This section lists of FAQs for JomSocial administrators. Most of these questions and answers are compiled from the JomSocial support forum available at http://www.jomsocial.com/forum/ . If you are not seeing the solutions for your problems please go directly to the support forum.

What is the target browser to run JomSocial?

• Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 and above
• Mozilla Firefox 2.0 and above
• Apple Safari 2.x
• Adobe Flash browser plug-in version 9 or above to upload photos

How to add an image to the js Toolbar menu?

File to edit: toolbar.index.php

After (line 44)

<a href="<?php echo CRoute::_('index.php?option=com_community&view=friends&task=pending'); ?>"><?php echo JText::_('CC PENDING APPROVAL'); ?></a>

Add the following code

<span class="cToolbarPic"></span>

Then add this code to style.css and modify it accordingly to the pic you want to use.

.cToolbarPic {
   line-height: 27px;
   margin: 11px 0 0 9px;
   padding: 3px 3px 3px 103px;
   display: inline;
   background: transparent url(../images/karma-5-5.gif) no-repeat 0 0;
}

I don't like the default avatar size. How do I resize them?

To change the size of those avatars, just edit the files below:

Recent Members

File: com_community\templates\default\frontpage.latestmember.php (line 18)

<a href="<?php echo CRoute::_('index.php?option=com_community&view=profile&userid='.$row->id ); ?>"><img class="avatar hasTip" src="<?php echo $row->smallAvatar; ?>" title="<?php echo cAvatarTooltip($row); ?>" width="64" height="64" /></a>

edit width="64" height="64"

New photos

File: com_community\templates\default\frontpage.index.php (line 35)

<img class="avatar hasTip" title="<?php echo $row->caption;?>::<?php echo JText::sprintf('CC PHOTO UPLOADED BY' , $row->user->getDisplayName() );?>" src="<?php echo JURI::base() . $row->thumbnail; ?>" alt="<?php echo $row->caption;?>" width="45" height="45" /></a>

edit width="45" height="45"

Who's online

File: com_community\templates\default\frontpage.index.php (line 58)

<a href="<?php echo CRoute::_('index.php?option=com_community&view=profile&userid='.$row->id ); ?>"><img class="avatar hasTip" src="<?php echo $row->user->getThumbAvatar(); ?>" title="<?php echo cAvatarTooltip($row->user); ?>" width="45" height="45" /></a>

edit width="45" height="45"

How do I change the 'Applications' name?

Lists of applications that are supported by JomSocial are JomComment, MyBlog, Eventlist, Feeds, Groups, etc.. Sometimes you want to rename the application. For example from 'Groups' to 'MyGroups'. Renaming the application is easy. From Joomla back end go to menu Extensions > Plugin Manager . To list down all JomSocial related application, select 'community' from the 'Select Type' drop down menu.Then rename the plugin as you desired.