WordPress “Error Establishing a Database Connection” Updated on February 23, 2022 by Scott Mitchell While the “Error Establishing a Database Connection” is a fairly common error, troubleshooting it can take a few different routes. This article will explain the error and go over the different causes and fixes. What is the “Error Establishing a Database Connection” error? This error means that your WordPress script either cannot locate the database, Read More >
Changing aliases for nodes in Drupal 8 Updated on August 16, 2021 by Scott Mitchell When working with your nodes (content unit such as Articele, page, etc), they are assigned a default node identifier. This identifier becomes part of the URL that specific page. For example, the first node you create, whether it be an Article or a Basic Page, the identifier will be /node/1 as it is the first Read More >
How to add a node to a menu in Drupal 8 Updated on August 16, 2021 by Scott Mitchell When working with content types such as Articles and Basic Pages, etc you will have the ability to configure whether they show in the navigation menus. Below is a quick guide that shows how to configure which menu the link to the content page (also called a node) will display. Adding a node to a Read More >
How to create a custom content type in Drupal 8 Updated on August 16, 2021 by Scott Mitchell While there are may different content types available in Drupal 8, they may not fit your exact situation. In this article, we will cover how to create a custom content type for your application. What is a custom content type? Custom types are specifically for you to display and format your data in a way Read More >
Adding new Articles in Drupal 8 Updated on August 16, 2021 by Scott Mitchell Out of the many different content types in Drupal 8, there are only two that are available by default, the Article and the Basic Page. This article will focus on the Article content type. What is an Article? The Article content type is one of two content types that are enabled by default upon installation. Read More >
Content Types in Drupal 8 Updated on January 23, 2024 by Scott Mitchell After installing Drupal 8, you may be ready to run and create your new website. However you may want to take a quick look at the different content types you will be working with. Websites can use a variety of different content types such as informational pages, polls, blog posts, news articles etc… Knowing the Read More >
How to create a Basic Page in Drupal 8 Updated on September 15, 2023 by Scott Mitchell While there are a few different content types in Drupal 8, there are only two that are available by default. These are the Article and the Basic Page. This article will focus on the Basic Page. What is a Basic Page? The Basic Page is typically used for content that is static, or rarely changes. Read More >
DrupalCon 2013 Updated on November 18, 2019 by Scott Mitchell Hello everyone! This is an informal article for us to tell you how much fun we had at DrupalCon 2013 in Portland, Oregon this past week. We met many different people within the Drupal community, some were contributors, writers, developers, and even existing customers. Meeting everyone was an absolute honor and the talks were fantastic! Read More >
Add New Media in WordPress 3.5.1 Updated on August 16, 2021 by InMotion Hosting Contributor WordPress allows you to add media of different types to your pages and posts. Media types include graphics, audio, video and text files. The following article explains how to insert media using the Add Media option built into the Administrator Dashboard. Inserting Media in WordPress 3.5.1 Logging into your WordPress Dashboard. In the left hand Read More >
Change OpenCart 1.5 URL – How To Updated on August 16, 2021 by InMotion Hosting Contributor This is a tutorial on how to change your OpenCart URL. There are various reasons for changing your website’s URL, such as testing our website on your Temporary URL, or you may just want to use a different domain name for your site. We will walk you through editing and updating 2 .php files in Read More >
How to View cPanel Error Logs Updated on December 3, 2021 by InMotion Hosting Contributor cPanel comes with an error log section that allows you to view errors generated by your website. In this article, we will review how to view your error logs for both Apache and PHP from within cPanel. For more information, we have a full guide that also lists the locations of cPanel logs for access, Read More >
What is VirtueMart? Updated on August 16, 2021 by InMotion Hosting Contributor One of the more popular plugins for Joomla is VirtueMart. This free plugin enables your Joomla Content Management System to become a very serviceable and powerful open source e-commerce solution. Like Joomla, VirtueMart is written in PHP and uses a MySQL database for its backend. The following article gives more detail on VirtueMart’s capabilities, then Read More >
Latest Updates – WordPress 3.6 Beta 3 Updated on August 16, 2021 by InMotion Hosting Contributor WordPress 3.6 is now in Beta 3 and there have been several notable changes. You can find the development timeline here. The changes that I will note below include the drag-and-drop upload, the quote format update for the Twenty Thirteen theme, and embed support for music-streaming services Rdio and Spotify. Highlight on Updates in WordPress Read More >
InMotion Hosting Visits DrupalCon in Portland Oregon May 2013 Updated on August 16, 2021 by InMotion Hosting Contributor InMotion Hosting joins the Drupal Developers in the DrupalCon Portland 2013 schedule. DrupalCon 2013 is a convention for the Drupal Content Management System. At DrupalCon, speakers such as Dries Buytaert, Karen McGrane, and Michael Lopp on Drupal 8 new features, critical updates to the Drupal 8 core, updates to modules, and other events occurring at Read More >
How to Delete a cPanel in WHM Updated on December 9, 2025 by InMotion Hosting Contributor If you are no longer hosting a website, or you are closing it down, you may want to delete a cPanel account in WHM. In this tutorial, we will show you how to remove a cPanel from the WHM (Web Host Manager). This tutorial is only for Reseller Hosting and accounts with VPS or Dedicated Read More >
Should I upgrade to Joomla 3.1? Updated on August 16, 2021 by InMotion Hosting Contributor It is simple to upgrade your Joomla 3.0 to 3.1. Within Softaculous, you can upgrade to 3.1 with a one-click upgrade. You can also run a Joomla 3.0 upgrade within the Joomla “Update” component. If you want to get the new features and newest security fixes, you will need to upgrade. Joomla Developers will continue Read More >
The RBL Checker for DNS Blacklisting Updated on August 16, 2021 by InMotion Hosting Contributor When you receive an email from another email address, InMotion Hosting email servers run a RBL checker on the receiving email against any known DNS Blacklisting companies. The RBL checker is different than Spam Assassin or Box Trapper which is only for filtering and removing emails that go through to your server. What is an Read More >
Adding Attributes to products in OpenCart 1.5 Updated on August 16, 2021 by InMotion Hosting Contributor Once you have your Attributes added to your Attribute Group in OpenCart, you can add the attributes to your products. This tutorial will teach you how to add attributes to your OpenCart Products. Adding Attributes to a Product Log into your OpenCart Dashboard. Go to Catalog > Products. Edit the Article you created the Attributes Read More >
Adding Attributes to Attribute Groups in OpenCart 1.5 Updated on August 16, 2021 by InMotion Hosting Contributor The first step in adding attributes to your OpenCart products is to create Attribute groups. Once you have the Attribute group created, yo can add Attributes to the group. This article will walk you through the steps to add Attributes to attribute groups in OpenCart. Adding Attributes to an Attribute group Log into your OpenCart Read More >
Creating Attribute Groups in OpenCart 1.5 Updated on August 16, 2021 by InMotion Hosting Contributor When you are creating your OpenCart products you may want to add more information at the bottom of your product description. This section is a tab named “Specifications”. By Default the bottom Attributes are “Description” and “Reviews”. See image to the right. To add another tab that contains “Specifications” for your product, you can create Read More >
