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6 Warning Signs Hosting Customers Should Never Ignore

6 Warning Signs Hosting Customers Should Never Ignore

When you’re shopping for a new hosting plan, you’re open to risk. It’s easy to make the wrong decision, and that could cost you dear. Often, you won’t know how good the host really is when you sign up. Hosting reviews really help, but you can also protect yourself by looking out for common pitfalls. […]

How to Choose the Best Web Hosting For Your Site

How to Choose the Best Web Hosting For Your Site

Getting the wrong kind of hosting for your site can be a very costly mistake. Too much power and resource and you’re overpaying. Not powerful enough? You could be hit by downtime, lost business and penalty charges. Bandwidth and storage figures rarely tell the whole story, and hosts rarely compare like-for-like. So how do you determine […]

How to Make Custom Twitter Backgrounds

Want to make your Twitter page a little more professional or personal? Now you can customise the background. Here’s how it works. Check out this informative post from the CronCast blog. It includes dimensions and layout suggestions to help you create your own Twitter background efficiently. Alternatively, Hugh Briss creates custom Twitter Backgrounds for $75 (or for […]

How to Tell If Your Website Is Down

When troubleshooting a non-responsive website, the first thing you need to know is whether your connection’s the problem. You might find yourself asking, “Is my site down for everyone, or just me?”. Introducing http://downforeveryoneorjustme.com, a handy website that will answer the question for you. Also, take a look at http://dingitsup.com, a free service that alerts you via SMS, […]

How to Decompress ZIP Archives With SSH

How to Decompress ZIP Archives With SSH

Moving large files between different networked computers can be a shockingly slow process. The situation is much worse if you are moving files from your home computer to a server. Imagine if you had a 6 Mb/s internet connection. A one gigabyte file would take about a half hour to transfer. And that’s not even […]

How to Clear your Browser Cache

How to Clear your Browser Cache

When you call IT to fix a computer problem, the first thing they’ll ask is: “Did you turn your computer off and on again?” The suggestion might seem simplistic and irrelevant to beginners, but when the exact cause of the problem isn’t known, technology can oftentimes benefit from a simple restart. And when it comes […]

How to Delete WordPress Comments Awaiting Moderation

How to Delete WordPress Comments Awaiting Moderation

Over time, the number of WordPress comments in your database can grow at an alarming rate. On a popular blog, you could find yourself with thousands of comments sitting in the ‘Awaiting Moderation’ queue. Unfortunately, WordPress provides no simple way of cleaning up comments. There’s a mass edit tool, but it’s not particularly versatile. In […]

How to Fix a Dreamhost bad_httpd_conf Error

How to Fix a Dreamhost bad_httpd_conf Error

Got the dreaded bad_httpd_conf error on your DreamHost site? Don’t panic. This post explains what bad_httpd_conf means, and how to fix the problem. What Does bad_httpd_conf Look Like? You’ll know you’ve got this problem if you see a message like this on your Dreamhost site: Site Temporarily Unavailable We apologize for the inconvenience. Please contact the […]

FileZilla FTP Basics

Flash video tutorial teaching you how to download, install and setup a new server account in FileZilla. FileZilla is an open source (free) FTP program that lets you connect to a server via FTP and download/upload files. This tutorial teaches you the very first step in creating a server account so that you can connect […]