Apache

The topic of VPS offerings, or Virtual Private Servers, is not a new one, at least not to any seasoned web guru. For those new to the web industry, the realization that a shared hosting plan may not be the end-all for web hosting often comes as a harsh dose of reality after a quick burst of growth. The scaling from a shared hosting plan, to a virtual private server (vps), sometimes followed by a physically dedicated server (dedicated hosting) depending on the site’s traffic and server load, is generally unknown to a beginner webmaster.

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Magma Creative, Inc. is a Sacramento based design studio that specializes in scorching creative solutions that deliver a powerful impact. Whether you need business branding, an annual report or a sophisticated interactive web site, Magma Creative will melt and mold the solutions that help light your way. Our clients are literary, intellectual and political luminaries whose ideas shape the world in which we live.

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Web hosting services reviews are helpful when choosing a web host. By reading a review of the hosting services a web hosting company offers, you are preparing yourself for making a very important decision regarding your website.

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Use the following command to view the first 10 lines of a log file or any other txt file.

[root@chaseleads ~]# head /path/to/your/web_transfer.log

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This post is a response to several emails I’ve gotten from users of Apache.com trying to configure windows-based systems. Sometimes when managing a Windows based system, you become a first-hand witness to the headaches running Windows in a server environment can sometimes create.

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This is one of the most basic commands on a linux box, but you’d be boggled by how many people don’t know how to properly shut down, or reboot, a server. Here is a quick explanation of the shutdown command.

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301 redirect is the most efficient and Search Engine Friendly method for webpage redirection. It is very easy to implement and it should preserve your search engine rankings for that particular page.

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What is Web Hosting
As peculiar as it may seem to most techies, many people don’t understand what web hosting is. Basically, web hosting is what allows the world to see your website. You can design, code, and place a website on your harddrive where nobody sees it.. or you can spend a few bucks a month and host it on a type of computer known as a Web Server. This allows you to share your masterpiece with the public. A web server sends out, or serves, the files (html/php pages, images, etc.) to the visitors web browser (FireFox, Internet Explorer, Opera, etc.). (more…)

If you’re looking for a good developmental server for your work, or just for personal use, what better place than your workstation? It eliminates the need for uploading your work to a remote server and allows you to run your scripts and test your website in a server environment. You can even set it up to be accessible to world, password protected, or invisible behind your firewall.  Nowadays, it is easier than ever to get a complete web server setup on Windows. WAMP is a popular package combining the popular web server Apache, MySQL Database server, and PHP scripting language. The install takes a few minutes and is super easy; if you can click Next, you’re good. With a couple quick tweaks to your router and httpd.conf file you are ready to serve files to the web. The below steps will get you up and running in minutes, let’s get started!

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SSH is a necessary tool in any server admin’s arsenal. It is the main way you will be interacting with your servers whenever you are performing system tasks such as install, updates, etc. SSH allows you to remotely connect to your server and command it via the shell. Below is a list of commands you will use commonly while working with your server.

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