A lot of people who like tech gadgets choose storage enclosures over plug-and-play NAS(Network Attached Storage) units because they comes with additional hardware customization options. Unfortunately I found that these “benefits'” outweigh the network administration and maintenance nightmares. Continue reading Problems with Network Attached Storage Enclosure
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Keep your website fast, secure and robust
There are several reasons why some visitors to your website would leave so soon. Not having a clear introduction on what the site is about, the improper sitemap and/or link structure and incorrect use of language are very common on personal blog sites. The most common problem that almost all websites is the loading time. From cooperate websites to personal blogs and everything in between face the uphill battle of keeping up with the fast phased “connected” society. You can take several steps to optimize your site which will help keep your Continue reading Keep your website fast, secure and robust
Restrict Access to Addon Domains
I run several websites on a single hosting plan. While some web developers do this to save money, I did this to save time. When you have all your hosted sites under one cPanel account(or in the same HTTP folder), it is easy to manage them. One problem you need to resolve is that add-on domain databases can be access through the primary domain. It can be fixed by adding a code to our good old .htaccess file in the sub-domain directory that host the files for the primary domain. The .htaccess file in each and every directory of the site must be edited(not the admin folders of CMSes) to include this code. Continue reading Restrict Access to Addon Domains
HTTP Status Code Definitions Explained
I ran in to into Error 500 issue about a week ago as soon as I tried to edit the .htaccess file on the server. I was blindsided because I had no clue what Error 500 stand for and the hosting service support team was useless because they told me that my name servers are out of order. After 24 hours wait time for DNS propagation, the site was still off line. So I decided to do my own little investigation. What I found was that Error 500 is caused by a programming error I made on the .htaccess file! I went to Continue reading HTTP Status Code Definitions Explained
Deleting files over a network
I just ran in to a huge problem. I accidentally deleted a documentary file over the network. The network drive was mapped to my computer and the folder was located on the server hard drives. No matter what back up I had, I deleted the entire documentary by mistake on the network drive and now I can’t find it anyway. This is a huge overlook that still we face in share folders in Microsoft Windows environment. I don’t know Continue reading Deleting files over a network