By Richard Corzo In April we discussed the Heartbleed vulnerability discovered in the OpenSSL code that many websites and some devices use to provide secure web connections. The vulnerability can allow access to sensitive data stored in the memory of the compromised server or device. It turns … [Read more...]
WordPress Menus, May 20, 2014
More about WordPress! At this meeting we went over the difference between WordPress "pages" and "posts". We then created some categories and discussed the how these will help organize a site. We created some posts and pages, and then explored the WordPress default menus as well as custom menus … [Read more...]
Drupal May 10, 2014
The April meeting was a discussion of the bulk emailing feature of CiviCRM. Our installation generates an error message when sending bulk mail but is able to send "regular" email just fine. This has everyone most perplexed with no solution so far. CiviCRM is a "Constituent Management System" … [Read more...]
Upgrading a Hard Drive to an SSD – Apple SIG April ’14
In April I talked about my recent project to replace the hard drive in my MacBook Pro with a solid-state drive (SSD). My objective was two-fold: to increase the storage capacity, since I had only 10 GB free space on my hard drive, and to gain a speed improvement from using the SSD, which uses flash … [Read more...]
Linux SIG
The DACS Linux Special Interest Group (SIG) deals with all aspects of software and hardware as they relate to running and using a Linux distribution such as Ubuntu or Fedora. Focus usually shifts to what attendees need to know. Also we help each other with our own knowledge and experience … [Read more...]
Digital Magazines, Books, Offline Maps – Apple SIG March ’14
By Richard Corzo March's topic was digital magazines, books, and offline maps. Apple sells magazines in the App Store that show up in the Newsstand app on your iPad or iPhone, but those are the only two places you can read them. Zinio is a seller of digital magazines which has been around for … [Read more...]
WordPress Child Themes, April 2014
WordPress uses Themes to display the content, and once you’ve decided on a theme that best suits your purpose, it’s time to customize and make it your own. However, customizations are best done in a “Child Theme”. At the April meeting I demonstrated how to start a child theme based on one of the … [Read more...]
YouTube, TiVo – Mobile SIG March ’14
By Richard Corzo In March I brought in my TiVo to demonstrate how to watch YouTube videos on your TV as described in my newsletter article. I had the TiVo connected to a display monitor with an HDMI cable to simulate the connection to an HDTV. The TiVo is just one example of a device (in this … [Read more...]
CMS – Basics & More, March 2014
Gone are the days when a website could get away using simple static HTML code. With the ever increasing use of ‘alternate media’ websites now need to be responsive for a good viewer experience. They also need to be dynamic, easily managed (often by multiple contributors), SEO optimized, and … [Read more...]
Unlocking an iPhone – Apple SIG Feb. ’14
By Richard Corzo February’s meeting was dedicated to unlocking an iPhone and switching to a different carrier. Unlocking a phone allows you to switch to a different carrier, or to buy a prepaid SIM to save money on phone calls when you are traveling overseas. To unlock a phone you need to have … [Read more...]