note: paths are windows style
folder components\com_virtuemart\views\productdetails open file view.html.php line 97

if ( VmConfig::get('enable_content_plugin',0)) {
			// add content plugin //
			$dispatcher	=& JDispatcher::getInstance();
			JPluginHelper::importPlugin('content');
			$product->text = $product->product_desc;
			$params = "";
                        //var_dump($product);
			$results = $dispatcher->trigger('onPrepareContent',array (& $product, & $params, 0));
			$product->product_desc = $product->text;
		}

Here the content plugin trigger event is for 1.5 series. from joomla 1.6 the “onContentPrepare” and also takes one more input.

So for line 104 there should be a check for joomla version and add conditional event hook.

It’s not hard to check the joomla version. sample code used in k2 component

// Determine Joomla! version
		if(version_compare( JVERSION, '1.6.0', 'ge' )) {
			define('K2_JVERSION','16');
		}
		else {
			define('K2_JVERSION','15');
		}

here is how the code can be for both 1.5 and 1.6+ content plugins support

if ( VmConfig::get('enable_content_plugin',0)) {
			// add content plugin //
                        // Determine Joomla! version
                        if(version_compare( JVERSION, '1.6.0', 'ge' )) {
                                define('VMJ2_JVERSION','16');
                        }
                        else {
                                define('VMJ2_JVERSION','15');
                        }

			$dispatcher	=& JDispatcher::getInstance();
			JPluginHelper::importPlugin('content');
			$product->text = $product->product_desc;
			$params = "";
                        //var_dump($product);
                        if(VMJ2_JVERSION=='16'){
                            $results = $dispatcher->trigger('onContentPrepare',array ('com_virtuemart.productdetails',& $product, & $params, 0));
                        }
                        else{
                            $results = $dispatcher->trigger('onPrepareContent',array (& $product, & $params, 0));
                        }

			$product->product_desc = $product->text;
		}

Note2: I have opened a thread on virtuemart forum here.

Select and Radio functions and classess:

Select:

<?php
//
// Category Checklists
//

/**
 * {@internal Missing Short Description}}
 *
 * @since 2.5.1
 */
if(!class_exists('Walker_Category_Checklist')){
class Walker_Category_Checklist extends Walker {
	var $tree_type = 'category';
	var $db_fields = array ('parent' => 'parent', 'id' => 'term_id'); //TODO: decouple this

	function start_lvl(&$output, $depth, $args) {
		$indent = str_repeat("\t", $depth);
		$output .= "$indent<ul class='children'>\n";
                //$output .= "$indent\n";
	}

	function end_lvl(&$output, $depth, $args) {
		$indent = str_repeat("\t", $depth);
		$output .= "$indent</ul>\n";
                //$output .= "$indent\n";
	}

	function start_el(&$output, $category, $depth, $args) {
		extract($args);
		if ( empty($taxonomy) )
			$taxonomy = 'category';

		if ( $taxonomy == 'category' )
			$name = 'post_category';
		else
                        $name = $taxonomy;
			//$name = 'tax_input['.$taxonomy.']';

		$class = in_array( $category->term_id, $popular_cats ) ? ' class="popular-category"' : '';
		//$output .= "\n<li id='{$taxonomy}-{$category->term_id}'$class>" . '<label class="selectit"><input value="' . $category->term_id . '" type="checkbox" name="'.$name.'[]" id="in-'.$taxonomy.'-' . $category->term_id . '"' . checked( in_array( $category->term_id, $selected_cats ), true, false ) . disabled( empty( $args['disabled'] ), false, false ) . ' /> ' . esc_html( apply_filters('the_category', $category->name )) . '</label>';
                $output .= "\n<li id='{$taxonomy}-{$category->term_id}'$class>" . '<label class="selectit"><input value="' . $category->term_id . '" type="checkbox" name="'.$name.'[]" id="in-'.$taxonomy.'-' . $category->term_id . '"' . checked( in_array( $category->term_id, $selected_cats ), true, false ) . disabled( empty( $args['disabled'] ), false, false ) . ' /> ' . esc_html( apply_filters('the_category', $category->name )) . '</label>';
                //$output .= '<label class="fullsize customcheckboxl" for="'.esc_html( apply_filters('the_category', $category->name )).$category->term_id.'"><input type="checkbox" id="'.esc_html( apply_filters('the_category', $category->name )).$category->term_id.'" class="customcheckbox" name="'.$name.'[]" '.checked( in_array( $category->term_id, $selected_cats ), true, false ).' value="'.$category->term_id.'" /> '.esc_html( apply_filters('the_category', $category->name )).'</label>';
                //'<label class="fullsize customcheckboxl" for="'.$language_list->cat_name.$language_list->cat_ID.'"><input type="checkbox" id="'.$language_list->cat_name.$language_list->cat_ID.'" class="customcheckbox" name="language[]" '.$check.' value="'.$language_list->cat_ID.'" /> '.$language_list->cat_name.'</label>';
	}

	function end_el(&$output, $category, $depth, $args) {
		$output .= "</li>\n";
                //$output .= "\n";
	}
}
}
/**
 * {@internal Missing Short Description}}
 *
 * @since 2.5.1
 *
 * @param unknown_type $post_id
 * @param unknown_type $descendants_and_self
 * @param unknown_type $selected_cats
 * @param unknown_type $popular_cats
 */
if(!function_exists('wp_category_checklist')){
function wp_category_checklist( $post_id = 0, $descendants_and_self = 0, $selected_cats = false, $popular_cats = false, $walker = null, $checked_ontop = true ) {
	wp_terms_checklist($post_id,
	 	array(
			'taxonomy' => 'category',
			'descendants_and_self' => $descendants_and_self,
			'selected_cats' => $selected_cats,
			'popular_cats' => $popular_cats,
			'walker' => $walker,
			'checked_ontop' => $checked_ontop
  ));
}
}
/**
 * Taxonomy independent version of wp_category_checklist
 *
 * @since 3.0.0
 *
 * @param int $post_id
 * @param array $args
 */
if(!function_exists('wp_terms_checklist')){
function wp_terms_checklist($post_id = 0, $args = array()) {
 	$defaults = array(
		'descendants_and_self' => 0,
		'selected_cats' => false,
		'popular_cats' => false,
		'walker' => null,
		'taxonomy' => 'category',
		'checked_ontop' => false
	);
	extract( wp_parse_args($args, $defaults), EXTR_SKIP );

	if ( empty($walker) || !is_a($walker, 'Walker') )
		$walker = new Walker_Category_Checklist;

	$descendants_and_self = (int) $descendants_and_self;

	$args = array('taxonomy' => $taxonomy);

	$tax = get_taxonomy($taxonomy);
	$args['disabled'] = !current_user_can($tax->cap->assign_terms);

	if ( is_array( $selected_cats ) )
		$args['selected_cats'] = $selected_cats;
	elseif ( $post_id )
		$args['selected_cats'] = wp_get_object_terms($post_id, $taxonomy, array_merge($args, array('fields' => 'ids')));
	else
		$args['selected_cats'] = array();

	if ( is_array( $popular_cats ) )
		$args['popular_cats'] = $popular_cats;
	else
		$args['popular_cats'] = get_terms( $taxonomy, array( 'fields' => 'ids', 'orderby' => 'count', 'order' => 'DESC', 'number' => 10, 'hierarchical' => false ) );

	if ( $descendants_and_self ) {
		$categories = (array) get_terms($taxonomy, array( 'child_of' => $descendants_and_self, 'hierarchical' => 0, 'hide_empty' => 0 ) );
		$self = get_term( $descendants_and_self, $taxonomy );
		array_unshift( $categories, $self );
	} else {
		$categories = (array) get_terms($taxonomy, array('get' => 'all'));
	}

	if ( $checked_ontop ) {
		// Post process $categories rather than adding an exclude to the get_terms() query to keep the query the same across all posts (for any query cache)
		$checked_categories = array();
		$keys = array_keys( $categories );

		foreach( $keys as $k ) {
			if ( in_array( $categories[$k]->term_id, $args['selected_cats'] ) ) {
				$checked_categories[] = $categories[$k];
				unset( $categories[$k] );
			}
		}

		// Put checked cats on top
		echo call_user_func_array(array(&$walker, 'walk'), array($checked_categories, 0, $args));
	}
	// Then the rest of them
	echo call_user_func_array(array(&$walker, 'walk'), array($categories, 0, $args));
}
}
?>

Radio:

<?php
//
// Category Checklists
//

/**
 * {@internal Missing Short Description}}
 *
 * @since 2.5.1
 */
if(!class_exists('Walker_Category_Radiolist')){
class Walker_Category_Radiolist extends Walker {
	var $tree_type = 'category';
	var $db_fields = array ('parent' => 'parent', 'id' => 'term_id'); //TODO: decouple this

	function start_lvl(&$output, $depth, $args) {
		$indent = str_repeat("\t", $depth);
		$output .= "$indent<ul class='children'>\n";
                //$output .= "$indent\n";
	}

	function end_lvl(&$output, $depth, $args) {
		$indent = str_repeat("\t", $depth);
		$output .= "$indent</ul>\n";
                //$output .= "$indent\n";
	}

	function start_el(&$output, $category, $depth, $args) {
		extract($args);
		if ( empty($taxonomy) )
			$taxonomy = 'category';

		if ( $taxonomy == 'category' )
			$name = 'post_category';
		else
                        $name = $taxonomy;
			//$name = 'tax_input['.$taxonomy.']';

		$class = in_array( $category->term_id, $popular_cats ) ? ' class="popular-category"' : '';
		//$output .= "\n<li id='{$taxonomy}-{$category->term_id}'$class>" . '<label class="selectit"><input value="' . $category->term_id . '" type="checkbox" name="'.$name.'[]" id="in-'.$taxonomy.'-' . $category->term_id . '"' . checked( in_array( $category->term_id, $selected_cats ), true, false ) . disabled( empty( $args['disabled'] ), false, false ) . ' /> ' . esc_html( apply_filters('the_category', $category->name )) . '</label>';
                $output .= "\n<li id='{$taxonomy}-{$category->term_id}'$class>" . '<label class="selectit"><input value="' . $category->term_id . '" type="radio" name="'.$name.'[]" id="in-'.$taxonomy.'-' . $category->term_id . '"' . checked( in_array( $category->term_id, $selected_cats ), true, false ) . disabled( empty( $args['disabled'] ), false, false ) . ' /> ' . esc_html( apply_filters('the_category', $category->name )) . '</label>';
                //$output .= '<label class="fullsize customcheckboxl" for="'.esc_html( apply_filters('the_category', $category->name )).$category->term_id.'"><input type="checkbox" id="'.esc_html( apply_filters('the_category', $category->name )).$category->term_id.'" class="customcheckbox" name="'.$name.'[]" '.checked( in_array( $category->term_id, $selected_cats ), true, false ).' value="'.$category->term_id.'" /> '.esc_html( apply_filters('the_category', $category->name )).'</label>';
                //'<label class="fullsize customcheckboxl" for="'.$language_list->cat_name.$language_list->cat_ID.'"><input type="checkbox" id="'.$language_list->cat_name.$language_list->cat_ID.'" class="customcheckbox" name="language[]" '.$check.' value="'.$language_list->cat_ID.'" /> '.$language_list->cat_name.'</label>';
	}

	function end_el(&$output, $category, $depth, $args) {
		$output .= "</li>\n";
                //$output .= "\n";
	}
}
}
/**
 * {@internal Missing Short Description}}
 *
 * @since 2.5.1
 *
 * @param unknown_type $post_id
 * @param unknown_type $descendants_and_self
 * @param unknown_type $selected_cats
 * @param unknown_type $popular_cats
 */
if(!function_exists('wp_category_radiolist')){
function wp_category_radiolist( $post_id = 0, $descendants_and_self = 0, $selected_cats = false, $popular_cats = false, $walker = null, $checked_ontop = true ) {
        wp_terms_radiolist($post_id,
            array(
                    'taxonomy' => 'category',
                    'descendants_and_self' => $descendants_and_self,
                    'selected_cats' => $selected_cats,
                    'popular_cats' => $popular_cats,
                    'walker' => $walker,
                    'checked_ontop' => $checked_ontop
        ));
    }
}
/**
 * Taxonomy independent version of wp_category_checklist
 *
 * @since 3.0.0
 *
 * @param int $post_id
 * @param array $args
 */
if(!function_exists('wp_terms_radiolist')){
function wp_terms_radiolist($post_id = 0, $args = array()) {
 	$defaults = array(
		'descendants_and_self' => 0,
		'selected_cats' => false,
		'popular_cats' => false,
		'walker' => null,
		'taxonomy' => 'category',
		'checked_ontop' => false
	);
	extract( wp_parse_args($args, $defaults), EXTR_SKIP );

	if ( empty($walker) || !is_a($walker, 'Walker') )
		$walker = new Walker_Category_Radiolist;

	$descendants_and_self = (int) $descendants_and_self;

	$args = array('taxonomy' => $taxonomy);

	$tax = get_taxonomy($taxonomy);
	$args['disabled'] = !current_user_can($tax->cap->assign_terms);

	if ( is_array( $selected_cats ) )
		$args['selected_cats'] = $selected_cats;
	elseif ( $post_id )
		$args['selected_cats'] = wp_get_object_terms($post_id, $taxonomy, array_merge($args, array('fields' => 'ids')));
	else
		$args['selected_cats'] = array();

	if ( is_array( $popular_cats ) )
		$args['popular_cats'] = $popular_cats;
	else
		$args['popular_cats'] = get_terms( $taxonomy, array( 'fields' => 'ids', 'orderby' => 'count', 'order' => 'DESC', 'number' => 10, 'hierarchical' => false ) );

	if ( $descendants_and_self ) {
		$categories = (array) get_terms($taxonomy, array( 'child_of' => $descendants_and_self, 'hierarchical' => 0, 'hide_empty' => 0 ) );
		$self = get_term( $descendants_and_self, $taxonomy );
		array_unshift( $categories, $self );
	} else {
		$categories = (array) get_terms($taxonomy, array('get' => 'all'));
	}

	if ( $checked_ontop ) {
		// Post process $categories rather than adding an exclude to the get_terms() query to keep the query the same across all posts (for any query cache)
		$checked_categories = array();
		$keys = array_keys( $categories );

		foreach( $keys as $k ) {
			if ( in_array( $categories[$k]->term_id, $args['selected_cats'] ) ) {
				$checked_categories[] = $categories[$k];
				unset( $categories[$k] );
			}
		}

		// Put checked cats on top
		echo call_user_func_array(array(&$walker, 'walk'), array($checked_categories, 0, $args));
	}
	// Then the rest of them
	echo call_user_func_array(array(&$walker, 'walk'), array($categories, 0, $args));
}
}
?>

Usages:

<ul class="nonbulletlist">
                         <?php
                            wp_terms_radiolist($postid, array( 'taxonomy' => 'category') );
                          ?>
                    </ul>

In the above code $poistid is id of any wordpress post, if for new post it can be zero. here I used category as taxonomy but tag or any custom taxonomy can be used. I think this will helpfull for front end post submission form or helper code for plugin/themes.

thanks

ধাপ একঃ প্রথমে আপনার থীমের functions.php ফাইলে এ ২টি ফাংশন লিখতে হবে। মনে রাখবেন প্লাগিন এর কোডগুলো চাইলে functions.php ফাইলেও লেখা যায়। তাহলে শুরু করা যাকঃ

    //Define the function which unsets the boxes
    function remove_dashboard_widgets() {
            global $wp_meta_boxes;
            myprint_r($wp_meta_boxes);
            /*
            //unset($wp_meta_boxes['dashboard']['normal']['core']['dashboard_right_now']);
            # Remove plugins feed
            unset($wp_meta_boxes['dashboard']['normal']['core']['dashboard_plugins']);
            unset($wp_meta_boxes['dashboard']['side']['core']['dashboard_plugins']);
            # Remove "WordPress News"
            unset($wp_meta_boxes['dashboard']['normal']['core']['dashboard_primary']);
            unset($wp_meta_boxes['dashboard']['side']['core']['dashboard_primary']);
            unset($wp_meta_boxes['dashboard']['normal']['core']['dashboard_secondary']);
            unset($wp_meta_boxes['dashboard']['side']['core']['dashboard_secondary']);
            # Remove incoming links feed
            unset($wp_meta_boxes['dashboard']['normal']['core']['dashboard_incoming_links']);
            unset($wp_meta_boxes['dashboard']['side']['core']['dashboard_incoming_links']);

            unset($wp_meta_boxes['dashboard']['side']['core']['dashboard_recent_drafts']);
            unset($wp_meta_boxes['dashboard']['normal']['core']['dashboard_recent_comments']);
            unset($wp_meta_boxes['dashboard']['side']['core']['dashboard_quick_press']);
            unset($wp_meta_boxes['dashboard']['normal']['core']['events_dashboard_window']);
           */
    }
    // Now hook in to the action
    add_action('wp_dashboard_setup', 'remove_dashboard_widgets', 20, 0);

    //better print_r function taken from
    //http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1386331/php-print-r-nice-table
    function myprint_r($my_array) {
        if (is_array($my_array)) {
            echo "<table border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=3 width=100%>";
            echo '<tr><td colspan=2 style="background-color:#333333;"><strong><font color=white>ARRAY</font></strong></td></tr>';
            foreach ($my_array as $k => $v) {
                    echo '<tr><td valign="top" style="width:40px;background-color:#F0F0F0;">';
                    echo '<strong>' . $k . "</strong></td><td>";
                    myprint_r($v);
                    echo "</td></tr>";
            }
            echo "</table>";
            return;
        }
        echo $my_array;
    }

ড্যাসবোর্ড এর বক্স বা উইডগেট গুলো একটা গ্লোবাল ভেরিয়েবল $wp_meta_boxes (টাইপ এরে) এ থাকে । এটা একটা মাল্টিডাইমেনশনাল এরে। যদি উপরের কোডটা লিখে ওয়ার্ডপ্রেসের এডমিন প্যানেলে প্রবেশ করেন তাহলে এই ছবির মতো দেখতে পারবেন।

দুইঃ এখন আমরা এটা দেখে দেখে বক্স বা উইডগেট গুলো বন্ধ করবো
এখন আমরা remove_dashboard_widgets ফাংশনের কমেন্ট করা অংশ এক্টিভ করবো এবং দরকারে myprint_r($wp_meta_boxes); লাইনটা কমেন্ট করে দেবো।

    //Define the function which unsets the boxes
    function remove_dashboard_widgets() {
            global $wp_meta_boxes;
            //myprint_r($wp_meta_boxes);
            //var_dump('<pre>'.$wp_meta_boxes.'</pre>');

            //unset($wp_meta_boxes['dashboard']['normal']['core']['dashboard_right_now']);
            # Remove plugins feed
            unset($wp_meta_boxes['dashboard']['normal']['core']['dashboard_plugins']);
            unset($wp_meta_boxes['dashboard']['side']['core']['dashboard_plugins']);
            # Remove "WordPress News"
            unset($wp_meta_boxes['dashboard']['normal']['core']['dashboard_primary']);
            unset($wp_meta_boxes['dashboard']['side']['core']['dashboard_primary']);
            unset($wp_meta_boxes['dashboard']['normal']['core']['dashboard_secondary']);
            unset($wp_meta_boxes['dashboard']['side']['core']['dashboard_secondary']);
            # Remove incoming links feed
            unset($wp_meta_boxes['dashboard']['normal']['core']['dashboard_incoming_links']);
            unset($wp_meta_boxes['dashboard']['side']['core']['dashboard_incoming_links']);

            unset($wp_meta_boxes['dashboard']['side']['core']['dashboard_recent_drafts']);
            unset($wp_meta_boxes['dashboard']['normal']['core']['dashboard_recent_comments']);
            unset($wp_meta_boxes['dashboard']['side']['core']['dashboard_quick_press']);
            //unset($wp_meta_boxes['dashboard']['normal']['core']['events_dashboard_window']);

    }

তিনঃ অনেক সময় নতুন প্লাগিন ড্যাশবোর্ড এ নতুন বক্স যুক্ত করে যা আমরা ধাপ এক এর মতো দেখে দেখে বন্ধ করে দিতে পারি। তবে এই কাজের জন্য দরকার হবে সামান্য পিএইচপি জ্ঞান

চারঃ
ভাবছি একটা প্লাগিন নামিয়ে ফেলবো যেখান থেকে কি কি বক্স আছে তা ইচ্ছা মতো বন্ধ করা যাবে আবার দরকার এক্টিভেট করে দেওয়া যাবে।
কেউ চাইলে আমার সাথে এই প্লাগিন এর কাজে অংশ নিতে পারেন। আমি আইডিয়া এবং কোড স্যাম্পেল দিয়ে দেবো শুরু করার জন্য এবং আপনাকে বাদ বাকী কাজটা সারতে হবে।

লেখাটি আমাদের প্রযুক্তি ফোরামে পূর্বে প্রকাশিত।

1. Create new view
2. Add custom option for that view via xml configuration
3. Adding new menu with the new custom view
4. Edit a core file to make this happen.

Create new view

To create a new view(view of MVC model used in joomla) at first copy paste the two files(form.php and form.xml) and rename as form2.php and form2.xml from directory components/com_content/views/article/tmpl.

Now modify the code for form2.php

<?php // no direct access
defined('_JEXEC') or die('Restricted access');

$config =& JFactory::getConfig();
$publish_up =& JFactory::getDate($this->article->publish_up);
$publish_up->setOffset($config->getValue('config.offset'));
$publish_up = $publish_up->toFormat();

if (! isset($this->article->publish_down) || $this->article->publish_down == 'Never') {
	$publish_down = JText::_('Never');
} else {
	$publish_down =& JFactory::getDate($this->article->publish_down);
	$publish_down->setOffset($config->getValue('config.offset'));
	$publish_down = $publish_down->toFormat();
}
?>

<script language="javascript" type="text/javascript">
<!--
function setgood() {
	// TODO: Put setGood back
	return true;
}

var sectioncategories = new Array;
<?php
$i = 0;
foreach ($this->lists['sectioncategories'] as $k=>$items) {
	foreach ($items as $v) {
		echo "sectioncategories[".$i++."] = new Array( '$k','".addslashes( $v->id )."','".addslashes( $v->title )."' );\n\t\t";
	}
}
?>

function submitbutton(pressbutton) {
	var form = document.adminForm;
	if (pressbutton == 'cancel') {
		submitform( pressbutton );
		return;
	}
	try {
		form.onsubmit();
	} catch(e) {
		alert(e);
	}

	// do field validation
	var text = <?php echo $this->editor->getContent( 'text' ); ?>
	if (form.title.value == '') {
		return alert ( "<?php echo JText::_( 'Article must have a title', true ); ?>" );
	} else if (text == '') {
		return alert ( "<?php echo JText::_( 'Article must have some text', true ); ?>");
	} else if (parseInt('<?php echo $this->article->sectionid;?>')) {
		// for articles
		if (form.catid && getSelectedValue('adminForm','catid') < 1) {
			return alert ( "<?php echo JText::_( 'Please select a category', true ); ?>" );
		}
	}
	<?php echo $this->editor->save( 'text' ); ?>
	submitform(pressbutton);
}
//-->
</script>
<?php if ($this->params->get('show_page_title', 1)) : ?>
<div class="componentheading<?php echo $this->escape($this->params->get('pageclass_sfx')); ?>"><?php echo $this->escape($this->params->get('page_title')); ?></div>
<?php endif; ?>
<form action="<?php echo $this->action ?>" method="post" name="adminForm" onSubmit="setgood();">
<fieldset>
<legend><?php echo JText::_('Editor'); ?></legend>
<table class="adminform" width="100%">
<tr>
	<td>
		<div style="float: left;">
			<label for="title">
				<?php echo JText::_( 'Title' ); ?>:
			</label>
			<input class="inputbox" type="text" id="title" name="title" size="50" maxlength="100" value="<?php echo $this->escape($this->article->title); ?>" />
			<input class="inputbox" type="hidden" id="alias" name="alias" value="<?php echo $this->escape($this->article->alias); ?>" />
		</div>
		<div style="float: right;">
			<button type="button" onclick="submitbutton('save')">
				<?php echo JText::_('Save') ?>
			</button>
			<button type="button" onclick="submitbutton('cancel')">
				<?php echo JText::_('Cancel') ?>
			</button>
		</div>
	</td>
</tr>
</table>

<?php
echo $this->editor->display('text', $this->article->text, '100%', '400', '70', '15');
?>
</fieldset>
<fieldset>
<legend><?php echo JText::_('Publishing'); ?></legend>
<table class="adminform">
<!--tr>
	<td class="key">
		<label for="sectionid">
			<?php echo JText::_( 'Section' ); ?>:
		</label>
	</td>
	<td>
		<?php echo $this->lists['sectionid']; ?>
	</td>
</tr>
<tr>
	<td class="key">
		<label for="catid">
			<?php echo JText::_( 'Category' ); ?>:
		</label>
	</td>
	<td>
		<?php echo $this->lists['catid']; ?>
	</td>
</tr-->
<input type="hidden" name="sectionid" value="<?php  echo $this->params->get('customsectionid', 0); ?>" />
<input type="hidden" name="catid" value="<?php  echo $this->params->get('customcategoryid', 0); ?>" />
<?php if ($this->user->authorize('com_content', 'publish', 'content', 'all')) : ?>
<!--tr>
	<td class="key">
		<label for="state">
			<?php echo JText::_( 'Published' ); ?>:
		</label>
	</td>
	<td>
		<?php echo $this->lists['state']; ?>
	</td>
</tr-->
<input type="hidden" name="state" value="<?php  echo $this->params->get('customstate', 1); ?>" />
<?php endif; ?>
<!--tr>
	<td width="120" class="key">
		<label for="frontpage">
			<?php echo JText::_( 'Show on Front Page' ); ?>:
		</label>
	</td>
	<td>
		<?php echo $this->lists['frontpage']; ?>
	</td>
</tr-->
<input type="hidden" name="frontpage" value="<?php  echo $this->params->get('customfrontpage', 0); ?>" />
<tr>
	<td class="key">
		<label for="created_by_alias">
			<?php echo JText::_( 'Author Alias' ); ?>:
		</label>
	</td>
	<td>
		<input type="text" id="created_by_alias" name="created_by_alias" size="50" maxlength="100" value="<?php echo $this->escape($this->article->created_by_alias); ?>" class="inputbox" />
	</td>
</tr>
<tr style="display:none;">
	<td class="key">
		<label for="publish_up">
			<?php echo JText::_( 'Start Publishing' ); ?>:
		</label>
	</td>
	<td>
	    <?php echo JHTML::_('calendar', $publish_up, 'publish_up', 'publish_up', '%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S', array('class'=>'inputbox', 'size'=>'25',  'maxlength'=>'19')); ?>
	</td>
</tr>
<tr style="display:none;">
	<td class="key">
		<label for="publish_down">
			<?php echo JText::_( 'Finish Publishing' ); ?>:
		</label>
	</td>
	<td>
	    <?php echo JHTML::_('calendar', $publish_down, 'publish_down', 'publish_down', '%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S', array('class'=>'inputbox', 'size'=>'25',  'maxlength'=>'19')); ?>
	</td>
</tr>
<tr style="display:none;">
	<td valign="top" class="key">
		<label for="access">
			<?php echo JText::_( 'Access Level' ); ?>:
		</label>
	</td>
	<td>
		<?php echo $this->lists['access']; ?>
	</td>
</tr>
<tr style="display:none;">
	<td class="key">
		<label for="ordering">
			<?php echo JText::_( 'Ordering' ); ?>:
		</label>
	</td>
	<td>
		<?php echo $this->lists['ordering']; ?>
	</td>
</tr>
</table>
</fieldset>

<fieldset style="display:none;">
<legend><?php echo JText::_('Metadata'); ?></legend>
<table class="adminform">
<tr>
	<td valign="top" class="key">
		<label for="metadesc">
			<?php echo JText::_( 'Description' ); ?>:
		</label>
	</td>
	<td>
		<textarea rows="5" cols="50" style="width:500px; height:120px" class="inputbox" id="metadesc" name="metadesc"><?php echo str_replace('&','&amp;',$this->article->metadesc); ?></textarea>
	</td>
</tr>
<tr>
	<td  valign="top" class="key">
		<label for="metakey">
			<?php echo JText::_( 'Keywords' ); ?>:
		</label>
	</td>
	<td>
		<textarea rows="5" cols="50" style="width:500px; height:50px" class="inputbox" id="metakey" name="metakey"><?php echo str_replace('&','&amp;',$this->article->metakey); ?></textarea>
	</td>
</tr>
</table>
</fieldset>

<input type="hidden" name="option" value="com_content" />
<input type="hidden" name="id" value="<?php echo $this->article->id; ?>" />
<input type="hidden" name="version" value="<?php echo $this->article->version; ?>" />
<input type="hidden" name="created_by" value="<?php echo $this->article->created_by; ?>" />
<input type="hidden" name="referer" value="<?php echo str_replace(array('"', '<', '>', "'"), '', @$_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER']); ?>" />
<?php echo JHTML::_( 'form.token' ); ?>
<input type="hidden" name="task" value="" />
</form>
<?php echo JHTML::_('behavior.keepalive'); ?>

Here what we did is,

We set fixed section id got from menu option[see about this bellow in xml modify section], fixed category id, fixed option for publish state, fixed option for front page publish etc… just check the modified code. Also we hide some blocks using css so that the form submit page is more clean, you can remove that changes if you want.
Now we need to modify the xml file to put the custom/new title, descriptions so that while creating menu we get the new menu with new title & description. So this is what I changed the xml file

Add custom option for that view via xml configuration

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<metadata>
	<layout title="Article Submission Layout2">
		<message>
			<![CDATA[ARTICLE SUBMISSION LAYOUT2 DESC]]>
		</message>
	</layout>
	<state>
		<name>Article Submission Layout3</name>
		<description>ARTICLE SUBMISSION LAYOUT3 DESC</description>
		<params>
			<param name="customsectionid" type="text" default="" label="Section ID" description="Put section ID" />
			<param name="customcategoryid" type="text" default="" label="Category ID" description="Put category ID" />
			<param name="customstate" type="radio" default="1" label="Default Published" description="Articles will be default published">
				<option value="0">No</option>
				<option value="1">Yes</option>
            </param>
            <param name="customfrontpage" type="radio" default="0" label="Default show on frontpage" description="Defautl show the articles in front page">
				<option value="0">No</option>
				<option value="1">Yes</option>
            </param>
		</params>
	</state>
</metadata>

Here the changed titles are
Article Submission Layout -> Article Submission Layout2
ARTICLE SUBMISSION LAYOUT DESC -> ARTICLE SUBMISSION LAYOUT2 DESC

To add the new strings we need to add two lines more in language file. Open file administrator/language/en-GB/en-GB.com_content.ini and add at bottom of that file
ARTICLE SUBMISSION LAYOUT2=Custom Article Submission Layout
ARTICLE SUBMISSION LAYOUT2 DESC=Allows Users to submit an Article. Note: this will only work for Authors and above!

And we added some new options so that we can set from menu

• Set(fixed) category for posting(here category will be set as hidden field)
• Set(fixed) section for posting(here category will be set as hidden field)
• Set option for auto publish or not
• Set option for publish in front page or not

Adding new menu with the new custom view

Ok, now go to menu manager and try to create new menu for article submit, I think you will get new option for submit form. Select that and fill the options in right for the menu… remember ? …we set some custom option in xml file for adding some fixed option to show in front end submit form ?

Edit a core file to make this happen

So as I told you, to load the new template(that form, form2 are actually view) from view(view.html.php is the view file that loads the templates). Open file components/com_content/views/article/view.html.php and add few lines after line 52

if($this->getLayout() == 'form2') {
			$this->_displayForm($tpl);
			return;
		}

In latest wordpress version the loop is in the loop.php file in the theme folder. So for comment we will get this line

<?php comments_template( '', true ); ?

But how about we put

<?php if($post->comment_status == "open"){comments_template( '', true );} ?>

That means if comment is off then we will not show any text like “Comments are closed” . I strongly believe this trick will make the design clean in some condition

Thank you

So let’s make the default top dropdown menu like above. We need to play with our default theme stylesheet style.css. Open file style.css file from theme twentyten and find the line

/* =Menu
-------------------------------------------------------------- */

And find code like

/* =Content
-------------------------------------------------------------- */

We need remove code or replace all css code between those two line and paste with the following code.

#access {
	/*background: #000;*/
	display: block;
	float: left;
	margin: 0 auto;
	width: 940px;
}
#access .menu-header,
div.menu {
	font-size: 13px;
	margin:0;
	width: 928px;
}
#access .menu-header ul,div.menu ul {
	list-style: none;
	margin: 0;
}
#access .menu-header li,div.menu li {
/*	float: left;
	position: relative;*/
}
/*
#access a {
	color: #aaa;
	display: block;
	line-height: 38px;
	padding: 0 10px;
	text-decoration: none;
}
#access ul ul {
	box-shadow: 0px 3px 3px rgba(0,0,0,0.2);
	-moz-box-shadow: 0px 3px 3px rgba(0,0,0,0.2);
	-webkit-box-shadow: 0px 3px 3px rgba(0,0,0,0.2);
	display: none;
	position: absolute;
	top: 38px;
	left: 0;
	float: left;
	width: 180px;
	z-index: 99999;
}
#access ul ul li {
	min-width: 180px;
}
#access ul ul ul {
	left: 100%;
	top: 0;
}
#access ul ul a {
	background: #333;
	line-height: 1em;
	padding: 10px;
	width: 160px;
	height: auto;
}
#access li:hover > a,
#access ul ul :hover > a {
	background: #333;
	color: #fff;
}
#access ul li:hover > ul {
	display: block;
}
#access ul li.current_page_item > a,
#access ul li.current-menu-ancestor > a,
#access ul li.current-menu-item > a,
#access ul li.current-menu-parent > a {
	color: #fff;
}
* html #access ul li.current_page_item a,
* html #access ul li.current-menu-ancestor a,
* html #access ul li.current-menu-item a,
* html #access ul li.current-menu-parent a,
* html #access ul li a:hover {
	color: #fff;
}
*/
#access ul { width: 940px;
	margin: 0;
	padding: 7px 6px 0;
	line-height: 100%;
	border-radius: 2em;

	-webkit-border-radius: 2em;
	-moz-border-radius: 2em;

	-webkit-box-shadow: 0 1px 3px rgba(0, 0, 0, .4);
	-moz-box-shadow: 0 1px 3px rgba(0, 0, 0, .4);

	background: #8b8b8b; /* for non-css3 browsers */
	filter:  progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(startColorstr='#a9a9a9', endColorstr='#7a7a7a'); /* for IE */
	background: -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, from(#a9a9a9), to(#7a7a7a)); /* for webkit browsers */
	background: -moz-linear-gradient(top,  #a9a9a9,  #7a7a7a); /* for firefox 3.6+ */

	border: solid 1px #6d6d6d;
}
#access ul li {
	margin: 0 5px;
	padding: 0 0 8px;
	float: left;
	position: relative;
	list-style: none;
}
#access ul li.current_page_item a.level_0{}
/* main level link */
#access ul a {
	font-weight: bold;
	color: #e7e5e5;
	text-decoration: none;
	display: block;
	padding:  8px 20px;
	margin: 0;
	-webkit-border-radius: 1.6em;
	-moz-border-radius: 1.6em;
	text-shadow: 0 1px 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, .3);
}
/* main level link hover */
#access ul li.current-menu-item a.level_0, #access ul li.current-menu-item a.level_0:hover, #access ul li:hover > a {
	background: #d1d1d1; /* for non-css3 browsers */
	filter:  progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(startColorstr='#ebebeb', endColorstr='#a1a1a1'); /* for IE */
	background: -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, from(#ebebeb), to(#a1a1a1)); /* for webkit browsers */
	background: -moz-linear-gradient(top,  #ebebeb,  #a1a1a1); /* for firefox 3.6+ */
	color: #444;
	border-top: solid 1px #f8f8f8;
	-webkit-box-shadow: 0 1px 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, .2);
	-moz-box-shadow: 0 1px 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, .2);
	box-shadow: 0 1px 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, .2);
	text-shadow: 0 1px 0 rgba(255, 255, 255, .8);
}
/* sub levels link hover */
#access ul ul li:hover a, #access ul li:hover li a {
	background: none;
	border: none;
	color: #666;
	-webkit-box-shadow: none;
	-moz-box-shadow: none;
}
#access ul ul a:hover {
	background: #0399d4 !important; /* for non-css3 browsers */
	filter:  progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(startColorstr='#04acec', endColorstr='#0186ba'); /* for IE */
	background: -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, from(#04acec), to(#0186ba)) !important; /* for webkit browsers */
	background: -moz-linear-gradient(top,  #04acec,  #0186ba) !important; /* for firefox 3.6+ */

	color: #fff !important;
	-webkit-border-radius: 0;
	-moz-border-radius: 0;
	text-shadow: 0 1px 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, .1);
}
/* level 2 list */
#access ul ul {
	background: #ddd; /* for non-css3 browsers */
	filter:  progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(startColorstr='#ffffff', endColorstr='#cfcfcf'); /* for IE */
	background: -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, from(#fff), to(#cfcfcf)); /* for webkit browsers */
	background: -moz-linear-gradient(top,  #fff,  #cfcfcf); /* for firefox 3.6+ */

	display: none;
	margin: 0;
	padding: 0;
	width: 185px;
	position: absolute;
	top: 35px;
	left: 0;
	border: solid 1px #b4b4b4;
	-webkit-border-radius: 10px;
	-moz-border-radius: 10px;
	border-radius: 10px;
	-webkit-box-shadow: 0 1px 3px rgba(0, 0, 0, .3);
	-moz-box-shadow: 0 1px 3px rgba(0, 0, 0, .3);
	box-shadow: 0 1px 3px rgba(0, 0, 0, .3);
}
/* dropdown */
#access ul li:hover > ul {
	display: block;
}
#access ul ul li {
	float: none;
	margin: 0;
	padding: 0;
}
#access ul ul a {
	font-weight: normal;
	text-shadow: 0 1px 1px rgba(255, 255, 255, .9);
}
/* level 3+ list */
#access ul ul ul {
	left: 181px;
	top: -3px;
}
/* rounded corners for first and last child */
#access ul ul li:first-child > a {
	-webkit-border-top-left-radius: 9px;
	-moz-border-radius-topleft: 9px;
	-webkit-border-top-right-radius: 9px;
	-moz-border-radius-topright: 9px;
}
#access ul ul li:last-child > a {
	-webkit-border-bottom-left-radius: 9px;
	-moz-border-radius-bottomleft: 9px;
	-webkit-border-bottom-right-radius: 9px;
	-moz-border-radius-bottomright: 9px;
}

/* clearfix */
#access ul:after {
	content: ".";
	display: block;
	clear: both;
	visibility: hidden;
	line-height: 0;
	height: 0;
}
#access ul {
	display: inline-block;
}
html[xmlns] #access ul {
	display: block;
}
* html #access ul {
	height: 1%;
}

#access ul li.current-menu-ancestor a.level_0{
	background: #d1d1d1; /* for non-css3 browsers */
	filter:  progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(startColorstr='#ebebeb', endColorstr='#a1a1a1'); /* for IE */
	background: -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, from(#ebebeb), to(#a1a1a1)); /* for webkit browsers */
	background: -moz-linear-gradient(top,  #ebebeb,  #a1a1a1); /* for firefox 3.6+ */
	color: #444;
	border-top: solid 1px #f8f8f8;
	-webkit-box-shadow: 0 1px 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, .2);
	-moz-box-shadow: 0 1px 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, .2);
	box-shadow: 0 1px 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, .2);
	text-shadow: 0 1px 0 rgba(255, 255, 255, .8);
}
#access ul ul li.current-menu-ancestor a{ }

Oh we need to add few lines in functions.php file for better support

open functions.php file and add at last

function walker_nav_menu_start_el_adddepth($item_output, $item, $depth, $args)
{
    $item_output = str_replace('<a href="', '<a class="level_'.$depth.'" href="',$item_output);
    return $item_output;

}
add_filter('walker_nav_menu_start_el','walker_nav_menu_start_el_adddepth', 10,4);

Also note that the css code will not work exactly if browser is not css3 supported or need to add some exception rules in some cases.
Wait wait, you can do the same thing for joomla1.5 default template’s pillmenu(top main menu) and replace the pillmenu css with following, I think you know where to edit, if not then find yourself, I am busy.

/* horizontal pill menu */
table.pill {
  margin-left: auto;
  margin-right: auto;
  padding: 0;
}
/*
td.pill_l {
  background: url(../images/mw_menu_cap_l.png) no-repeat;
  width:  20px;
  height: 32px;

}

td.pill_m {
  background: url(../images/mw_menu_normal_bg.png) repeat-x;
  padding: 0;
  margin: 0;
  width: auto;
}

td.pill_r {
  background: url(../images/mw_menu_cap_r.png) no-repeat;
  width:  19px;
  height: 32px;
}

#pillmenu {
  white-space: nowrap;
  height: 32px;
  float: left;
}

#pillmenu ul {
  margin: 0;
  padding: 0;
  list-style:none;
}

#pillmenu li {
	float: left;
	background: url(../images/mw_menu_separator.png) top right no-repeat;
	margin: 0;
	padding: 0;
}

#pillmenu a {
  font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
  font-size: 12px;
  font-weight: bold;
	float:left;
  display:block;
  height: 24px;
  line-height: 24px;
  padding: 0 20px;
  color: #000;
  text-decoration: none;
}

#pillmenu a#active_menu-nav {
	margin-top:2px;
	height: 21px;
	line-height: 21px;
	background-position: 0 0;
}
*/
#pillmenu {
	/*background: #000;*/
	display: block;
	float: left;
	margin: 0 auto;
	width: 940px;
}
#pillmenu .menu-header,
div.menu {
	font-size: 13px;
	margin:0;
	width: 928px;
}
#pillmenu .menu-header ul,div.menu ul {
	list-style: none;
	margin: 0;
}
#pillmenu .menu-header li,div.menu li {
/*	float: left;
	position: relative;*/
}
#pillmenu ul { width: 940px;
	margin: 0;
	padding: 7px 6px 0;
	line-height: 100%;
	border-radius: 2em;

	-webkit-border-radius: 2em;
	-moz-border-radius: 2em;

	-webkit-box-shadow: 0 1px 3px rgba(0, 0, 0, .4);
	-moz-box-shadow: 0 1px 3px rgba(0, 0, 0, .4);

	background: #8b8b8b; /* for non-css3 browsers */
	filter:  progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(startColorstr='#a9a9a9', endColorstr='#7a7a7a'); /* for IE */
	background: -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, from(#a9a9a9), to(#7a7a7a)); /* for webkit browsers */
	background: -moz-linear-gradient(top,  #a9a9a9,  #7a7a7a); /* for firefox 3.6+ */

	border: solid 1px #6d6d6d;
}
#pillmenu ul li {
	margin: 0 5px;
	padding: 0 0 8px;
	float: left;
	position: relative;
	list-style: none;
}
#pillmenu ul li.current_page_item a.level_0{}
/* main level link */
#pillmenu ul a {
	font-weight: bold;
	color: #e7e5e5;
	text-decoration: none;
	display: block;
	padding:  8px 20px;
	margin: 0;
	-webkit-border-radius: 1.6em;
	-moz-border-radius: 1.6em;
	text-shadow: 0 1px 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, .3);
	text-align:left;
}
/* main level link hover */
#pillmenu ul li.active a, #pillmenu ul li.current-menu-item a.level_0:hover, #pillmenu ul li:hover > a {
	background: #d1d1d1; /* for non-css3 browsers */
	filter:  progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(startColorstr='#ebebeb', endColorstr='#a1a1a1'); /* for IE */
	background: -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, from(#ebebeb), to(#a1a1a1)); /* for webkit browsers */
	background: -moz-linear-gradient(top,  #ebebeb,  #a1a1a1); /* for firefox 3.6+ */
	color: #444;
	border-top: solid 1px #f8f8f8;
	-webkit-box-shadow: 0 1px 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, .2);
	-moz-box-shadow: 0 1px 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, .2);
	box-shadow: 0 1px 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, .2);
	text-shadow: 0 1px 0 rgba(255, 255, 255, .8);
}
/* sub levels link hover */
#pillmenu ul ul li:hover a, #pillmenu ul li:hover li a {
	background: none;
	border: none;
	color: #666;
	-webkit-box-shadow: none;
	-moz-box-shadow: none;
}
#pillmenu ul ul a:hover {
	background: #0399d4 !important; /* for non-css3 browsers */
	filter:  progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(startColorstr='#04acec', endColorstr='#0186ba'); /* for IE */
	background: -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, from(#04acec), to(#0186ba)) !important; /* for webkit browsers */
	background: -moz-linear-gradient(top,  #04acec,  #0186ba) !important; /* for firefox 3.6+ */

	color: #fff !important;
	-webkit-border-radius: 0;
	-moz-border-radius: 0;
	text-shadow: 0 1px 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, .1);
}
/* level 2 list */
#pillmenu ul ul {
	background: #ddd; /* for non-css3 browsers */
	filter:  progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(startColorstr='#ffffff', endColorstr='#cfcfcf'); /* for IE */
	background: -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, from(#fff), to(#cfcfcf)); /* for webkit browsers */
	background: -moz-linear-gradient(top,  #fff,  #cfcfcf); /* for firefox 3.6+ */
	display: none;
	margin: 0;
	padding: 0;
	width: 185px;
	position: absolute;
	top: 35px;
	left: 0;
	border: solid 1px #b4b4b4;
	-webkit-border-radius: 10px;
	-moz-border-radius: 10px;
	border-radius: 10px;
	-webkit-box-shadow: 0 1px 3px rgba(0, 0, 0, .3);
	-moz-box-shadow: 0 1px 3px rgba(0, 0, 0, .3);
	box-shadow: 0 1px 3px rgba(0, 0, 0, .3);
}
/* dropdown */
#pillmenu ul li:hover > ul {
	display: block;
}
#pillmenu ul ul li {
	float: none;
	margin: 0;
	padding: 0;
}
#pillmenu ul ul a {
	font-weight: normal;
	text-shadow: 0 1px 1px rgba(255, 255, 255, .9);
}
/* level 3+ list */
#pillmenu ul ul ul {
	left: 181px;
	top: -3px;
}
/* rounded corners for first and last child */
#pillmenu ul ul li:first-child > a {
	-webkit-border-top-left-radius: 9px;
	-moz-border-radius-topleft: 9px;
	-webkit-border-top-right-radius: 9px;
	-moz-border-radius-topright: 9px;
}
#pillmenu ul ul li:last-child > a {
	-webkit-border-bottom-left-radius: 9px;
	-moz-border-radius-bottomleft: 9px;
	-webkit-border-bottom-right-radius: 9px;
	-moz-border-radius-bottomright: 9px;
}

/* clearfix */
#pillmenu ul:after {
	content: ".";
	display: block;
	clear: both;
	visibility: hidden;
	line-height: 0;
	height: 0;
}
#pillmenu ul {
	display: inline-block;
}
/*
html[xmlns] #pillmenu ul {
	display: block;
}
* html #pillmenu ul {
	height: 1%;
}
*/

#pillmenu ul li.current-menu-ancestor a.level_0{
	background: #d1d1d1; /* for non-css3 browsers */
	filter:  progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(startColorstr='#ebebeb', endColorstr='#a1a1a1'); /* for IE */
	background: -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, from(#ebebeb), to(#a1a1a1)); /* for webkit browsers */
	background: -moz-linear-gradient(top,  #ebebeb,  #a1a1a1); /* for firefox 3.6+ */
	color: #444;
	border-top: solid 1px #f8f8f8;
	-webkit-box-shadow: 0 1px 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, .2);
	-moz-box-shadow: 0 1px 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, .2);
	box-shadow: 0 1px 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, .2);
	text-shadow: 0 1px 0 rgba(255, 255, 255, .8);
}
#pillmenu ul ul li.current-menu-ancestor a{ }

and see my output for a local site in joomla1.5 with default template.

Thank you for reading.

<jdoc:include type="component" />

Yes I am talking about how we can load only the component with any link that the above line does. let you are in a link in your site for com_content, for me now I am in that link in my local test site. http://localhost/jtest/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=1&Itemid=50

If I go to the link I see full site. Ok now if I modify the url by appending &tmpl=component at end

http://localhost/jtest/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=1&Itemid=50&tmpl=component

I see only the component part. Please try yourself. This is how we can just show the component part. If you check your template folder there is a file named component.php which actually shows if component only link is opens. If that file is missing in your template then find in the system template folder. Also there are another two template files for error.php and offline.php which shows the error page and site offline mode page.

Now let me discuss when you may need to load the component only part. Let’s you want to show something via joomla native popup window, like you want to make popup login you can do this trick. Once I wrote a article about how to make modal (popup window) using joomla native modal javascript library.

Example: go to my joomla demo site  http://idea52.com/old/ click the feedback button, it will load the com_contact component in joomla native modal window.

Thank you.

So let come to point, I wanted to add some buttons that will give me option to add custom class name so that I can format the text well. Same thing can be done via Visual editor but you have to use a plugin named “Tinymce Advanced” which helps to add more advance buttons like styles(class lists) and so on. But for HTML mode or for quick tags editor I didn’t such plugins.

Let’s start , output will be like the bellow image

Step 1: Adding action for editor

add_action( 'edit_form_advanced', 'manchumahara_quicktags');
add_action( 'edit_page_form',');

Step 2: Function to hook

function manchumahara_quicktags()
{

    ?>
    <script type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8">
    // <![CDATA[
        //edButton(id, display, tagStart, tagEnd, access, open)
        edbuttonlength = edButtons.length;
        edbuttonlength_t = edbuttonlength;
        //alert(edButtons);
        edButtons[edbuttonlength++] = new edButton('ed_itemname','Item Name','<span class="itemleft">','</span>');
        edButtons[edbuttonlength++] = new edButton('ed_itemprice','Item Price','<span class="itemprice">','</span>');
        edButtons[edbuttonlength++] = new edButton('ed_itemcaption','Item Caption','<span class="itemcaption">','</span>');
            //alert(edButtons[edButtons.length]);
               (function(){

              if (typeof jQuery === 'undefined') {
                     return;
              }
              jQuery(document).ready(function(){
                     jQuery("#ed_toolbar").append('<br/><input type="button" value="Item Name" id="ed_itemname" class="ed_button" onclick="edInsertTag(edCanvas, edbuttonlength_t);" title="Item Name" />');
                     jQuery("#ed_toolbar").append('<input type="button" value="Item Price" id="ed_itemprice" class="ed_button" onclick="edInsertTag(edCanvas, edbuttonlength_t+1);" title="Item Price" />');
                     jQuery("#ed_toolbar").append('<input type="button" value="Item Caption" id="ed_itemcaption" class="ed_button" onclick="edInsertTag(edCanvas, edbuttonlength_t+2);" title="Item Caption" />');
              });
       }());
    // ]]>
    </script>
    <?php

}

Explanation: Here I have added three buttons named “Itemname”, “Itemprice” and “Itemcaption” and after those buttons are clicked with some text selected each will put a span class and so so…

I have used jquery to push the buttons to edButtons array. To see how the quick tag js works see the file in wp-inclides/js/quicktags.dev.js for better sense.

<meta name="generator" content="Joomla! 1.5 - Open Source Content Management" />

We can modify this generator tag and also can put option in our custom joomla template to change this meta tag to site name or something different. so let’s start

In you template index’s file header tag you can write a line like bellow

<?php
$this->setGenerator("your custom generator name");
$this->setGenerator(""); // you can leave that as blank too
?>

We can set a option in template

in template index.php file

<?php
 	  $myconfig = new JConfig();
	  $mysitename = $myconfig->sitename;
 ?>
 <?php
 if($this->params->get('removegeneratortag') == "yes"):
	// Remove the generator meta tag
	$this->setGenerator($mysitename);
endif;
 ?>

in params.ini file add extra line
removegeneratortag=yes

in templateDetails.xml file

<params>
		<param name="removegeneratortag" type="list" default="yes" label="Remove Joomla Generator Tag" description="Remove or disable joomla generator tag from head tag for security reason">
			<option value="yes">Yes</option>
			<option value="no">No</option>
		</param>
	</params>

before

"</install>"'

tag

you are done. I think now you can add/customize in your own way as you need. If you don’t know how to modify the above code then don’t try

Thank you

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If you still didn’t notice, please check again there is a vertical feedback button in my blog , right side. So, sometimes people asks me how to do that ,,, any one can read the source code or having debug tool like firebug for firefox can see the source code and add in his own site. But max time, it’s true that we don’t want to learn by reading or google about any problem, we just ask other to get ready made solution. Even we don’t write in forums about our problems …. grr…

So here is answer of the those question, “How I added the vertical feedback button?”

I know how html works and how css works , I know where to edit in wordpress theme. So many days ago I saw that in a site and copied the source code and image and added in my site
I am showing for default wordpress theme tweentyten and all paths shown bellow are windows style as windows is my primary os.

Step1: Copy this image to your wp-contentthemestwentytenimages folder first.

Step2: Open style.css file from wp-contentthemestwentyten dir and ready to add some css code
Step3: In the file style.css file at last line add the following css codes

body > a#feedbackright {
background:url("images/feedback_tab_white.png") no-repeat scroll 50% 50% #0066CC;
display:block;
height:90px;
line-height:0;
padding:5px;
position:fixed;
right:0;
/*left:0;*/
text-indent:-99999px;
top:50%;
width:22px;
}
body > a#feedbackright:hover {
background-color:#FF8B00;
}

Here if you want to show in left side then comment the right:0; line and uncomment the line left:0; Also if you want to up down the position of the feedback button then edit the value for top:50%

Step3.: Open footer.php from the same dir of style.css file and go to bottom of that file to add the following lines after the end of wrapper div(here I have added the end tag of wrapper div so that you get easily)

</div><!-- #wrapper -->
<a href="<?php echo get_permalink(here will be your contact page id); ?>" id="feedbackright">feedback</a>

look in the above code there is something “here will be your contact page id” you have to replace this text with your contact page id. if you don’t know how to get page id then you can install this wordpress plugin and activate, then go to any menu from left column for listing like posts, pages, categories, tags etc you will see an extra line at right col for id. Ok let your contact page id is 2 then the line will be like

note: here I am writing the last tag of wrapper div

<a href="<?php echo get_permalink(2); ?>" id="feedbackright">feedback</a>

Step4: now it’s time you do it and let me know.

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