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How is SEO baked into the Tendenci code?

Tendenci open source software is built with search engine optimization (SEO) in mind (baked into the code as we call it), and the open source code is structured to support best practices for SEO. Here are a few ways in which SEO is baked into the Tendenci code and favors the ranking factor for SEO! Clean HTML: Tendenci AMS software HTML …

How do I turn on Captcha for my website?

Turning on Captcha can help - but not completely eliminate - unwanted form submissions on your website. Go to Apps > Admin > Site Settings Change the Use Captcha field from False to True.

How do I find Tendenci updates and news?

Tendenci - The Open Source AMS is a constantly evolving, and we couldn't do it without the Open Source Community and all programmers who regularly make updates to the software in order to increase functionality, usability and just plain do cooler stuff. Ya'll rock! Want to stay in the know?  You've got a number of easy ways to keep in …

How to Remove Superuser Access once a User has Left

To edit a user's access, go to the user's profile and under the "Users" tab, choose "Edit User Profile." If one of your staff members or volunteers no longer needs access to the website, there are two ways you can downgrade their access on the site. Note: You do NOT want to delete the user, or you will lose the …

How Do I Update my Site?

To perform a minor update, please see https://tendenci.readthedocs.io/en/latest/upgrade/point-update.html. If your site is running an older major version of Tendenci, please check the upgrade guide at https://tendenci.readthedocs.io/en/latest/. We strongly suggest to upgrade your site, if not already, to the latest version of Tendenci for the security and performance reasons, and to take advantage of latest features.  

Monitoring Your Web Site with IP Sentry

You can monitor the uptime and performance of your Tendenci website using a utility like IPSentry. IP Sentry is essentially a robot application that sits on your computer and simulates a request on your website periodically. And then reports the results to you independently. IP Sentry can also be programmed to email you if your site goes down. In the …

Can I use our web server to replace Dropbox?

No. A web site is not meant for file sharing within your organization unless it is done through the files module in Tendenci. If you must do use your site like dropbox because someone in management remembers the old days of FTP and thinks it's still a good idea (it's not), please consider self hosting the Open Source version of …

Tracing the Origin of IP Addresses

In the Tendenci event logs you will see several IP addresses. IP Addresses identify the computer a particular activity allegedly took place on. The server IP address is used to identify which server is the host for your website. Because the servers are behind a firewall (like all servers these days) this will be an internal IP address that does not …

Security Auditing: Step 1 in Penetration Testing is Looking for Vulnerabilities

Let's start simple and show a listing of someone trying different keys to get into a server guessing port 23 (DPT - destination port) root@localhost:~# tail /var/log/ufw.log -f May 11 15:38:25 localhost kernel: [UFW BLOCK] IN=eth0 OUT= MAC=f2:3c:91:70:48:cc:84:78:ac:0d:a6:41:08:00 SRC=1.182.64.189 DST=198.74.51.236 LEN=60 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=52 ID=54573 DF PROTO=TCP SPT=32929 DPT=23 WINDOW=5840 RES=0x00 SYN URGP=0 May 11 15:38:28 localhost kernel: [UFW BLOCK] …

How Do I Upload a Logo, File, Document, or PDF to a Tendenci Site?

There are 2 different ways to upload files to your Tendenci website: through Tendenci's Files Module to store and organize your files, or via your WYSIWYG Editor. Uploading Files Using the Files Module To upload an external file including a Logo, Graphic, Document, PDF, spreadsheet, or other types of content through your Files Module, go to Apps>Content>Files in the Tendenci …

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