One of the frustrating things in web design currently is the failure of major browsers to stick to one set of standards in what html tags are supported and how they are interpreted. If you are designing using CSS, it doesn’t take long to realise that using the margin, padding and width properties often results [...]
Question: How can you improve your visitor’s experience of your website AND at the same time learn how to improve your website (or learn how to increase sales)? Answer: cookies Cookies? Yes. Let me explain… => COOKIES EXPLAINED A “cookie” is simply a small piece of text information which a web server stores temporarily with [...]
Have you ever used a eBay/Paypal voucher code, if not then you are missing out on saving lots of money. They come out every so often and dont last long. We have came up with a way for you to get an email once new paypal/ebay codes come out. So if you want more information [...]
Question: How can you improve your visitor’s experience of your website AND at the same time learn how to improve your website (or learn how to increase sales)? Answer: cookies Cookies? Yes. Let me explain… => COOKIES EXPLAINED A “cookie” is simply a small piece of text information which a web server stores temporarily with [...]
Have you ever used a eBay/Paypal voucher code, if not then you are missing out on saving lots of money. They come out every so often and dont last long. We have came up with a way for you to get an email once new paypal/ebay codes come out. So if you want more information [...]
—————————————————————– ————— Telnet should be disabled, and you should use SSH. Telnet sends password in plain text, and ‘crackers/hackers’ can obtain these passwords easily compared to SSH, and then takeover your dedicated web server. 1. Login to your dedicated server via SSH as root. 2. Type: pico -w /etc/xinetd.d/telnet 3. Change the disable = no [...]
If you run mailscanner please make sure it is up to date. Here is a tip from the creator of the software package. Some of the virus scanner “wrapper” and “autoupdate” scripts have been updated in version 4.24. If upgrading from earlier versions using the RPM distributions, you will need to manually rename each of [...]
Login to your server via SSH as root. (If you disabled root logins login with your other username, and su to root) Type: pico .bash_profile At the end of the file put this: echo ‘ALERT – Root Shell Access on:’ `date` `who` | mail -s “Alert: Root Access from `who | awk ‘{print $6}’`” offsite@emailaddress.com [...]
Logwatch is a customizable log analysis system. Logwatch parses through your system’s logs for a given period of time and creates a report analyzing areas that you specify, in as much detail as you require. Logwatch is easy to use and will work right out of the package on most systems. 1. Login to your [...]
Here we are going to show you how to Install Pico. So you got your new dedicated server and your favorite editor ( PICO ) is not there? Well we are going to help you install Pico on your dedicated server. PICO is a very simple and easy-to-use text editor offering paragraph justification, cut/paste, and [...]
