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How to change the encoding in pdf documents?
I don't think it's the encoding it seems that none of the included fonts in dompdf support it. See also https://stackoverflow.com/questions/16384517/dompdf-character-encoding-utf-8. If you look in the ...
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Issues with running Joomla 3.8 and Civi
The fix to the file CRM/Utils/System/Joomla.php suggested in the link
https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/11062/files?diff=unified
made the cron jobs run again for CiviCRM 4.7.25 and Joomla ...
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database upgrade script failing: Call to undefined method CRM_Upgrade_Incremental_php_FourOne::getMajorMinor()
After some chat on MM we identified that the installation had a file CRM/Upgrade/Incremental/FourOne.php That file has been removed from the current release but the usual Joomla upgrade process ...
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CiviCRM on Joomla or WordPress? Any recommendations?
The integration with Drupal is still the best.
WordPress is slowly catching up, but not there yet.
Joomla has the least integration.
So if you have the choice between Joomla and WordPress, go ...
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Migrate CiviCRM from Joomla to Wordpress
In case it helps anyone, this is what I did:
Initial set-up:
- a working Joomla site, with Civicrm and Joomla tables in the same database
- a separate installation of Wordpress on the same server (...
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Cannot set sort order of custom fields in profile
The weight of the custom fields only controls the order in which they appear on the back end. The profile sets its own order. You can set the order from Administer menu » Customize Data and Screens »...
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DB Error: constraint violation on anonymous user contribution/membership registration after 5.8.2 -> 5.9.0 update
This is a core bug and Eileen has send a PR for the fix. Will you be able to try by applying the patch from here?
If the patch works for you than please comment your test result on PR so that it ...
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Remove Unnecessary Fields from Contact and from Activities
Work is underway on a Form Builder that will allow folks to hide fields as needed.
For now, you can hide fields with jQuery, ideally loaded through an extension. However, some of the fields you mark ...
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database upgrade script failing: Call to undefined method CRM_Upgrade_Incremental_php_FourOne::getMajorMinor()
We also experienced the same problem when upgrading from 5.36.1 to 5.37.2.
Inspired by the answer from Aidan I went and looked in civicrm/CRM/Upgrade/Incremental/php/ and found a few files with old ...
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How is CiviCRM different in Drupal, Joomla, Backdrop, and WordPress?
I don't think Backdrop was available when this question was asked, but for the sake of making this complete:
Backdrop
Very similar to Drupal 7 integration, including drush, Views and Webform CiviCRM ...
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Can't create more than 26 events in CiviEvents (or view on dashboard)
This answer is from @SeamusLee at Bugreport: Impossible to create more than 25 events
"I would recommend you apply the patch here https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/10325 There is a default ...
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My hosting company does not support SUPER privilege - can I use CiviCRM with them?
There are only two scenarios in which CiviCRM requires the SUPER privilege:
You're using a very old version of MySQL. Versions of MySQL 5.1.6 and higher support the TRIGGER permission. Before that, ...
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SQL Syntax Error - When starting civicrm with joomla
it seems php 7.2 is not compatible with 5.x.x
or i do not know how to do the configuration
i think downgrade the php would be the best solution
but i wonder if there is other answer, and how to do it....
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CiviCRM running very slow on local network
And once again I had found out the answer on my own, took a lot of time though... it is in components and administrator's civicrm.setting.php (both php file!)
just simply change both localhost (see ...
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Missing CKEditor & config button
There appears to be a recent bug, possibly introduced in 5.8 though I'm not certain, that affects the CKEditor, namely missing Configure CKEditor button and CKEditor itself won't appear. See this ...
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civicrm dashboard menu does not work in Joomla
You are right that it should work out-of-the box. This might not be the full solution, but your error is showing that the URLs are missing /administrator (that is, /joomla/components/com_civicrm/...
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Adding Sub-Options of Custom Data
As far as I know you can not create (sub)options depending on the value of a (top) option in core CiviCRM. So that would mean you would have to develop a little extension that does this?
As far as ...
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CiviVolunteer error after upgrade to Civi 5.11.0 on joomla
The warning you describe is fixed in the version of CiviVolunteer on github but they haven't tagged a release. The error sounds slightly different & turning on debugging might get more info.
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Export all contacts using SQL Query
It is little difficult to provide sql for contact export as it is has many tables joins. The basic query to fetch all primary details is pasted below. The output may not be same as what you get in ...
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Does anyone have recent experience with CiviCRM for RSForm?
I purchased the extension, and can confirm that it work with latest release of civiCRM.
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How to enable "Manage Extensions?"
On some of our (older but since upgraded) instances the Manage Extensions still shows under Admin > Customise, rather than Admin > System Settings - just in case your is there, but just not where you ...
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Best strategy to restoring backup by importing csv file
In general, importing/exporting using csv means you will lose data, eg log history of change, the "real" creation date instead of the restore one...
If you can at all, I would suggest to backup ...
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How to make backup joomla CiviCRM smaller?
One great way to shrink the backup is to only backup the bespoke bits (e.g. custom extensions and themes) and the database, not the actual Joomla! and CiviCRM code files that are freely downloaded ...
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CiviCRM cron job failing under Joomla 3.7
It is not a civi issue - it is a joomla issue that impacts other modules as well
the fix is in j 3.71
It is a 6 line patch and 1 line deletion
I have tested it and it works if you want to patch it ...
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Joomla 3.8 & CiviCRM 4.7.x - front-end error 500 when logged in
It turns out this was down to the distribution of BSD on the broken servers was standard USA but PHP needed the PECL international library (https://pecl.php.net/package/intl).
Apparently without it, ...
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My hosting company does not support SUPER privilege - can I use CiviCRM with them?
You will either need to get a hosting plan that allows root access and "binary logging" or pay your host to install it. I recommend the former. In my experience, managed types of hosting don't tend to ...
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Using Civicrm_api3 in onAjax[Name] plugin function
Call civicrm_initialize() before using civicrm_api3() (or other CiviCRM functions).
This function is defined in the various CMS plugins (eg civicrm.module) and will load required files then ...
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Why are all bulk mailings delayed by 5 hours?
I would look at the scheduled_date on the mailings in your database:
SELECT name,scheduled_date FROM civicrm_mailing;
If the scheduled_date is off, then it might be that MySQL has a time mismatch - ...
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DB Error: unknown error - [debug_info] => INSERT INTO civicrm_contact
Thank you for your help Demerit
I found the my.ini file in UniserverZ
I searched google to look for the same problem but it told me to find my.cnf file to edit the thread_stack, I was in frustration ...
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CiviEvent menu listing not finding active event
The drop-down shows 100 active events but does not filter by 'upcoming'.
As a quick-fix, edit the file administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/joomla/site/elements/civievents.php
Look for the ...
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