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by Richard W | Oct 31, 2014 | How-To/Tips, Linux, Web, Wordpress
Yesterday we showed you how to install the latest version of Nginx HTTP server on Ubuntu 14.10. This brief post is going to show you how to install Nginx latest on CentOS 7. If you’re reading this, then you probably know a thing or two about Nginx so I am not...
by Richard W | Oct 30, 2014 | How-To/Tips, Internet, Linux, Web
Nginx is a fast, powerful and secure HTTP server. It’s used by many webmasters looking to improve their website performance. Most people even think it’s better than Apache2 in the way it handles web traffic. In this brief blog post, I am going to show you...
by Richard W | Oct 28, 2014 | How-To/Tips, Internet, Linux, Security, Web
Newer guide: this post is kept for reference and describes Ubuntu 14.10, which is no longer supported. For a current, tested walkthrough see how to install phpMyAdmin on Ubuntu 24.04 with Apache and MariaDB. There are many ways to manage MySQL database servers. The...
by Richard W | Oct 27, 2014 | How-To/Tips, Linux, Web, Wordpress
This brief tutorial will show you how to install and configure the latest version of WordPress on Ubuntu 14.10 server. WordPress is a great content management system and as such, a great blogging platform. If you want to host a blog or website, you should first do it...
by Richard W | Oct 27, 2014 | How-To/Tips, Linux, Web, Wordpress
With the release of Ubuntu 14.10, some webmasters are already thinking of migrating or selecting it as their base OS to host their blogs or websites. Ubuntu is a great Linux operating system which is trusted by millions of webmasters all over the world. Managing...
by Richard W | Oct 25, 2014 | How-To/Tips, Internet, Web, Windows, Wordpress
Many times when I use Google PageSpeed Insights to grade my site, I end up with 100% optimization score. Not many websites can boast of that. These PageSpeed Insights scores are based on how well your site is optimized. PageSpeed Insights is not the only tool one can...
by Richard W | Oct 23, 2014 | How-To/Tips, Linux, Web, Wordpress
Most tutorials we’ve written about PHP-FPM have been done with support for Nginx. This brief tutorial is going to show you how to integrate PHP-FPM and Apache2 to improve your website performance. Nowadays website performance is key. If your website or WordPress...
by Richard W | Oct 21, 2014 | How-To/Tips, Linux, Web
APC is a great caching software for PHP that can speed up your websites. Because PHP is a dynamic server-side scripting language that must be parsed and compiled on the server every time a page is requested, using caching software may greatly improve your website...
by Richard W | Oct 20, 2014 | How-To/Tips, Internet, Linux, Security, Web, Wordpress
Few days ago we showed you how to install and use DenyHosts on Ubuntu 14.04. This post is going to show you how to install and use similar tool called fail2ban on Ubuntu 14.04. Like DenyHosts, fail2ban also checks your server logs to look for patterns that resemble an...
by Richard W | Oct 18, 2014 | How-To/Tips, Internet, Linux, Web
Vanish is a proxy and cache server which is designed to improve websites performance. Vanish works great for busy and dynamic websites by redirecting dynamic calls to static cached pages thus reducing the number new requests that can be served. For example, a website...
