Optimizing Elgg Search with Google Search

Last Updated on Sunday, 7 April 2013 11:59 Written by Rodolfo Hernandez Wednesday, 10 April 2013 12:00

Elgg has a search plugin built in. However, it is not actually very good and it is server intensive. It was even replaced by Google Search at the elgg community. In this article I will give you a step by step guide on how to optimize elgg search with google search in elgg 1.8

1. Download and install Google Search plugin here. For plugin installation instruction, please read this article

2. Log into your elgg network as an Admin. Then go to sidebar menu “Configure -> Plugins”:

How to Optimize the Activity River in Elgg 1.8

Last Updated on Wednesday, 27 March 2013 07:57 Written by Rodolfo Hernandez Thursday, 28 March 2013 12:00

This is a follow up of the elgg optimization articles I will be writing every month. Today we are going to talk about the activity river and how to optimize it to reduce server load and to give a good user experience to your visitors.

1. Download the community plugin Watch my pages for elgg 1.8 here

How to Report Content in Elgg 1.8

Last Updated on Sunday, 24 March 2013 09:41 Written by Rodolfo Hernandez Monday, 25 March 2013 12:00

In this quick article I will give you a step by step guide on how to report post, images or profiles in elgg 1.8

1. Elgg provides out of the box, the ability to report to the network Administrator content that could be offensive or harmful. First you need to find the offensive content within your network:

How to Manage Your Widgets in Elgg 1.8

Last Updated on Friday, 22 March 2013 10:34 Written by Rodolfo Hernandez Saturday, 23 March 2013 12:00

Elgg profiles and dashboards are widgetized. It is a good way to make your site more dynamic and easy to customize. However, there has been many requests made by our users on a better way to manage widgets. For that reason, in this tutorial, I will explain How to manage your widgets in elgg 1.8

1. First, download the Widget Manager plugin

2. Now, upload the plugin to the mod folder for installation. If you don’t know how to do that, read this article

Optimizing Elgg with Gallicache

Last Updated on Wednesday, 20 March 2013 08:30 Written by Rodolfo Hernandez Thursday, 21 March 2013 12:00

GalliCache is an elgg plugin, which caches your site’s public pages and serve your users with these cached pages. By using this plugin you can avoid plenty of DB queries, page creation time. This allows increasing the speed on your website Elgg and decreasing the server load. In this article I will give you a step by step guide on how to optimize your elgg network with gallicache.

1. First, download the Community plugin galliCache for elgg 1.8 here

2. Now, upload the plugin to the mod folder for installation. If you don’t know how to do that, read this