Virtuemart – shipping method list – invalid markup

A user recently reported an odd problem on a Virtuemart site I maintain. They weren’t able to properly select the bottom two shipping methods listed (both USPS options). I took a gander at the cart and quickly found the problem. The UPS shipping module was outputting the radio buttons wrapped in a <label> tag. Problem was, it wasn’t doing this consistently, and the last UPS...

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Hacking Virtuemart 1.1.3

My first experience with Joomla and Virtuemart has left me less than enthusiastic. By far the most time I spent was trying to figure out what files performed what functions. It seems like there are three files that you need to modify for every change you’d like to make. The Virtuemart developer site is useless, and you have to resort to Google to find any answers. So I thought I’d...

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Resurrect Lost Joomla/Virtuemart Error Messages

Let me guess, you’ve got a Joomla/Virtuemart site up, but your visitors aren’t seeing any helpful error messages. Am I right? Say I try and log in with a bogus username, you’d like to see that error message down there. Username and password do not match or you do not have an account yet. …but instead you’re just getting a page refresh. Confusing, huh? Well, lucky...

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