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Many recent FTP program automatically detect your file type and upload them correctly without any problems; however, if your FTP software does not do this or if your file is unique and cannot be detected correctly, you will need to set either an ASCII or Binary upload method. A binary …
Read More »How to create backups with cPanel
Many VPS and dedicated server users have cPanel installed as their control panel. Therefore, it is very useful to know how to create backups of your website or entire server using cPanel. Follow these instructions to make your backups. 1. Login to cPanel on your website (usually something like http://yourdomain.com/cpanel) …
Read More »How to create a database in phpMyAdmin
In a previous post, we learned how to create a MySQL database from the Linux command line. Today, we will learn how to accomplish the same task with a graphical interface using the free web-based MySQL administration tool: phpMyAdmin. Just follow these steps. 1. Login to phpMyAdmin either through your …
Read More »Finding Linux files with "locate"
There are a few of ways to find files on a Linux server, but most of them involve actually searching through each file in the filesystem until the correct one is located. This can be time consuming and taxing on the server’s CPU load, especially if you have a lot …
Read More »Nvu- the free WYSIWYG HTML editor
Looking for a free Microsoft Expression Web or Dreamweaver alternative? Nvu is an open-source WYSIWYG HTML and CSS editor with great documentation and a helpful support community. Nvu has a built-in file manager and supports Windows, Mac, and Linux. It is designed specially for beginning webmasters, but is perfectly fine …
Read More »Webmin server management
When managing a Linux server, the most universal and basic method for server management is to access it directly from the command line. Most Linux server do not come with a graphical interface, and although you could install one, it would just take up valuable server resources, such as memory. …
Read More »Secure user accounts with Jailkit
No, it is not something to help you break out of jail. Jailkit is a suite of free and open source software that limits user accounts to a limited portion of the filesystem, utilizing a tool called chroot. It can also be used to limit users to specific commands or …
Read More »How to fix common compiling problems in Linux
In a previous post, I gave you a little intro to compiling software from source code in Linux. What I might not have mentioned is that it does not always go smoothly without a hitch. If you are on a short timeline with your server and need software X immediately …
Read More »Speed up web browsing with OpenDNS
Looking to speed up your web browsing? Working from a huge cache of web requests made by other users, OpenDNS is a free DNS service that is considerably faster than the name servers provided by your ISP. OpenDNS provides a lot more than just speed, however. Benefits include phishing and …
Read More »What is Mono?
As its website describes it, Mono is a “cross platform, open source, .NET development framework.” .NET is a framework originally created by Microsoft, and the Mono developers from Novell created Mono to be interoperable with .NET applications. The result is .NET compatibility across Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X. With …
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