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Maintain Unmanaged VPS - Part 1: Add Web Sites Nginx Cheatsheet

Wednesday, July 15th, 2009

Create additional sites & blogs quickly & easily. After creating the DNS entries, just add a vhost file, its symlink, restart Nginx and go play.» tutorial » Additional Nginx Sites Cheatsheet

Set Up Unmanaged VPS (4 Newbies) - Part 19: Moving Day! How to Move Your Blog or Site

Wednesday, July 1st, 2009

Migrate your web site or blog to a new server with minimal problems or inaccessibility. This guide steps out a proven relocation procedure.» tutorial » Safe Site & Blog Relocation Guide

Set Up Unmanaged VPS (4 Newbies) - Part 17: Nginx Control Panel Workarounds

Tuesday, June 9th, 2009

Part 17: No viable panel BUT EASY WORKAROUNDS Every cPanel module is listed here with copy/paste code for its Nginx-equivalent alternate function.» resource » Nginx Control Panel Solutions

Set Up Unmanaged VPS (4 Newbies) - Part 16: Nginx Control Panel

Monday, June 8th, 2009

Part 16: You're migrating shared-to-VPS and want a GUI like cPanel? No you don't, not after you read this! What's more, you don't need one either ...» research » Controlling Nginx Background Notes

Set Up Unmanaged VPS (4 Newbies) - Part 15: WordPress Setup & Updates from the Command Line

Thursday, June 4th, 2009

Part 15: Setup/update WordPress on your server. This copy/paste how-to guide steps out the process, setting up a MySQL database and using Subversion.» tutorial » Add WordPress, its Database & Plugins, the Linux Way

Set Up Unmanaged VPS (4 Newbies) - Part 14: Tweak Nginx for WordPress - Pretty URLs & WP Super Cache

Tuesday, June 2nd, 2009

Part 14: Configure NGINX for WordPress blogs, speeding up the platform by enabling the WP Super Cache plugin, and enabling friendly-URI permalinks.» tutorial » Integrate WordPress with Nginx - Permalinks & Cache

Set Up Unmanaged VPS (4 Newbies) - Part 13: Serve Multiple Sites & Blogs with Virtual Hosts

Tuesday, May 19th, 2009

Part 13: Add sites & blogs to the web server using vhost files & symlinks. We create a file structure, add users/groups/permissions and tweak FastCGI. [...]» tutorial » Setup Multi-Sites with Nginx & FastCGI

Set Up Unmanaged VPS (4 Newbies) - Part 10: Prepare Linux Server for Email with Postfix

Tuesday, May 5th, 2009

Part 10: How to install an email function for the Linux server, installing Postfix, changing the hostname and setting reverse DNS (RDNS). [...]» tutorial » Enable Email Services for Sites, Blogs & Applications

Set Up Unmanaged VPS (4 Newbies) - Part 9: Add a Domain Zone to Your VPS

Thursday, April 30th, 2009

Part 9: Setting up your VPS, or any Linux server, you'll need to point it to a domain name, and to configure what's known as a DNS zone. Here's how.» tutorial » Add VPS Domain Zone

Set Up Unmanaged VPS (4 Newbies) - Part 2: Set Up a VPS Linux Distribution

Tuesday, April 7th, 2009

Part 2: Set up a VPS account and choose, configure & launch a Linux distribution. [...]» tutorial » Configure & Launch Linux VPS Distro