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Running Your Own Web Server
This article will cover the basics about running your own web server out of your home. However, before I provide some direction on how to go about doing this I am going to give you the "pain points". I am also going to give you some reasons why running your own web server might not be for you.
Why you don't want to run your own web server?
If you are looking to sell something online you should look at a business web hosting solution. Two reasons. One, you are not going to be able to harden your ...
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E-Commerce And Security
More and more peoples in there daily life use computer to make things that previously they do without computer, for example, buy and sell! Of course, its takes less time and can be done from home, but not so offten peoples thinking about: how safe it is! And from other side seller invent, that he want to start e-commerce, but he not sure what it is and how its works!This article is for both side...For understanding, how e-commerce mechanism works and how do this cooperation safer!What is ...
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Fast Web Design For The Skint Webmaster
About two years ago, I had a go at commercial web site design. I put a medium-sized ad in a London classified ad paper. Nothing fancy: "Web designer seeks work ..." etc. This was expensive, about 500 for a month's run.
Got a few replies. Lesson number one: advertise where clients of the calibre you want will see it. The clients I got thought 300 was a lot for a web site. They didn't want to pay web hosting. They wanted a lot of bang for their buck. 'Mission creep' was a term I grew to know and ...
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What Distro Should I install and Why?
What Distro Should I install and Why?
If you are just moving from the MS to the GNU World you might be asking yourself right now what distro should I install on my box?, along with a whole bunch of other questions like will Linux run on my box? Will it be hard? Will I find help online if I run into an issue, just to mention some of the questions that run into your mind right now.
This mini How-To tries to answer those and more questions starting from the most basic ones.
Will Linux run in my ...
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How To Set Up A Free Website In 30 Minutes
A lot of businesses do not have a blog and the owners may spend little or no time on the internet but instead use word of mouth or traditional forms of marketing. The company owner may have little patience to learn about domains, web hosting ftp and other features of running a website. Is there an alternative?
What about setting up a blog instead where you don't have to pay for hosting or learn ftp, register a domain and the other headaches of running a site? That's possible by running a free ...
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More On How To Choose A Data Center
As a follow-up to an earlier article "How To Choose A Data Center"....here are just a few other considerations / concerns I would recommend. Combine the lists from both articles and you're more likely to make a smart decision choosing a data center.
Current Customers:
This is not a guaranteed seal of approval, but a Data Center's current customer base should give you an idea of the type of due diligence that others have performed on the Data Center you are evaluating. If numerous Fortune 50 ...
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Domain Name Transfer Information
So you have a domain name. Now what do you do with it?
Well, the obvious is to get it hosted somewhere. But how do you get it "somewhere"? How does one move their domain from one place to another?
Determine where your domain name is currently hosted
Domain transfers are without a doubt one of the most confusing things to a domain name owner, especially if you've never done it before and you don't have a clue as to where to start. Unfortunately it's a fact and we can't make it easy for you. But ...
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Share your images easily and effectively with image hosting service
How do you share your photo with others? Do you still use the email attachment service to share your photo? If the answer is yes then I am sure that many times you have to face either the entire attachment failure or it takes a very long time to attach because of the size of your photo. We know that most of the images have big size. More picture quality simply more increase in the size. Sometimes we have to compromise with the quality only because to limit the size but it takes time as well as ...
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At A Glance
In the world of web development, the choice of which development
language to use commonly comes down to two popular choices. Web
applications, specifically those relying on back end databases,
are typically being created using either Microsoft's ASP.Net
language, or the Open Source alternative language of PHP.
Reasons why one might choose one over the other can include: The
cost of development tools, or availability of such tools, or
even ones comfort level with the Open Source initiative. ...
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Outsource Your Intranet? It Makes More Sense Than You May Think.
Until recently, if a company wanted to implement an intranet,
they first had to install an internal network. Next they had to
install a web server and set it up to host their internal
documents. This created an intranet, which is an internal
network that uses web-based technology. The difference between
an intranet and a traditional company network is that everything
on the intranet is accessed through a web browser.
To secure access to the intranet, the company needs to install
special ...
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Yahoo Small Business. Why is Yahoo the Number 1 Small Business
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If you plan on starting any type of business online, then you
need to find a reliable web hosting company. That company needs
to have a track record and needs to be establish in the web
hosting industry for many years. Make sure they are not some fly
by night operation.
They need to be able to provide you with a lot of referrals from
customers that has dealt with them in the past. A hosting
company needs to be a hosting company. Try to stay away ...
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Microsoft Word :
If you are creating a manual, book or longer publication in
Microsoft Word - you should include a table of contents and an
index to allow your readers to quickly find and refer to
information. The Table of Contents usually appears at the star
of a document, and the Index typically at the end.
At the most basic level, if you're publishing a reference manual
or some other reference materials - nothing is more important
than having a really, really good index. The good news about
indexes is that ...
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What Is An Intranet? Definition and Uses...
An intranet is basically a private web based network. It uses
all of the technology of the internet but is safe and protected
behind a firewall that keeps unauthorized personnel out.
Companies have been using them for years as a method of
streamlining their internal communications.
Because a web browser can run on any type of computer, the need
to maintain multiple paper copies of documents that are
constantly changing can be eliminated. Documents like training
manuals, internal phone books, ...
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Important Features To Look Out For When You Buy A Cheap Laptop
If you are in the market for a cheap laptop, I am sure you will
be asking yourself that question. As prices for laptops continue
to fall every month, Laptops become cheaper yet more powerful
and this is really good news for cheap laptop buyers. However if
you have not been following computer technology, you can easily
be swarmed by too much information. This guide aims to give you
an idea what features you should look out for when you buy a
cheap laptop that cost less than US$1000.
Processor ...
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A Computer And Internet Glossary
When you use computers and the Internet in your business, it's
all too easy to start feeling like you're drowning in a sea of
nonsense. Computer-related things tend to have a language all
their own, and while you don't need to know all of it, there are
many confusing words and phrases that you're going to come
across sooner or later. Here's a quick primer.
Bandwidth. Bandwidth is the amount of data that your website can
send each second, as well as the amount of data that the visitor
to your ...
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Another Kind of Computer Game
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The term computer game might have one more meaning than you
realize. You are familiar with one kind, games that run on
computers? They are set in eras from prehistoric and Roman times
up to the present, and into various wonderful and depressing
future worlds. There are also games in the physical world,
played with pens and paper and imagination which involve the
characters doing things in the virtual world of the Internet.
Players, and the referee, sit with pen and paper pretending to
be ...
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Computer Packages for Website Development
In contemporary western society, due to its inherent
capitalistic system, there are many suppliers of website
building packages that enable consumers to develop their own
websites. Although there are different functions embedded into
each software package, there are a few popular website building
packages that are available on the market to ensure efficient
websites for beginners.
Dreamweaver: The software package "Dreamweaver" produced by
Adobe is very easy to use, and is effective as computer ...
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A Powerful and Free Office Suite
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Powerful and Free Office Suite
By Stephen Bucaro
Open Office is a free open-source office suite that not only
competes ...
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Firewall & Port Basics
Gaming in general is fun, but there's something about
multiplayer gaming that's even more enjoyable. Perhaps it's the
satisfaction of realizing that the car you just passed in the
last lap is being driven by a real person, like you, and not
some computer program.
But the Internet connection that makes gaming so much fun also
serves as a doorway through which nefarious hackers can send
malicious code, causing havoc with your computer. Broadband
users are especially fertile targets for bad seeds. ...
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Which TLD
Which TLD
Which top-level domain (TLD) to choose?
By Clare Lawrence 10th March 2003 Clare is the CEO of Discount
Domains Ltd a leading UK Domain name registration service.
I am often asked this question. Is it possible that search
engines such as google give preference to the .com TLD? Or are
TLD's all treated equally?
As a test I picked a random phrase 'Technical services' and did
a search on Google.com.
The results:
1. .org 2. .com 3. .com 4. .net 5. .co.uk
Trying the phrase again using ...
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HTACCESS Wrappers with PHP
HTACCESS is a remarkable tool you can use for password
protection, error handling (like custom 404 pages), or HTTP
redirects. It can also be used to transform whole folders in
seconds: adding headers to all your HTML documents, watermarking
all your images, and more.
A wrapper is like a middleman. Using htaccess you can tell your
web server to "forward" certain files to PHP scripts of yours.
When a visitor tries to load an image in their browser, you
could activate a script that adds a ...
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I.P. address?
All computers connected to the internet have a special or unique
number. This is known as an I.P. address. Such addresses are
issued by I.C.A.N.N.. This stands for the International
Corporation of Assigned Names and Numbers and is responsible
for, and presumably capable of, ensuring the uniqueness of your,
and everyone else's I.P. or Internet Protocol address. I'm sure
that most people have seen their I.P. address before. On-line
payment forms often record your address to help prevent ...
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Linux for Home Users
Linux for Home Users
Hey Guys! Don't raise your eyebrows or fear by hearing the word
Linux. It is as user friendly as windows. Just take a look at
the articles below and all myths about Linux in your mind will
disappear.
Introduction to Linux:
It's a free operating system available to download but you have
to pay a tiny bit to mail order it or buy it from a company.
Linux came into being about 11 years ago- it was developed by
Linux Tornados of Finland along with a group of programmers from
the ...
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Selecting a Laptop
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By Deryck Richards
Managing Partner
DESKTRONIX
desktronix.com
Small Can Be Beautiful
When purchasing a new computer, you may be better served by a
laptop than a traditional desktop computer. Recently, laptops
with capabilities similar to desktops can be purchased for a
comparable price. Laptops are convenient because of their small
size and ability to run from a battery. Except for the power
cable to recharge it, a laptop doesn't have any external wires,
so it won't be
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Office golf for sys-admins made easy
The InfoSecurity New York fair is hosting today the launch of
BitDefender for CommuniGate Pro 1.6.1, a gateway security
solution that scans all incoming e-mail for spam and viruses.
The new packages include an upgrade function to ensure that
previous installations are preserved and the old settings are
properly imported. Upgrade from versions 1.5.6 and 1.6.0 is
supported.
"One of the major changes from version 1.6.0 is a new patch
management tool we affectionately call BitDefender Swiss ...
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Eight Quick Tips For Stopping SPAM
If you are buried in SPAM then you're not alone. It's been
suggested that as much as 50% to 75% of the e-mail traffic on
any given day is SPAM. Reading through SPAM is a waste of your
time and it subjects you to potential viruses, trojan horses,
and sexual material which can be quite offensive. Here are some
tips on how to win the SPAM war:
1. Use a throwaway email address when posting to public news
groups and chat rooms and for your Yahoo or MS Messenger Chat
accounts. You can get free email ...
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eSolution
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experienced, qualified, enthusiastic, and professional staff. e
Solution is ready to apply the most advanced technology to help
your enterprise to approach and take advantage of e solutions in
management, commerce, marketing, etc. in the most effective
ways. e Solution has the qualifications and experience necessary
to offer products and services as follows: Providing
domain names - hosting - illustrative designs - web ...
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Plug-Ins and XTensions
What are Plug-Ins?
According to Webopedia, it is a hardware or software module that
adds a specific feature or services to a larger system. The idea
is that the new component simply plugs in to the existing
system. About-the-web.com says that they are small applications
that add new functionality, multimedia, or audio-video
capability to a program. 247.aw.com defines plug-ins as software
programs you can download from the Internet that allow you to
add features to your software. For example, ...
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FFmpeg Hosting - Hosting for video sites
From the very beginning ffmpeg hosting has been creating ripples in the hosting industry meaning innovation and quality hosting. FFmpeg hosting means innovation because for a hosting company to implement it is necessary the very best servers on the market. Known companies like Dreamhost, HostV, Web Hosting House, Bounceweb, Hosting Marketers, have been remarkably utilising the unlimited features of FFmpeg hosting to increase their customer support and offering their customers a new venue for ...
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The Secrets of How to Make Money with Your Website.
The Secrets of How to Make Money with Your Website.
If you have a website that sells products or services, good
luck. That is very difficult. It works better to have a website
that's helps promote and existing business that sells products
or services. This article is about an Internet business that
makes its money through traffic and advertising.
Secret #1. You don't have to buy anything. You don't have to pay
someone to design and build your website, you can do it
yourself. The trend now is ...
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