Upload and Add Images into Joomla 2.5 Articles Updated on February 21, 2022 by Brad Markle Joomla 2.5 has reached its end of life as for 12/31/2014. Please be advised this may be a security risk to your website. You can view more information about the end of life here. Joomla 2.5 includes a Media Manager, which allows you to upload and organize your images. Images that you’ve uploaded using your Read More >
How to write a new Article in Joomla 2.5 Updated on November 19, 2021 by Brad Markle Joomla 2.5 has reached its end of life as for 12/31/2014. Please be advised this may be a security risk to your website. You can view more information about the end of life here. When you create a new page for your website, you are writing a new article. Joomla is referred to as a Read More >
How to change your Joomla 2.5 Site Template Updated on November 19, 2021 by Brad Markle Joomla 2.5 has reached its end of life as for 12/31/2014. Please be advised this may be a security risk to your website. You can view more information about the end of life here. Your Joomla 2.5 template is what controls your website’s appearance. Changing your Joomla 2.5 template allows you to drastically change the Read More >
Using the Limit Login Attempts WordPress Plugin Updated on October 31, 2023 by Carrie Smaha Securing your WordPress site from hackers is extremely important to protect your website. One of the most common ways hackers gain access to WordPress is through brute force password cracking. Hackers use special tools to try multiple usernames and passwords to gain access to your WordPress dashboard. The easiest way to stop a hacker attempting Read More >
Deleting an Affiliate Account in OpenCart Updated on August 16, 2021 by Carrie Smaha In OpenCart you can have affiliates promote your products and pay them a percentage of the sale in commissions. At times, you may find it necessary to delete an affiliate account. Deleting an Affiliate account is done through the OpenCart Dashboard. Delete an Affiliate Account Log into the OpenCart Dashboard Go to Sales > Affiliates Read More >
Approving Affiliate accounts in OpenCart Updated on August 16, 2021 by Carrie Smaha Before an affiliate can use their URLs with their personalized tracking code in them, you as the administrator, must approve the account. If you are not familiar with how affiliates work in OpenCart, or you need to manually create an affiliate account, please read our articles. Administrators can approve affiliate accounts in the OpenCart Dashboard. Read More >
Creating an Affiliate account as a customer in OpenCart Updated on August 16, 2021 by Carrie Smaha Customers can create affiliate accounts on their own without you having to manually create them. If you’re not familiar with Affiliate accounts in OpenCart, or how to manually create affiliate accounts, please see our tutorial. Just like manually created Affiliate accounts, customer created affiliate accounts must be approved by the OpenCart administrator prior to being Read More >
Manually creating Affiliate accounts in OpenCart Updated on August 16, 2021 by Carrie Smaha You can manually create affiliate accounts in OpenCart. If you are not familiar with OpenCart’s built in Affiliate program, please see our Introduction to Affiliates in OpenCart. Creating a new affiliate account in OpenCart is easily accomplished through the OpenCart Dashboard. How to Create Affiliate Accounts Log into your OpenCart Dashboard Go to Sales > Read More >
Introduction to Affiliates in OpenCart Updated on August 16, 2021 by Carrie Smaha OpenCart is extremely robust and gives you the option to pay affiliates who promote your products. This can help you promote specific products on your website and increase your sales. You can also set the percentage rate in which each affiliate is paid. Different affiliates can make different commission rates. You can also decide how Read More >
Multiple Languages in OpenCart 1.5 Updated on December 22, 2023 by Carrie Smaha You OpenCart store’s language can be changed to meet the needs of your customers. You can install as many languages as you think you need, for your website’s visitors. A flag representing the language will appear at the top of the website, so your visitors can change the language at their leisure. You will have Read More >
Using the Bulk Export/ Import Extension in OpenCart Updated on December 22, 2023 by Carrie Smaha Now that you have installed the bulk import/ export tool for OpenCart, you can begin using it to add or modify products in your OpenCart store. The first step is to export your existing products so you know how the spreadsheets work. Then you can add products to the spreadsheet offline and upload the file Read More >
Install Bulk Import/Export Extension for OpenCart Products Updated on December 22, 2023 by Carrie Smaha If you are building a large store with OpenCart, adding products one by one can be long repetitive process. There’s an extension that you can install that will allow you to export your current products in Excel, work offline on adding or editing new products, and importing the spreadsheet to add the new products to Read More >
How to install Joomla 2.5 Updated on January 31, 2023 by Brad Markle Note: Joomla 2.5 has reached its end of life as for 12/31/2014 and may be a security risk. You can still install the latest versions of Joomla using Softaculous. View more information about the latest available versions of Joomla here. Joomla 2.5 is a Content Management System (CMS) that you can install on your hosting Read More >
How to Delete a Database in cPanel Updated on August 16, 2021 by Carrie Smaha Sometimes, you may want to remove a third party piece of software that requires a database. It’s best practice to keep your account free of unused items such as databases. Removing a database is relatively simple using cPanel. In this guide we will show you how to delete a database from your cPanel. Deleting a Read More >
Using a Subdomain to store your images in OpenCart 1.5 Updated on December 22, 2023 by Carrie Smaha NOTE: This article will only work for Opencart versions prior to 1.5.5.1. It does not work for versions 1.5.5.1 or newer. Google Page Speed recommends using a subdomain to store images that are loaded into your OpenCart store. When a web page tries to load images, scripts, and content they load one at a time. Read More >
Using Web Browser Caching in OpenCart 1.5 Updated on March 15, 2021 by Carrie Smaha Basically, all the files your site uses (jpgs, gifs, css, js, etc) need to be able to tell visitors computer how long they should keep them for before checking for a new file. This is called web browser caching. If we don’t specify the browser a “cache time” then it will get a new copy of Read More >
Enabling GZIP compression in OpenCart 1.5 Updated on August 16, 2021 by Carrie Smaha OpenCart comes with the ability to enable GZIP compression. GZIP compression helps your pages load faster by compressing them when they are sent to the web browser to be rendered. When using the Google Page Speed tool, they recommend using compression. GZIP compression can be enabled through your OpenCart dashboard. We do not recommend using Read More >
Finding out the latest visitors to your website in cPanel Updated on August 16, 2021 by Carrie Smaha You can see the server logs for the latest visitors to your website in cPanel. This information is routinely rotated by gives you a quick snapshot of the traffic to your website. You can look at the “latest visitors” by logging into cPanel. Log into cPanel Go to the section called “METRICS” and click on Read More >
Removing the Product Count to speed up OpenCart 1.5 Updated on December 22, 2023 by Carrie Smaha If you have a shopping cart built with OpenCart and you have a lot of Products, the product counts could be slowing your website down. Removing the product counts can dramatically increase your page load times, since it will not be querying the database for the information. Here’s how to remove the product counts in Read More >
Working with error reporting in OpenCart 1.5 Updated on May 11, 2023 by Carrie Smaha OpenCart gives you the ability to turn off errors so they are not being displayed on the browser screen. Since you have the option to turn off “Display Errors” you can still log errors to a specific file. Login to your OpenCart Dashboard Go to System > Settings Select your store from the list and Read More >
