Category Systems Administration Blog

Testing your website for speed and load times

Two easy ways to check your website’s loading time

Optimizing your website is important; Google gives preference to faster websites, here are two simple ways to check on and improve upon the speed of your website for ultimate performance and decreased loading times.

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resources, Tutorials, webdesign
April 16, 2015

Another reason I like HostGator

When you add a new domain to your account, there is no crap about verifying the domain. Why do hosts care anyway? All they need to do when adding a domain to your account is to let you add the domain, and if DNS sends someone to their site looking for a given domain that has been registered…

Systems Administration Blog

August 25, 2012

Move to the Cloud? The two Decisions that Matter

I found this excellent article about "moving to the cloud." If you've ever considered moving, or are in the decision making process right now, this is a great article that highlights a few key points. Budget, time and needs. Do you really need all that proprietary software in-house? The software you pay thousands and thousands of dollars a…

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Twitter
August 25, 2012

Wappalyzer Helps Webmasters Identify Software

This handy firefox addon will make your life easier whether you are a webmaster, systems administrator or website owner trying to know more about your website.

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resources, tips and tricks, webdesign
November 1, 2012

CSS and HTML Basics

I've been spending some time recently helping people out with their websites and I thought I'd post a few tips on CSS basics. Let's cover the difference between ID and Class when we're talking about CSS. IDs... IDs should be unique per page. IDs are selected with the "#" symbol Classes... Classes can be shared, multiple elements can…

Systems Administration Blog

May 17, 2015

MySQL Workbench, GUI for MySQL

So a while ago, I posted about MySQL Administrator. My favorite tool to access MySQL visually. In case you didn't know, MySQL has been retired in favor of a newer tool. If you're looking for MySQL GUI tools, you might want to take a look at MySQL Workbench. MySQL Workbench lets you Develop, Model and Administer MySQL instances…

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apps
August 25, 2012

Little known Open Source gem to sync your files

If you want the benefits of sychnronizing your files across many computers, but don't want to use a public service, you should give unison a try. It might be just what you're looking for.

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August 25, 2012

The hackers know this, but do you?

Reality check Part of your job as a System Administrator or Website administrator is to ensure the work you do is safe from attacks and vulnerabilities. Remember that movie where Michael Moore goes around in Canada trying to open doors because he heard that people there don't lock their doors? Do you remember what happened? It was true,…

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Security
October 4, 2016

Vyatta, OpenSource router

I’ve found one of the gems of the Open Source world, if you’re looking for a competitive and feature rich router, you should consider Vyatta. Recently I installed it and configured to be my home router. Its also worth mentioning that even though you don’t need much for your home network, Vyatta can also [...]

Systems Administration Blog

April 16, 2015