How to Check Plugin Compatibility in Elgg 1.8

Last Updated on Saturday, 27 April 2013 09:39 Written by Rodolfo Hernandez Monday, 29 April 2013 12:00

On a previous article I talked about how some plugins have errors and start filling out the error log. In this article I will give you a step by step guide on how to check plugin compatibility and avoid this ‘error log’ situation in elgg 1.8

1. First, download the Code Analyzer for Elgg 1.8 plugin for elgg 1.8 here

How to Optimize the Activity River in Elgg 1.8

Last Updated on Wednesday, 27 March 2013 07:57 Written by Rodolfo Hernandez Thursday, 28 March 2013 12:00

This is a follow up of the elgg optimization articles I will be writing every month. Today we are going to talk about the activity river and how to optimize it to reduce server load and to give a good user experience to your visitors.

1. Download the community plugin Watch my pages for elgg 1.8 here

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 Protect Upgrade.php in Elgg 1.8

Last Updated on Thursday, 29 November 2012 07:45 Written by Rodolfo Hernandez Thursday, 29 November 2012 12:00

Elgg has a nice feature called upgrade.php that allows you to flush the elgg cache and update your network layout. However if this tool is being run by several users at the same time, it could waste our server resources. For that reason in this article I will give a step by step guide on how to protect upgrade.php in elgg 1.8

1. In order to protect upgrade.php we will use a tool called Upgrade Key which can be downloaded here

How to Filter File Types in Elgg 1.8

Last Updated on Sunday, 11 November 2012 04:27 Written by Rodolfo Hernandez Sunday, 18 November 2012 12:00

Filtering file types has been a feature that was not available for elgg. Due to several requests from our elgg users I decided to develop a tool that would offer that feature. In this article I will give you a step by step guide on how to filter file type in elgg 1.8

1. First, download the plugin Files Filter Pro for elgg 1.8 here