February 6, 2007 at 10:22 pm by Gary · Filed under
This tutorial assumes you are using Linux. The easiest and most effective way to backup is by dumping your databases into your home directory and then zipping everything up. cPanels backup is usually a waste of time as it bloats things, often fails and additionally can’t be used on servers without it.
First things first, you’ll need the putty SSH client which can be downloaded from:
http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/download.html
Putty requires no installation and can be executed directly after it’s download. Execute putty and in the “hostname” box type your domain name. You’ll now be presented with a black screen asking for your username, type the same username as you use for FTP. Now your password, when you type it you won’t see any characters appearing, however type the same password as your FTP account then hit enter. If the box either closes or asks you to contact support, do so and request jailed shell access. Read the rest of this entry »
February 5, 2007 at 10:18 pm by Gary · Filed under
The Google algorithm could be classed as quite complex and ever changing, however the basic rules of SEO are quite basic.
As a general rule of thumb, your site will be indexed fairly well if it complies with the following:
* Clean markup
* Use text whenever possible, image heavy sites or sites made in flash do not get indexed well.
* A link on a high traffic site is better than 1000 links on low traffic sites.
* Regularly update your content to keep visitors and bots coming back.
* Use sitemaps where possible to make it easier for Google to crawl your site. Read the rest of this entry »
February 4, 2007 at 6:07 pm by Gary · Filed under , , ,
Apache and PHP is a piece of jolly chocolate cake to setup on Linux. Grab a pint of beer and let’s get started. You’ll want to use a 2.x release, I never understand why people bother with compiling 1.3.x releases when 2.x is so superior. It’s faster, much faster, more functional and makes better use of your servers resources. I presume, as you are leet that you wish to use the latest current stable Apache release. Login to your server via shell and type the following commands to get started. We’ll need to create an install directory for neatness, so type the following to create a directory named /install
mkdir /install
This prevents you clogging up the server with loads of rubbish, use this folder to compile everything that doesn’t need to go in your source directory. Now, change into that directory by typing the following: Read the rest of this entry »
February 2, 2007 at 12:03 pm by Mike · Filed under
Just thought I’d introduce myself, mein name ist Mike Harrison und meine meerschweinchen ist kaputt!
I’ll be writing some things about design/illustration such as ‘rules’, techniques and maybe a tutorial or two!
The first and only thing i have done for this site so far is make the logo, more will though ;]
If you don’t know my work, check my site out at www.destill.net
February 1, 2007 at 6:30 am by Kane · Filed under
Continuing on from my earlier post about Search Engine Optimization here are the last 6 tips on getting your site a higher ranking in search engine listings.
- Submit Your Site…
Spiders tend to find your website via outgoing links from other websites, although you should to submit your site to top search engines to be listed quickly and have a better chance at a good inclusion. Google offers a service that allows you to submit an XML sitemap of your website which gives diagnostics on how well your site has been crawled and which pages are considered most important to influence your listing. MSN also have a submit area as well as Yahoo. There are various directories such as the DMOZ.org Open Directory in which you can submit your website to be listed.
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January 30, 2007 at 10:09 pm by Dave · Filed under , ,
If you’ve got a website that deals with data then chances are you have a search field somewhere on that website. If you’ve got a search field on your website then chances are you want that search to return the most relevant information, chances are your customers want this even more than you do. We’ve all been frustrated by websites that provide a search box but don’t seem to provide any useful results. Using the following tutorial you can ensure that searches on your site are better than the competition.
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January 30, 2007 at 9:52 pm by Kane · Filed under ,
I found this article a couple of months back from an old web design forum and saved it because I knew how golden it was for people looking for a career in the web design and development world. Ever since I’ve been showing it to as many related people as possible, here goes;
Dear You.
I have been around the block a few times here in this great big world wide web of design and website creation. Over the years I see the same mistakes over and over again. I really wanted to let everybody in on some things that might help you in the future. I am not going to lecture you on the nit picky things, but more a broad overview that might help you in your career if you chose to pursue web design as a field.
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Design Vs. Coding
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One of the biggest things I see people doing wrong, mainly kids coming out of school and lots of freelancers, is that they think to be a web designer they need to know everything: Programming, CSS, PHP, How to Design, Flash etc. Read the rest of this entry »
January 30, 2007 at 12:33 am by Kane · Filed under ,
Until recently there seemed to be some sort of trend in the world of web design where webmasters designed websites with tables. What’s wrong with that? To the untrained eye table based websites could pass for a perfectly well designed site. However, in comparison to the benefits and ease of CSS, table based sites are a bad option.
CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) uses relational code in comparison to tables which uses redundant and repeated code. This decreases the file size of the page and in turn decreases the bandwith used. Also, relational data means that the whole site can be redesigned easily as proved by CSS Zen Garden which shows that using CSS stylesheets, the whole design of a website can be changed very easily. Read the rest of this entry »
January 29, 2007 at 9:10 pm by Steph · Filed under
Hey guys (and ladies),
Just a little topic to show my face! Hmmm, now, where to start?
My main interests focus around security, networking and administration, and occasionally i dabble with coding (like i use alot of vbs for exploits), but everything’s related to those three categories, mainly i expand on different aspects on security.
Currently I’m a security manager of a sixth form college and secondary school of about 900 computers and laptops, and have been doing that for a good couple of years now. I have a good background knowledge in ICT in general, and look forward to learning from and contributing to SpeekGeek!
Well it’s good to be here, Steph over and out!
January 29, 2007 at 7:14 pm by Ed · Filed under ,
What is AJAX? Asyncronous JavaScript and XML. That’s it. Well, not really…
AJAX is a new approach to web applications, further propelling the transition of desktop applications to the web. It makes use of existing technology to provide smoother, faster web applications by using JavaScript to refresh a page’s contents from a server without reloading an entire page.
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