Turbo Charge Your 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:
- Download the FREE plugin (CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD)
- Install it in Joomla 1.5.x Admin console the normal way for plugins
- Select Plugin Manager from the Extensions Menu
- Locate the “System – System – Google Gears Support” plugin
- Publish it and WAIT 5 Seconds for a new link to appear
- The new “Update Gears” link will appear top right next to the Preview link
- Click the Update Gears link and follow the prompts (this is where Google Gears might need installing if you dont already have it)
- 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 or leave comments here.
v1.0.2 – Support for windows web hosts and google chrome browser!
Update:
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!


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FF3/OS X
I get this error when trying to update gears:
“Local storage status: Error: Invalid manifest – * Line 1, Column 1 Syntax error: value, object or array expected.”
Comment by Vic Drover — September 24, 2008 @ 5:26 am
I got the following when trying to test JGear on localhost, clicking on the “Update Gears”:
Local storage status: Error: Invalid manifest – * Line 1, Column 1 Syntax error: value, object or array expected.
Note:
WinXP
Firefox 3.02
Gear installed
Comment by admin — September 24, 2008 @ 6:54 am
UPDATE:
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.
Kindest regards
Phil.
Comment by Phil Taylor — September 24, 2008 @ 8:51 am
I get the same error: Local storage status: Error: Invalid manifest – * Line 1, Column 1 Syntax error: value, object or array expected.
SO … as you suggested I go to page gears-manifest.php
The page can’t load. I think is a permission problem. The files is set to 644.
I change to 755.
I reload the manifest page and …. I get another error: Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_STRING, expecting T_OLD_FUNCTION or T_FUNCTION or T_VAR or ‘}’ in /web/htdocs/www.calypsosub.it/home/plugins/system/GoogleGears/gears-manifest.php on line 16
Please help me.
Tx.
Comment by Alberto — September 24, 2008 @ 11:52 am
did you even bother reading the blog post? It clearly tells you what your problem is – YOU ARE RUNNING PHP 4.x !!!!
Comment by Phil Taylor — September 24, 2008 @ 11:56 am
Works like a charm! Very easy install instructions above and the admin console is MUCH snappier.
Comment by Eric Caldwell — September 24, 2008 @ 1:38 pm
Super Thanks Phil!!!
This is a must!!!!!
Fast much faster!!!
Comment by Fernando — September 24, 2008 @ 2:22 pm
Hi Phil, great work here. I’ve had no issues with the plugin. Quick question– do I have continue to click the Update Gears button after I add new content or install a component to synchronize the content between the cache and the server, or does this happen automatically?
Comment by Mike Brogan — September 29, 2008 @ 6:45 pm
I’ve blogged about it here:
http://thejoomlapodcast.com/free-joomla-tutorials/52-speed-up-joomla-control-panel-with-google-gears
Let’s get the word out!
Comment by Mike Brogan — September 29, 2008 @ 7:39 pm
Very good work!
But…please…remove “/images” folder from the list! (line 83 of gears-manifest.php)
On standard sites, all the user images are in that folder…and in my case it started downloading 11000+ images!
I don’t think it’s an “added value” to cache them: admin console or user editors never use that content…
Comment by Fabrizio Sala — September 30, 2008 @ 8:03 am
Hi Phil,
I get the Manifest error on this website. I am right on the installation and the PhP version, as I also installed your plugin on other Joomla websites (but not with same provider) I it works fine. Where is my mistake ?
Thanks,
Comment by Philippe Devarieux — October 24, 2008 @ 6:24 pm
This is the error I get:
Local storage status: Error: Download of ‘http://www.calypsosub.it/plugins/system/GoogleGears/gears-manifest.php’ failed, status code 500.
What can I do?
I have php5 installed in my server and the problem is the same with firefox or Iexplorer
Bye
Comment by Alberto — October 27, 2008 @ 7:06 pm
yeah. I’ve found the solution.
First I’ve changed the permission setting from 644 to 777 and problem persists.
Then Ive changen to 755 and the gears start to cache the files in my PC.
Bye
Comment by Alberto — October 27, 2008 @ 7:11 pm
Alberto – I have the same problem – you changed the permission setting of which files and/or directories to get it working?
Comment by Mike — November 22, 2008 @ 8:22 pm
if you are getting the 500 error, change the file permission of
gears-manifest.php
to 755
it solves the issue.
Phil, this file had permission 666, then after changing the permission to 755, issue is resolved. Please check into this, there could be an update, so that this great plugin works right out of the box
Comment by SG — December 2, 2008 @ 11:00 pm
hi,
Will your fab plugin help with Virtuemart Admin also?
i mean make that run faster?
cheers
Comment by ANdrew IWEB — April 26, 2009 @ 4:16 pm