How to install updates for modules in Drupal 7

Now that we showed you how to find which modules need to be updated in Drupal 7, you’ll need to update them. This is done easily in the Drupal 7 dashboard. To update modules in Drupal 7: Log into the Drupal 7 Dashboard Go to Reports and click on Available Updates Change to the Update Read More >

Finding Modules that need to be updated in Drupal 7

If you have modules installed in Drupal 7 it’s extremely important to make sure the modules are up to date. Modules get updated for many reasons but most important is to patch any security holes in the code. You can update the modules through your Drupal 7 dashboard. Before you can update the module you Read More >

Understanding Forums in Drupal

Before you enable the Forum module in Drupal, you may encounter some terms that you aren’t exactly familiar with. Forums have a special terminology that you’ll want to understand so you can set up your forums appropriately. In this tutorial, we’ll explain what forums, containers, messages, and comments are and how they interact with one Read More >

How to use the Joomla 2.5 Language Overrides Tool

Joomla 2.5 has reached its end of life as for 12/31/2014. Please be advised this may be a security risk to your website. You can view more information about the end of life here. Much of Joomla 2.5 runs off of language files. These language files store values for commonly used words and phrases, and Read More >

How to Add a New Note for a Joomla 2.5 user

Joomla 2.5 has reached its end of life as for 12/31/2014. Please be advised this may be a security risk to your website. You can view more information about the end of life here. A new feature in Joomla 2.5 is the User Notes feature. This feature allows you to log notes on users. Other Read More >

Rearranging menu links in Drupal 7

When creating content in Drupal 7, whether it is an Article, a Basic Page, or other type of content, you have the ability to set the ‘weight’ of the menu item. This weight helps determine the location of the content in the menu list. The menu goes from the lowest number to the highest and Read More >

How to delete a menu in Drupal 7

Sometimes, you may find it necessary to delete opne of the custom menus you created in Drupal 7. This tutorial is for a complete deletion and not simply disabling the menu, so once this is done, the menu will be gone forever. This is easily accomplished in the Drupal Administrator Dashboard. Log into your Drupal Read More >

How to upgrade to Joomla 2.5.2

Joomla 2.5 has reached its end of life as for 12/31/2014. Please be advised this may be a security risk to your website. You can view more information about the end of life here. On March 5th 2012, the Joomla team released Joomla 2.5.2. It was a security release, so it is very important to Read More >

How to Manually Install WordPress

The easiest way to install WordPress is to use Softaculous. Softaculous is an installation application that is free with select InMotion Hosting subscriptions. You can also manually install WordPress using the steps below. The installation process includes downloading the WordPress files, creating a database, and configuring the installation. In this tutorial, we’ll walk you through Read More >

How to create a new Joomla 2.5 Administrator

Joomla 2.5 has reached its end of life as for 12/31/2014. Please be advised this may be a security risk to your website. You can view more information about the end of life here. When you manually install Joomla 2.5, the user account that is created is an administrator account. This means that this user Read More >

How to use the Joomla 2.5 Redirect Manager

Joomla 2.5 includes a new handy component referred to as Redirect Manager. The Redirect Manager keeps track of bad URLs, such as 404 file not found URLs, and allows you to easily redirect the broken links to other pages. In this article, we’ll show you how to use the Joomla Redirect Manager. To use the Read More >

How to change the Site Language in Joomla 2.5

Joomla 2.5 has reached its end of life as for 12/31/2014. Please be advised this may be a security risk to your website. You can view more information about the end of life here. By default, Joomla 2.5 comes with the English language pack installed. If your site is not intended for English speaking users, Read More >

How to Disable the WP-Cron (wp-cron.php) in WordPress

WordPress uses a file called wp-cron.php as a virtual cron job in order to automate tasks like publishing scheduled posts, checking for plugin or theme updates, sending email notifications, and more. Why would you disable the WP-cron (wp-cron.php)? For many WordPress users, you can improve website performance when you disable the WP-cron in the WordPress Read More >

How to add percentages to Specials in OpenCart

Now that you have installed the “specials” module and set sale prices on some of your products you may want to display the percentage a customer is saving between the original price and the special price. This can be easily accomplished if you are using vQmod with a special extension.  Please keep in mind this Read More >

How to change the timezone in Joomla 2.5

Joomla 2.5 has reached its end of life as for 12/31/2014. Please be advised this may be a security risk to your website. You can view more information about the end of life here. When working with time, Joomla 2.5 records dates in UTC time (Coordinated Universal Time). This can really come in handy because Read More >

How to link to other articles within Joomla 2.5

Joomla 2.5 has reached its end of life as for 12/31/2014. Please be advised this may be a security risk to your website. You can view more information about the end of life here. It’s common when writing an article in Joomla 2.5 to link to other articles within your site. While this feature is Read More >

How to configure Joomla 2.5 error.php timezone

Joomla 2.5 has reached its end of life as for 12/31/2014. Please be advised this may be a security risk to your website. You can view more information about the end of life here. By default, logs written to Joomla’s logs/error.php file are written in UTC time. There may be instances however when you need Read More >

How to disable user registration in Joomla 2.5

Joomla 2.5 has reached its end of life as for 12/31/2014. Please be advised this may be a security risk to your website. You can view more information about the end of life here. If your Joomla 2.5 website is not community driven, for example you don’t have a forum or you don’t allow comments Read More >

How to Configure Joomla 2.5 to Send Email Using SMTP

Joomla 2.5 has reached its end of life as for 12/31/2014. Please be advised this may be a security risk to your website. You can view more information about the end of life here. By default, Joomla 2.5 uses the php mail() function to send emails from the server. At InMotion Hosting, our servers support Read More >