As a result of the recent brute force attacks on self hosted WordPress sites, I decided to create a second level of authentication for…
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3 Methods To Check What CentOS Version You Are Running (5, 6 or 7)
CentOS is the default server operating system on most Linux servers these days, but many servers still run CentOS 5, which Method 1: Cat…
WordPress Security Measures – Advanced
I wrote an article recently about applying some of the more common security tweaks to WordPress to make it a more robust system than…
5 Online Productivity Tools for Keeping Yourself On Track
Looking for more ways to stay focused when working online? If not, you most certainly should be. I write about productivity a lot because,…
How To Secure Your WordPress Installation (Video)
In this article I am going to discuss some of the general tweaks that can be performed to improve the security for a WordPress…
8 Productivity Tips for Professional Webmasters
Deciding to make a living as a webmaster means taking on a lot of the kinds of responsibilities employed workers never have to worry…
Website Maintenance and Content Creation Based on Incoming Search Term History – Part 1
There comes a time after collecting incoming search terms metrics for a couple or few years for your web site where you should scan…
CentOS 7: Determine if you are using 64 or 32 bit Server version
If you are a running a server it is often important to know what version you are using, 32-bit or 64-bit. Here are multiple…
Using XAMPP and WordPress To Develop Websites Locally From A Remote PC Over Your Home Network
XAMPP is a great way to get started with local development of your site – if you have a spare PC or laptop you…
Changing WordPress wp-admin Path Using Lockdown WP Admin
WordPress is a secure-ish system by default but there are still several things that can be changed to make it a more secure environment.…
How To Losslessly Compress And Convert JPGs to Progressive JPGs Using JPEGtran
Most of what we download on the web are images. In fact most websites these days rarely serve a lot of CSS or JSS…
Top 7 Online Marketplaces for Selling WordPress Plugins
WordPress provides a great platform for plugin developers, with multiple tools available online and a large user base to rely on for support and…
Productivity Guide: Save Time As A Writer, Affiliate Or Webmaster With AutoHotKey
I considered recently the amount of time that it takes to perform certain tasks on the computer. I implemented a voice recognition app in…
Forget SEO – Use WordPress and WooCommerce for Your Online Store and Get Rankings by Accident – Part 2
In the first part of this series I talked about the product and the tools used for the online store. In this part I…
Video: Advanced Anti-Spam Tip for WordPress
Have you been getting spam comments to your WordPress blog? If not, it’d be rare if it never happens to you unless you already…
Recent Botnet WordPress Attack: How to Secure a WordPress Website
In light of the recent WordPress attack where a botnet of “tens of thousands” of computers tried gaining access to WordPress blogs across the…
How To Disable SELinux On CentOS 6.x (Possible NSA Backdoor?)
Many no longer trust SELinux (an open-source contribution by the NSA) and rightfully want to disable it. Here’s how you can quickly disable it…
5 Tips to Maximizing Drupal’s Efficiency
While Drupal is an effective CMS it can be quite draining on your PC as far as your RAM and CPU usage, but there…
Forget SEO – Use WordPress and WooCommerce for Your Online Store and Get Rankings by Accident – Part 3
Continued from parts 1 and 2… Let’s start with the home page. Across the top is a logo and nothing else (he plans to…
3 Tips How To Create Mobile-Friendly Websites
Mobile is no longer the future, rather it is the here and now. Given that this is the case and the state of affairs…
National Cyber Security Awareness Part 1: How To Avoid Online Scams And “Homograph Attacks”
October is the National Cyber Security month. Our webhosting partners Singlehop asked me to write an article to raise awareness for this cause to…
Failover: Restart Or Shutdown Apache If Server Load Is Higher Than 10 (Plus APC Troubleshooting)
I’m currently looking into possible failover strategies. Of course, you should always try to make sure you scan your error_log files for possible problems…
10 Tips to Make Your Online Marketing Mobile-Friendly
It is hard to find a business these days that doesn’t use the Internet as a major outlet for its marketing efforts. But there…
Productivity Tip For Webmasters: Save Time Resizing Photos With Light Image Resizer
Previously called “VSO Image Resizer,” the “Light Image Resizer” tool helps save time for those that constantly modify images on their computer. This is…
3 Tips To Speed Up Your WordPress Blog Or PHP Based Site Without A Caching Add On
Caching web site files that do not change frequently can decrease load time for a web site significantly. Decreased load time means that pages…
Fix Linux: Copy Rf Command Not Working Due To Aliases
As a system admin you frequently need to run all sorts of commands via the shell. Sometimes when you access 3rd-party servers there may…
Updated: ‘Shell Shock’ Remote Code Exploitation: How To Patch Bash And Determine If Your System Is Vulnerable
A remote code exploitation dubbed ‘Shell Shock’ has been uncovered by Stéphane Chazelas, a security and Linux specialist working for a large software firm.…
30 Best Project Management Tools: Time, Budget And Expense Tracking
The following is a compilation of the 30 most useful project management tools to keep track of your expenses, time, budget, invoices, colleagues, files…
20 WordPress Security Tips And Best Practices To Secure Your Blog
In this article we will discuss WordPress security and give you 20 tips to enhance the security of your blog. Tip 1: Consider Htaccess Authentication to…
How To Install MongoDB on CentOS 6.X or WHM Server
Alternative databases such as NoSQL or MongoDB are increasingly becoming more popular. In this guide, I want to take a look at how to…
Top 10 Productivity Tools for Webmasters
A productivity tool is a piece of software that can help you increase work efficiency by streamlining your daily tasks. A variety of utility…
How to Build an Amazon Store with WordPress
Amazon is a very popular online store that sells a wide variety of products, especially from the original U.S. based Amazon site. It even…
10 Online Security Tips For Freelancers, Writers And Affiliates
Working online is a great opportunity, but it is important to keep security in mind, especially since a lot of personal and financial information…
How To Install PDO on CentOS 6.x or WHM – Fix Class ‘PDO’ not found in database.inc (Drupal)
As an administrator or webmaster you should know a little how to fix common problems. One common problem is that an Apache or PHP…
Is Your “Temporary” Online Service Business Standing in the Way of IM Goals?
Providing much-needed services online is a great way to offset the costs of your online business project or even provide a full-time income so…