Joomla Problems and Solutions

Joomla on Windows - Cant install templates/plugins/updates (JFolder::create: Could not create directory)

This could be fixed by going to the configuration.php file in the Joomla folder and changing

 public $tmp_path = '/tmp'

to

public $tmp_path = 'tmp'

(removing the "/")

Joomla Database Errors Upgrading to 2.5.0

JInstaller: :Install: Error SQL DB function failed with error number 1060 Duplicate column name 'ordering' SQL=ALTER TABLE `j17_languages` ADD COLUMN `ordering`
int(11) NOT NULL default 0 AFTER `published`; SQL = ALTER TABLE `#__languages` ADD COLUMN `ordering` int(11) NOT NULL default 0 AFTER `published`; Files Update: SQL
error file DB function failed with error number 1060 Duplicate column name 'ordering' SQL=ALTER TABLE `j17_languages` ADD COLUMN `ordering` int(11) NOT NULL default 0
AFTER `published`; SQL = ALTER TABLE `#__languages` ADD COLUMN `ordering` int(11) NOT NULL default 0 AFTER `published`;"

Solution: Go to Extension Manager -> Database then click the fix button. This will attempt to fix any database issues caused by changes in the database structure that occurred between versions.