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clearFusion is a content management system (CMS) that is easy is both developer and user-friendly and gives you powerful sets of tools to help you easily build and manage high-quality websites. This cm is robust and mobile-friendly and responsive out-of-the-box so your users can enjoy reading and interact with your website from any device. This CMS platform is designed for ease of use to allow webmasters to collaborate and automate engaging experiences with users across multiple devices, including mobile....

Our previous tutorial showed you how to install CuteNews CMS on Ubuntu with Apache2. This one shows you how to run it with Nginx instead. CuteNews is a flat-file content management system (CMS) based on PHP that is easy to install and set up. No database, just PHP — plain and simple! It also comes with a search function, file upload management, backup & restore, IP banning, permission levels support, flood protection, and many more....

LimeSurvey is an open-source, lightweight, online survey platform based on PHP. It uses the LAMP or LEMP stack to operate and allows anyone to create great online surveys for one’s audience. Whether you are conducting simple questionnaires with few questions or advanced assessments with conditionals for any groups, LimeSurvey is the tool you want to use and can be self-hosted in your environment. LimeSurvey lets you focus on building great surveys by leveraging its easy management portal designs and technical quality without the bloats....

By default when you install the MariaDB server, it will allow connections from any system for users with the correct credentials. If you want to add another layer of security, you can enable SSL/TLS settings and force all users to connect securely. For this tutorial, we’re going to be creating a self-signed certificate to configure with MariaDB. To get started with configuring MariaDB with SSL/TLS certificates, follow the steps below:...

The new Microsoft Edge browser has adopted the Chromium open-source project code base and offers better web compatibility and performance over the legacy edge. Microsoft Edge browser is cross-platform and supports all Windows, macOS, and Linux systems. If you’re currently using Edge and want to learn how to configure Microsoft Defender SmartScreen, and help protect your computer, the steps below should show you how to do it. Microsoft Defender SmartScreen provides warning messages to help protect you from potentially untrusted and phishing websites and malicious software....

Moodle, a free and open-source course management system (CMS) works great out of the box after installation. However, to give your students and users the best experience, you may want to consider using Cloudflare CDN, SSL, and protection. Cloudflare provides free and paid features that help speed up websites, offers free CDN and SSL services that protect millions of websites and domains online, and many more. This setup might take a while to complete, and the process below should work on other websites as well....

When using VirtualBox you can share folders from the host computer with guest machines. Guest machines can be Windows, Linux, or macOS. This is made possible by the VirtualBox host folder-sharing feature. Folder sharing exposes the host computer files and folders to virtual machines. For this to work, you must be running the latest version of VirtualBox virtualization software with the current version of guest addition tools. You’ll have to enable bidirectional sharing from the host software, and the steps below show you how to do that....

The lock screen is the screen or curtain you see when you turn on your computer before the sign-in screen. It is also displayed once your computer is locked after you stepped away or press the Windows key + L. The lock screen comes with a background picture that one can change and customize. The sign-in screen is hidden just behind the lock screen. To view the sign-n screen, you must dismiss the lock screen by either pressing a key on your keyboard, clicking the mouse or swiping up on the lock screen (curtain)....

Widgets are feeds of content such as news, weather, stocks, and traffic that are automatically updated with live information on your widgets board. The widgets board in Windows helps you personalize content from your favorite apps and services across the web and on your device, which you can add, remove, arrange, resize and customize. Widgets are activated when you click on the widget’s icon on the taskbar, swipe from the left using touch, or press the Windows + W keys on your keyboard....

There are multiple methods (and tools) to test RAM, ranging from built-in Windows utilities to third-party software. We’ll go over each option in this in-depth guide to help you choose the best method. Should You Test Memory With or Without Pre-Booting? For many years it was held that computer memory had to be tested with a pre-booting tool. This is because in old systems memory was quite limited. It wasn’t unusual to see the operating system corner a lion’s share of the system resources, leaving very little memory to be actually tested....

With Windows Hello, one can use a PIN, facial recognition, picture, or fingerprint to sign into their Windows devices. Windows Hello feature offers several ways one can ditch their passwords in favor of a more secure and personal method of authentication. When you set up Windows Hello facial recognition sign-in option, you can also choose to enable or disable the “Automatically dismiss lock screen if Windows recognizes your face” option....

Unfortunately, the Chromium browser has found itself being used for malicious reasons. Unless you download it from the Chromium project website, you may find it bundled with malware and other dangerous content, leaving it unable to be removed. If you want to uninstall it, here’s how to uninstall Chromium. How To Uninstall Chromium Using Windows Settings If you installed Chromium yourself (using a software installer), you shouldn’t have much trouble removing it using the Windows Settings menu....

Windows 11 comes with a built-in app called Alarms and Clock. You can use this app to set an alarm, use timers, and more. With Windows alarms, you configure, set, and forget them and it should help you sleep better and wake up rested similar to your devices. Windows alarms are good on some occasions. Alarms and timers work even if the app is closed or your device is locked....

Recently we showed you how to use a night light in Windows to help with sleeplessness and eye strain after dark. You can read that post here. If you’re still having problems seeing what’s on your screen, you can use Windows 11 built-in color filters to help distinguish between things that differ only by color. This changes the color palette of objects on the screen which brings out the contrast and could help you see clearly....

Also, whenever we would try to do a Print Preview, the screen would be blank except for the page number in the header and some sort of strange file path at the bottom. The file path looked like this: There are a couple of reasons why this may happen and there are a few possible ways to fix it so that you can print properly in IE. Method 1 – Restart IE The easiest possible way to fix the issue is to simply restart Internet Explorer and try to print the web page or print preview....

When it comes to making major purchases like a brand new flatscreen, you’re likely looking for the best bang for your buck. The only way you can make an informed decision is, well, by being informed. What do the acronyms stand for and which one is the better choice? These are the questions we’ll be answering today by providing a head to head comparison and brief overviews of each commonly used panel display option....

Thanks to decades of community work and support from organizations like Canonical, you can download something like Ubuntu Linux today and do almost all the things you can with Windows. All without needing a degree in computer science. Modern desktop Linux distros look good, work well and are suitable for average users. However, they have one huge difference compared to commercial operating systems – Open Source licensing. This means we have full access to all the inner workings of Linux....

If you are using any of the methods in this post for running programs as administrator while logged in as a standard user instead of as an administrator, you must enter the administrator’s password on the User Access Control (UAC) dialog box before the program will run as administrator. NOTE: Be careful which programs you run as administrator. Be sure you trust the program. Once you have applied administrator and UAC permission, the program has full access to your computer....

What you can do is install an older version of Safari on Windows 10 or 11, although we highly advise against that due to compatibility and security-related issues. The best and safest option is to sync your browsing data from Safari to Chrome or Edge on your PC via iCloud for Windows. Setting up macOS on your PC and using Safari that way is another feasible option. Download and Install Safari on Your Windows PC Apple halted the development of Safari for Windows in 2012....

NFS or Network File System is a distributed file system that can be enabled in a client/server environment. NFS is very easy to configure for those wishing to allow NFS client machines to access NFS mount points on a server using NFS protocol. This brief tutorial shows users how to set up NFS mount points on a server for client access. It should be quick and easy to understand, even for new users....