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  • Vimeo’s Cost-Cutting Cock-Up?

    Wednesday, August 5th, 2009

    Vimeo’s Cost-Cutting Cock-Up?

    Re: Vimeo problem with user embedded video, unable to play but instead showing a message, “Sorry. This video cannot be played on this site.”

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  • Maintain Unmanaged VPS – Part 12: Gain Benefit From Parked Domains

    Thursday, July 30th, 2009

    Maintain Unmanaged VPS – Part 12: Gain Benefit From Parked Domains

    To park a domain is simply to add it, undeveloped, with a DNS manager. Big deal! More useful is to point it to a developed site, gaining the traffic.

  • Maintain Unmanaged VPS – Part 11: Copy Website Files between Windows/Linux Computers using the CLI

    Wednesday, July 29th, 2009

    Maintain Unmanaged VPS – Part 11: Copy Website Files between Windows/Linux Computers using the CLI

    Here’s how to copy/backup/upload files between Linux & Windows hosts using PuTTY’s Secure FTP terminal. Faster, easier and way safer than FTP.

  • Maintain Unmanaged VPS – Part 10: Copy Site Files between Linux/Linux Computers with the CLI

    Tuesday, July 28th, 2009

    Maintain Unmanaged VPS – Part 10: Copy Site Files between Linux/Linux Computers with the CLI

    This tutorial shows how to copy files between Linux hosts using Secure Copy & a command line interface. Fast, easy & safe, better than FTP or SFTP.

  • Maintain Unmanaged VPS – Part 9: Reset a Lost MySQL Password

    Monday, July 27th, 2009

    Maintain Unmanaged VPS – Part 9: Reset a Lost MySQL Password

    Locked yourself out of MySQL? Feels like leaving the car keys in the trunk, huh? :D Sorry to laugh! But I can .. and show you how to get back in.

  • The Fine Art of WP Upgrades. Wait up!

    Friday, July 24th, 2009

    The Fine Art of WP Upgrades.  Wait up!

    You click on the shiny upgrade button on your WP Dashboard, but then something is broken – a plugin, a function, whatnot. Easy tiger, not so fast ..

  • Maintain Unmanaged VPS – Part 8: Update (Replace or Delete) MySQL Data

    Thursday, July 23rd, 2009

    Maintain Unmanaged VPS – Part 8: Update (Replace or Delete) MySQL Data

    Change repetitive db data with one single syntax command. Rather than manually find & alter each instance, isolate the lot & update multiple content.

  • Maintain Unmanaged VPS – Part 7: Reinstate MySQL DBs with Terminal Shell

    Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009

    Maintain Unmanaged VPS – Part 7: Reinstate MySQL DBs with Terminal Shell

    Here’s the syntax for reinstating a MySQL database. For instance, you moved a site, added a blank db and now want to add your backed up data. Easy!

  • Maintain Unmanaged VPS – Part 6: Backup a MySQL Database from the Terminal

    Tuesday, July 21st, 2009

    Maintain Unmanaged VPS – Part 6: Backup a MySQL Database from the Terminal

    This guide shows how to save a MySQL database using a terminal, with a simple syntax command. And faster than using phpMyAdmin, for sure.

  • Maintain Unmanaged VPS – Part 4: Create or Bin MySQL DBs using the Terminal

    Monday, July 20th, 2009

    Maintain Unmanaged VPS – Part 4: Create or Bin MySQL DBs using the Terminal

    This how-to guide maps out two basic but handy MySQL operations, creating and erasing a database, using the command line interface.