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Orange cloud or grey cloud at Cloudflare: which records to proxy and which to leave DNS only

The short answer: every record in Cloudflare’s DNS has a cloud beside it. Orange (Proxied) means visitors talk to Cloudflare and Cloudflare fetches what it needs from the server. Grey…

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The SOA record and its serial number: what each field means and when it matters

The short answer: the SOA (Start of Authority) is the first record in every DNS zone. It names the primary nameserver and the person responsible for the zone, and it…

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A helpful 404 page: what it should say and how to check it works

The short answer: the 404 page is what a visitor sees when the address does not exist. A good one says so clearly, keeps the site’s menu and shows a…

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ionCube Loader: when a script asks for it and how to switch it on

The short answer: some bought programs (themes, modules, management systems) come with their code encoded so it cannot be copied. To run them, PHP needs an extension called the ionCube…

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Locking down the WordPress file editor and a few wp-config settings worth changing

The short answer: WordPress has, in the dashboard, a file editor that lets you change the code of the theme and plugins. One typo there takes the site down, and…

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Error 429 Too Many Requests: who is asking too much, and what to do

The short answer: 429 means “you asked too many times in a short time: wait”. It appears from two sides: you receive the error (from a site, a protection or…

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Which hosting plan for a real estate agency: listings, many photos and search

The short answer: what weighs on an agency site is the photographs and the property search, which queries the database on every filter. To start, an entry shared plan is…

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A domain or subdomain opens the wrong site: the document root and how to check it

The short answer: each domain and subdomain on a hosting account points to a folder (the “document root”) and shows what is in that folder. If one shows another’s site,…

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MongoDB on a VPS: install it, lock it down, and why not to expose it

The short answer: MongoDB is a database that stores documents (like JSON) instead of tables. It is not part of cPanel’s database tools, so you run it on a VPS.…

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Upgrading Ubuntu to a new release on a VPS without losing the server

The short answer: updating packages (apt upgrade) and upgrading to a new release (for example, from one LTS version to the next) are different things. The second touches the whole…