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 >
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What you need to know about your email when transferring your website
When you transfer your website to InMotion Hosting, you will need to make sure that any email clients you may use such as MS Office Outlook, Mozilla Thunderbird, or Mac Mail are configured correctly. Also, you’ll need to understand the basics of propagation so you know where your email will be going. Making Sure You Read More >
Resetting your Zen Cart 1.5 Admin Password in PHPMyAdmin
If you forget your administrator login credentials for Zen Cart, you will need to reset it. The password reset will be done through PHPMyAdmin in cPanel. We cannot reset your password since Zen Cart is third party software. How to Reset your Zen Cart Admin Password Log into cPanel and go to phpMyAdmin Click on Read More >
What is a DDOS Attack?
A DDOS (distributed denial-of-service attack) is an attempt at rendering a server unreachable to its visitors. During a DDOS attack your website may become unreachable since the server is being flooded with bogus requests and cannot process the valid ones. Think of this example: Imagine someone prank calling your phone. It’s like a 1000 people Read More >
Displaying Specials in specific areas of OpenCart
Now that you have installed the Specials module and configured your sale items in OpenCart, you can add a Widget to specific areas of your website to display your sale items. This can help your website’s visitors find specials that they might not be looking for. This is easily accomplished in the OpenCart dashboard. Log Read More >
Configuring the Specials Module in OpenCart
Now that you have installed the “Specials” module in your OpenCart store, you can begin to run sales on any of the products on your site. When you installed the Specials module, it added a tab to all of your products so you can set specific sale parameters such as sale price, sale start date, Read More >
Installing the Specials Module in OpenCart
When you are operating a retail business, at times you may want to run “specials” or “sales” on some of your products to reduce your inventory. There’s a module installed by default in OpenCart called “Specials” that can help you do just that. The Specials module is installed in your OpenCart dashboard. Log into your Read More >
Disabling Comments on a Specific Content Type in Drupal 7
In Drupal 7, you have the ability to disable the commenting on a specific content type. This is great if you want to disallow comments on one type of content such as the “basic pages” but still allow commenting on the “blog entries” type. This will only affect any future content written for that type. Read More >
Working with Cron Jobs in Drupal 7
A cron job is script on the server that is set to run at specific intervals. When you install Drupal 7, it configures its own cron job that handles many important system tasks, such as: Searching for updates to the Drupal core Searching for updates to the Drupal modules Indexing your website’s content Running routine Read More >
Working with the default Drupal 7 Cron
The Cron job that comes configured in Drupal 7 is extremely important. The Cron job actually searches for updates to the Drupal core as well as any modules. The Cron job also indexes your website’s content and handles routine maintenance tasks such as clearing log files. You can change the frequency of the cron job Read More >
Working with URL aliases in Drupal 7
Drupal allows you to further customize your website by setting up search engine optimized URLs called aliases. In this tutorial, we’ll explain further what URL aliases are and how you can use them in your Drupal 7 website. What are URL Aliases URL aliases allow you to provide a more understandable URL to content such Read More >
How to enable Search Engine Friendly URLs in Drupal 7
In our last tutorial, we explained the basic concept of Search Engine Friendly URLs in Drupal 7. In this tutorial, we’ll expand upon those ideas and show you how to enable clean URLs, which is required for Search Engine Friendly URLs to work. Please note: Clean URLs, the setting discussed in this article, is enabled Read More >
Disabling Comments on Specific Blog Entries in Drupal 7
At this point you’ve enabled the blog module and created your first blog entry. By default, commenting (allowing others to post comments on your blog post) is set to Open. Open commenting means anyone with an account that has the permissions set to Post comments will be able to comment. At times, you may want Read More >
Creating a Blog Entry in Drupal 7
Now that you have enabled the Blog module in Drupal 7, you can start adding blog entries in Drupal and start blogging. Adding a blog entry is just like adding any other content type. As you saw in the last tutorial, once the Blog module has been enabled, a new content type called blog entry Read More >
Enabling the Blog module in Drupal 7
If you have decided you want to add a blog to your Drupal 7 website, this can be easily accomplished by enabling the blog module. Drupal has the module installed by default, but before you can actually start blogging you’ll need to enable it. Enabling the module is done through your Drupal dashboard. To enable Read More >
Introduction to menus in Drupal 7
Menus are one of the most powerful attributes of Drupal 7 and have been around since the early days of Drupal. Menus are powerful because they provide ways for your visitors to get to specific pages on the site. Menus are intuitive as well. If you edit the alias or path of a page, the Read More >
Changing the Time Zone in Drupal 7
You can change the time zone for your Drupal 7 website at any time. You can even allow users of your website to set their own time zones as well. This allows the dates on pages, articles, posts, etc. to display in a timeframe that is meaningful to the viewer. Changing the time zone for Read More >
Adding a slogan to your Drupal 7 Website
During the initial installation of Drupal 7, you were never asked for a slogan; however you can easily add one. A slogan is a basic tagline for your website. Adding a slogan is easily accomplished through your dashboard. To add a slogan to a page in Drupal 7: Log into your Drupal 7 Dashboard Go Read More >
How to unblock an IP in Drupal 7
In the previous tutorial, we showed you how to block an IP in your Drupal 7. There may be times you need to remove the block. This can be done through your Drupal 7 Dashboard. To unblock an IP address in Drupal 7: Log into your Drupal 7 Dashboard Go to Configuration Click on IP Read More >
Blocking a specific IP address in Drupal 7
You may find it necessary to block a specific IP address from accessing your Drupal 7 website. Perhaps they are a spammer or have been attempting to break into the site to vandalize it. This can be done very quickly through your Drupal 7 admin dashboard. Log into your Drupal 7 Dashboard Go to Configuration Read More >
