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Phil Taylor's SPEED UP your Joomla Admin Console 
Version
1.0.2a (last update on Jun 3, 2009)
Rating
Compatibility
Votes
53
Favoured
81
License
GPL
Non-Commercial
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20087
Date Added
29 September 2008
Full details: http://www.phil-taylor.com/Turbo-Gears-Speed-Up-Joomla-1.5-Admin-Console Just follow these instructions:
1. Download the FREE plugin
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 to phil@phil-taylor.com.
02-10-2008 UPDATED TO WORK WITH WINDOWS WEB SERVERS !!!
02-10-2008 UPDATED TO WORK WITH GOOGLE CHROME WEB BROWSER!!!
== Known Issues ==
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 following 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!
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Thank you Phil, this is an awesome plugin.
Especially on the FCK editor - the speed up is incredible.
Especially on the FCK editor - the speed up is incredible.
byTheEdgeGER on June 8, 2009
The plugin works great. It's way faster in the backend now. A 'must have' for every joomla user! Thanks Phil!
bywemian on June 7, 2009
This pluggin worked fantastic the first day i used it, was really impressed. The following day i updated my google browser to the latest version, then every time i loaded my website the browser said it had to close. There seemed to be some conflict with gears and my website, so unfortunately i have disabled this pluggin. It may be something i have or havn't done or the google browser. It worked fine in firfox & Ie.
bycybervigilante on June 4, 2009
YOW! What a difference! I'm on Cricket Broadband, which is often slower than dialup. Administering Joomla is now a pleasure instead of being as painful as filing your teeth ;')
byclauss on June 2, 2009
I cant feel any difference. Plugin enabled, files uploaded but site speed doesnt change. Maybe it cant be faster?
Owner's reply
Sorry you feel this way, however Google Gears is a Google product, well proven and totally stable product. If you had installed and enabled this plugin there is no reason why your admin console should not be faster (Maybe you thought this would speed up your websites frontend - this is NOT the purpose of this extension, its to speed up the ADMIN CONSOLE!)
byjoompressed28 on May 24, 2009
This plug-in is pure genius. My Joomla admin speed was okay before, but now it is smoking fast! Definitely saves me so much more time! I use mainly in Google Chrome. Thank You Mr. Phil Taylor!
bydmarski on May 14, 2009
Incredible and work's great ! A must have to all serious Joomla site. Must be included to official joomla too...
thanks !
thanks !
bytroy7890 on May 6, 2009
I had been receiving the gears-manifest.php failed, status code 502 when I tried to update gears. I then tried changing the permissions for that file to 755 but I still got the error. Then I went and changed the file permissions to 777 and now it's working.
Hope that helps someone.
Hope that helps someone.
byblouwagie on May 1, 2009
This extension makes Joomla into a totally different experience. It is like going from a push bike to a car, without the pollution.
This should indeed be part of Joomla, it makes it so much easier to administer a joomla site.
Just make sure PHP5 is running or gets activated. For 1and1 hosting you need to create .htaccess in the web root folder with the following lines.
AddType x-mapp-php5 .php
AddHandler x-mapp-php5 .php
This should indeed be part of Joomla, it makes it so much easier to administer a joomla site.
Just make sure PHP5 is running or gets activated. For 1and1 hosting you need to create .htaccess in the web root folder with the following lines.
AddType x-mapp-php5 .php
AddHandler x-mapp-php5 .php
bywwwebguru on March 13, 2009
This should become part of JOOMLA!!! I can't believe how awesome this is!! Does what is says and will now become part of the dozen + sites I manage!!
bymooney101 on March 4, 2009
Just for those new to gears. When you click "update gears" Its not downloading to your website its downloading the files to your computer (which is why its faster). It should be very east as with any extension to uninstall later if you want to. Really does speed things up.
byBuey on February 25, 2009
Gears'ing all of the static content in Joomla! admin makes it feel nice and slick, like an ajaxed app. Very nice, especially for the WYSIWYG editors which have lots of little images that they have to load.
This should also be released as a non-admin app, which fewer directories to update in the manifest and an accompanying module so it can be placed wherever we want.
This should also be released as a non-admin app, which fewer directories to update in the manifest and an accompanying module so it can be placed wherever we want.
byultra on February 11, 2009
This really does work, thanks a lot for the great mod.
Perfect for big joomla websites.
Perfect for big joomla websites.
byreasterling on February 1, 2009
VERY good plugin! I have a rather large site so loading up the admin has been taking more and more time as I continue to add to the site and this plugin loads up the admin in 1/4 the time I had become accustomed to waiting! VERY GOOD JOB WELL DONE!
The Wine Nut
The Wine Nut
byKoendw on January 19, 2009
Wow, I have installed the google gears plugin on my joomla sites and the site administration became fun.
The difference in speed is unbelievable.
Phil, Many thanks for creating this wonderful plugin.
Regards, Koen
The difference in speed is unbelievable.
Phil, Many thanks for creating this wonderful plugin.
Regards, Koen
bydpk on January 18, 2009
Very good, very useful. However I noticed that with the plugin active, if the module manager filter is set for one module position, after saving settings for a module the filter is cleared and does not remain in place, as is normally the case in Joomla.
Owner's reply
Thanks for taking the time to provide a review.
I tested your comment about the Joomla Module Filter having issues and I cannot replicate the issue using the latest Joomla 1.5.9, this is also the first report of this issue I have had :-)
I normally would have been very skeptical of a plugin like this. But, seeing all the very positive feedback, I decided I had to try it. Well, thank god I did! I just wish I had done it BEFORE I jerked around with my Admin panel for 4 or 5 hours tonight...this would have turned it into 2 hours. Oh well,at least I have it now!
bymckayc on December 6, 2008
I installed this Plugin a while ago because I loved the concept of it. I never got it to work and kept getting an error with status code 500.
I looked into the problem more today and after I changed the permissions to the gears-manifest.php to 755 it worked. I am not sure why it was not set to 755 by default but a bit more documentation/troubleshooting would have been nice.
After first trying it out, it was much faster with the Joomla core. I use VirtueMart though and have thousands of products. The bulk of my time in Joomla is working with VirtueMart. This Plugin did not seem to make VirtueMart any faster. I would give this Plugin the highest rating possible if it could speed up VirtueMart.
I looked into the problem more today and after I changed the permissions to the gears-manifest.php to 755 it worked. I am not sure why it was not set to 755 by default but a bit more documentation/troubleshooting would have been nice.
After first trying it out, it was much faster with the Joomla core. I use VirtueMart though and have thousands of products. The bulk of my time in Joomla is working with VirtueMart. This Plugin did not seem to make VirtueMart any faster. I would give this Plugin the highest rating possible if it could speed up VirtueMart.
Owner's reply
I'm sorry you had issues with this - however the setting of file permissions is the responsibility of your server/Joomla and not the responsibility of a Joomla Plugin :-)
bynikosdion on December 6, 2008
I only regret there is no six-stars rating! This extension is simply amazing. Setting it up is almost trivial and the speed benefits are very real.
Too bad it doesn't work on PHP4, but I find this fair: PHP4 is dead, it's just one of my hosts who doesn't seem to get it.
Overall, great job! Thank you very much for this must-have extension.
Too bad it doesn't work on PHP4, but I find this fair: PHP4 is dead, it's just one of my hosts who doesn't seem to get it.
Overall, great job! Thank you very much for this must-have extension.
bygws on November 28, 2008
I was a little sceptical about the speed up claims but there true, a staggering difference in access speed. Thanks Phil.
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