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Transfer backup files from server to server in command line!

i have been struggling to find some way or another to transfer my file from one linux server to another using commandline. Before this i was just using cpanel to do backups. Here is an easy way to accomplish transferring backup files from one server to another in linux. Just simple command using SCP (secure file [...]

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10 Best Wordpress PLUGINS You Never want to MISS!

10 Best Wordpress Plugins you never want to miss out! I have compiled the much needed and most important plugins for your wordpress blog. It is essential to install these plugins for every wordpress blogger! 1. Akismet Anti-Spam Countering spam is the first step be done for any new wordpress blog. Spam in the [...]

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Colocation vs Dedicated Hosting - Whats the difference?

I have been long time confused about this simple two types of hosting and atlast i understood the difference between colocation and dedicated hosting. Colocation You have to buy server equipment and the co-location service provider gives you all internet facilities in their location like internet connection, safety of your equipment, surveillence and more.. Further the [...]

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How to Fight Spam in Vbulletin

Until recently i have encountered a sudden new attacks of spam registrations and many many spam threads posted in my forum. I just cant figure out how as I have already enabled captcha in registration page and enabled email confirmation. Despite this somehow spammers managed to bypass the registration and managed to post spam threads. Fighting [...]

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Remove text wrap around image in wordpress

i have often seen images inside wordpress posts floating and text content would wrap around it. It wont be a nice sight seeing images stacked either to left or right. Normally if you float: left all the text would wrap around image. But to remove the text flowing around image you have to specify float: [...]

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Sample DNS Zone File for BIND

Sample Zone file for a domain with 2 nameservers ns1.example.com and ns2.example.com for BIND9. You can use this template to define your own nameservers. Just do changes on the domain name and IP addresses. Be sure to include the below statement in your named.conf I am assuming that you are running Bind9 or later version in your [...]

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Fast Website Loading with OpenDNS - Alternative to ISPs DNS Servers

When you type a website name in the browser where often the sites dont load fast. You will see in the status bar of the browser “looking up website.com”, which often means the DNS server (resolves hostnames to IP address) is slow causing such a long time to connect to website in your home [...]

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how to create new user for phpmyadmin login

PHPMyAdmin and MySQL server complement each other very well. In most situations you have installed mysql server and phpmyadmin. By default the mysql root password is blank and this is a big security issue and you have change the mysql password as soon as possible. If that is not done anybody could login with phpmyadmin [...]

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How to Fix: PHPMyAdmin 403 Forbidden Error

If you have installed phpMyAdmin in your linux server (centos/RHEL/debian), and tried to access phpMyAdmin in most cases you will get this 403 forbidden error. I have seen this issue very often if you are installing phpmyadmin using yum or by apt-get. By default phpmyadmin installed path is /usr/share/phpmyadmin and the apache configuration file is [...]

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Disable anonymous FTP login in cPanel

I have been looking at server logs and there have been a number of connections from different IPs logging in my server. By default anonymous FTP is enabled in cpanel. Sep 22 19:47:08 server pure-ftpd: (?@x.x.x.x) [INFO] New connection from x.x.x.x Sep 22 19:47:11 server pure-ftpd: (?@x.x.x.x) [INFO] Anonymous user logged in the virtual FTP: xx.xx.xx.xx Sep 22 [...]

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  • i have been searching all over the web for a free hyperlink icon so that i can use it in my html editor. I am not sure it is a fair use by taking this icon from other sites and use it in my editor. i was afraid to do that as it could lead to copyright infringement. i made myself one. You can use it completely free of charge for personal or commercial use. Its a very simple one though! I am no good graphics designer, but this should do the work. Hyperlink Image (60x60px) Hyperlink Image (24x24px) Hyperlink Image (20x20px) #