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PS: forge.joomla.org/gf/project/joomla/track...racker_item_id=18714 this is what I mean - the Joomla people are aware of this.

Working on downgrading PHP right now.

Can you please explain the difference between Items and Item Sets? When I enter a new book where do I start? I am having a hard time understand where to start.

Thanks again for all the help,

Zach

Hi,
an item basically has a title and a description and represents f.e. a book. Each item consists of one or more "info sets" which hold the actual information (such as author and title for a book). This allows for example to have one item that has info sets for the book and the associated movie, or a whole series of books. But in most cases, one item holds only one info set with the actual information. In this case, it makes sense to hide the actual item title/description and only show the info set (there is an option for exactly that purpose). The best way to get started is to create a couple of categories, and then create an item. Click on apply, then you can also edit the associated info sets - but don't forget to save them with the save button in the middle of the page! It is a lot easier to add new items from the frontend with the "add item wizard", but to use it webservice access is necessary.
Thorsten.

Working on importing everything back into Joomla.

When I installed JCollection I got 2 errors. Are Joomfish and JComments important?

com_jcollection::installModules: mod_jcollection_list installed
com_jcollection::installPlugins: jcollection installed in group content
com_jcollection::installPlugins: jcollection installed in group search
com_jcollection::installPlugins: catpagenav installed in group jcollection
com_jcollection::installPlugins: listcat installed in group jcollection
com_jcollection::installPlugins: rating installed in group jcollection
com_jcollection::installJoomfishFiles: JoomFish not found
com_jcollection::installJCommentsPlugin: JComments not found
com_jcollection::checkRemote: Success loading remote files using file_get_contents - good

After installing and uninstalling everything I still can't get it to pull info from any service.

I tried installing everything on a free hosting service but after installing JCollection it said that it couldn't retrieve the information and to check my php setting.

Can someone post their configuration/hosting provider so I can evaluate my options. I really like this extension and Joomla but would like to get a test copy running before I migrate to a live server.

Thanks,

Zach

Hi,
1. strange that it still doesn't work, even with downgraded PHP.
2. JComments and JoomFish are components for adding comments (to items)/support for multilingual sites, respectively. They're supported by JCollection, but completely optional.
3. it seems that most free providers (and also some non-free) do not allow connections to remote hosts via PHP, which somehow does make sense from a security point of view, but it prevents webservice usage (and in some sense renders the whole thing completely useless by neglecting the idea of a network).
Regards,
Thorsten.