Turbo Charge Your Joomla 1.5.x Admin Console

Blue Flame IT (Jersey) Ltd. releases FREE Plugin that dramatically speeds up Joomla 1.5.x Admin Console

Have you noticed how slow Joomla Admin console can be when you have a WYSIWYG Editor installed and lots of other things installed? Well take control! Turbo Charge your Joomla 1.5.x Admin Console today with this FREE Plugin! (requires Google Gears, free also!). Just follow these instructions:
  1. Download the FREE plugin (CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD)
  2. Install it in Joomla 1.5.x Admin console the normal way for plugins
  3. Select Plugin Manager from the Extensions Menu
  4. Locate the "System - System - Google Gears Support" plugin
  5. Publish it and WAIT 5 Seconds for a new link to appear
  6. The new "Update Gears" link will appear top right next to the Preview link
  7. Click the Update Gears link and follow the prompts (this is where Google Gears might need installing if you dont already have it)
  8. Once the 900+ files are updated to gears you will be able to browse your admin console MUCH faster!!!
Based on the work done in Wordpress (in the core!), this plugin will have a major impact on how you work with your site - well QUICKER! Please provide feedback and let us know what you think!

Requirements

  • Joomla 1.5.x
  • Google Gears is available for Windows(Firefox, IE), Windows Mobile, Mac (Firefox, Safari), and Linux (Firefox)
  • PHP 5 running on your server


Turbo Gears - Known Issues

Manifest Errors

When you update gears, if you get a message: " 
Error: Invalid manifest - * Line 1, Column 1 Syntax error: value, object or array expected.
Then the manifest file is displaying an error. To view the manifest file please load the followinf url in your browser (replace domain.com with your domain!) domain.com/plugins/system/GoogleGears/gears-manifest.php If you dont understand the error shown on that page then email me the URL and I'll do my best to help out.

PHP5 Compatible ONLY

if, when viewing the gears-manifest.php file, you get an error like: 
Parse error:  syntax error, unexpected T_STRING,
expecting T_OLD_FUNCTION or T_FUNCTION or T_VAR or '}'
in /plugins/system/GoogleGears/gears-manifest.php on line 16
Then you are running PHP4 and cannot use our plugin. You should upgrade to PHP5 ASAP!