Sometimes a perfect confluence of events proves what you’ve suspected all along. And when it comes to SEO, I’ve had a hunch about BS emanating from Google and fawning SEOs for years. Of course, the latest evidence shows that Google lied to us about AMP. The person presiding over this misinformation is John Mueller, but […]
How To Add Log Files To CSF
The ConfigServer Security and Firewall plugin for your VPS does a better job at managing your server’s firewall than the default option. In addition to being more user-friendly, it has a bunch of useful features that I wouldn’t want to do without. One of the more useful features is the ability to monitor a long […]
Is It Safe To Disable The Antivirus On Your Linux Server?
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 […]
How To Give Someone Temporary Root Access
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 […]
Switching To The QUIC.cloud DNS
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 […]
How To Remove The Country Code Filters Error In CSF
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 […]
How To Add A Public Key To Your Server Without SSH
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 […]
Test Your Site On A New Host Before Changing Your DNS Records
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 […]
Using Cloudflare Web Analytics For Core Web Vitals
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 […]
The “fit-content” CSS Style Rule Is Amazing!
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 […]