Email all Members in an SMF Forum
It’s easy to email all your Members in Simple Machines. You can email your members by clicking Admin -> then go to “Main -> “News and newsletters” -> then select “Newsletters.” There you can...
View ArticleAuto-notify Members When Topics are Updated
Simple Machines Forums has a somewhat hidden feature that many popular forums use which emails members when a post they engaged in is updated. There is a universal setting you can adjust so that...
View Article7 Ways to Grow Your Online Community
We’ll be adding more tips as we get them, bookmark/favorite this page for updates… Successful online communities share common traits, mainly all focused on engaging their members regularly. Here are...
View ArticleA Cool “Hidden” Feature in Google Analytics
How to see which links on your page are the most most clicked: Measuring engagement with websites is getting more and more sophisticated. Many services now show “heatmaps” which are graphical...
View ArticleHow to Install Plugins in WordPress
It’s easy to install plug-ins which gives your WordPress additional features and functionality. Go on your dashboard and over on the left you’ll see plug-ins. Then click the “add new” tab near the top,...
View ArticleHow to add a link in WordPress
We found a nice WordPress plug-in that makes it easy to add a link to a remote website. Basically it can turn any Post or Page into a direct link to another website URL (web page address). The plug-in...
View ArticleHow to bypass error when upgrading SMF to 1.1.16
Many Simple Machines users have reported an error trying to upgrade SMF from 1.1.15 to 1.1.16. The error they see is: “The package you are trying to download or install is either corrupt or not...
View ArticleHow to make a member an Administrator or Global Moderator in SMF
In Simple Machines Forums, you can make a member an Adminstrator or Global Moderator by changing the member’s “Membergroup.” Go to the top Members area, and click on the member’s name which takes you...
View ArticleHow to Make your Forum Private
There are a couple ways you can restrict access to unregistered guests in SMF 2.x. One way is to require admin-approval for any new membership registrations. You can also select to have the forum admin...
View Article3 Ways to Setup Paid Subscriptions in SMF
There are a few ways to set up a subscription-based forum using simple machines. 1. SMF 2.x comes with a Paid Subscriptions feature. It uses PayPal for transactions, which is relatively universal and...
View ArticleHow to activate Gravatar in WordPress
The most widely used avatar system in WordPress is Gravatar. It gives you a custom image next to your posts and comments. To set this up, first in your dashboard go to Settings >> Discussion and...
View ArticleHow to add or edit the logo in an SMF Forum
To add a logo or banner to the header of your forum, click Admin then go to Configuration -> Current Theme and type in the URL where is says Logo image URL. Good dimensions for your logo are 1000...
View ArticleNow Accepting Guest Blog Posts
The OLI Hosting blog is undergoing an exciting transformation, expanding our authorship to established and up-and-coming bloggers world-wide. We are looking for fresh perspectives and original...
View ArticleWhat is WordPress? A Summary for the Uninitiated
By PIERS EDE ….. For many people, WordPress means merely a free blog platform, a simple way to put some thoughts on the web with a minimum of hassle. But this is far from the whole picture. WordPress...
View ArticleThe Advantages of cPanel Hosting
By TIM ARRENDS ….. There are certain things you look for when choosing web hosting. The first, of course, is value. After all, web hosting is an unavoidable and fixed cost in running your Internet...
View ArticleUse .htaccess to block access to wp-login.php
This is useful in helping stop brute force attacks against WordPress login pages. The .htaccess code below makes it so nobody can access wp-login.php except from your IP: <Files wp-login.php>...
View ArticleProtect the WordPress login page from Brute Force attacks
Beginning in 2013 there were widespread attacks on WordPress login pages everywhere. The first step is to block all IP addresses except for whitelisted IPs for reaching the wp-login.php page. This has...
View ArticleIs Server Location still Important?
By RICHARD LARSON ….. Many people think that with the advent of cloud computing and the prevalence of mobile devices using cloud-hosted apps, that the physical location of computer servers is no longer...
View ArticleHow to Make Your WordPress Blog Private
By JESSICA ROCKWELL ….. Much like keeping a traditional journal, WordPress blogging started out as a simple and free way to jot down your ideas and keep track of your thoughts. And aren’t personal...
View ArticleHow to save new email on the server
When using multiple devices to check email, like a phone and laptop, it’s common to each devices email software to leave new messages on the server-side inbox after downloading the email. This way,...
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