Web Hosting Articles
Friday, 16. January 2009 What to do with all this spam!?
Email is a big part of our everyday lives and over the years, your inbox gets more and more junk-mail until you get to a point where you ask yourself if you REALLY need your email account or just give up and completely change...
Wednesday, 14. January 2009 Purchasing software
Interested in purchasing software for your website? Off the shelf software like a web development tool or web design software of some kind are usually compatible with all web hosts, but it’s a good idea to call in and make sure...
Monday, 12. January 2009 Blogging
There is an estimated 40-50 thousand blogs being created daily and should perk your interest because it it proving to be a new way of doing business. Take WordPress for example; it is a software that is free for creating blogs on...
Tuesday, 23. December 2008 PostgreSQL Databases
PostgreSQL is an open source database management system. It is an object-relational database management system, otherwise known as ORDBMS. It is free software that has been released under the open source BSD license. This gives...
Tuesday, 16. December 2008 MySQL Databases
MySQL Databases allow you to add functionality to a website that is simply not possible on a static HTML site. Most web hosting accounts come with database access and all Linux based accounts will have MySQL Databases as a choice...
Tuesday, 09. December 2008 Shell Access SSH
Shell Access (SSH) allows you to securely transfer files over the internet. It also allows remote internet logins. Secure Shell is a program which lets you log into a server securely over a network. It is secure because it...
Tuesday, 02. December 2008 htaccess
.htaccess (hypertext access) is a configuration file used on apache web servers. .htaccess files can be placed in the root directory or other folder on the server. The .htaccess rules then apply to the entire directory it is...
Tuesday, 25. November 2008 php ini
php.ini is simply a configuration file. It is read when a PHP script begins. Some hosts allow custom php.ini files and if they do, this will be listed as a benefit of the hosting plan. Most webmasters will never use a custom...
Tuesday, 18. November 2008 Frontpage Extensions
Frontpage Extensions are software that lets Microsoft Frontpage clients talk to, or communicate, with web host servers. Frontpage Extensions are a proprietary Microsoft technology but it has not been all smooth sailing due to...
Tuesday, 11. November 2008 Server Side Includes
If your web host says it supports server side includes (SSI), then it means that you can use HTML tags to display dynamic content on a web page. SSI allows you to use one include file to display the same piece of code on numerous...