Displaying Specials in specific areas of OpenCart Updated on December 22, 2023 by Carrie Smaha 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 Updated on December 22, 2023 by Carrie Smaha 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 Updated on December 22, 2023 by Carrie Smaha 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 >
How to enable ReCaptcha in Joomla 2.5 Updated on November 19, 2021 by Brad Markle 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 you have never seen one before, captchas are parts of a website where you sometimes need to type in a Read More >
How to put your Joomla 2.5 site in Maintenance Mode Updated on November 19, 2021 by Brad Markle 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. From time to time, you may need to put your Joomla 2.5 site in maintenance mode. Maintenance mode takes your website Read More >
Understanding Global Module Caching in Joomla Updated on August 16, 2021 by Brad Markle 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. Enabling caching in Joomla 2.5 is a great way to speed up page load times and reduce server load. While there Read More >
How to enable the Debug System in Joomla 2.5 Updated on November 19, 2021 by Brad Markle 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. As with many applications that run on the internet, Joomla 2.5 can at times use excessive CPU time or memory. When Read More >
Disabling Comments on a Specific Content Type in Drupal 7 Updated on August 16, 2021 by Carrie Smaha 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 Updated on August 16, 2021 by Carrie Smaha 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 Updated on August 16, 2021 by Carrie Smaha 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 >
Joomla Database Connection Error (2): Could Not Connect to MySQL Updated on March 11, 2022 by Brad Markle 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. Joomla 2.5 utilizes a database to store a majority of a site’s content. For example, if you write a new article Read More >
Working with URL aliases in Drupal 7 Updated on August 16, 2021 by Carrie Smaha 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 >
The Difference Between a Joomla Plugin, Module, and Component Updated on August 16, 2021 by Brad Markle New users to Joomla 2.5 often ask, “What is the difference between a plugin, module, and component?” All three are referred as extensions, as they extend the basic functionality of Joomla and add additional features. In this tutorial we’ll explain what sets apart plugins, modules, and components. What is a Plugin? When you think of Read More >
How to enable Search Engine Friendly URLs in Drupal 7 Updated on August 16, 2021 by Carrie Smaha 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 >
How to install a Joomla 2.5 Component Updated on November 19, 2021 by Brad Markle 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. Along with installing modules and installing plugins, you can install Joomla 2.5 components to add additional functionality to your Joomla website. Read More >
Disabling Comments on Specific Blog Entries in Drupal 7 Updated on August 16, 2021 by Carrie Smaha 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 Updated on August 16, 2021 by Carrie Smaha 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 Updated on August 16, 2021 by Carrie Smaha 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 >
How to install a Joomla 2.5 Module Updated on November 19, 2021 by Brad Markle 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. As we continue to learn about Joomla 2.5 extensions, we will now walk you through the steps needed for installing a Read More >
How to install a Joomla 2.5 Plugin Updated on November 19, 2021 by Brad Markle 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. In our previous tutorial, we explained the difference between plugins, modules, and components in Joomla 2.5. In this tutorial, we’ll begin Read More >
