In our last few articles, we introduced you to the idea of Search Engine Friendly URLs and walked you through the steps for enabling clean URLs in Drupal 7. At this point we have all the right settings in place, and we just need to setup our custom aliases! Continue reading to learn how to Read More >
Carrie Smaha
Carrie enjoys working on demand generation and product marketing projects that tap into multi-touch campaign design, technical SEO, content marketing, software design, and business operations.
Promoting an Existing Page to the front page in Drupal 7
Now that you know how to create basic pages in Drupal 7, you can set one or more of those pages to be on your website’s Home (or front) page. This is easily done through the Drupal 7 dashboard. Promoting to the first page just shows the title and the first portion of the actual Read More >
Creating a basic page in Drupal 7
In our last article we talk about the differences between Articles and Basic Pages in Drupal 7. Now that we understand those fundamental ideas, we will begin first by creating a Basic Page in our Drupal 7 test site. To create a basic page to Drupal 7: Log into your Drupal 7 Dashboard In the Read More >
Adding the contact form to the menu in Drupal 7
Before being able to add the contact form into your main menu, you should have already installed the contact module and configured the settings. Now, you need to create a way for your website’s visitors to actually find and access the form. You can add a contact link to your main menu via the Drupal Read More >
Configuring the Contact Form in Drupal 7
Now that you have installed the “contact” module in Drupal 7, it’s time to create and configure the contact form. Log into your Drupal Dashboard Go to Structure >> Contact form Click Edit next to the default Website feedback category Fill in the fields appropriately. Category Enter a category (more like a title) for your Read More >
How to enable the Contact Module in Drupal 7
Drupal 7 comes with many modules pre-installed with the default installation, but not all of then are enabled out of the box. The contact form module is one of the more popular ones. A contact form is a page where visitors will enter information into a form and then submit the information to you. It Read More >
How to enable maintenance mode in Drupal
Drupal has a built-in feature to display a maintenance mode page when you are working on your website. When maintenance mode is enabled, only users with the “Use the site in maintenance mode” permission will be able to access the website and perform maintenance. All other visitors will see the maintenance mode message. Authorized users Read More >
How to change the administration theme in Drupal 7
Drupal 7 is extremely versatile and has many customization features. In addition to the themes your site visitors see, Drupal allows you to change the look and feel of your admin dashboard by setting a separate theme just for it. By having a separate theme for the admin section it allows you to distinguish between Read More >
How to Log Into the Drupal Administrator Dashboard
After installing Drupal, you are ready to begin creating your new site. The vast majority of tasks are done via the administration dashboard. Follow the instructions below, or watch the video on YouTube, to learn how to log into your administration interface. How to Log into the Drupal Admin Interface You have successfully logged into Read More >
How to request a Fantastico License in AMP
Fantastico, a feature in cPanel that helps you easily install programs to your account, is no longer available. As of September 17th, 2012, Fantastico has been replaced by Softaculous. This article is being kept in our Support Center for our VPS and Dedicated Customers who may still be using Fantastico. For all other users, please Read More >
Using the Limit Login Attempts WordPress Plugin
Securing your WordPress site from hackers is extremely important to protect your website. One of the most common ways hackers gain access to WordPress is through brute force password cracking. Hackers use special tools to try multiple usernames and passwords to gain access to your WordPress dashboard. The easiest way to stop a hacker attempting Read More >
Deleting an Affiliate Account in OpenCart
In OpenCart you can have affiliates promote your products and pay them a percentage of the sale in commissions. At times, you may find it necessary to delete an affiliate account. Deleting an Affiliate account is done through the OpenCart Dashboard. Delete an Affiliate Account Log into the OpenCart Dashboard Go to Sales > Affiliates Read More >
Approving Affiliate accounts in OpenCart
Before an affiliate can use their URLs with their personalized tracking code in them, you as the administrator, must approve the account. If you are not familiar with how affiliates work in OpenCart, or you need to manually create an affiliate account, please read our articles. Administrators can approve affiliate accounts in the OpenCart Dashboard. Read More >
Creating an Affiliate account as a customer in OpenCart
Customers can create affiliate accounts on their own without you having to manually create them. If you’re not familiar with Affiliate accounts in OpenCart, or how to manually create affiliate accounts, please see our tutorial. Just like manually created Affiliate accounts, customer created affiliate accounts must be approved by the OpenCart administrator prior to being Read More >
Manually creating Affiliate accounts in OpenCart
You can manually create affiliate accounts in OpenCart. If you are not familiar with OpenCart’s built in Affiliate program, please see our Introduction to Affiliates in OpenCart. Creating a new affiliate account in OpenCart is easily accomplished through the OpenCart Dashboard. How to Create Affiliate Accounts Log into your OpenCart Dashboard Go to Sales > Read More >
Introduction to Affiliates in OpenCart
OpenCart is extremely robust and gives you the option to pay affiliates who promote your products. This can help you promote specific products on your website and increase your sales. You can also set the percentage rate in which each affiliate is paid. Different affiliates can make different commission rates. You can also decide how Read More >
Multiple Languages in OpenCart 1.5
You OpenCart store’s language can be changed to meet the needs of your customers. You can install as many languages as you think you need, for your website’s visitors. A flag representing the language will appear at the top of the website, so your visitors can change the language at their leisure. You will have Read More >
Using the Bulk Export/ Import Extension in OpenCart
Now that you have installed the bulk import/ export tool for OpenCart, you can begin using it to add or modify products in your OpenCart store. The first step is to export your existing products so you know how the spreadsheets work. Then you can add products to the spreadsheet offline and upload the file Read More >
Install Bulk Import/Export Extension for OpenCart Products
If you are building a large store with OpenCart, adding products one by one can be long repetitive process. There’s an extension that you can install that will allow you to export your current products in Excel, work offline on adding or editing new products, and importing the spreadsheet to add the new products to Read More >
Setting up Windows Live Mail
Windows 7 operating system comes with Windows Live Mail, which can be set up to check your webmail account. Windows Live Mail is a free email client that you can use to send and receive emails from an email account you have set up in cPanel. If you have not set up an email account Read More >
