I have a Joomla-based site and when I create a left module, paste the external code, I get a weird result. My site was created using PHP and MySQL, so I don't know why this is happening. Any Joomla folks out there that can help?

When I simply paste the html that's supposed to be generated by the php code, it displays properly. So at least I know the left module works. I've pasted the result so you all can see the unexpected code it's generating.

I'm not sure if you are displaying all your code, but shouldn't the include look something like this...

...or more specifically (for external use)

driv,
This is exactly my problem. I stated earlier that I would input the correct code (like the one you used) and the result would be what I pasted in my original reply. In other words, the correct code would generate whatever it is that I pasted above. Thanks for looking into it.

TinyMCE is killing what you paste.. you should do it with

This guy -- Official extensions.joomla reviews etc..

and voila

I use it all the time for my Joomla / Ubbt integrations... well, i only have ONE integration , but i use that

the beauty of having Smarty in ubbthreads also allows you to just get into the .tpl for the module and have the output styled to match your Joomla! template. so it really looks integrated.

i've replaced all most of the custom islands into the joomla! portal as well as the fixed ones and styled them to match

Screenie on admin

Thanks so much Sirdude. I'm currently using Joomla 1.5.3 Would you say that this module is conflict-free? In other words, it's not going to bring my version of Joomla down? Sorry for the paranoia.

it's 1.5 native that's as conflict free as you can get.

i have it running on my 1.5.4 joomla..

keep in mind that there are actually 3 things you can install. the module, the component and the plugin..

each work fine and have their respective roles in Joomla

As always, thanks Sirdude for your help. I got it working without a single hitch.

Sirdude,
I noticed something inconsistent with my external island. I made a test post just to see how fast it would appear on it. My test post appeared very quickly, so that was good. But when I deleted it, it didn't go away on the external island. Is this some kind of bug?

yah -- the external island might be showing the cached copy. you might want to always build or set a lower cache time.

you may have just gotten 'lucky' and have the new post show up 'immediately'.. it's a roll of the dice when the cache times out

I've had it set to Always Build from the start. Cache time is set to 5 min. I've emptied cache in Safari and reloaded. No effect. I'll wait and see.

So this is normal?

no -- you also have a cache setting in joomla too you know..