Tech Notes – Page 93 – Kev's Development Toolbox

February 16, 2011

Enabling SSL for Apache2 on Ubuntu

Edit /etc/apache2/apache2.conf – add:

LoadModule      ssl_module /usr/lib/apache2/modules/mod_ssl.so

Generate SSL certificates:

https://help.ubuntu.com/8.04/serverguide/C/certificates-and-security.html

Add SSL config and 443 port to a new Virtual Host in apache2.conf – for example:

<VirtualHost *:443>
ServerAdmin your_admin@email.com
DocumentRoot /var/www/your_doc_root
SSLEngine on
SSLOptions +StrictRequire
SSLCertificateFile path/to/server.crt
SSLCertificateKeyFile path/to/server.key
ServerName your.server.name
DirectoryIndex index.php
</VirtualHost>

Add a listen port on 443 to /etc/apache2/ports.conf:

NameVirtualHost *:443

January 4, 2011

Fixing Joomla Purity CSS layout issue in Firefox

I just discovered that the jSeblod CCK extension for Joomla has some layout issues with Firefox. Luckily there’s some posts in the Joomla forum with similar issues, although not necessarily related to jSeblod, but the issues are related to the display of HTML tables with the Purity template.

The fix as pointed out in the forum is to add a ‘float:left’ to the CSS for tables. Tracking this down to the exact table being using using Firebug, editing this css file:

templates/ja_purity/css/template.css

and adding this CSS fixes the issue:

table.admintable {
float:left;
}

January 1, 2011

Menus not working on Joomla backend

Seems /administrator and /Administrator both work to access the admin pages for Joomla, but /administrator is the correct link to use, otherwise the urls are wrongly constructed and none of the menu or buttons will work.

December 28, 2010

Enabling mod_rewrite on Apache

To enable the mod_rewrite module:

LoadModule      rewrite_module /usr/lib/apache2/modules/mod_rewrite.so

To enable for specific <Directory> entry:

RewriteEngine On

To specify a rewrite pattern:

RewriteRule matchpattern rewriteto