How to Change the Admin News Feed in Social Engine

Last Updated on Tuesday, 18 December 2012 12:01 Written by Andrew Cross Tuesday, 18 December 2012 12:00

First, you need to find out what rss feed you would rather look at other than Social Engines. I chose CNN.com for this example. This means you can have the more important Feeds direct to your panel without leaving your site.

Next
Go to /application/modules/Core/widgets/admin-news and open Controller.php find the line

How to Manually Reset an Admin Password in SocialEngine 4

Last Updated on Sunday, 16 December 2012 12:00 Written by Andrew Cross Sunday, 16 December 2012 12:00

If the administrator password is forgotten and the associated email account is inaccessible, the password can be manually reset through the MySQL database.

Solution
To reset an administrator password:

How to Make the Blog Title Accept More than 32 Characters in SocialEngine 4

Last Updated on Friday, 14 December 2012 12:00 Written by Andrew Cross Friday, 14 December 2012 12:00

Here’s a little tutorial on how to change from the default 32 characters in blog title to a larger value , say 64.
By default , in SE 4.1.4 a blog title can have a maximum of 32 characters , and if a title with more than 32 characters is entered , it will be accepted , but when viewing the blog , the title will be truncated to 32 characters.
To fix this (and also for the forum ) do the following :

Edit this —-

How to Hide the Menu for Non-Members in SocialEngine 4

Last Updated on Tuesday, 4 December 2012 03:16 Written by Andrew Cross Wednesday, 5 December 2012 12:00

Would you like to hide the main menu for non-members? If so, instead of hiding just a few things from non-members through the settings of each plugin, it’s better to just hide all! This way, non-members can only access portal page if set-up correctly. You can use this trick to do so:

Find: /application/modules/Core/widgets/menu-main/

Edit File: Controller.php

Find the following code:

How to Enable HTTPS on SocialEngine 4

Last Updated on Thursday, 29 November 2012 08:28 Written by Andrew Cross Saturday, 1 December 2012 12:00

The best way to make your SocialEngine network more secure is to enable HTTPS (Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure) once you have bought your SSL Cert and activated it via your cPanel edit your .htaccess

Alter your .htaccess file to force SSL by adding these lines below this line ‘RewriteBase /’: