Gary Eckstein Internet 0 apache, Apache HTTP Server, hosting, how to, htaccess, Redirect, script, URL
I recently had the need to move a WordPress Website from a subfolder on Godaddy hosting to a subdomain on Hostgator hosting. I used Backupbuddy to move the Site but the Site wasn’t displaying correctly i.e. it looked like the style.css files wasn’t being read. I installed the Search and Replace Plugin to change any [...]
Gary Eckstein WordPress 0 apache, cpanel, hosting, Linux, Microsoft, requirements, Software, websites, WordPress, wordpress.org
The minimum requirements for a self-hosted WordPress Blog or Website are: PHP version 5.2.4 or greater MySQL version 5.0 or greater WordPress.org adds that they ‘recommend Apache or Nginx as the most robust and featureful server for running WordPress, but any server that supports PHP and MySQL will do. That said, we can’t test every possible environment …’. In theory these [...]
Gary Eckstein WordPress 2 apache, hosting, how to, htaccess, instructions, Internet, permalinks, websites, WordPress, wordpress.org
So you’ve installed WordPress in a folder on your Webhost. Your URL now probably looks something like http://example.com/wordpress. This doesn’t look great and also you probably want people to see your WordPress Site at your domain name e.g. http://example.com. How do you do this? Although there are some complicated ways of achieving this redirect with [...]
Gary Eckstein Search Engine Optimization 2 apache, cms, code, content management system, google, hosting, how to, html, HTTP, image sizes, Internet, JavaScript, Minify, page load speed, page load time, page speed, scripts, Search Engine Optimization, search engines, seo, Webmasters, WordPress, yahoo, yslow
Webpage load speed is becoming more important for Search Engine Optimization (SEO) purposes. Google (and other Search Engines?) use the time it takes for a Website page to load as part of its ranking algorithm; faster is better! Fortunately there are some great free tools and methods that help to make your Website faster. Here [...]
Gary Eckstein Internet 2 apache, Apache HTTP Server, htaccess, htaccess file, security
The .htaccess file is an extremely powerful and efficient means of performing configuration on your Website. .htaccess is typically used for blocking visitors, rewriting URLs, cache control, customizing error messages and access control (security) among other things. One of the best ‘quick guides’ to .htaccess is provided by ‘the jackol’s den’ who has kindly made [...]
