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

How to Protect Your WordPress from Being Exploited

Last Updated on Sunday, 23 December 2012 12:00 Written by Tabaré Patiño Sunday, 23 December 2012 12:00

You might be wondering how to protect your WP installation; therefore I’m leaving you some helpful tips/plugins. Use them at your own discretion:

How to Protect Your WordPress

Last Updated on Tuesday, 18 December 2012 08:55 Written by TJ Marsh Sunday, 4 November 2012 12:00

As many users are probably aware, WordPress is one of the premier open source blog software available on the internet. It has gone far beyond the standard weblog and is now an excellent foundation for just about any type of website. However, the internet itself is fraught with inherent dangers which leave users open to attack by unscrupulous hackers.

It must be understood that it is impossible to prevent every attack, but there are many steps that can be taken to protect WordPress users and their websites. WordPress users have found the software to be highly configurable with an excellent support community available. Because of these features, users can expect considerable levels of security by adhering to the following recommendations outlined below.

How Your WordPress Blog is Affected

How to Setup CloudFlare on Your Arvixe Account

Last Updated on Monday, 13 August 2012 07:45 Written by Arian Jahansouz Thursday, 9 August 2012 12:00

This article will give you a step by step guide on how to setup CloudFlare on your Arvixe account.

To learn more about what CloudFlare is, click here.

To get started, sign in to your cPanel and follow these steps:

How to Protect Your Site From Spammers in Elgg 1.8

Last Updated on Saturday, 23 June 2012 04:17 Written by Rodolfo Hernandez Thursday, 5 July 2012 12:00

In previous articles, I discussed about how to stop automated spammers from registering. However, there are some spammers that can get through and post spam all over your network. For that reason, in this article, we will learn how to stop spammers from posting on your network.

1. First, we will download a plugin called Spam 1.8.x Throttle. You can download it here

2. After downloading the tool, install it on your network. Please refer to this article about installing a plugin in Elgg 1.8

3.  After that, please login on your Elgg network as an Administration and go to the Administration Dashboard: