How to install Moodle 2.3.2 manually Updated on August 16, 2021 by InMotion Hosting Contributor The focus of this article is to outline the steps for installing Moodle 2.3.2. The setup is relatively simple and similar to other Open Source Software program installations. First the server must meet the required system requirements. This tutorial is focused on cPanel hosting servers. Other Non-cPanel hosting companies may have a different way of Read More >
Configuring email notifications for error logs in PrestaShop 1.5 Updated on April 23, 2026 by Scott Mitchell Our last article in the Managing Error Logs course covers how to configure your email notification of error logs in PrestaShop 1.5. As an administrator for your PrestaShop 1.5 store, you may want to be notified of some of the error messages. This article will go over how to adjust the setting for your specific Read More >
Introduction to error logs in PrestaShop 1.5 Updated on August 16, 2021 by Scott Mitchell Next up in our Advanced Parameters course is an introduction to the error logs. The Error logs section will list errors that occur during the normal operation of PrestaShop. These are broken down into severity levels between one and four. Level one is the leat severe and level four is the highest level. The article Read More >
How to set the Encoding Type for SQL Manager in PrestaShop 1.5 Updated on August 16, 2021 by Scott Mitchell Our last article for the Working with SQL Manager course will cover how to change the database encoding type, either UTF-8 or ISO-8859-1. Follow the steps below to learn how to modify the encoding type in PrestaShop 1.5 Setting the SQL Manager Encoding type in PrestaShop 1.5 Log into your PrestaShop 1.5 dashboard. Using the Read More >
How to make a Joomla 3.1 Template Responsive Updated on February 15, 2021 by Brad Markle As we continue creating our Joomla 3.0 template from scratch, we will now make the template responsive. Much of this tutorial is going to be simply showing you the changes that we’re making to the template, but we’ll add a few descriptions of what we’re doing and why when necessary. We recommend that you read Read More >
How to add Bootstrap to a Joomla 3.1 Template Updated on January 11, 2024 by Brad Markle Now that we have added CSS and JS files to the Joomla 3.0 template that we are creating, we will now add the necessary bootstrap files. While the necessary bootstrap files can be downloaded from the official site, Joomla 3.0 actually includes the necessary css and javascript bootstrap files as well. As a template developer, Read More >
How to Include CSS and Javascript files in a Joomla 3.1 Template Updated on August 16, 2021 by Brad Markle If you’ve been following along in our tutorials series on creating Joomla 3.0 templates, you would have seen in our last tutorial after changing site templates that the template does not look very nice at all (see screenshot to the right). The reason the template looks a mess is because the CSS file that we Read More >
How to change your Joomla 3.1 Site Template Updated on November 19, 2021 by Brad Markle Welcome to another article in our tutorial series on creating a Joomla 3.0 template. In our last tutorial, we showed you how to install the Joomla 3.0 template that we are in the middle of creating. Installing a template does not immediately activate it, and so we will show how to change your Joomla 3.1 Read More >
How to install a Joomla 3.1 Template Updated on November 19, 2021 by Brad Markle In this tutorial, Installing a Joomla 3.0 template, we will be installing a Joomla 3 template that you’ve created yourself or downloaded from the internet. Installation steps for a Joomla 3.0 Template Log into your Joomla 3.0 admin dashboard. In the top menu, hover over Extensions and then click Extension Manager. Under the Upload Package Read More >
How to zip a Joomla 3.1 template Updated on March 11, 2022 by Brad Markle At this point in our building a Joomla 3.0 template tutorial series, we are ready to zip / compress our template files and get it ready for installation on a Joomla 3.0 website. This is a very simple process to do, and in this article we will walk you through the steps. So far, this Read More >
How to delete a custom SQL Query in PrestaShop 1.5 Updated on August 16, 2021 by Scott Mitchell Our last aritcle explained how to export your custom query results in a CSV file and save it to your computer. This next article in the Working with SQL Manager course quickly shows you how to remove a query from the list. Once you no longer need a custom query, you may want to delete Read More >
How to export a custom SQL Query in PrestaShop 1.5 Updated on August 16, 2021 by Scott Mitchell In our last article in the Working with SQL Manager course we went over viewing your custom query results. We will now go over how to export your query. This allows you to export a CSV file of the results. Follow the steps below to learn how to export your query in PrestaShop 1.5 Exporting Read More >
How to view custom SQL Query results in PrestaShop 1.5 Updated on August 16, 2021 by Scott Mitchell Our previous article in our Working with SQL Manager course taught you to create custom SQL queries. This article will show you how to view the results of these custom queries. Viewing custom SQL query results in PrestaShop 1.5 Log into your PrestaShop 1.5 dashboard. Using the top menu bar, hover over the Advanced Parameters Read More >
How to add custom SQL Queries in PrestaShop 1.5 Updated on August 16, 2021 by Scott Mitchell Our first article in our course on Working with SQL Manager discusses the ability for you to work with custom SQL queries. It is a complex technical feature and should only be used by those familiar with the SQL database query language, however, it can be a very powerful tool if used properly. Adding SQL Read More >
Viewing error logs in PrestaShop 1.5 Updated on March 31, 2022 by Scott Mitchell Continuing on with our course on Managing Error Logs, this article will cover where to view your error logs and how to get notices to your email. Errors will inevitably occur and being able to view them or get notices about them can be very important. Below are the instructions on setting that up in Read More >
Adding a templateDetails.xml file to a Joomla 3.1 Template Updated on March 9, 2023 by Brad Markle The last thing we need to do before we can install the Joomla 3.0 template that we are creating is to create a templateDetails.xml file. This file holds various details about the template, such as who wrote it and when. It can also contain configuration settings for the template that the user can modify, such Read More >
How to delete a Database backup in PrestaShop 1.5 Updated on August 16, 2021 by Scott Mitchell After learning how to download your database backup for safe keeping, our next article in our Advanced Parameters course will show you how to remove one from the PrestaShop 1.5 back office. While it is important to keep backups of your data, you do not have to keep all of them. Maybe you want to Read More >
How to add module positions to a Joomla 3.1 template Updated on August 16, 2021 by Brad Markle As we continue to create a Joomla 3.0 template, we will begin adding module positions to the index.php file in our simple template. If you noticed in our starting template, we adding place holder text, such as Main Content Area and Right SideBar, as this is where we want the respective content to go. Joomla Read More >
Downloading a Database backup in PrestaShop 1.5 Updated on August 16, 2021 by Scott Mitchell Our previous article discussed creating database backups in PrestaShop 1.5. Our next article in the Advanced Parameters course focuses on how to download your backup. This is important as part of keeping your site secure is having backups in different locations. Downloading a backup and keeping it in a different location than your hosting server Read More >
A very basic template soon to be a Joomla 3.1 template Updated on November 19, 2021 by Brad Markle Welcome to our tutorial series on creating a basic Joomla 3.0 template! Over the next few articles, we plan to show you how to build from scratch a fully functional, responsive Joomla 3.0 template. The first thing we’ve done is created a very standard template. There’s nothing fancy about it. It has a header, footer, Read More >
