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How to Register New Account in SMF

The main idea behind the SMF forum software is that it allows your set of users — whether that includes the whole world or a private network — to create (or, register) new accounts and contribute to the ongoing conversations via topic creation. The nice thing about account registration is that it happens automatically by Read More >

Enabling AbanteCart SEO URLs

In this guide, we’ll show you how to enable AbanteCart SEO URL’s. This can help your search engine optimization (SEO) efforts by including identifying information in the addresses of your site.  Then, when search engines crawl your site they may be better able to understand what the category contains. This can also help when you Read More >

3 Reasons to Use concrete5

When looking for an easy-to-use solution for building your own website, it can be difficult to decide which is right for you. Some platforms require users to navigate through a web of menus, while others provide more straightforward options for page editing. Depending on your level of experience with web design, you may find some Read More >

gallery from softaculous

Gallery is open-source software for displaying images on a separate website. Using Gallery creates separate websites that can be used as stand-alone solutions for displaying images, or linked to other websites for the purpose of being an image gallery solution. 

This application has 3 major iterations and is currently on version 3.  Though the project developers are no longer active, there are still community developers that provide support for the modules that they have added to the application.  

Gallery is a free and very useful photo display tool that can be used with many types of image formats in web hosting environments. 

Setting Up and Configuring Gallery

Installing Gallery is made easy due to Softaculous.  The software installer not only steps you through the installation, but also records it, and allows you to email a record of the installation settings. The options within the Gallery application allow you to select a theme for the administrator or user interface, and expand functionality with a community-created module.

Managing Gallery

Gallery allows you to log in as an Administrator and allow access to images using a user.  You can also perform maintenance activities, and manage watermarks. You can set up multiple user groups so that only a specific set of users can access images.

Working with Images in Gallery

Gallery is primarily a way to display images for users through a website.  You can learn how to add photos, create albums, and edit them for your visitors.  Some of the module expansions also give you further control over how the images are displayed.

The use of a gallery to display images for a company site, family site, or other organizations is a universal need. Gallery provides a free, open-source solution that can easily be expanded by itself, or as an added section to a website. Many other programs provided by Softaculous can be added or used to add further functionality to your online presence.

    Making a Good Survey with LimeSurvey

    LimeSurvey is a free and open-source online survey application used to create a wide range of online surveys and questionnaires. The software gives users the ability to develop and publish online surveys and collect responses without doing any programming.  Whether you have created and activated a LimeSurvey survey and just aren’t getting the results you Read More >

    Changing Your AbanteCart Logo

    In this guide, we’ll show you how to change your AbanteCart Logo. This is the image that appears on the top left corner of your eCommerce site. It can be replaced in your Admin panel by modifying your template.  By default, AbanteCart will display their default logo after installation. But changing it out is a Read More >

    Viewing Images or Albums in Gallery for Softaculous

    The primary purpose of the Gallery application in Softaculous is for viewing images.  Images can be organized into albums and then displayed through the web as either a standalone website or one linked to another.  This guide will walk you through viewing images in Gallery including the various views that a visitor will see. Viewing Read More >

    Setting Up Gallery from Softaculous

    Gallery is an open-source script that allows you to create a web-based image gallery that you can use by itself, or in conjunction with an existing website.  It is lightweight, includes many features, and can also include video files.  The following guide will take you through setting up Gallery from Softaculous. You will need to Read More >

    Editing Albums and Images in Gallery from Softaculous

    Once you have Gallery from Softaculous setup you will need to be able to modify the sets of images that you add to the application.  You also have a set of options that you can use to edit each individual image used in Gallery. This guide will take you through the options for editing albums Read More >

    Using Maintenance Mode in Gallery for Softaculous

     Learn how to enable maintenance mode in the Gallery application from Softaculous.  This option is important because Gallery does provide several built-in maintenance options.   This option is a great feature that helps to keep your non-administrator users from accessing the site while you perform maintenance or update activity on the site.  If you have multiple Read More >

    Selecting a Theme for Gallery from Softaculous

    Learn how to select a theme for the Gallery application from Softaculous. This provides a different interface look for the application without losing any of its functionality. The Gallery application from Softaculous has several different designs called themes that can be chosen in order to vary its appearance.  We will guide you through how to select Read More >

    Using Modules in Gallery from Softaculous

    Modules in Gallery allows for options that expand its functionality. They provide a wide range of options that you can easily enable. This guide will show you how to enable the different modules and summarize the ones that are available. Enabling Modules in Gallery Enabling modules can change the administrator menu. For example, the Watermarks Read More >

    Improve ownCloud Server Security

    How secure is ownCloud? As with most stable software, the answer depends on how well you protect your instance against ownCloud security issues. There are many ownCloud vulnerabilities listed in the National Vulnerability Database (NVD). Fortunately, there are many countermeasures you can implement to protect your ownCloud server from these and server level cyber intrusions. Read More >

    How to Activate/Stop LimeSurvey Survey

    LimeSurvey is a free and open-source online survey application used to create a wide range of high-quality online surveys and questionnaires. The web server-based software gives users the ability to develop and publish online surveys and collect responses without doing any programming.  In our recent tutorials we have taken you through all the steps required Read More >

    Adding LimeSurvey Subquestions and Answers

    LimeSurvey is an easy-to-use online survey application that gives users the ability to create high-quality surveys and questionnaires without requiring any coding knowledge. Depending on what type of question you choose in LimeSurvey, it may require subquestions, predetermined sets of answers, both, or neither.  For example, a question that requires the city name of a Read More >

    AbanteCart Payment Gateway Setup Guide

    Before you can accept money from customers, you must setup an AbanteCart Payment Gateway. AbanteCart includes 17 payment options by default including Stripe, Paypal, and Authorize.net. But, there are additional 3rd party options that can be installed from the AbanteCart Extensions Marketplace. While the main steps to install the payment gateways are the same, specific Read More >