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How a website works: from the address you type to the page on your screen

The short answer: when you type an address, the browser asks DNS which server belongs to that name, connects to that server, and the server sends back the page. In…

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Webmin and Virtualmin on a VPS: a server admin tool and a hosting panel, explained

This article is for people with a VPS or a dedicated server with root access. On shared plans the panel is cPanel, and you neither choose nor install another one.…

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Which password is which: client area, cPanel, e-mail, FTP, database and WordPress

The short answer: a site with e-mail and a database has six or seven different passwords, and each one only works in one place. “I changed the password and it…

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A 30-minute monthly routine to keep your website healthy

The short answer: a site does not break all at once: it accumulates small faults (a plugin not updated, a form that stopped arriving, a backup that was never tested).…

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Where to share your affiliate link: blog, WhatsApp, social media, and what to avoid

The short answer: an affiliate link pays when it reaches someone who really needs a website, a domain or e-mail, at the moment they need it. Dropping it everywhere, with…

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Which hosting plan for a non-profit that takes online donations

The short answer: an association’s or NGO’s site is light, and one of the first shared plans is enough. What needs care is the online donation: donors have to trust…

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Running a Perl or CGI script on your hosting: permissions, line endings and the 500 that follows

The short answer: Perl and CGI scripts (many old forms and counters) work on hosting, but they are demanding: the file must have execute permission (755), the first line must…

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Hiding WordPress usernames: author pages, the REST API and login messages

The short answer: WordPress shows, without meaning to, the usernames of those who write on the site: on author pages, in the REST API and even in the login error…

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Which hosting plan for a web designer or agency with several client sites

The short answer: someone who builds sites for clients has to choose between one hosting per client (each with their own account and contract) and a hosting of your own…

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Registrar lock: what it protects, when to unlock it and when to leave it on

The short answer: the registrar lock is a padlock on the domain that stops it being transferred to another provider unless you authorise it. It should be on almost always,…