How to delete a user account in phpBB 3.0 Updated on August 16, 2021 by Scott Mitchell When working with your userbase in your phpBB site, you will want to purge your list from time to time. This helps you remove inactive users or users that you have banned previously, etc. Below are the steps that guide you on learning to delete a user account from your phpBB administrative dashboard. Removing a Read More >
Installing MediaWiki with Softaculous Updated on August 16, 2021 by InMotion Hosting Contributor MediaWiki can easily be installed by using Softaculous in the cPanel Software / Services. When the manual installation proves to be to complicated, Softaculous can give the webmaster an easy way to install that is less time consuming. This tutorial will explain how to install MediaWiki using Softaculous. Installing MediWiki with Softaculous Log into cPanel Read More >
Changing a user’s password in SMF 2.0 Updated on January 23, 2024 by Scott Mitchell As an site administrator/owner it is highly probable you will be doing many functions for your members. Arguably the most common function will be changing passwords. These can be chagned for many reasons, including security or the inability of the user to change it themselves for various reasons. This tutorial will guide you on how Read More >
Installing MediaWiki manually Updated on August 16, 2021 by InMotion Hosting Contributor In the event that MediaWiki cannot be installed through a program like Softaculous or Fantastico, the MediaWiki software will need to be installed manually to the server. MediaWiki can be Downloaded from the Mediawiki site at the following link. MediaWiki 1.20.2 (download) The Version that will be installed is MediaWiki 1.20.2. Make sure the file Read More >
How to change a user’s password in phpBB Updated on March 11, 2022 by Brad Markle When administering your forum members you will perform many actions from time. One of the most common tasks is changing the user password. Perhaps they forget or you need to do so for security reasons. Follow the steps below to learn how to reset a member’s password in phpBB 3.0 Changing a user’s password in Read More >
Copy an account from another server with the cPanel password Updated on August 16, 2021 by InMotion Hosting Contributor In this article we’ll go over how you can copy a cPanel account from either your previous cPanel host, or another server of ours. To you InMotion VPS or dedicated server with root access set up, and just the cPanel account password of the account you’re copying over. These steps should work for copying an Read More >
Creating a new user in SMF 2.0 Updated on January 23, 2024 by Brad Markle Since the vast majority of users will sign up for your site themselves, there is not a way to create a user directly in the admin dashboard. If you wish to create a new user profile, you will need to do so within the normal registration method as your site visitors. Below are instructions for Read More >
How to create a user in phpBB 3.0 Updated on August 16, 2021 by Scott Mitchell Users are the members of your site that will help you build your community by creating and responding to conversations within your community. By default, there is not a way to add a user in the admin dashboard of phpBB 3.0, so the purpose of this tutorial is to show you from a user’s perspective Read More >
How to log into your SMF admin dashboard Updated on August 16, 2021 by Scott Mitchell Now that you have installed SMF 2.0 on your account, you can log into the admin dashboard. This is where you will create your forums, add users, and do other general administration of your boards. Follow the instructions below to learn how to log into your SMF 2.0 admin area. Logging into your SMF Read More >
How to Log into Your phpBB Dashboard Updated on March 11, 2022 by Scott Mitchell In this tutorial: Dashboard Types Login to your Admin Control Panel (ACP) Login to your Moderator Control Panel (MCP) Understanding the Dashboard Types After successfully installing your phpBB 3.0 program either manually or with Softaculous, you are ready to log into the dashboards for the first time. As an administrator of a phpBB 3.0 site, Read More >
The Joomla search feature finds your Contacts Updated on November 19, 2021 by Brad Markle When you are using the Joomla Contacts Component, the search feature on your site will allow you to search through your contacts. For example, we have a contact named Student A and Student B. As you can see in the screenshot to the right, searching our site for student brings back both of these contacts Read More >
How to disable blogging features in WordPress Updated on August 16, 2021 by InMotion Hosting Contributor Because WordPress is a blogging software, WordPress themes come default with blogging features. Many people use WordPress as a Content Management System, so the blogging features in WordPress are undesirable for those who want just a basic website. There is always more than one way to do this; however, this article will explain how throug Read More >
How to install SMF 2.0 with Softaculous Updated on August 16, 2021 by Scott Mitchell In this SMF 2.0 tutorial we will guide you on how to install the program using the Softaculous installer tool. Softaculous is a special program that installs other programs. This saves you time in setting up details such as databases and uploading files manually. Installing SMF 2.0 with Softaculous Log into your cpanel From your Read More >
How to install phpBB with Softaculous Updated on March 11, 2022 by Scott Mitchell Welcome to our phpBB introductory installation tutorial. In this article we will show you how to install phpBB 3.0 using the Softaculous software installer tool. This is found in all shared accounts inside the cPanel. Follow the steps below to use Softaculous to install your phpBB 3.0. If you are not hosting with InMotion Hosting, Read More >
How to manually install SMF Updated on August 16, 2021 by Scott Mitchell In this SMF introductory installation tutorial, we will demonstrate how to install the Simple Machine Forums (SMF) program manually. A manual installation means installing the program without the help of third party installer programs. This typically takes more steps than using installer programs such as Softaculous. Below are the steps to help you get started. Read More >
How to manually install phpBB Updated on March 11, 2022 by Scott Mitchell In this PhpBB installation tutorial, we will demonstrate how to manually install phpBB. This means it will be done without the help of any third party installation tools such as Fantastico or Softaculous. There are more steps involved than when using a third party tool as you will need to do steps that are usually Read More >
Completely disabling Comments from WordPress in the code Updated on August 16, 2021 by InMotion Hosting Contributor WordPress by default has comments enabled for most themes. The comments can be disabled in the WordPress Dashboard Settings > Discussion page; however, this does not remove the comments from the page entirely. What happens when the comments are disabled is, the site will display “Comments are closed”. Comments can be removed completely be Commenting Read More >
cPanel updates in progress across network Updated on August 12, 2021 by InMotion Hosting Contributor Update: 12/6/2012 12:35PM EST – At this time all of our shared servers and dedicated servers have successfully had the latest cPanel security updates applied to them. Our VPS fleet of servers is still in the process of having these updates rolled out to them, so if you’re on a VPS server you could possibly Read More >
Allowing Guest access without logging into Moodle Updated on August 16, 2021 by InMotion Hosting Contributor In Moodle 2.3, there is a Guest user that can access certain areas of the site, even though they are not enrolled in a course. The Guest user will have read only access. Guest users can access the site; however, they still need to login to view anything. Moodle has the capability of turning off Read More >
Customizing the Moodle Frontpage Appearance Updated on August 16, 2021 by InMotion Hosting Contributor By default, Moodle 2.3 will show courses and categories on the Front page. This can be removed to display the home page as a website, instead of a list of Courses and Categories. That way, when the website is visited, the Front page will display information about the Moodle site, instead of activities a student Read More >
