How to Block a User from Seeing Your phpFox Website When it is in Offline Mode

Last Updated on Wednesday, 22 May 2013 02:53 Written by Stephanie Brown Thursday, 23 May 2013 12:00

This article will show you how to block a user group and its members from being able to access your phpFox website when you have it set to Offline Mode.

When performing an upgrade for your phpFox website, it is good practice to set your site to Offline Mode so that your members will not be able to make updates to the site after you have backed up your database and files.

How to Add a Favicon to a Web Site

Last Updated on Saturday, 11 May 2013 06:14 Written by David Bauernschmidt Thursday, 16 May 2013 12:00

Branding a site can include a wide range of initiatives.  Some can take a large amount of time and energy (graphic designs, target marketing, etc.) while others can take just a few minutes.  Today, I am going to show you a way to add branding to your site without paying a dime and take less than 15 minutes.  You don’t need to pay anyone and can do this completely online for free.  The only requirement is that you have a company image.  When you get this then follow the steps below.

Go to a site that will allow you to upload your image and tweak the image like

• favicon.cc
• Degraeve.com
• Favicon-generator.org

Enable PHP 5.3 for Your Website on Windows Based Hosting

Last Updated on Saturday, 11 May 2013 06:14 Written by Khaleel Demeri Tuesday, 14 May 2013 12:00

Enabling PHP 5.3 for your website in a windows based hosting is very simple! You can enable PHP 5.3 for your website by adding the following to your web.config file between <system.webServer> tags.

Setting Your Dolphin 7.1 Website to “Invitation Only”

Last Updated on Tuesday, 23 April 2013 04:21 Written by Mscott Saturday, 27 April 2013 12:00

Hello and welcome! In today’s blog I’m going to show you how to use the Dolphin 7.1 “Registration by invitation only” option. This option is useful if you want to eliminate spam registrations or give your site a more exclusive feel.

Start by logging into the Dolphin admin area, then click “Advanced Settings” under the “Settings” heading on the left side menu. Next click the “Profiles” sub-heading. On this screen you’ll find an option called “Enable registration by invitation only”. Place a check mark next to this option and click “Save” at the bottom of the screen.

How to Close or Open Your ocPortal Website

Last Updated on Tuesday, 23 April 2013 03:52 Written by Steve Jarvis Thursday, 25 April 2013 12:00

Whether your site is new and you want to close it while you are creating it, or you want to close your site while performing maintenance or completing a site redesign. You may want to open your site after either of these tasks. You may also want to set bandwidth or user limits on your site.

The first part of the process is exactly the same whichever of these tasks you want to perform. These are: