Protecting Pages On Your MODX Site — The Easy Way

Last Updated on Saturday, 18 May 2013 10:44 Written by Bob Ray Monday, 20 May 2013 12:00

Suppose you want to make a section of your site private so that only logged-in users can see the Resources. As with most things in MODX, there are several ways to protect Resources.

Contexts

One method is to put all the private Resources in a separate context and protect it by creating a Context Access ACL entry that links the private Context to one or more User Groups. Once you do that, the Resources in the Context will be hidden from everyone who is not a member of the specified group or groups. I try to keep from using Contexts if I can, because they are difficult to set up correctly and they introduce complexities that I’d rather avoid. Links to Resources in other Contexts, for example, can be tricky to implement and users often get sent to the error (page-not-found) page rather than the unauthorized page when trying to access a forbidden resource.

What Is CISPA?

Last Updated on Monday, 4 June 2012 05:04 Written by Arian Jahansouz Friday, 25 May 2012 12:00

The official position of Arvixe is against CISPA. This is simply an educational article informing blog readers about the CISPA bill and its potential impact on the average Internet user. 

So it seems that the threat of SOPA and PIPA has passed. Arvixe explained what SOPA was and took a stance against the act in this article.

But have you heard about CISPA? CISPA is the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act and it actually passed through the House of Representatives on April 26th.

While SOPA focused more on copyright issues, CISPA aims to “track cyber threats.” The bill allows for government agencies and private companies to all be allowed to share private information about cyber threats. No one can deny that cyber threats have certainly been on the rise. We live in a world where most of our daily activities and private information is online, so criminals and vandals have turned towards the Internet to achieve their goals. While CISPA actually does have the potential of being a good thing, the question simply becomes: “what is considered a ‘cyber threat’?”

With CISPA, a cyber threat is anything that makes “efforts to degrade, disrupt or destroy” vital networks. Also, a cyber threat could be anything that can be taken as a “threat or misappropriation” towards information that is privately owned or owned by the government.

How To Connect to a VPN with an Android Device

Last Updated on Sunday, 20 May 2012 12:36 Written by Richi González Monday, 7 May 2012 12:00

Hello,

If your company has a VPN network and you need to be connected on the road to it, you can do it if you have an Android mobile phone (can be done in other devices too). Most Android devices have a built in VPN client installed; you just need to set up the connection.

Difficulty level: Easy

1. Go to Settings -> Wireless & Networks -> VPN Settings -> Set up and manage Virtual Private Networks.

What is the Difference Between a VPS and a Dedicated?

Last Updated on Thursday, 3 May 2012 07:34 Written by Richi González Thursday, 3 May 2012 12:00

Hello,

Ever wondered what are differences between a Virtual Private Server and a Dedicated server? Well, when I was starting in the web world, I for sure asked myself at least once this question. Time later, I finally understood completely their differences. If you are here because you want to know if a VPS or a Dedicated would work better for your case, keep reading too.

To understand what a dedicated server is, think of your personal computer: nobody uses except you. You have full control of what you do in there, the resources that are used, etc.

How to Make Everything Private in Elgg 1.8

Last Updated on Sunday, 1 April 2012 09:45 Written by Rodolfo Hernandez Saturday, 7 April 2012 12:00

In this article, I will show you a step by step guide on how to make you Elgg network entirely private.

Some of our Elgg users are running private networks. However, some of the pages were available for everybody. They want to keep all of the information for logged in users only and wanted an easy way to do this. Elgg provides this, and it is easy to do!

1. First sign in as an Admin and go to the Administration Dashboard.