How to perform a bulk price change for all products in OSCommerce Updated on August 16, 2021 by Scott Mitchell When working with e-commerce programs like osCommerce, there are times when you may want or need to increase your prices. This is fine if you are working with a limited number of products, but if you have thousands of products, this can be very time consuming and tedious. By default there is no setting to Read More >
How to log into your osCommerce Admin dashboard Updated on February 3, 2021 by Scott Mitchell In order to manage your osCommerce store you will need to know how to log into the administrative dashboard. Below is a quick tutorial that demonstrates how to locate and log into your admin dashbord for osCommerce. Logging into your osCommerce admin dashboard Visit your Admin URL. Your admin URL for osCommerce is accessed by Read More >
Parse archived raw access logs from cPanel Updated on August 16, 2021 by InMotion Hosting Contributor Navigation: View archived logs Parse IPs Parse User-Agents Parse URLs Parse referrers In this article I’m going to teach you how to parse archived raw access logs from your cPanel VPS (Virtual Private Server) or dedicated server. Reviewing requests from your archived raw access logs can help bring to light a common problematic request or Read More >
Enable raw access log archiving for all cPanel accounts Updated on August 16, 2021 by InMotion Hosting Contributor In this article I’ll quickly show you how to enable raw access log archiving for all cPanel accounts on your VPS (Virtual Private Server) or dedicated server all at once. Raw access logs contain the request data directly from the Apache web service that all of your website have been fulfulling. Without raw access logs, Read More >
Setting up the Multilingual feature in TikiWiki Updated on August 16, 2021 by InMotion Hosting Contributor To set up your TikiWiki site to allow different languages, you will need to follow quite a few steps. The language functionality in TikiWiki is set within the administrator section. You do not need to edit any code in TikiWiki; however, you need to set Multilingual and install the Multilingual_Wiki profile. The following steps will Read More >
How to change the admin language in TikiWiki Updated on August 16, 2021 by InMotion Hosting Contributor TikiWiki has a built in feature that allow you to change the language of your administrator dashboard. Some wiki software requires you to edit the code for the languages to work. For TikiWiki, you do not have to edit the code. The TikiWiki administration section has the “i18n Internationalization” feature that allows an easy language Read More >
Installing the Multilingual Plugin for DokuWiki Updated on August 16, 2021 by InMotion Hosting Contributor DokuWiki is capable of making a multil language site. This functionality is not installed in new DokuWiki installations by default. In order to get the multi language functionality to work, you will need to use the “Multilingual Plugin“. The “Multilingual Plugin” does not translate your pages into a language. The plugin makes namespaces particular to the Read More >
How to change the DokuWiki admin language Updated on August 16, 2021 by InMotion Hosting Contributor When you initially install DokuWiki you can set it up for a particular language. In the event you want to change the language for the DokuWiki interface, you can change the configuration file code to allow a different language. The Image to the right shows what the administrator section looks like with English as the Read More >
How to Change Moodle Logo in Header and Footer via Code Edits Updated on September 10, 2021 by InMotion Hosting Contributor When using a theme that does not have theme editing options, you can edit the theme code and change Moodle logos within the theme itself. Please note that this article is somewhat advanced, so if you are not comfortable editing code, please contact a web developer for assistance. Before you can add the logo to Read More >
Creating a Link In WordPress Updated on October 28, 2021 by Scott Mitchell When working with WordPress pages and posts you may want to create a link (also known as a “hyperlink”) to another website (an external link), or even another page or post on your site (an internal link). Internal and external links are part of the backbone of the web, making communication of related information possible Read More >
Change MediaWiki interface language Updated on August 16, 2021 by InMotion Hosting Contributor MediaWiki is designed to work with almost any language in the World. The Administrator interface can be changed to your native language by editing the LocalSettings.php file. The snapshot to the right shows what the special pages look like in English. Below you will find the steps to change the administrator interface language and a Read More >
How to Update a WordPress Theme Updated on August 16, 2021 by InMotion Hosting Contributor This article will cover how to update a WordPress theme to it’s latest version. WordPress updates are released for good reason. Ensuring that your WordPress themes are kept up-to-date can help keep your WordPress site secure, and updates often even provide improved functionality and bug fixes. Typically, you’ll want to update WordPress themes right after Read More >
How to enable reCAPTCHA in MediaWiki Updated on August 16, 2021 by InMotion Hosting Contributor To prevent spam bots and robots from filling your MediaWiki pages with spam links and unwanted content, you can have the “reCAPTCHA” enabled in your MediaWiki LocalSettings.php to prevent bots from editing your pages. ReCAPTCHA is a free service from Google that allows you to add a verification box to determine if the page is Read More >
Installing the captcha plugin in DokuWiki Updated on August 16, 2021 by InMotion Hosting Contributor Wiki sites that have anonymous editing allowed will need to secure the Edit sections. This is to prevent Spam bots from filling the pages with spam links and unwanted content. DokuWiki has a plugin called “captcha” that protects your wiki pages from article and page edits by robots abd spam bots. The captcha plugin is Read More >
Configuring the ContactPage Extension in MediaWiki Updated on August 16, 2021 by InMotion Hosting Contributor When setting up a MediaWiki site, you may want to allow visitors who are not registered or authenticated in your MediaWiki site to contact you for various reasons. An example of this is, if your MediaWiki site is only editable by a few people, you can have a contact page for visitors to email you Read More >
This user has not specified a valid e-mail address error: MediaWiki Updated on August 16, 2021 by InMotion Hosting Contributor When setting up MediaWiki to send emails from the “ContactPage” extension, the following error can be thrown if your email account is not set up properly in the preferences. No e-mail address: This user has not specified a valid e-mail address. This error is thrown because MediaWiki requires the email address of the user to Read More >
How to Limit or Disable WordPress Revisions Updated on October 19, 2023 by InMotion Hosting Contributor In this article I’m going to talk about WordPress revisions and why you might possibly want to limit or disable the revision history of your WordPress pages and posts. WordPress provides revision control on any pages or posts that you create which allow you to go back and see previous edits that you’ve written over Read More >
Installing the Modern Contact plugin in DokuWiki Updated on August 16, 2021 by InMotion Hosting Contributor Installing a Contact form on your DokuWiki site can be somewhat complex. DokuWiki does not have any contact form capability built into their software. In order for you to get a contact form on your DokuWiki site, you will need to use a plugin. This tutorial will explain how to use the Modern Contact plugin Read More >
How to create and attach a database user in cPanel Updated on August 16, 2021 by Scott Mitchell Generally, when you want to create a database in the cPanel, using the MySQL Database wizard is the fastest and easiest way. This creates both the database and a user for that database. However, you may need to either add a database user to a database or wish to create a single user you want Read More >
Log out of WordPress admin dashboard when not in use Updated on August 12, 2021 by InMotion Hosting Contributor In this article I’ll quickly discuss why you should be logging out of your WordPress admin dashboard when not in use. There can be multiple requests that your web-browser sends to the /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php script while you are logged into the WordPress admin dashboard, and leaving your computer unattended over the course of the day those requests Read More >
