mojoPortal Tips: How Can I Test Changes to My mojoPortal Site?

Last Updated on Friday, 15 February 2013 07:02 Written by Carole Bennett Friday, 15 February 2013 12:00

When working with an open-source CMS (content management system) like mojoPortal, it’s a joy to be able to access functionality to configure your mojoPortal-based solution to the specific needs of your clientele. However, when it comes time to update the site to incorporate the latest features and enhancements for mojoPortal, it can be a bit scary to test changes that may break your customizations. We’ll review a simple technique today that’ll allow you to test your current site’s configuration, without causing “live site” breaks.

First, we’ll define the prerequisites needed for testing: a local version of your database of choice (default is MSSQL, which is what we’ll cover today), and a localhost version of your current site (either leveraging IIS, or Visual Studio – it’s easy to download a copy of Visual Studio Express, or with a little bit of initiative, sign up for one of the programs that will allow you access to a free copy of Visual Studio Developer Edition).

TidyPics for Elgg 1.8 is Out

Last Updated on Friday, 20 July 2012 04:14 Written by Rodolfo Hernandez Monday, 30 July 2012 12:00

After months of development and waiting, the picture album plugin for Elgg TidyPics is finally out of beta. In this article, I will talk about some important tips about TidyPics before installing it.

For almost 10 months, TidyPics was on beta. An important plugin (and only) now has an official release. I’ve been using it the last couple of days, with the latest Elgg release (1.8.8) and found no issues while using it.

Error logs

The previous beta version generated an error log on the server, and it was growing every time I was using it because it came with several deprecated functions. Unlike the beta, the official release is free of that issue. It works without generating error logs.

How to Manually Approve Videos Before They Are Shown in Clip-Bucket v2.x

Last Updated on Thursday, 1 December 2011 02:06 Written by Richi González Tuesday, 13 December 2011 12:00

Hello,

Do you have a website where you just want certain content to be uploaded? With this Clip-Bucket how-to, you will learn how to set videos inactive as soon as they are uploaded, so you can manually approve the ones that you want. This tutorial works for Clip-Bucket v2 branches.

Difficulty level: Easy