http://www.thesecurityinstaller.co.uk/community/page/index.html/_/articles/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 01:30:08 +0000 43200 Articles describing how to use the new Articles module of IP.Content http://www.thesecurityinstaller.co.uk/community/page/index.html/_/articles/welcome-to-tsi-r65 Regular participants in our Forums include hundreds of experienced Intruder Alarm/Access Control/CCTV/Fire Alarm engineers, and company representatives, combined we collectively cover every aspect of the UK electronic security Industry, but there are certain things we cannot advise about for obvious security reasons. After all, your system wouldn't be very secure if we told everyone how to default it, or issued engineer/installer manuals to everyone that asked.
So in light of this please do not ask for such things as they will not be given.


This is just a Security Advice website, what you do with the information you find here is up to you. You should note that anything you read on this site that has been worded by our members and is purely our own thinking, opinion or recommendation, and should not be seen as representing the views of the companies we work for. We're not trying to sell you anything on this site and its up to you whether you to take any notice of, or act on any advice or guidelines.
What we're trying to accomplish with this site is inform and advise you about Intruder detection and other security issues, nothing more and nothing less.

• "There are an estimated 8,000 security companies in the UK market"
• "Approximately 350,000 people work in the security industry"
• "Approximately 12% of homeowners have a domestic intruder alarm"
• "Sadly 60% of public sector contracts for security services are awarded on the basis of price alone"

Considering purchasing an Intruder Alarm System ?

Consider these few pointers:

1: The best way to find your installer is by recommendation, so ask your friends and neighbours for opinions of there installed systems, and yearly maintenance costs.

2: You should check that your chosen Installation company has all the relevant insurances including the efficacy (failure to perform) insurance, and make sure they offer 24/7 cover, on every day of the year.

3: We would also recommend that you get three detailed quotations, i.e.- not just prices, but kit supplied, explanation of works to be carried out etc, and assurance that the system will be installed to all current standards.

4: When you have your 3 quotes you can ask in our Forums for opinions of your quotes and which offers the best value for money against equipment specified.

Seriously consider the above 4 pointers when getting an intruder alarm system (IAS) survey, and try to steer clear of getting the odd job man from round the corner to install you an alarm or security system. You wouldn't believe some of the sub-standard work we come across. Its a crying shame that when it comes to your home security a lot of you opt for the cheaper option, well after all an alarm is an alarm right..? Well its not quite that simple, that's like saying a car is a car. You see where I'm going with this..? You will pay for what you get, a quality alarm system is not cheap.

The surveyor of your property has usually made a judgment as to what he thinks you will be able to afford, and will try to do a quote for equipment that meets his estimate. Most Site Surveyors are are on commission, if they don't sell the job they've wasted their time and don't earn money, and of course no one wants to work for nothing, so they DON'T tend to quote for what I'd consider a full alarm or security system (a system that meets all your current requirements but has capacity for future expansion), simply because the homeowner would have much cheaper quotes from everyone else.

Take Note !

As service/installation engineers we've been called out or sent to correct faults on thousands of alarm systems, and generally most have been fitted well, comply with the relevant British standards, and provide adequate protection against the opportunist. But there are a lot that offer little or virtually no protection at all.

We regularly come across systems that a burglar could silence within a few seconds with only a little basic knowledge of how an alarm system operates, and unfortunately from alarm systems we have been called to we'd say this probably applies to almost 15% of you.]]> Mon, 14 Jun 2010 22:28:55 +0000 9766527f2b5d3e95d4a733fcfb77bd7e http://www.thesecurityinstaller.co.uk/community/page/index.html/_/articles/promoting-posts-to-articles-r57
The administrator can configure the specifics of this feature in the ACP under My Apps -> IP.Content -> Promote Article Settings. You can turn the system on and off, control which groups can copy and move posts to the articles section, and specify a few other details for the feature. A new hook is included with IP.Content which adds a button to each post labeled "Promote to Article". This button only shows up if you have permission to use the feature based on the ACP configuration.

When clicked, the button will take you to a new form where you can formalize the details of the new article. You can tweak the text and title, upload an image, and specify other pertinent details. If you are able to both move and copy posts to the articles section, you will also be asked which type of promotion you wish to use. Upon submitting the form, IP.Content handles the rest.

This new feature can be used to showcase important content otherwise hidden in your forums by pushing this content to your frontpage. It is then up to you whether you want a copy made in the articles section (leaving the original post in tact), whether you want to actually move the post to the articles section, and whether you want any cross-linking left in place. With such powerful options, we are sure you will find many uses for this new promotion tool in IP.Content 2.0.]]> Sun, 23 May 2010 12:34:52 +0000 6c4b761a28b734fe93831e3fb400ce87 http://www.thesecurityinstaller.co.uk/community/page/index.html/_/articles/what-is-a-frontpage-r58
Firstly, you will now be able to define "frontpage" templates in the ACP for the Articles module. IP.Content 2.0 will ship with 3 defaults:

• 1x2x2 Layout
  This layout will display articles in a traditional "news" style layout.
• Blog format
  This format will display articles in a blog-style format.
• Single column
  This layout will force articles to display in a single column, one per row.

You can use one or more of these frontpage layouts, or you can create your own. Experiment with displaying articles in different formats on your homepage to determine which layout your users like best.

Articles must be set to "Show on front page" in order for them to display on the homepage frontpage.

In addition to the homepage frontpage, each category has it's own frontpage. The category frontpage functions identically to the homepage frontpage, except for two important factors:

• Only records from within that category (and it's subcategories) will be displayed
• The "Show on front page" setting is not honored for the category frontpage

You will be able to easily review and manage the articles set to display on the frontpage from a new section of the ACP labeled "Frontpage Manager". We feel that this new area of the articles section will help showcase important articles and increase user interaction with your articles section.]]> Sun, 23 May 2010 12:34:52 +0000 06409663226af2f3114485aa4e0a23b4 http://www.thesecurityinstaller.co.uk/community/page/index.html/_/articles/store-comments-in-forum-r62
This new functionality can be enabled at a per-database and per-category level. You can specify separate forums for each category in your article section, for instance, or you can turn off forum commenting for a specific category, while enabling it for all others.

A few additional configuration options, such as allowing you to automatically remove the topic when the record is removed, and specifying a prefix and/or suffix for the topic title so that your users can more easily identify that such topics were stemmed from the articles section help round out the feature, giving you better control over how these automatically posted topics are handled.

These new forum cross-posting capabilities allow the administrator to better tie in articles with the forums, giving you better opportunities to expose your content to a wider audience. Additionally, forum management of comments provides for easier maintenance and stronger managerial options of the comments, utilizing IP.Board's powerful, proven feature set.]]> Sun, 23 May 2010 12:34:52 +0000 82aa4b0af34c2313a562076992e50aa3 http://www.thesecurityinstaller.co.uk/community/page/index.html/_/articles/promoting-posts-to-articles-r49
The administrator can configure the specifics of this feature in the ACP under My Apps -> IP.Content -> Promote Article Settings. You can turn the system on and off, control which groups can copy and move posts to the articles section, and specify a few other details for the feature. A new hook is included with IP.Content which adds a button to each post labeled "Promote to Article". This button only shows up if you have permission to use the feature based on the ACP configuration.

When clicked, the button will take you to a new form where you can formalize the details of the new article. You can tweak the text and title, upload an image, and specify other pertinent details. If you are able to both move and copy posts to the articles section, you will also be asked which type of promotion you wish to use. Upon submitting the form, IP.Content handles the rest.

This new feature can be used to showcase important content otherwise hidden in your forums by pushing this content to your frontpage. It is then up to you whether you want a copy made in the articles section (leaving the original post in tact), whether you want to actually move the post to the articles section, and whether you want any cross-linking left in place. With such powerful options, we are sure you will find many uses for this new promotion tool in IP.Content 2.0.]]> Sun, 23 May 2010 09:39:55 +0000 f2217062e9a397a1dca429e7d70bc6ca http://www.thesecurityinstaller.co.uk/community/page/index.html/_/articles/what-is-a-frontpage-r50
Firstly, you will now be able to define "frontpage" templates in the ACP for the Articles module. IP.Content 2.0 will ship with 3 defaults:

• 1x2x2 Layout
  This layout will display articles in a traditional "news" style layout.
  
• Blog format
  This format will display articles in a blog-style format.
  
• Single column
  This layout will force articles to display in a single column, one per row.

You can use one or more of these frontpage layouts, or you can create your own. Experiment with displaying articles in different formats on your homepage to determine which layout your users like best.

Articles must be set to "Show on front page" in order for them to display on the homepage frontpage.

In addition to the homepage frontpage, each category has it's own frontpage. The category frontpage functions identically to the homepage frontpage, except for two important factors:

• Only records from within that category (and it's subcategories) will be displayed
  
• The "Show on front page" setting is not honored for the category frontpage

You will be able to easily review and manage the articles set to display on the frontpage from a new section of the ACP labeled "Frontpage Manager". We feel that this new area of the articles section will help showcase important articles and increase user interaction with your articles section.]]> Sun, 23 May 2010 09:39:55 +0000 7ef605fc8dba5425d6965fbd4c8fbe1f http://www.thesecurityinstaller.co.uk/community/page/index.html/_/articles/store-comments-in-forum-r54
This new functionality can be enabled at a per-database and per-category level. You can specify separate forums for each category in your article section, for instance, or you can turn off forum commenting for a specific category, while enabling it for all others.

A few additional configuration options, such as allowing you to automatically remove the topic when the record is removed, and specifying a prefix and/or suffix for the topic title so that your users can more easily identify that such topics were stemmed from the articles section help round out the feature, giving you better control over how these automatically posted topics are handled.

These new forum cross-posting capabilities allow the administrator to better tie in articles with the forums, giving you better opportunities to expose your content to a wider audience. Additionally, forum management of comments provides for easier maintenance and stronger managerial options of the comments, utilizing IP.Board's powerful, proven feature set.]]> Sun, 23 May 2010 09:39:55 +0000 1d7f7abc18fcb43975065399b0d1e48e http://www.thesecurityinstaller.co.uk/community/page/index.html/_/articles/promoting-posts-to-articles-r41
The administrator can configure the specifics of this feature in the ACP under My Apps -> IP.Content -> Promote Article Settings. You can turn the system on and off, control which groups can copy and move posts to the articles section, and specify a few other details for the feature. A new hook is included with IP.Content which adds a button to each post labeled "Promote to Article". This button only shows up if you have permission to use the feature based on the ACP configuration.

When clicked, the button will take you to a new form where you can formalize the details of the new article. You can tweak the text and title, upload an image, and specify other pertinent details. If you are able to both move and copy posts to the articles section, you will also be asked which type of promotion you wish to use. Upon submitting the form, IP.Content handles the rest.

This new feature can be used to showcase important content otherwise hidden in your forums by pushing this content to your frontpage. It is then up to you whether you want a copy made in the articles section (leaving the original post in tact), whether you want to actually move the post to the articles section, and whether you want any cross-linking left in place. With such powerful options, we are sure you will find many uses for this new promotion tool in IP.Content 2.0.]]> Sun, 23 May 2010 09:38:27 +0000 0f28b5d49b3020afeecd95b4009adf4c http://www.thesecurityinstaller.co.uk/community/page/index.html/_/articles/what-is-a-frontpage-r42
Firstly, you will now be able to define "frontpage" templates in the ACP for the Articles module. IP.Content 2.0 will ship with 3 defaults:

• 1x2x2 Layout
  This layout will display articles in a traditional "news" style layout.
  
• Blog format
  This format will display articles in a blog-style format.
  
• Single column
  This layout will force articles to display in a single column, one per row.

You can use one or more of these frontpage layouts, or you can create your own. Experiment with displaying articles in different formats on your homepage to determine which layout your users like best.

Articles must be set to "Show on front page" in order for them to display on the homepage frontpage.

In addition to the homepage frontpage, each category has it's own frontpage. The category frontpage functions identically to the homepage frontpage, except for two important factors:

• Only records from within that category (and it's subcategories) will be displayed
  
• The "Show on front page" setting is not honored for the category frontpage

You will be able to easily review and manage the articles set to display on the frontpage from a new section of the ACP labeled "Frontpage Manager". We feel that this new area of the articles section will help showcase important articles and increase user interaction with your articles section.]]> Sun, 23 May 2010 09:38:27 +0000 a8baa56554f96369ab93e4f3bb068c22 http://www.thesecurityinstaller.co.uk/community/page/index.html/_/articles/store-comments-in-forum-r46
This new functionality can be enabled at a per-database and per-category level. You can specify separate forums for each category in your article section, for instance, or you can turn off forum commenting for a specific category, while enabling it for all others.

A few additional configuration options, such as allowing you to automatically remove the topic when the record is removed, and specifying a prefix and/or suffix for the topic title so that your users can more easily identify that such topics were stemmed from the articles section help round out the feature, giving you better control over how these automatically posted topics are handled.

These new forum cross-posting capabilities allow the administrator to better tie in articles with the forums, giving you better opportunities to expose your content to a wider audience. Additionally, forum management of comments provides for easier maintenance and stronger managerial options of the comments, utilizing IP.Board's powerful, proven feature set.]]> Sun, 23 May 2010 09:38:27 +0000 a5e00132373a7031000fd987a3c9f87b http://www.thesecurityinstaller.co.uk/community/page/index.html/_/articles/promoting-posts-to-articles-r33
The administrator can configure the specifics of this feature in the ACP under My Apps -> IP.Content -> Promote Article Settings. You can turn the system on and off, control which groups can copy and move posts to the articles section, and specify a few other details for the feature. A new hook is included with IP.Content which adds a button to each post labeled "Promote to Article". This button only shows up if you have permission to use the feature based on the ACP configuration.

When clicked, the button will take you to a new form where you can formalize the details of the new article. You can tweak the text and title, upload an image, and specify other pertinent details. If you are able to both move and copy posts to the articles section, you will also be asked which type of promotion you wish to use. Upon submitting the form, IP.Content handles the rest.

This new feature can be used to showcase important content otherwise hidden in your forums by pushing this content to your frontpage. It is then up to you whether you want a copy made in the articles section (leaving the original post in tact), whether you want to actually move the post to the articles section, and whether you want any cross-linking left in place. With such powerful options, we are sure you will find many uses for this new promotion tool in IP.Content 2.0.]]> Sun, 23 May 2010 09:27:51 +0000 9fc3d7152ba9336a670e36d0ed79bc43 http://www.thesecurityinstaller.co.uk/community/page/index.html/_/articles/what-is-a-frontpage-r34
Firstly, you will now be able to define "frontpage" templates in the ACP for the Articles module. IP.Content 2.0 will ship with 3 defaults:

• 1x2x2 Layout
  This layout will display articles in a traditional "news" style layout.
  
• Blog format
  This format will display articles in a blog-style format.
  
• Single column
  This layout will force articles to display in a single column, one per row.

You can use one or more of these frontpage layouts, or you can create your own. Experiment with displaying articles in different formats on your homepage to determine which layout your users like best.

Articles must be set to "Show on front page" in order for them to display on the homepage frontpage.

In addition to the homepage frontpage, each category has it's own frontpage. The category frontpage functions identically to the homepage frontpage, except for two important factors:

• Only records from within that category (and it's subcategories) will be displayed
  
• The "Show on front page" setting is not honored for the category frontpage

You will be able to easily review and manage the articles set to display on the frontpage from a new section of the ACP labeled "Frontpage Manager". We feel that this new area of the articles section will help showcase important articles and increase user interaction with your articles section.]]> Sun, 23 May 2010 09:27:51 +0000 02522a2b2726fb0a03bb19f2d8d9524d http://www.thesecurityinstaller.co.uk/community/page/index.html/_/articles/store-comments-in-forum-r38
This new functionality can be enabled at a per-database and per-category level. You can specify separate forums for each category in your article section, for instance, or you can turn off forum commenting for a specific category, while enabling it for all others.

A few additional configuration options, such as allowing you to automatically remove the topic when the record is removed, and specifying a prefix and/or suffix for the topic title so that your users can more easily identify that such topics were stemmed from the articles section help round out the feature, giving you better control over how these automatically posted topics are handled.

These new forum cross-posting capabilities allow the administrator to better tie in articles with the forums, giving you better opportunities to expose your content to a wider audience. Additionally, forum management of comments provides for easier maintenance and stronger managerial options of the comments, utilizing IP.Board's powerful, proven feature set.]]> Sun, 23 May 2010 09:27:51 +0000 013d407166ec4fa56eb1e1f8cbe183b9 http://www.thesecurityinstaller.co.uk/community/page/index.html/_/articles/promoting-posts-to-articles-r25
The administrator can configure the specifics of this feature in the ACP under My Apps -> IP.Content -> Promote Article Settings. You can turn the system on and off, control which groups can copy and move posts to the articles section, and specify a few other details for the feature. A new hook is included with IP.Content which adds a button to each post labeled "Promote to Article". This button only shows up if you have permission to use the feature based on the ACP configuration.

When clicked, the button will take you to a new form where you can formalize the details of the new article. You can tweak the text and title, upload an image, and specify other pertinent details. If you are able to both move and copy posts to the articles section, you will also be asked which type of promotion you wish to use. Upon submitting the form, IP.Content handles the rest.

This new feature can be used to showcase important content otherwise hidden in your forums by pushing this content to your frontpage. It is then up to you whether you want a copy made in the articles section (leaving the original post in tact), whether you want to actually move the post to the articles section, and whether you want any cross-linking left in place. With such powerful options, we are sure you will find many uses for this new promotion tool in IP.Content 2.0.]]> Sun, 23 May 2010 09:25:10 +0000 3def184ad8f4755ff269862ea77393dd http://www.thesecurityinstaller.co.uk/community/page/index.html/_/articles/what-is-a-frontpage-r26
Firstly, you will now be able to define "frontpage" templates in the ACP for the Articles module. IP.Content 2.0 will ship with 3 defaults:

• 1x2x2 Layout
  This layout will display articles in a traditional "news" style layout.
  
• Blog format
  This format will display articles in a blog-style format.
  
• Single column
  This layout will force articles to display in a single column, one per row.

You can use one or more of these frontpage layouts, or you can create your own. Experiment with displaying articles in different formats on your homepage to determine which layout your users like best.

Articles must be set to "Show on front page" in order for them to display on the homepage frontpage.

In addition to the homepage frontpage, each category has it's own frontpage. The category frontpage functions identically to the homepage frontpage, except for two important factors:

• Only records from within that category (and it's subcategories) will be displayed
  
• The "Show on front page" setting is not honored for the category frontpage

You will be able to easily review and manage the articles set to display on the frontpage from a new section of the ACP labeled "Frontpage Manager". We feel that this new area of the articles section will help showcase important articles and increase user interaction with your articles section.]]> Sun, 23 May 2010 09:25:10 +0000 069059b7ef840f0c74a814ec9237b6ec