This tutorial will show you how to install a text editor on your server. You may be asking why one is necessary and why there isn’t one already installed. There may actually be one installed with your VPS… depending upon the particular version of the operating system you’re using. Some versions of CentOS, for example, … Continue reading “How To Install a Text Editor on a VPS or Dedicated Server”
Choosing The Best SSH Client For You
For those who don’t know, SSH stands for Secure Socket Host. It’s typically the predominant method of how users interact with their virtual private server. It’s how users issue commands, install or remove programs, update versions; and edit files. SSH is entirely text based (so don’t expect to be clicking icons like Windows may have … Continue reading “Choosing The Best SSH Client For You”
How To Delete MySQLDumper Database Backups
MySQLDumper is a useful tool for backing up your databases and is the preferred method over PHPMyAdmin. Unfortunately, there is no option (or perhaps I overlooked it) to delete backups you have generated. This results in higher disk space usage in your server. This guide shows you how to delete backed-up databases you no longer … Continue reading “How To Delete MySQLDumper Database Backups”
Quick Tips For First Time VPS Users
If you’ve been considering a Virtual Private Server (VPS from now on) and have finally got one then this guide may be of use. Those considering a VPS may also find this guide useful too. Here are a few good tips for people who are either first time VPS users or are looking to become … Continue reading “Quick Tips For First Time VPS Users”
How To Make Adx Ad Tags Responsive
This guide aims to help you make AdX ad tags responsive so that they work well with your responsive theme. As you’re probably already aware, AdX does not have responsive code by default, therefore AdX ads may look out of place on mobile devices depending on the ad type viewed. In this example, a 728 … Continue reading “How To Make Adx Ad Tags Responsive”
How To Make AdX Ads Load Faster On A Website
If you use Google Ad Exchange (AdX) to serve advertisements on your website, you may notice longer page loading times. The reason for this is due to the synchronous ad tags that are generated for you to use. Google allows you to manually convert these ad tags to asynchronous ad tags to make your web … Continue reading “How To Make AdX Ads Load Faster On A Website”
How To Add Font Awesome Icons To WordPress
This guide teaches you how to add Font Awesome icons to your WordPress website in posts/pages, the sidebar or the footer. Alternatively, you can learn how to add any Font Awesome icon anywhere on your WordPress website. Step 1 – Downloading Font Awesome : Download the Font Awesome folder directly from the source below : … Continue reading “How To Add Font Awesome Icons To WordPress”
How To Show Message To AdBlock Users On A Web Page
This guide teaches you how to detect AdBlock and display a custom message to AdBlock users to persuade them into disabling the program or adding the website to their whitelist. This is achieved with HTML, CSS and jQuery. View the end result of following this tutorial (works well with responsive themes) : Detecting AdBlock and … Continue reading “How To Show Message To AdBlock Users On A Web Page”
How To Set Up 301 Redirects using htaccess File
This guide explains how to set up 301 redirects using the htaccess file on an Apache server. Setting up 301 redirects can also be achieved through domain registras (domain redirects) and server control panels (cPanel, Plesk, etc). This guide explains the following points in order (scroll down to view each) : What is the purpose … Continue reading “How To Set Up 301 Redirects using htaccess File”
How To Speed Up DNS Propagation
Technically there is no way to “speed up” DNS propagation, however, in some cases DNS might be cached for you, resulting in your inability to access a website after DNS has been updated. This guide teaches you how to flush DNS cache to get access to the new server if DNS propagation is complete for … Continue reading “How To Speed Up DNS Propagation”