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Create a New FTP Account

We often recommend that website owners do not share the root or default FTP account access information with ANY third party. That is for their security. We do, however, recommend that if you need to give FTP access to your site to someone, you create a new FTP account. Add New FTP Account Creating a …

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Changing File Permissions

On computer filesystems, different files and directories have permissions that specify who and what can read, write, modify and access them. Often, server-side applications need to be able to edit, read, write and even delete files on your behalf. When the permission settings don’t allow for that, weird things happen. Here’s how to change file …

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How does a CDN work?

A content delivery network or content distribution network (CDN) is a large distributed system of servers deployed in multiple data centers across the globe. Their real value comes when you think about latency–or the time it takes for your information to be delivered hundreds or thousands of miles away from your actual web server. Besides …

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Pretty Permalinks using IIS

We never recommend clients use IIS hosting for WordPress since “pretty” permalinks require mod_rewrite, and IIS (common on Windows servers) does not support mod_rewrite. If you are using Apache 2.0.54, on Windows, mod_rewrite may work, provided it is enabled in apache\conf\httpd.conf.

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Change Junk Folder Settings in Outlook 2010

By default, the Junk Email Filter is turned on, and the protection level is set to Low, the setting designed to catch the most obvious spam. You can adjust the sensitivity of the Junk Email Filter. Messages detected by the Junk Email Filter are moved to the Junk E-mail folder.

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Change Default IIS Page

If you’re using a windows small business server for email (Exchange, probably), you’ve noticed that the default page is pretty boring (see above). Here’s how to change that.

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FTP

The File Transfer Protocol (or FTP) is a standard network protocol used for the transfer of computer files from a server to a client using the Client–server model on a computer network. The first FTP client applications were command-line, but thankfully most people now use a more graphical FTP client. Perhaps our favorite is the …

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Migrate WordPress to New Hosting

Use BackupBuddy to easily move a WordPress site to another domain or web host. It will export the database and ALL your files, the WordPress core, images, users–everything into an encrypted ZIP file. You just upload the ZIP file to the new host along with a little migration script it gives you (called “importbuddy.php), navigate to your new domain (yournewsite.com/importbuddy.php) and follow the wizard.

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404 Redirects to Spam

WordPress is the most popular CMS in the world, but its popularity is also it’s biggest weakness. Hackers will use any trick they can to hack a WordPress site. If you’re noticing your 404 page on your site is redirecting to a spam site, there’s a simple fix.

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Transfer a Domain Name

A domain transfer is, in effect, to transfer domain name management from one owner (and registrar) to another (owner and registrar). Often domain names are transferred from the former owner to the new. If that’s the case for you, here’s a high-level overview of what that would entail.

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URL redirect/rewrite

URL rewrites and 301 redirects… you talk about them, you recommend them, but do you truly understand how they work? Sure, you know that rewriting a URL means that the URL displayed in the browser changes to be more SEO (and user) friendly. And you know that a 301 redirect is a permanent redirect. But …

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POP or IMAP, What’s the Difference?

The vast majority of website hosting providers offer email with their hosting packages. Most of those offer users a choice on how to interact with the mail server, POP or IMAP. Which should you choose and what’s the difference anyway? POP3 versus IMAP POP3 is useful in checking emails from a computer that is in …

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