How to move a reply to another topic in phpBB Updated on March 11, 2022 by Scott Mitchell Even though you may set site rules for your forums specifying the rules of conduct about posting, there will always be instances where you will need to move posts. It may be that someone replied to the wrong topic, or their reply may simply fit another topic better than the one it currently in. As Read More >
How to delete a topic or reply in phpBB Updated on March 11, 2022 by Scott Mitchell As your community begins to form, visitors will sign up and begin to create topics and replies. You or your moderators will now spend time going through the forums and keeping things in order. There will be times when you run across a post or topic that you want to remove from your site. Below Read More >
An overview of an SMF forum community Updated on January 10, 2013 by Scott Mitchell Before deciding if the SMF forum software is for you, let us take a quick overview of how SMF, and community forum software in general, works. This will allow you to make a decision on whether this type of software is right for your website. Install The first thing you will need to do is Read More >
Controlling user access for edit pages in DokuWiki Updated on August 16, 2021 by InMotion Hosting Contributor DokuWiki by default allows all visitors of the site to edit your wiki pages. In some cases, random users can deface your wiki site and delete your pages. The image to the right will show the edit options available for any visitor on the site. To prevent only certain users for editing the site, you Read More >
Redirecting pages in DokuWiki Updated on August 16, 2021 by InMotion Hosting Contributor When removing pages from your DokuWiki site, you will need to set up a redirect to prevent users from getting 404 not fopund errors. Sometimes when users bookmark pages or when Google caches a removed page people will get 404 not found pages. In order to redirect a page, you will need to use a Read More >
How to delete and rename namespaces in DokuWiki Updated on August 16, 2021 by InMotion Hosting Contributor DokuWiki sites are constantly changing due to the contributions of the website patrons. When topics get too big, change in scope, or become obsolete, it becomes necessary to rename or delete the namespaces from DokuWiki. This article will go through the steps in renaming and deleting namespaces form DokuWiki. Renaming a namespace in DokuWiki Login Read More >
How to create namespaces in DokuWiki Updated on August 16, 2021 by InMotion Hosting Contributor What is a Namespace? A Namespace is a folder location where your page resides, much like how you can organize files on your computer using folders and subfolders, wiki pages are organized into Namespaces. For information on creating pages, please click here. Namespaces are crucial for organizing your pages within your wiki. In other words, Read More >
Rate limit the sending of messages in phpList Updated on November 19, 2021 by InMotion Hosting Contributor In this article we’ll discuss how you can rate limit how quickly phpList will attempt to send out your messages. This is important because by default phpList will attempt to send mail out as quickly as it can all at once. On our shared servers there is a default outbound mailing limit of 250 messages Read More >
Sending a test message in phpList Updated on August 16, 2021 by InMotion Hosting Contributor In this article we’ll go over how you can send a test message with phpList. This will help ensure that your phpList installation is properly functioning, and show that it’s able to send mail successfully. Before sending a test message to a particular email account, that email account must be first added as a user Read More >
How to edit and delete DokuWiki pages Updated on August 16, 2021 by InMotion Hosting Contributor Editing pages in DokuWiki is a basic process of creating a wiki. Users visiting the site have the ability to edit pages by default. In some cases, users can edit or delete a page by accident. other times, a malicious use my deface a page. Pages created in Dokuwiki are stored as revisions. These can Read More >
What if I forgot my DokuWiki username or password? Updated on August 16, 2021 by InMotion Hosting Contributor The DokuWiki administration section is for managing the site settings, users, preferences and more. In the event you lose your username or pasword, you can reset and change passwords, and recover usernames. The purpose of this article is to reset and change passwords, and to recover the username for your DokuWiki site. Note! You should Read More >
How to reply to a topic in phpBB 3.0 Updated on March 11, 2022 by Scott Mitchell After learning to create a new topic in your phpBB 3.0 site, you will want to know how to reply to a topic. It is fairly simple and much like creating a new topic, but it is important to understand this task specifically so you can help your new members who may have questions. Creating Read More >
How to format content in MediaWiki Updated on August 16, 2021 by InMotion Hosting Contributor After you learn how to create and edit pages in MediaWiki, you will want to add and format the content in your wiki site. This article is not an exhaustive resource for formatting content in MediaWiki and will only touch on the basic functions like bold, headline, and numbering the text. Wiki format editing functions Read More >
How to create a new forum topic in phpBB 3.0 Updated on August 16, 2021 by Scott Mitchell After members create an account (we will cover this soon), they will want to jump right in and start contributing to the site. As an administrator, you will need to know how to create topics and replies so you can help create the foundation of your community. Topics are the individual conversations, or threads, that Read More >
Changing MX records to point to InMotion servers from third party DNS Updated on October 27, 2021 by Scott Mitchell MX records help move email to the right place by specifying which server handles the email. If you have an account with us here, but have a domain hosted somewhere else that does not offer email services, you may want to host your email with us here on your InMotion account. This is most certainly Read More >
How to format content in DokuWiki Updated on August 16, 2021 by InMotion Hosting Contributor Formatting text in DokuWiki will require the wiki code to be used. DokuWiki has a built in WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) editor. The following table lists the wiki code options. Once you are familiar with the DokuWiki format options, we will go over how to do basic formats like bold, headline Read More >
Import users into phpList Updated on February 21, 2022 by InMotion Hosting Contributor In this article we’re going to review how you can import multiple users into phpList to save you time from having to create them one at a time. If you already have a large list of users that you’ve been mailing with another application, you might like to start sending messages to those users from Read More >
Inserting a custom CSS menu in DokuWiki Updated on August 16, 2021 by InMotion Hosting Contributor DokuWiki has preset menu items towards the top right that are very difficult customize. The links are Recent Changes, Media Manager, and Sitemap. These are there by difault and are difficult to change. You can use a custom made css menu that can be inserted into the wiki header code. This will allow you to Read More >
Unsubscribe from a list in phpList Updated on August 16, 2021 by InMotion Hosting Contributor In this article we’ll cover how you can unsubscribe a user from a list in phpList, so that they do not receive any further mailings from you. We’ll go over how your users can go ahead and unsubscribe themselves using the default unsubscribe page that should be included as a link in all of your Read More >
Uploading and Hotlinking images in TikiWiki Updated on August 16, 2021 by InMotion Hosting Contributor There are 2 types of images that can be inserted into a TikiWiki page: The Uploaded image and the Hotlinked image. The uploaded image is an image you add to the server and insert into your page. These images are stored on your server where your TikiWiki is located. The “Hotlinked image” or “Linked” is Read More >
