Web Hosting Tips & Resources From NameHero
Under what circumstances can we safely disable ClamAV – the ubiquitous antivirus on a Linux server? I recently migrated my site WP-Tweaks to a NameHero “Managed Cloud” VPS. The increased dedicated resources make my site hum along nicely – operations that used to take a long time were near-instantaneous. I’ve often found myself randomly opening […]
The other day, I had a problem with my server, where I got an e-mail saying that some SSL certificates were about to expire. These came with the original VPS, and I’d already installed my own SSL certificates, so I wasn’t worried about my webserver going down. However, I WAS worried that something else might […]
I’ve been excited about QUIC.cloud for a long time. I’ve often viewed them as a possible competitor to Cloudflare, and while I love Cloudflare, it’s always good to have competition. QUIC.cloud’s dynamic caching and integration with the LiteSpeed plugin was always superior to Cloudflare’s APO (Automatic Platform Optimization). But full integration with QUIC.cloud was always […]
By default, all NameHero VPS servers come installed with the ConfigServer Security & Firewall (csf) plugin. But if you don’t have it on your server, I strongly suggest that you install it. It’s invaluable. After setting up the CSF firewall on your VPS server, you might see a message in the CSF logs talking about […]
I recently migrated to a new VPS server and needed to import a public key for my backup service so that I wouldn’t have to hand out a username/password combination. It had been a while since I’d used SSH for anything and didn’t feel like taking the time to learn everything from scratch again, so […]
Over the past few days, I’ve ended up migrating my site to a NameHero VPS. And in all this, I’ve found the absolute best way to test your site on the new server before you change your DNS records. The Problem Making the final switch of your DNS records is an act of faith. You […]
I’ve recently had a chance to fire up Cloudflare’s analytics once again. Almost exactly a year ago, I’d written about the now rebundled Browser Insights that Cloudflare deprecated. They’ve since consolidated their analytics into a new product – Web Analytics. And while it’s much better than the older Browser Insights, it’s not ready to replace […]
One of the downsides of no longer using sidebars is that you lose space to put stuff like “Related Posts”. But I still stick with my decision to do away with sidebars on my site – mostly because when it comes to long-form content, the sidebars vanish quickly anyway. For lasting benefits, you’ll have to […]
Updated: May 1, 2023 The All-in-One WP Migration plugin is hands down the best tool you can use to migrate your WordPress website from one host to another. I used it myself a couple of days ago to transition my website to one of NameHero’s new WordPress Hosting packages, and it really is simple. We […]
A few days back, Google released an update to its search quality rater guidelines regarding controversial content. While not new, this particular section is a bit troubling. I think this can have potentially sinister implications. It instructs search raters to flag content that “may be unpleasant or uncomfortable”. With a special focus on users in […]