How to Hide the Search Box for Guests in Elgg 1.8

Last Updated on Tuesday, 30 October 2012 06:04 Written by Rodolfo Hernandez Friday, 2 November 2012 12:00

The search box allows your users to find any content posted within your elgg network. However, some prefer to hide this search feature from guests users. For that reason in this article I will show you a step by step guide on How to hide the Search Box for guests in elgg 1.8

Default Elgg Search Box

1. First, we will download a plugin called “Minimal Hide Search Box plugin for Elgg 1.8”, which can be downloaded here

How to Easily Run the Upgrade.php Script in Elgg 1.8

Last Updated on Monday, 30 January 2012 09:47 Written by Rodolfo Hernandez Monday, 30 January 2012 12:00

In this article, I will give you a step by step guide on how to easily run the Upgrade.php script in Elgg 1.8. Sign in to your Elgg site as an Admin and follow these steps:

1. Once logged in, click on the Administration link on the topbar:

How to Run upgrade.php in Elgg

Last Updated on Thursday, 21 July 2011 08:00 Written by Rodolfo Hernandez Saturday, 23 July 2011 12:00

Several Elgg users wonder why they cannot see changes they do to their Elgg sites. I tell them to run the upgrade.php, but they do not know how to that. This article will give you a step by a step guide on how to run upgrade.php in Elgg.

Elgg: Protecting Upgrade.php

Last Updated on Friday, 8 July 2011 10:46 Written by Rodolfo Hernandez Sunday, 12 December 2010 07:54

What is upgrade.php?  Upgrade.php is a file that flushes the cache that elgg uses. It runs code and database upgrades. By default, in any regular Elgg install, anyone can run this file.  This is not good. We don’t want anyone running this file.