The errata list is a list of errors and their corrections that were found after the product was released. If the error was corrected in a later version or reprint the date of the correction will be displayed in the column titled "Date Corrected".
The following errata were submitted by our customers and approved as valid errors by the author or editor.
Color key: Serious technical mistake Minor technical mistake Language or formatting error Typo Question Note Update
| Version |
Location |
Description |
Submitted By |
Date submitted |
Date corrected |
| Printed |
Page 133
Item 1 & 2 under 2nd paragraph |
Item 1 says: Go to the Extensions>Module Manager and locate the article you want the module to appear in.
How can you choose articles in the Module Manager?
Item 2 says: ...Choose the module position you will use for displaying inline in an article.
How do you choose the position from the drop-down menu if it doesn't exist? Is there a way of creating a new position in Joomla?
Note from the Author or Editor:
Yes, step 1 is a duplicate and should be ignored/removed.
To create a new position, type a new name in the position field. |
David Baker |
May 04, 2011 |
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Page 229
2nd paragraph - in two sentences |
I couldn't find the object template.xml in the Joomla sample template files - only templateDetails.xml
Note from the Author or Editor:
This is correct. The name of the file should be "templateDetails.xml" instead of "template.xml" so the two mentions referenced on page 229 need to be updated.
Thanks for catching this! |
Anonymous |
Oct 29, 2010 |
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Page 222
Summary |
System Info and the information is gives you
change "is" to "it"
Note from the Author or Editor:
Thank you for pointing this out. - Kenneth |
Anonymous |
May 10, 2010 |
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Page 189
last paragraph |
Adding media is a good way to spruce up your website?s look. Once you?ve uploaded your images and other items though the Media Manager, you?re ready to add them to your articles.
change "though" to "through"
Note from the Author or Editor:
Thank you for pointing this out. - Kenneth |
Anonymous |
May 10, 2010 |
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Page 366
tp=1 |
This also occurs on page 135, "View All of the Module Positions"
Both page 135 and 366 have this sentence: "For directions on preventing this check from working on your site, refer to Chapter 20."
I've scoured Chapter 20 and I don't see these directions. I'm assuming they would be in the section ".htaccess", but they're not. Am I missing something or were they actually omitted?
Still, thanks for a great book!
Note from the Author or Editor:
Thank you for bringing this to our attention. I accept complete responsibility for this omission.
We made a ?small? structure change in the 11th hour, after the Technical Review process was complete. Originally, this was in a Chapter called ?Tips and Tricks?, but we decided to remove that chapter and disperse the information throughout. As you see, for this tip, the reference got changed, but the actual information got lost in the shuffle.
The following (between the lines) should go on page 328 at the very bottom.
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Deny access to users using tp=1 to view module positions
As discussed at the end of Chapter 20, you can enter ?tp=1 or &tp=1 at the end of a URL in Joomla to see what module positions are available. You may not want users to be able to do this. To prevent this from happening, add the following code to your .htaccess file just after "RewriteEngine On":
### Block tp=1 Usage ###
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} tp=(.*)
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php [F,L]
After implementing the above code, anyone trying to use tp=1 will get an Access Forbidden type message. I'll be honest, I have never used this on a production site. I do not think of it as a major threat. Some of you may disagree and I am okay with that.
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Thank you again for bringing this to our attention. |
John Sundberg |
Jan 25, 2010 |
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Page 126
Under Assigning Modules, item #2. Second sentence. |
The incorrect word is BOLDED:
Select None to have the MENU hidden.
It should read:
Select None to have the module be hidden.
Menu doesn't make sense in this context and drove me a bit crazy for a few moments. :-)
BG
Note from the Author or Editor:
Absolutely right. There's an assumption that it's a menu module when the sentence really applies to modules of all types. The word "menu" will be changed to "module" in the next revision.
Thank you! |
Anonymous |
Jan 17, 2010 |
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Page 385
3rd para. |
Please add this line before the third para. in Ron's bio: "Ron wishes to thank his lovely wife, Nat?lia, without whose support this book and
many of his other ?adventurous projects? could not have been possible. Milujem ?a." It should be a para. of its own.
Note from the Author or Editor:
The word after "Milujem" should be "ta". It's Slovak and there should be a small accent mark (caron) on the letter T. |
Loranah Dimant |
Dec 09, 2009 |
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