Through phpMyAdmin you can access your database. Select the correct database in the left hand box Find evo_users and hit "Browse" http://www.blog.hemminga.net/B2evoforum/phpMyAdmin_evo_users.png In this box hit the pencil "Edit&quot… More »

This forum is destined to list Frequently asked questions and to link to their answers throughout the others forums on this site. Some questions may have several different answers. More »

Hello guys, I've been looking for a way to change the comments form position (in posts), in view of moving it before comments list, instead of after... but I could not find which file to modify for this (skin ? inc ?). Can you help me please ? Search… More »

Hi All, First - Excellent software! Easy to post, etc. Now, I just installed the new version b2evolution version 5.1.2 which went smoothly & everything that I'm used to working although I did encounter 2 problems with 1st, post counter when posting… More »

Hi, I have been asked to help move an old b2 evo blog running v 3.3.3 to a new host and to update to the latest version. Would I, Backup the database, and /media, config.php and custom skin folder, upload to the new host, then install the newest… More »

My b2evolution Version: 4.1.x Hi. Upgrading 4.1.4 to 4.1.5b as suggested. Went to tools for backup -- BAD MISTAKE, because the program froze and site stuck on 503. [Have done a full backup thru CPanel]. How do I get the site back online??? More »

Does anyone offer an upgrade service for blogs, i'm nervous of doing it myself as i'm concerned that i will be out of my depth and wreck my blog altogether? More »

I have a lot of older b2evo installations from 1.8 to 4.x and want to create new blogs with content. I.e. I want to create a new blog on 5.x from blog number 5 from an older 3.3 version. How would I extract that particular database information and trans… More »

I am am new to b2evolution and like what I see. I went through and linked my twitter account, which went flawlessly. However on the main blog page on the side bar it lists twitter but constantly has a moving circle which states loading tweets, but… More »

Hello. I am linking my blog to Twitter and it states that "Twitter plugin was initialized successfully!" However I also receive this notice: "Undefined property: stdClass::$screen_name in /home/iyoodle/public_html/plugins/twitter_plugi… More »

Just installed 5.0.4 and looking to change image formats. The ones available do not suite. What do I need to do to add a format of fit-WWWxHHH that is totally new. I know I need to change format in /skinname/posts.main.php but that alone does not do… More »

I was trying to fiddle about with my .htaccess this morning and I have broken my blog. My .htaccess is: # Apache configuration for the blog folder # Lines starting with # are considered as comments. # PHP SECURITY: # this will make register globals off… More »

Hi all, I've recently installed this blog app to my site and I love the look and feel and ease of making some of the changes. I did find on the "Blog Settings | General Tab", the field for URL "Filename": and I updated the value to… More »

Right now, all posts are being placed on the baseURL page for the blog. How can I set posts to be shown on a page other than the baseURL page? More »

Someone had answered a topic for me quite awhile ago and I was about to make some updates to my site. However, I can't find the old thread now and I thought it would be somewhere under my profile. Have you changed something here? I hate to have to post… More »

My b2evolution Version: Not Entered If you are still running a 0.* version you NEED to upgrade. EVERYTHING from back then is obsolete and unsupported, and more importantly you're missing out on lots of really cool stuff. Now that we know you're going to… More »

I'm a newbie to this forum, can't find my problem listed here, hope someone can help. When I do a search on my site (http://www.ccm.co.za), or follow any menu link, then click on any entry in the list, it doesn't display - The page flashes briefly, th… More »

Create a file /locales/en_US/_global.php and add your "translation" to selected messages. Add only the strings that you want to change. The phrase must completely match the original, you can find exact strings in /locales/fr_FR/_global.php… More »

Ok, here's a brief instructions on how to use "nice urls" in b2evo. First of all, you need to create a .htaccess file (or add the code [u]at the end[/u] of existing file) in domain root directory e.g. /home/user/public_html/ Please note, if… More »

== Update == B2evolution 2.4.6 seems to suffer from a regression (an old bug). The enable Sticky posts you want to open /inc/items/model/_itemlist.class.php. On or around line 567 you find a list. In this list you want to add ptyp_ID so it looks like… More »

My b2evolution Version: 2.4.X If you are a GoDaddy customer, v2.4.X has issues with the stock GoDaddy configuration. So to make it work, you need to: 1). Create a php.ini (or php5.ini if your account is setup with PHP5) with the following in it:… More »

HOWTO ... ... make a third column in the Asevo skin An introduction to containers http://www.blog.hemminga.net/B2evoforum/howto1-800.png As the picture shows, the Asevo skin has plenty space. The picture is taken from a 1440 px wide 17" widescreen… More »

It's fairly easy to make a backup of the database and lateron import it into the new server. I walk you through: http://www.blog.hemminga.net/B2evoforum/phpMyAdmin1.png Go to your hosts cPanel or equivalent and choose phpMyAdmin. It may be that… More »

If you cannot send mail through B2evo, probably because your host has disabled PHP's mail() function you must use another mailserver. There are other situations where you deliberately want to use this. This solution will work with any SMTP server you… More »

If you want to display a custom page for your blog this one method Lets assume it's an "About" page. 1: Open the index.main.php for your skin and find… More »

If you read the [url=http://manual.b2evolution.net/Main_Page]docs[/url] you may have noticed the recommendation to rename the sample.htaccess file to .htaccess on an Apache server. I did rename the file a long time ago, but forgot all about it during… More »

This is an adaptation from the post [url=http://forums.b2evolution.net/viewtopic.php?t=10992&start=0&postdays=0&postorder=asc&highlight=][1.9.x] HOW-TO: Configure b2evolution for non-English posts[/url] by smpdawg. This manual applies to… More »

Keep your keyword blacklist up-to-date! "Request abuse update from centralized blacklist" over and over until you only get one response that is "Not necessary! (Already handled)". Make this a habit! Each time you blog or check out… More »

conf/_admin.php: Code/** * Cross posting * * Possible values: *   - 0 if you want users to post to a single category only *   - 1 if you want to be able to cross-post among multiple categories *   - 2 if you want to be… More »

Has this happened to you? You make a long post, hit "save" and then get one of the following three messages: Found invalid URL: Invalid URL Found invalid URL: URI scheme not allowed Found invalid URL: URL not allowed It can be difficult to figure out… More »

Okay first things first: 1) In Flickr / Account / Your Blogs you have to choose 'BloggerAPI enabled blog' 2) The endpoint is something like this: http://yoursite/xmlsrv/xmlrpc.php Don't use the version in 0.9.0.12 and don't use the version from tor 3)… More »

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