Wondering if it is worth upgrading your installation of Moodle? The following is a list of some of the new features and enhancements which are included in the latest version of Moodle 3.1. If you are using an older version than Moodle 2.6, you will see even more benefits. Running Moodle 2.7 or newer? You…
So, you’ve upgraded to Windows 10 just before the July 29th free upgrade deadline. Does everything work or should you rollback to Windows 7, 8 or 8.1 before that option expires too? Here is a quick checklist: Be sure to test anything that is important to you. The newer your computer, the better your chances of…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Ottawa, Ontario Canada April 11, 2016 TNG Consulting Inc. is proud to announce the public beta release of Calendar Dates, a free Open Source tool to help you create calendars. Have you ever wanted to create a personalized calendar but found it to be a pain to enter between 28 and 31…
Haven’t backed up your computer in a while? You may want to consider doing it sooner than later. Do you recognize any of potential situations? You have been working on your family tree or home inventory, a collection of digital family photos, clip art, videos, music or a diary. You have been developing a revolutionary…
We are often asked about firewalls, anti-virus, adware and spyware. Is it really safe to even leave my computer on? Every computer attached to the Internet should be secured by installing and using software which will protect it from the Internet. This includes firewall, anti-virus and adware/spyware protection. Today, these product are usually bundled together and…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Ottawa, Ontario Canada November 5th 2015 TNG Consulting Inc. has just release the open source beta version of its Moodle plug-in called Reset OPCache. It enables Moodle administrators to easily clear their PHP opCache after having made manual changes to their system which don’t seem to be reflected in the Moodle site. Both developers and system…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Ottawa, Ontario Canada November 1st 2015 TNG Consulting Inc. has just release the open source version of its plug-in called Mail Test for Moodle. It enables Moodle administrators to easily test their Moodle site’s SMTP configuration and ensure that emails are being delivered correctly. Both developers and system administrators will find this plugin valuable when…
Below are examples of a WCAG 2.0 compliant simple and a complex HTML table. Don’t forget to replace the table Caption and Summary. Simple Tables (skip to Complex Table) Here is sample source code for creating a Simple HTML table. [noindex] Sample of Table Caption Header 1 Header 2 example cell example cell example cell…
Changing your profile photo on Facebook is pretty easy but the option is a little hidden. Start by editing the photo. I’ve made some photo editing tips available to help you optimize the quality of your profile photo. Once you have your photo saved on your computer and ready to be uploaded: Log into Facebook…
You’ve decided to join the Social Media revolution – Welcome dear friend! So how do you make a profile photo that will look good? The secret begins with ALWAYS working on a copy of the original photo! You always want to work on the highest quality version of your photo because it contains the most…
The WCAG 2.0 brings with it many recommendations which are not only necessary for accessibility but much overdue when it comes to SEO. Most people don’t realize that search engines are actually blind. As such, they can’t see photos, can’t conceptualize page layouts, can’t see colour indicators… oh and did I mention they were deaf…
In Broken Links Part 1: Checking Tools for Your Website, we tool a look at a few tools to help you identify links that no longer work on your website. In Part 2, we will now go over some tips and techniques to help you repair these website links. So, you are having trouble figuring out…