Update: It turns out this problem was caused by plugins. The Wire plugin is causing it on both sites, and the bookmarks plugin is causing it on one site. If you have this problem, I recommend turning off your plugins and enabling them one by one to see which one is causing the problem. I [...]
Elgg Default Theme Should be a Plugin
I finally upgraded to Elgg 1.5 the other day. I was frustrated that custom themes were broken in this version, but I got over it. It is worth the upgrade with all the improvements. There are still no custom blog title tags, but that is easy enough to fix yourself. Now, that custom themes no [...]
How to Fix Tags in Elgg
Update: My changes have been rolled into the current development version of Elgg, so they should be in the next release. So if you don’t want to implement these changes yourself, you should be ok waiting for the upgrade. Tags are a really good way to organize content in Elgg. You can add tags to [...]
Elgg SEO: How to Fix Your Title Tags
Update #1: My changes have been rolled into the current development version of Elgg, so they should be in the next release. So if you don’t want to implement these changes yourself, you should be ok waiting for the upgrade. Update #2: The title tag for pages and files did make it into Elgg 1.5, [...]
Elgg and SEO
Update: I’ve posted a solution for fixing your title tags in Elgg. So as I’ve written, I’ve been using a social networking software package called Elgg. So far I’m really pleased with how it works. In addition, it is open source with the ability to develop plugins for it. However, Elgg is not without its [...]
Elgg Plugins Need Better Organization and Navigation
Update: See the comments. Not too long after I wrote this, we noticed big changes in the Elgg Plugin site. What changed? Every one of my five suggestions was incorporated making huge improvements in the Elgg Plugin site. Thanks guys. A few days ago, I wrote a post on how to improve Elgg. Something else [...]
Elgg Development Wishlist
Elgg is an open source software package that allows you to create and host your own social network. I discovered it last year while looking for this type of software. It is free and because it is open source there is a community of developers that can create plugins to help improve the software. First, [...]