Having problems uploading media to a Joomla site?

Sometimes the Flash Uploader in Joomla does not work correctly. When clicking browse to upload media nothing happens.

If this is the case a quick tip to work around this situation is to disable it and use the browser uploader. Go to Global Configuration/System/Enable Flash Uploader/ and select No to disable it.

Joomla layout breaking up in IE6 or IE7 quick tip

Quick tip for a Joomla layout breaking up in IE only: check the width of the tables and images in the modules of your layout that are breaking up.

For some reason, tables and images that seem to be the right width in Firefox can break the site in IE6 and IE7.