Web Development
Backup your MySQL Databases through FTP : AutoMySQLBackup
To make sure you don't lose your valuable data, it's important that you keep current backups of all your data and keep those stored on a different account somewhere else. CPanel/WHM offers an automated backup with most hosting packages, but those backups bundle Continue Reading →
Free SSL Certificate Solutions : Facebook Page SSL Requirements
Facebook has made a recent change requiring SSL connections for Facebook pages, and you're probably in need of a solution. This post will explain a few of the available solutions. First, the problem. iLocalsearch explains: The nitty gritty is … From October Continue Reading →
Free Group Chat Room Widget Services
Looking for some free group chat room widgets for your website/blog? After researching this for a while, here are the options I came across: Xat Gabbly TinyChat chatango CBox Parachat Chatroll (limited version) They all have their advantages and disadvantages. Continue Reading →
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 →