Web Hosting Tips & Resources From NameHero
From time-to-time we’ll often get requests from customers on how to run Ruby apps on cPanel. Over the years we’ve seen a steep decline in such requests, but there are certainly still instances where it’s much needed. Despite cPanel adding their Application Manager to run Ruby on Rails with Phusion Passenger, I’ve still found it […]
We’ve written a lot about server-side caching at NameHero. It allows your website to keep copies of generated pages and serve them to visitors without needing to recreate them over and over. Better speeds for your visitors and easier server loads on your end. What’s not to like? However, caching has traditionally been useful only […]
We’ve been working on a better way to handle the backup process at NameHero, and we’ve finally settled on Jetbackup. Note that this is different from the DropMySite service, which is a premium add-on for NameHero accounts. DropMySite allows you to generate offsite backups. Jetbackup is a free service and comes with all accounts including […]
At this point, we already have quite a few backup tutorials on NameHero. We’ve talked about backing up the database, backing up the file system, as well as our policy of free nightly backups that we keep for one day. However, the above techniques are not WordPress specific. They backup databases and files that are […]
I’d earlier written about different ways to remove the footer of a WordPress post or page. The exact solution you need might work for one setup, and fail on another. However, since then, I’ve received questions from some people asking how to insert a footer into WordPress. Turns out the same method used to remove […]
On NameHero, we have a number of different plans for different types of hosting, ranging from ordinary shared hosting, to VPS and dedicated servers based in the cloud. What often isn’t clear is what exactly are the limitations on the first – shared hosting. Because of its very nature, shared hosting is complicated because of […]
NameHero comes with in-built Cloudflare integration, as well as the ability to activate the “Railgun” tool within Cloudflare, which attempts to optimize even dynamic content, instead of just static assets. However, there are a plethora of Cloudflare tools that can dramatically improve your website’s performance, and some of them are either not well-known, or their […]
There are a plethora of questions posted on sites like Quora and Reddit asking about the difference between “cloud hosting” and a “CDN”. These are two completely different products. However, it’s not hard to understand why this confusion exists. When a layperson hears the phrase “cloud hosting”, they get an image of their site being […]
One of the biggest benefits of the Gutenberg WordPress editor as I mentioned in my earlier post on one year after, is the “Custom HTML” block that allows you to insert arbitrary HTML, JavaScript and CSS code into a WordPress post. I’d previously talked about using it for JSON structured data, but you can also […]
As your site becomes more popular, the stakes get higher and higher. You find yourself thinking of more ways to secure your site. Now of course, you can do what everyone else does – plugins to defend against login attempts, strong passwords, and even 2FA. But in this article, I’m going to discuss three additional […]