SKDavis

I don't know what I was thinking earlier. Using double or single quotes (apostrophes) is a problem because PHP uses them to define variables. This is also true when PHP is used to display text. You might find this link useful. Here is an additional link on slashes.

Thanks for passing along that information. I have never run into the apostrophe/password problem and will have to look into how that occurs.

Connecting to the database is pretty straight forward with TNG. Please refer to this section https://skdavis.net/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=6#7 and scroll down to section 6. I typically use mixed case characters with numbers and the following special characters (_)*#$<^>{-}@![,] for the database user n...

Both Apache and NGINX work fine with TNG. However you cannot use bot trap or an htaccess file with NGINX. If you want to control access to your site you can use Rip Prevention with Apache or NGINX which allows monitoring and blocking IP addresses.

Although TNG is very secure there are a few things you can do to enhance security. For example, block query string exploits, indexing config files, prevent directory traversing (listing directories), and limit access to the config files. Additionally you can restrict or allow access to IP addresses....

Before making changes, consider upgrading. This modification was corrected in phpBB v3.3.1 . Google is reporting breadcrumb errors on my phpBB website. The problem code is in the navbar_header.html file. I did not find this myself, but a fix was posted on the phpBB forums: Find the following code i...

The first version of this mod was named Hide Google Earth Links and written in July 2020. I should have placed it on the TNG WIKI because the WIKI now has a mod with the exact same name. This mod was renamed to avoid confusion. This mod removes the Google Earth Link icons and links but does not rem...

Displaying personal information on genealogy websites has many opinions when it comes to showing social security numbers. Users can get the numbers on commercial sites but most free sites no longer display this information. For example Family Search has shown them for years but not anymore. Register...

Step one is connecting to the MariaDB database. The critical error may mean php is not configured properly, provided you installed MariaDB. The MySQL module must be enabled so WordPress can connect. You can verify the module is loaded by running phpinfo.php. You can create the file yourself or downl...

Glad you solved the issues! For a time I manually set permissions on a Synology NAS. Then I found you can use File Station to unzip files which sets permissions automatically. If you are placing TNG in a sub-folder, create the folder using File Station. Then copy or move the zip to the NAS folder wh...