How to Allow Users to Login With Email or Username in phpFox

Last Updated on Sunday, 13 January 2013 12:00 Written by Stephanie Brown Sunday, 13 January 2013 12:00

This article will show you how to make it so that your members can login with their email address or with their username on your phpFox website.

Login to your admincp and select Settings > Manage Settings.

How to Change a Member’s User Group in phpFox

Last Updated on Tuesday, 8 January 2013 12:00 Written by Stephanie Brown Tuesday, 8 January 2013 12:00

This article will show you how to manually move a member from one user group to another.

You will come across a time when you will need to manually change the user group a member belongs to.  This could be due to the fact that you want to promote a member to your staff user group.  You can do this easily via the admincp.

Login to your phpFox admincp, and select Users > Browse Users.

How to Retrieve Users’ IP Address with PHP

Last Updated on Monday, 24 December 2012 10:24 Written by Richi González Sunday, 23 December 2012 12:00

Hello,

In a website I was making, I had a rating system in which votes were by unique IP address. It was very easy to retrieve it, yet there are people that may not know so I share it with all of you.

How to Add Privacy to Profile Pictures in Elgg 1.8

Last Updated on Sunday, 2 December 2012 10:31 Written by Rodolfo Hernandez Tuesday, 4 December 2012 12:00

If you run a network, you have to give users the right to set privacy for their activity. Elgg provides privacy for pictures, comments, files, etc However there was no option to add privacy to profile pictures. In this article I will give you a step by step guide on how to add privacy to profile pictures in elgg 1.8

1. First, download Profile Icon Access for Elgg 1.8

How to Manage User Cancellation Options in phpFox

Last Updated on Sunday, 11 November 2012 04:25 Written by Stephanie Brown Wednesday, 14 November 2012 12:00

This article will focus on managing the options your members see if they decide to cancel their account on your phpFox website.

As your memberbase grows for your phpFox website, it is inevitable that you will have members that wish to cancel their accounts.  As the site owner, you want to get feedback from the members as they cancel, allowing you to note trends and work towards making improvements.

The default User Cancellation options are generic, it is up to you to customize them to better suit your site, and the information you hope to receive from cancelling members.