Site Management

HowTo – Reviewing Your Backup Policies For WordPress Websites

Todays versions of WordPress are getting increasingly complex as people move from simple blogs to full content management for their websites. Because of this it is important to define your backup policies. When and what you should backup and then decide on the easiest way to accomplish this. If your methods for backup and restore […]

HowTo – Working With Large WordPress Databases

Recently I started a project that I knew would be a rather large one but about half way through it I found that the site would be unmanageable because of the resources that it placed on my server. The Site was a Church Directory that included over 200,000 churches located throughout the USA. It was […]

WordPress 3.1.2 Security Release Is Available

If you haven’t upgraded your version of WordPress you may want to take a few minutes and perform an auto update especially if you have users on your website. This new version is a Security Update that improves security for the contributor User Level. This level of access is usually provided to allow members to […]

HowTo – Securely Erasing USB Thumb Drive Contents

I had a project that I was working on recently and after completed I needed to erase the files from a 32mb thumb drive I was using. Unfortunately the software that I normally use for wiping hard drives and external drives wouldn’t see my thumb drive so I searched for something that could do the […]

HowTo – Dealing With Large Databases And Modifying Them For Use

There are times when you need to work with a large database on a remote host and you do not have control over Apache, PHP and MySQL to alter timeouts and file sizes. This is often the case on shared hosting plans and it effects most websites that get large or that offer a lot […]

HowTo – Making Your PHP Script Sleep Between Execution

One of the things you are likely to run up against if you are writing scripts that access outside API’s is a requirement to throttle or slow the execution of your script to conform to user agreements. This is because sites that offer API access don’t want people to flood their resources with bots that […]

HowTo – Connecting To A MySQL Database With PHP

This Howto will cover the basics of connecting to a MySql Database with PHP. Before you can connect to a database with PHP you must setup your database giving it a new name, user with password and you must apply rights to the new user to allow them to edit the database. If you are […]

HowTo – Extending Your iPad Or Tablet PC With VNC PC Remote Access

Many people are now choosing Tablet PCs over full sized laptops because they are smaller and make you look cool but when you are out on the road away from home or the office the limits of tablet operating systems may make them seem more like a toy then something you can really be productive […]

Are Website Optimization Testing Services Worth The Time?

Lately a number of people have been complaining to me about how their websites are not passing tests that are performed by testing sites.  These test sites load your page and go through a number of so called tests to see if your site has been optimized for fast loads, SEO and proper use of […]

HowTo – Building Content Should You Write Every Day?

Many people say that the key to developing your blog or website is to write something every day.   Unfortunately for most of us that never turns out to be a realistic situation. Sure you can force a page of nothing out or maybe copy someone else’s work but in the end what you are doing […]

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