If you’re trying to connect to your site via FTP using FileZilla, you may find the following error: Connection attempt failed with “EAI_NONAME – Neither nodename nor servname provided, or not known”. Here’s a screenshot of the error while using FileZilla’s “Quickconnect” button: FileZilla generates the “EAI_NONAME” response code when it’s unable to connect to […]
WordPress Hosting vs. Web Hosting – What’s The Difference?
WordPress hosting is a subsection of web hosting which essentially gives individuals and businesses that use WordPress “a home” to store their files that makeup their website or blog. WordPress hosting packages can vary greatly depending on the amount of resources (storage, bandwidth, CPU, etc.) needed to power the website. In addition, the cost can […]
Table Size in PostgreSQL: Everything You Need To Know
In this article, we will focus on the topic of table size in the PostgreSQL database environment. We will cover the three major components that make up a table, how to calculate the size of those components as well as the total overall size of a given sample table. When finished, we will have addressed […]
How to Forward with Masking: And Is It a Good Idea?
Updated: 7/12/2023 Forward with masking is a kind of redirect that lets you display content from another web page to users but keeps the original URL in the address bar. Here’s an overview of how it works, its implications, and whether or not it’s a good idea for your website. What is Forwarding with Masking? […]
Everything You Need To Know About Tar Files & The Linux Command Line
Tar is an immeasurably useful archival tool available on most Linux/Unix-based systems. It is used regularly as part of Linux systems administration at all skill level. This article will tackle a number of common usage case and questions regarding tar. When finished, you will have learned how to effectively utilize tar archives to: compress, create, […]
How to Fix Cloudflare Error 520: Server Returns Unknown Error
The Cloudflare error 520: web server returns an unknown error is another class of errors relating to problems at the origin server. I’ve already written about Cloudflare error 500 and error 523, so now it’s time to examine 523 in a little more detail. This happens when your server returns a response that Cloudflare doesn’t […]
How to Fix Cloudflare Error 500: Internal Server Error
The Cloudflare error 500: Internal Server Error is an indication that there’s something wrong with your origin server. Unlike error 523: Origin is Unreachable, your server can receive and respond to Cloudflare’s requests but throws an error in response. With Error 523, your server doesn’t respond, so Cloudflare doesn’t know whether your server even exists. […]
How to Fix Cloudflare Error 523: Origin is Unreachable
If you’ve used Cloudflare for a while, you’ll inevitably see the following error one day: Error 523: Origin is unreachable This one is very simple to understand compared to some of the other Cloudflare errors. For one reason or another, Cloudflare is unable to contact your server. If you don’t have the “Always Online” feature […]
The Best WordPress Plugin To Combat Plagiarism
I’ve seen my share of site scrapers, and it’s safe to say that the overwhelming majority pose no threat to you. Google has some documentation indicating that it prefers original content over duplicate content. However, there are also cases where Google not only doesn’t penalize sites that plagiarize but actively ranks them higher than the […]
Is It Time to Bring Back Blog Comments?
The past 13 years haven’t been kind to blogs. Today, they’re viewed as a relic of the early days of the Internet, where people didn’t know how to design websites, and everyone had a blog. And for a while, it was good. I remember participating in a network of blogs with curated communities, where we […]
