Sure, there has been a pause. A month, no less, and how weird is this: I feel like the kid at school who sidles into the classroom, totally late, hair strewn and face sheepish, having missed Assembly and, oh no, they [...]

Those of you who've been following this blog will know I've taken steps to port the VPS Bible series to a new home of its own. In fact, that happens this week. By way of an introduction to the new site, the whys and [...]

Give your site a design lift with this simple CSS code snippet. Simply choose a radius and drop it in a div for a real easy way to add curves without any images or javascript. This is super-fast to do and works for [...]

So you wanna blog, huh? And you've looked at the options, and like WordPress. Me too! And you like the expandability and personalisation that a WordPress standalone install gives, but are put off by the [...]

This reference to the best Virtual Private Server and Linux online resources range from basic beginner guides to advanced web server configuration tutorials. Coupled with the the_guv's original VPS Bible series, now [...]

Pre-OS-install, mapping out data/system demands for optimal disk segmentation saves headaches down the road. Here's a heads-up to help. You don't have to, but it is a mighty good idea to put pen to paper, [...]

There's a lot of talk about web standards. Here's some more. What are web standards? Rules for producing well-coded, user-friendly websites, set down by a very important and useful group of gordo-geeks, [...]

The VPS Bible has been updated to reflect the latest stable Nginx release - 0.7.62 - the effect that this has on the overall setup and, while we're about it, the latest stable WordPress release too. You may have [...]

For the blog platform WordPress to work properly with Nginx we need to tweak the web server configuration. This tutorial will enable both caching - integrating the WP Super Cache plugin - and activate pretty [...]

When I started this series I figured I'd cover it in maybe 7 or 8 posts. I had more hair in those days, and you were younger too. Apart from underestimating the subject, fact is, with the intended audience for the [...]

Welcome to the_guv's 20 part VPS how-to bible, complete with video tutorials. If you are outgrowing your shared host, are paying big bucks for a managed VPS or want to rightsize from an old dedicated plan, this [...]

How to install PMA with Nginx, to administer multiple MySQL dbs from anywhere. View table structure, browse data, run queries, backup and more. Adding phpMyAdmin to the Nginx web server is very like adding a [...]

Buying online? Wanna save a few bucks? Got 5 mins? This video shows you how, using promotion coupon codes, nice 'n easy. It's not exactly a science, but online shoppers after a bargain often fall short when it [...]

The issue: Your website doesn't load properly after opting for a Click Pattern 'Site Overlay' on your Google Analytics Dashboard, instead rendering opaque. Links don't work, you can't see a way to disable the [...]

If I had a Big Mac for every favicon tutorial out there, I'd be dead. But hey, I needed a favicon, and I figured a video illustrating the process may come in handy for some folks, so here goes. What is a [...]

Pre-OS-install, mapping out data/system demands for optimal disk segmentation saves headaches down the road. Here's a heads-up to help. You don't have to, but it is a mighty good idea to put pen to paper, [...]

There's a lot of talk about web standards. Here's some more. What are web standards? Rules for producing well-coded, user-friendly websites, set down by a very important and useful group of gordo-geeks, [...]

Give your site a design lift with this simple CSS code snippet. Simply choose a radius and drop it in a div for a real easy way to add curves without any images or javascript. This is super-fast to do and works for [...]

PayPal brands itself as The faster and safer way to get paid. Really? I've used the service over many years and generally everything seems to work. Sometimes, though, their poor controls and irresponsibility takes [...]

The sham that is PayPal does not fail to disappoint. First they open a "case" for no apparent reason, having received no complaint and as I explained in PayPal: Can I Trust You With My Business? Then they steal [...]

Easily configure GA's Standard Edition for catch-all@anydomain.com webmail, plus POP and IMAP email delivery to your desktop mail client. Whether you want this as a standalone email solution, else to compliment [...]

In this tutorial we'll configure an email function for the VPS. That's not to turn this Linux system into a mail server .. but to allow our web apps to be able to send and automate outgoing email. If you recall [...]

The bashrc file is where we create aliases to shortcut those long CLI commands, plus functions to improve usability. In this tutorial, as well as setting locale, performing a software index update & a Linux [...]

Create sub-sites or prefixed WordPress blogs quickly & easily. Just create an A record, add a vhost file & symlink and restart Nginx. This is very similar to adding a domain, which is detailed here and [...]

Create additional sites & blogs quickly & easily. After creating the DNS entries, just add a vhost file, its symlink, restart Nginx and go play. OK. So I did this guide already, already! But as this is one [...]

This tutorial explains how to increase the default number of comments shown on the WordPress Admin Comments Editor page, by editing edit-comments.php. Dunno about you, but life's too short to be clicking thru' all [...]

Installing & configuring Nginx web server, tweaking the default file structure, then setting up a vhost file with symlink is the subject of this copy/paste how-to. So open up that CLI and I'll explain. So [...]

If you're using nginx, and your domain name exceeds 32 characters, you may receive an error message when you restart the web server. Quite likely, you need to tell nginx to allow for longer domain names. To do so, [...]

Sites I like to surf are really uncluttered, with everything barely more than a click, or a mouse movement, away. That's how I hope this site is. A really usable web design. The website requirement The kind of [...]

Installing & configuring Nginx web server, tweaking the default file structure, then setting up a vhost file with symlink is the subject of this copy/paste how-to. So open up that CLI and I'll explain. So [...]

When I started this series I figured I'd cover it in maybe 7 or 8 posts. I had more hair in those days, and you were younger too. Apart from underestimating the subject, fact is, with the intended audience for the [...]

Create additional sites & blogs quickly & easily. After creating the DNS entries, just add a vhost file, its symlink, restart Nginx and go play. OK. So I did this guide already, already! But as this is one [...]

If you want to be anonymous in real life, buy a big coat. Online, and for your PC, it's more complex. Why do it? To shore up your identity, safeguard data, secure eCommerce and give peace of mind. This [...]

If you want to be anonymous in real life, buy a big coat. Online, and for your PC, it's more complex. Why do it? To shore up your identity, safeguard data, secure eCommerce and give peace of mind. This [...]

So I've relocated for a few months, to an Arab country that shall not be named. My website, on the other hand, still lives in Newark, New Jersey, before traveling about. And I have a dilemma. On arriving here, I [...]

How safe is your identity online, and your data offline? Quick heads-up. Because coming up, next week, here with the_guv... A comprehensive guide, spread over 5 posts, each detailing in non-geek-Greek, [...]

Having set up our PuTTY command line interface (CLI), in Part 3, on our local Windows machine and connecting remotely to our Linux VPS, we need to secure the connection. Using the protocol OpenSSH, we can encrypt [...]

This tutorial shows how to copy files between Linux computers using Secure Copy & a command line interface. Fast, easy & safe, better than FTP or SFTP. If you're using Windows locally, skip to VPS Admin Part [...]

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. If you're using Linux locally as well as to power your web host, skip [...]

Having set up our PuTTY command line interface (CLI), in Part 3, on our local Windows machine and connecting remotely to our Linux VPS, we need to secure the connection. Using the protocol OpenSSH, we can encrypt [...]

This tutorial shows you how to configure FileZilla, the most popular Secure FTP (SFTP) client. Having set up the Nginx web server we're on the brink of setting up some sites or blogs, but first here's a handy [...]

In this tutorial we'll configure an email function for the VPS. That's not to turn this Linux system into a mail server .. but to allow our web apps to be able to send and automate outgoing email. If you recall [...]

Give your site a design lift with this simple CSS code snippet. Simply choose a radius and drop it in a div for a real easy way to add curves without any images or javascript. This is super-fast to do and works for [...]

If you use Facebook. And value your content and identity. You need to read this. A few weeks ago I wrote a series of posts about online anonymity and safe surfing. There was a section about social networks. [...]

This tutorial explains how to increase the default number of comments shown on the WordPress Admin Comments Editor page, by editing edit-comments.php. Dunno about you, but life's too short to be clicking thru' all [...]

Want to install the ultimate web development toolbox? Best use of Linux Ubuntu, with Windows emulation via VirtualBox, Nginx, PHP, MySQL, supreme Firefox addons, Woopra and much much more. Here's the deal .. My 2 [...]