ownCloud Metadata Viewer

The ownCloud Metadata viewer app displays meta information for over a dozen audio, video, and image file types:  FLAC MP4 MPEG OGG WAV HEIC JPEG TIFF X-DCRAW MP4 QuickTime Webm It is important to note that the Metadata ownCloud app does not allow you to modify metadata. More info on editing metadata later. Using the Read More >

LimeSurvey Responses and Statistics

Free and easy to use, LimeSurvey is an open-source online survey application used to create a variety of surveys and questionnaires without any coding required.  Once you have created and activated a LimeSurvey survey, you can begin tracking its results. In this article we will cover how to view and manage LimeSurvey responses and statistics. Read More >

Creating AbanteCart Product Categories

AbanteCart product categories are used for grouping similar products together. Categories can help you organize items that you are selling. This can also be used to identify other products customers may be interested in purchasing. In this guide, we’ll show you how to make new AbanteCart Product categories for your online store. If you’re interested Read More >

How to Use ownCloud Calendar

The Calendar ownCloud app helps you keep track of meetings and other events while at your desk and on the move. If you want to consolidate multiple calendars, ownCloud Calendar can also import WebCal (ICS) files and integrate with external systems that have CalDAV support. Getting Started How to Install the Calendar ownCloud App How Read More >

How to Create Private Boards in SMF

In the course of managing and moderating your forum, you will probably identify a need for private forums, or, at least, exclusive forums where only members of a certain standing can participate. These might be maintenance or governance forums or anything requiring elite participation. How to Create Private Boards in SMF The important thing about Read More >

How to Register New Account in SMF

The main idea behind the SMF forum software is that it allows your set of users — whether that includes the whole world or a private network — to create (or, register) new accounts and contribute to the ongoing conversations via topic creation. The nice thing about account registration is that it happens automatically by Read More >

Enabling AbanteCart SEO URLs

In this guide, we’ll show you how to enable AbanteCart SEO URL’s. This can help your search engine optimization (SEO) efforts by including identifying information in the addresses of your site.  Then, when search engines crawl your site they may be better able to understand what the category contains. This can also help when you Read More >

3 Reasons to Use concrete5

When looking for an easy-to-use solution for building your own website, it can be difficult to decide which is right for you. Some platforms require users to navigate through a web of menus, while others provide more straightforward options for page editing. Depending on your level of experience with web design, you may find some Read More >

Making a Good Survey with LimeSurvey

LimeSurvey is a free and open-source online survey application used to create a wide range of online surveys and questionnaires. The software gives users the ability to develop and publish online surveys and collect responses without doing any programming.  Whether you have created and activated a LimeSurvey survey and just aren’t getting the results you Read More >

Changing Your AbanteCart Logo

In this guide, we’ll show you how to change your AbanteCart Logo. This is the image that appears on the top left corner of your eCommerce site. It can be replaced in your Admin panel by modifying your template.  By default, AbanteCart will display their default logo after installation. But changing it out is a Read More >

Setting Up Gallery from Softaculous

Gallery is an open-source script that allows you to create a web-based image gallery that you can use by itself, or in conjunction with an existing website.  It is lightweight, includes many features, and can also include video files.  The following guide will take you through setting up Gallery from Softaculous. You will need to Read More >

Using Maintenance Mode in Gallery for Softaculous

 Learn how to enable maintenance mode in the Gallery application from Softaculous.  This option is important because Gallery does provide several built-in maintenance options.   This option is a great feature that helps to keep your non-administrator users from accessing the site while you perform maintenance or update activity on the site.  If you have multiple Read More >

Selecting a Theme for Gallery from Softaculous

Learn how to select a theme for the Gallery application from Softaculous. This provides a different interface look for the application without losing any of its functionality. The Gallery application from Softaculous has several different designs called themes that can be chosen in order to vary its appearance.  We will guide you through how to select Read More >

Using Modules in Gallery from Softaculous

Modules in Gallery allows for options that expand its functionality. They provide a wide range of options that you can easily enable. This guide will show you how to enable the different modules and summarize the ones that are available. Enabling Modules in Gallery Enabling modules can change the administrator menu. For example, the Watermarks Read More >

Improve ownCloud Server Security

How secure is ownCloud? As with most stable software, the answer depends on how well you protect your instance against ownCloud security issues. There are many ownCloud vulnerabilities listed in the National Vulnerability Database (NVD). Fortunately, there are many countermeasures you can implement to protect your ownCloud server from these and server level cyber intrusions. Read More >