Honeypot: Another Way to Protect Elgg Against Spammers

Last Updated on Wednesday, 27 February 2013 08:42 Written by Rodolfo Hernandez Friday, 1 March 2013 12:00

Spammers are becoming a great problem for elgg networks. In previous posts I shared some ways to protect your site, however automated spammers that are not listed in spam databases are targeting elgg networks and wasting useful server resources, making your elgg network unsecured, and blacklisting our servers. For that reason in this article I will give a step by step guide on how to install another anti-spammer tool called Honeypot Spam Catcher for elgg 1.8

1. Honeypot Spam Catcher is a very brilliant way to stop automated spammers without adding server load. Download the Honeypot spam catcher here

2. Upload the plugin to the mod folder of your elgg installation. 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“:

How to Add a Site News Section in Elgg 1.8

Last Updated on Saturday, 23 February 2013 02:09 Written by Rodolfo Hernandez Sunday, 24 February 2013 12:00

Site News are a great place to share with your users any update within your elgg network. For a long time there was not a proper news tool. The previous one required to install another plugin which caused a lot of conflicts. For that reason I decided to write a better news plugin. In this article I will give you a step by step guide on how to add a site news section in elgg 1.8

1.  First, download the News plugin that I developed for elgg 1.8 here

How to Add a Group Message Board in Elgg 1.8

Last Updated on Saturday, 16 February 2013 11:36 Written by Rodolfo Hernandez Monday, 18 February 2013 12:00

Message board is a good tool for leaving a quick message in users’ profiles without reloading the page. In this article I will give you a step by step guide on how to add a group message board in elgg 1.8

1. First download the elgg community plugin “Message board with group message board option for Elgg 1.8” here

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