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 >
Enabling a Captcha for TikiWiki anonymous visitors Updated on August 16, 2021 by InMotion Hosting Contributor When administrating a wiki site with TikiWiki, you may want to allow anonymous visitors to edit your wiki content. When you allow anonymous visitors edit, you can potentially have unwanted robots edit your site, filling in spam and unwanted content. “Robots” or “Bots” are automated crawlers that scan websites. Some robots are designed to add Read More >
Adding a contact form to TikiWiki Updated on August 16, 2021 by InMotion Hosting Contributor TikiWiki has a built in contact form that can be enabled in your TikiWiki site. This contact form will allow visitors to contact your through a form on your website. This article explains the steps in setting up a simple contact form within your TikiWiki website. Configuring the TikiWiki contact form Log into TikiWiki. Click Read More >
Bypass firewalls with cPanel proxy subdomains Updated on August 16, 2021 by InMotion Hosting Contributor In this article I’m going to review connecting to your cPanel account’s various services, when there is a firewall on your computer or router not allowing a normal connection over the standard ports. There are several default services that come with your hosting account, these operate over a different port than the standard port 80 Read More >
Importing Blogger data into WordPress Updated on August 16, 2021 by InMotion Hosting Contributor Customers that initially built their blog sites with Google Blogger (Blogspot) can have the blog information imported into their WordPress software by using the “Import” feature in the WordPress dashboard. WordPress has a built in “Import” feature that allows you to import different blogs like Blogspot, Tumblr, LiveJournal, and even WordPress. The import process is Read More >
How to create an image preview style in Drupal 7 Updated on August 16, 2021 by Scott Mitchell After learning how to set the Image Style Preview in the last article, you may need or want a bit more customized image style. Perhaps you want to add a setting between thumbnail and medium, or even one larger than the current large setting. There is a setting in Drupal 7 that allows you to Read More >
Hotlink Protection using .htaccess and cPanel methods Updated on September 5, 2024 by Carrie Smaha What is Hotlinking? Hotlinking is when you use a url to view an image in the website code or the image url in the browser. When using url’s in image code, the server does not have to use any bandwidth or http request to serve the image. Say I use a URL to an image Read More >
WordPress: “Briefly unavailable for scheduled maintenance” Updated on August 16, 2021 by Scott Mitchell If you are updating your WordPress site via the automatic update script, you may run across an anomaly where you receive a maintenance message on your site. The message reads “Briefly unavailable for scheduled maintenance” and occurs on every page on your site, including the admin login. While this message is supposed to be temporary, Read More >
How to add images and image links to your WordPress sidebar Updated on August 16, 2021 by Scott Mitchell The sidebar is a wonderful piece of real estate on your site to place relevant content that may not fit directly on a page or post. Most content in a sidebar is text, however you can certainly add some diversity by making some of those text links into buttons or image links. Adding an image Read More >
Adding Meta Data to your WordPress sidebar Updated on August 16, 2021 by Scott Mitchell The sidebar of a website, although traditionally used for navigation links and ads, can be used for any data you would like to place there. The most common use in WordPress is to display other posts links, archives, and categories for further navigation into the site. You can, however, use the sidebar to put anything Read More >
