Uploading anything more complicated than basic HTML (for example, a PHP script), usually requires some fiddling with permissions settings to make things work properly. Whether you’re battling an error or just following the instructions to install a new script on your server, you at least need to know how to set permissions. However, many webmasters [...]
When it comes to hosting and setting up a website, many people focus almost entirely on the technical skills one needs to keep things running smoothly. At the very least, a webmaster needs to know how to use a computer and how the Internet works, right? Only sort of. Thanks to CPanel, WordPress and a [...]
WordPress users (and that includes us!) will be happy to know that version 3.2 had a beta release last week, bringing a slew of new features that are designed to improve the performance, usability and appearance of the blogging platform. However, this upgrade is rather different from the others. The most touted changes are not [...]
If you are in a typical shared hosting environment, there are a lot of limitations on what you can do with your site and your server. Though you can add domains, install PHP and other scripts and generally upload things to your site, you can’t make any actual changes to your server. If a script [...]
The hosting industry is always in flux. New companies enter the fray every day and old ones are constantly leaving, either by being sold off or changing what they offer. As well as the stalwarts such as Hostgator, Dreamhost and GoDaddy, there are thousands of smaller companies in the market, some of which have been [...]
The Web is in a constant state of change. Today’s Web looks almost nothing like the one we had five years ago and that, in turn, looked nothing like the Web that existed five years prior to that. This constant change means that no established convention is safe and even things that were once fundamental [...]
We all know that buying a hosting account is a complicated matter. Not only are there tons of ways to overpay, but cost isn’t everything. In fact, cost takes a backseat to difficult-to-determine things such as speed, reliability and support. This can make buying a host a headache-inducing frustration. But at least we can rest [...]
Web hosting is changing our lives. Cloud hosting allows us to stream our music anywhere we want, have a near-infinite library of movies at our fingertips, always have access to our key documents and be in constant contact with friends and family. The shift has been very gradual, taking place step by step over the [...]
If your website is running slowly or inconsistently, it can be very frustrating trying to understand why. Tools such as Pingdom’s full page site test, which provide a very thorough and detailed overview of site performance, can be a bit overwhelming. There’s also the risk that, to the inexperienced eye, the results can be misleading. [...]
Switching hosts is a tremendous pain. Even if you’re fortunate enough to be moving between two hosts that have the same control panel, meaning that you can simply backup and restore your entire hosting account, you have the hassle of waiting for DNS servers to propagate your new site’s information and that means that comments, [...]