HowTo

HowTo Turn off Honoring DST Settings on Entries

2010-03-18T12:25:31+00:00

Question: How can I turn off DST settings being applied to my entries?

Answer: From the EE 2.01PB control panel, choose Admin > Localization Settings and set the value of Honor the Daylight Saving Time setting associated with each channel entry? to No.

HowTo Get Rid of my Publish Page Layout

2010-03-14T16:36:42+00:00

Question: How can I get rid of the formatting I have set for EE2.x?

Answer: You’ll need to manually truncate the exp_layout_publish table.

Use the following snippet in either EE or using PHPMyAdmin:

TRUNCATE `exp_layout_publish`

Where can I find Snippets in the EE2 Control Panel?

2010-02-16T12:42:05+00:00

Question: Where can I find Snippets in the EE2 Control Panel?

Answer: Snippets can be found at:

# CP Home
# Design
# Template Manager
# Snippets

HowTo Set Accessories to not be used

2010-02-01T19:57:46+00:00

Question: How can I get accessories to not be active if I have errors when accessing the Accessories page?

Answer: You can delete rows from the exp_accessories table. This query will remove all the rows in the table, but not delete any files on the server.


delete from exp_accessories

HowTo Replace Underscores with Dashes in url_title

2010-01-20T22:53:14+00:00

Question: How can I change the url_title to use dashes (-) instead of underscores (_)

Answer: You can perform the following sql query to do this.

UPDATE `exp_weblog_titles` SET `url_title` = REPLACE(`url_title`, '_', '-'); 

For EE2.x:

UPDATE `exp_channel_titles` SET `url_title` = REPLACE(`url_title`, '_', '-'); 

NOTE: As with any direct sql manipulation, make sure you’ve backed up the table before attempting this.

Link to Docs on security in PHP templates

2010-01-20T12:13:18+00:00

Question: Where can I find out more information about security risks with PHP in templates?

Answer: You can find more info from the following page in the EE 1.x docs: EEDocs: PHP in Templates

HowTo Set the Time Out Limit in EE2.x

2010-01-07T12:54:56+00:00

Question: Is there a way of setting the time interval for the EE backend when using Sessions or Cookies and Sessions?

Answer: You can change this via Time Interval for Lockout in your Security and Session Preferences

CP Home -> Administration -> Security and Session Preferences

Forum Thread

Creating a New Entry in EE 1.6.8

2010-01-01T12:45:45+00:00

Just a quick video.

HowTo Create a Sticky Post

2010-01-01T12:34:51+00:00

Question: How can I make my forum topic sticky?

Answer: Take a look at this short video:

HowTo Determine Memory Limits

2010-01-01T12:30:10+00:00

Question: How can I determine how much memory is allocated to PHP?

Answer: If you are able to login to your EE backend, navigate to Admin > Utilities > PHP Info (EE 1.6.8)

-or-

Tools > Utilities > PHP Info (EE 2.x) and search for:

memory_limit

The value(s) displayed there are what is allocated to PHP.

With EE2.x I recommend setting the memory limit to at least 64M.