not open

Was looking for a fix for my PS which will close immediately when I try to open it. It appears others have this problem as well, and its usually fixed by deleting the prefs.psp file. .............. So try this first as works with all versions of Photoshop the older and its easy to do search and delete :)

Else try this alternative method to remove prefs: (Works with PS Elements also)

Step 1. Hold down the Alt + Ctrl + Shift keys as you click on the icon to open Photoshop. When asked if you want to delete the settings file, say yes.

Step 2. Reset the preferences as above.

Step 3. Close Elements and let the file regenerate.