Solution: Patch Nice Memberships' IPN Code for Future PayPal Compatibility

If you are using the latest Nice Memberships version 1.11 (or greater) for Joomla 1.6-2.5, your service will not be effected. The 1.11 version contains the new HTTP 1.1 requirement to communicate with PayPal's IPN system. All other versions of Nice Memberships will need to be upgraded, by February 2013, to avoid interruption in PayPal's IPN service.

The easy solution is to download the latest version of the Nice Memberships extension. And simply re-install it. However, no doubt that, some of you will want to manually patch the extension's scripts yourself. This article will provide you with a step by step for applying the code changes.

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Solution: Nice PayPal Downloads data dropped when upgrading Joomla

A lot of folks have been upgrading their sites lately. Their upgrading from older versions of Joomla to the latest and greatest Joomla 2.5. Normally, this process is a smooth one. Every once in a while there may be a hiccup and data may be lost during the upgrade. This article discusses how to restore the Nice PayPal Downloads extension's data, in such an event.

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Solution: Specify a Custom PayPal Payment Page Style with Nice PayPal Downloads

One of the coolest features available when using PayPal is that you can stylize your PayPal payment page. One thing that folks don't always realize is that PayPal will allow you to create multiple styles for your PayPal payment page. This is a handy feature, especially if you are running several ecommerce sites that all use the same PayPal account. You can have a different theme for each site's PayPal payment page and still use the same

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Solution: Artisteer & EasyCalcCheck Plus Cause Joomla Display Error

For Joomla, one of the most powerful features of ECC+ is that it allows you to easily implement Google Recaptcha security on your contact page's email form. This addition dramatically reduces unwanted spam emails. However, when combined with a Artisteer 3 theme, the Recaptcha input field gets obscured behind the email form submission button. The result is that both the email form and the Recaptcha stop working. Fortunately, there is an easy solution.

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