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

How to Get Detailed Statistics of Your Elgg Network

Last Updated on Friday, 18 January 2013 12:00 Written by Rodolfo Hernandez Friday, 18 January 2013 12:00

Keeping track of the page views that your elgg network is very important. Elgg by default has a very basic statistics page, which is good but not the best. In this article I will give you a step by step guide on how to get detailed statistics of your elgg network, in elgg 1.8

1. Download the community plugin “Advanced Statistics for Elgg 1.8” here

How to Create Events in Elgg 1.8

Last Updated on Tuesday, 25 December 2012 12:00 Written by Rodolfo Hernandez Tuesday, 25 December 2012 12:00

In this article I will give a step by step guide on how to create events in elgg 1.8 if we want to provide richer web environment to our site, this can improve the flow of users on the site.

1. First download the plugin Event Manager for elgg 1.8 here