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What to do if you get HTTP 500 (Internal Server Error) when upgrading to Joomla 2.5

Details: Written by Jure Štern; Published on Friday, 03 February 2012

With the new Joomla! 2.5 out, it was time to upgrade my Joomla! 1.7 installation. You have the option to upgrade with a single click but before you do press the button, I advise you to try it on a local copy of your website. It was a smart move to follow when I did the upgrade, after which I was confronted with the scary HTTP 500 (Internal Server Error) message in Google Chrome, whereas in Firefox I get an empty screen.

How to use php code in Joomla template design

Details: Written by Jure Štern; Published on Friday, 13 January 2012

If we are designing our own templates in Joomla we are already using some of the php programming language. Apart from including our modules, components, scripts and css files, we can use php code to further extend the website. The following code should be placed in your template index.php file. It was tested on the new Joomla 2.5 beta and Joomla 1.7.3 system.