If you are a user of self-installed WordPress on Godaddy, Bluehost, Media Temple and other services, there is a decent chance that your site has been hacked and, worse yet, you may not know about it. Though what exactly caused the hack remains unclear, it does not appear, at this time, to be a vulnerability [...]
One-click installs are a feature you can find on almost any shared Web host. They’re designed to make it easy to install some of the most common scripts used in hosting accounts including WordPress, Joomla, Drupal, phpBB and Cube Cart. The process takes only one click and a few minutes of patience while the script [...]
Think you know how to punish your server? Think again. Running a blog and related applications, is nowhere near the most taxing thing you can do to your server. If you are really interested in making a run at burning down your data center, check out this list: (To be clear, I wanted to think [...]
DreamHost recently announced a handy addition to their “one-click” software installs & upgrades. Now you can upgrade all of your software (like WordPress, Joomla, etc.) — all at the same time with just one click. Spiffy! If you are a WordPress power-user, with multiple blogs like me; I’m sure you can appreciate how this can [...]
DreamHost offers one click installs for a stack of open source software. Which makes it incredibly simple to get a fully functional database driven site up In 5 mins — without much hosting or programming knowledge. Sweet, eh? Dreamhost even has an “Easy Mode” for installing WordPress, Zenphoto, phpBB, and Drupal. In easy mode, Dreamhost [...]