Archive for May, 2007

How to install Menalto Gallery 2

If you’re looking to start an online photo gallery, Menalto Gallery may be a good fit for you. It’s free and open-source so you don’t have to spend any money for it and you can customize it as much as you want with a little PHP skill.
Downloading
The Gallery download page has several packages that [...]

How to create a MySQL database with a shell account

Some hosts give you the ability to login with a shell account through SSH. Even if this option is available, and on many hosts it is not, most of your admin activities will be more difficult since you will be using a command line interface rather than a web control panel like cPanel or [...]

How to create a MySQL database in H-Sphere

While not as popular as cPanel or Plesk, many hosts are using the H-Sphere control panel. Fortunately it is very easy to create a MySQL database through the H-Sphere interface.
Login and click the icon
The first step after logging in to your H-Sphere account is to click on the MySQL server icon.

Creating the database
Clicking on [...]

Related post plugin for WordPress

I’ve been using an older version of the related posts Wordpress plugin for several months on my personal blog. Since then it’s been updated several times and is now at version 2.04 which is what’s now installed here.
Installation is fairly straightforward. One file, related-posts.php, needs to be uploaded to your /wp-content/plugins/ folder [...]

How to install Simple Machines Forum 1.1.2

Are you thinking of starting a new forum with Simple Machines but don’t know where to start? Fortunately SMF has a very easy installation process. The most time consuming task for this tutorial was actually downloading the file and writing out the steps. The installation itself only took about 15 minutes.
Download the [...]