How to Integrate Google Drive with Elgg 1.8

Last Updated on Sunday, 10 February 2013 08:48 Written by Rodolfo Hernandez Monday, 11 February 2013 12:00

Google Drive lets you store any document or file you want. It is a free service with almost unlimited storage. Not only that, Google Drive lets you share any file or document with your friends or everybody in the internet. In this article I will give you a step by step guide on how integrate Google Drive with elgg 1.8 so that you can share your Google Drive files in your elgg network.

1. First download the elgg community plugin Google Drive here

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

3. Log into elgg as an Admin. Open the Administration Dashboard and go to menu “Configure -> Plugins“:

Warning to All Users: Upgrade your Elgg Network to the Latest Version Now

Last Updated on Thursday, 31 January 2013 07:38 Written by Rodolfo Hernandez Tuesday, 29 January 2013 02:52

If you are using elgg 1.7.x or elgg 1.8.x you must upgrade now to the latest elgg version immediately. A new security threat has been discovered and fixed, and I will explain the details about this threat in this article and the solution for it

How to Replace TinyMCE with CKeditor in Elgg 1.8

Last Updated on Saturday, 26 January 2013 12:00 Written by Rodolfo Hernandez Saturday, 26 January 2013 12:00

TinyMCE is an online editor that is widely used in many CMS platforms. Elgg comes with TinyMCE pre-installed and it is pretty useful when it comes to add styling when you are writing a comment or when you are writing a blog entry within elgg. However sometimes TinyMCE faces problems in elgg. For example, embedding a picture using TinyMCE within elgg does not work sometimes and it is frustrating. CKeditor is a free, GPL text editor designed to simplify website content creation, and it has more features and more supported than TinyMCE. For that reason in this article I will give you a step by step guide on how to replace TinyMCE with CKeditor in elgg 1.8

How to Add a Version Checker in Elgg 1.8

Last Updated on Thursday, 24 January 2013 12:00 Written by Rodolfo Hernandez Thursday, 24 January 2013 12:00

Keeping your elgg site up to date is very important, because it will keep you protected against any security threat or a bug that could make your elgg network unstable. For that reason in this article I will give a step by step guide on how to add a version checker widget that will show whether your network is up to date or not.

1. The first thing to do is to download the plugin Core Version for elgg 1.8 here

How to Activate Live Notifications in Elgg 1.8

Last Updated on Sunday, 20 January 2013 12:00 Written by Rodolfo Hernandez Sunday, 20 January 2013 12:00

The default elgg notification system sends emails to users when there’s activity in the network. Although this is good, it requires having the email inbox open to get the notification as soon as it arrives. A better way to handle notifications would be in site notifications. For that reason in this article I will give you a step by step guide on how to activate live notifications in elgg 1.8

1. First, let’s download the community plugin called “Notifier for Elgg 1.8” here