web-administration

My current project is to learn to set up the whole Drupal installation again from scratch It is vital that anyone running a Drupal installation knows how to do this. …

I decided the other day to try out Joomla, as there are a couple of modules which I think may be useful for a couple of my portal sites. However, …

OK, it seems that I have a problem with permissions now (I initially thought that my .htaccess file is missing, which has code in to allow php to be parsed …

Halfords.com is currently offline, and Halfords.co.uk is redirecting to Halfords.com. They forgot to renew their domain, and are now having to work hard with the domain registrar to get it …

I guess this is where I find out if it is working…… Apache restarting with sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart I have only ever done this through the control panel of my …

When I first started writing blogs and building small websites, my hosting requirements were minimal, which is why I opted to host with 1and1, using their Business shared web hosting …

I have recently, not through choice, left the banking sector to become a full time, self employed web developer / content manager. I mentioned on Cre8asiteforums.com that I did not …

Google have said that it is important to make you sites faster. People like faster sites. But how important is it really? Some sites are so crowded that even on …

In short, forever. I often see people asking similar question to this on SEO forums. There is often then a lengthly debate about how long you should maintain a 301. I have …

Update: Joseph Scott has provided some information in the comments below, and the problem is most likely on the blog server side, not with Akismet. Thanks Joseph for explaining that. …

I seem to be speeding ahead here. I am actually starting to read through the Ubuntu documentation, and it is very informative, and presented in a logical fashion. Just found …

I just discovered this neat little trick. I had to close down a subdomain as the CMS I was using was no longer being supported, and I could not afford …

I think that I found the solution, or at least a solution (it does not seem ideal). I typed this: sudo chmod -R 755 ./directory and it works. But, this …

OK, so as part of my self tuition in setting up a home server, I decided that I would direct a little used domain that I own, Morrowtech.co.uk to my …

Do any other WordPress users think that the All in One SEO Pack is updated too often? It is an excellent plugin that enhances the CMS really well, but I …

I have been struggling a little with a slow website, at least my wife commented that a site I have been developing is loading slowly on her laptop. So I …

For one of my sites I use some geotargeting code (plus a database of IP addresses) to show content to people in different countries – mostly for targeting adverts to …

OK, just found out where I am going wrong. And I am going wrong in more ways than one. Firstly, I need to modify the /etc/apache2/sites-available/default to allow .htaccess rules …

OK, I have been trying to do everything so far through the terminal, so better understand and learn about the Linux operating system, but I am now finding it more …

If you have used the Backup module on Drupal to backup up your site, then inside to the tar.gz file which contains all the web files, there will also be …