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How Do I Change My Username, Password, and Display Name?
This help file shows you how to edit your Tendenci User profile to update information stored in your website's user database about you. Information included on your user profile that you may want to edit includes: your name, contact information, your Display Name and Username, and password. Regular Users and Members can only make changes to their own profile information, …
How Do I Encrypt My Tendenci Site With an SSL Certificate
SSL certificates encrypt your website, you can read about the process here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_key_certificate If you host your website with us: Ensure that you have access to your DNS. If your website takes payments, you'll need access to your merchant account as well. Submit a ticket (https://www.tendenci.com/tickets/) with your domain name (ie: www.awesomestuff.com) letting us know you're interested in having an …
Add a New User to Your Tendenci Website
This help file shows you how to add new Users to your Tendenci website. Only people with Super User level access to your website can add new users manually. The alternatives for adding users include self-registration, membership renewal, or filling out a contact form when donating, registering for an event, or otherwise submitting their information through a form on your …
How to Use Google reCAPTCHA v2 or v3 on Your Tendenci Site
Instead of using the default captcha, you can switch to Google's reCAPTCHA to better protect your site against spam. The setup process is simple. The first step is to register your site in the reCAPTCHA admin. When choosing the type of reCAPTCHA, select between reCAPTCHA V2 (checkbox) or reCAPTCHA V3 (invisible score). reCAPTCHA v3 returns a score for each request without user …
Custom Forms - Allowing file uploads on a custom form
Security Risks and Information The first thing to take note of when allowing file uploads in custom forms is your target audience. Is this form going to be anonymous, user only, or administrator only? Allowing anonymous people to upload files can be a security risk. John Doe could easily upload a Microsoft word document that contains a virus or …
What is SQL Explorer?
SQL Explorer in your Tendenci site SQL Explorer is a built-in tool in Tendenci AMS that allows administrators to run SQL queries directly against the Tendenci database. With SQL Explorer, you can view and modify data in your Tendenci database, and generate custom reports that aren't available through the standard Tendenci reporting tools. And best of all, YOU CAN EXPORT …
remove errors from favicon from nginx server logs
The favicon.ico file is problematic in that IE browsers request it at /favicon.ico before reading your HTTP headers which might specify an alternate location for the file. This generates an error in your NGINX logs. The solution must be done in the server block of NGINX. Create a "drop.conf" file in nginx to include in each server block touch /etc/nginx/drop.conf …
serving static pages via NGINX and hiding the "index.html" portion of the URL
How to remove the "index.html" for the root and subfolders of a static site using NGINX. Note this is done in the server location block. Scenario: When serving static pages, for example a @failover site via reverse proxy that is generated via a WGET like this (note it's all one line): wget --limit-rate=555k --no-clobber --convert-links --restrict-file-names=windows --random-wait -r -p -E …
How is Membership Validated for Membership Pricing in Tendenci Events?
When a visitor registers for an Event, how does Tendenci verify that they are indeed a member who should receive Member pricing? Tendenci provides several options for how you would like to verify your member. Anonymous Event Registration Setting The Anonymous Event Registration setting determine how strict you will be with validating your membership. This is a setting located under …
Membership Management Software Questions
Engage Your Members with Tendenci Open Source Welcome to our evolving repository of frequently asked questions from the community about the Tendenci open-source software platform for Membership Management. We make it a priority to keep this list up-to-date to provide answers to all your inquiries. We continuously add new questions and ensure comprehensive answers. To streamline your search, utilize the …
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