Web Development
301 Redirect from Sub-Directory to Root
If you’re hosting your website on a subdirectory and would like to move the site up to the root directory, like moving from www.yoursite.com/subdirectory to www.yoursite.com then this simple line of code in your root .HTACCESS file should help you do the trick Continue Reading →
BitKinex – Best SFTP/FTP/Webdav client software
I’ve tried’em all, and was disappointed every time. Till I started using BitKinex. The other popular free FTP clients out there are just not good enough, as they’re all lacking in one important feature or another. But after a few weeks with BitKinex I can Continue Reading →
Internet Explorer’s annoying 30 CSS files limit bug
Internet Explorer is a lousy browser family, and it has some of the most annoying bugs possible. Took me a while to figure out why websites were breaking in some pages, till I was finally able to figure out that Internet Explorer has a bug where it can handle Continue Reading →
Block Search Engine Traffic Overload – Yahoo, CUIL & Baidu
Although they bring in very little traffic, the crawl rate for some of the smaller search engines can create a huge load on a website server and even bring down a site. For some reason, Yahoo, CUIL and Baidu are among the worst of the search engines, hammering Continue Reading →
Tweaking PHP memory limit for Drupal & WordPress errors
Coming across PHP memory related error messages? Getting that annoying "Fatal Error - Allowed memory size exhausted" message? Firstly, this could indicate that there is something wrong, like a problematic module or plugin that - due to a bug - is consuming Continue Reading →
Troubleshoot Server Load and Optimize Server Speed for Drupal-WordPress in VPS-DS
Following a query from a colleague, a few quick tips on troubleshooting and optimizing a slow overloaded VPS/DS hosting a Drupal site based on some of my experiences. Apache Note - I run my VPSs-DSs with Hostforweb and VPS.NET (aff). Both should be able Continue Reading →
Tired of Feedburner? Try some RSS feeds manager alternatives
Seems like people are tired of Google Feedburner glitches. Not a week goes by without a post showing up on my RSS reader that has something to do with poor performance and bad stats by Feedburner. Many of those posts end up with a cry - are there any decent Feedburner Continue Reading →
Top Web Developer Mozilla Firefox Add-On Tools
Responding to repeating questions from clients and colleagues about recommended Firefox plugins for Web Development and basic SEO/SEM, following are the Firefox Addons I can’t do without : ColorZilla web developer addon It assists web developers and graphic Continue Reading →
Checking Website Browser and Platform Compatibility
Checking website browser and platform compatibility is key, if you want your site to appeal to the target audiences using them. Since I got a few emails about the topic, both from people asking me what I use and those suggesting their services, following is a Continue Reading →
Install, upgrade, test and debug your CMS website locally on a Windows machine
The other week I was horrified finding out how some of my friends do their CMS testing and debugging (WordPress, Drupal, Joomla, whatever) – they do it online. To their defense I would say that they backup everything and put the site in maintenance mode, but Continue Reading →
