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Extracting data from tar.gz
cpanel creates backups in tar.gz format, sometimes you want to recover a single file from the tar gz file. If on linux you can extract everything into a spare directory and work from there using the following command suitably edited tar -zxvf mybackup.tar.gz -C /home/myrecovery If you need to see what is in the […]
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GoDaddy service fails millions of websites.
Today, Monday 10th Sepetember, Godday has crashed. TheMain site Godaddy.com is accessible but technical problems means that millions of sites have been offline. Even sites that are not hosted on godaddy have been impacted, as any forwarding of sites via DNS A records seem to be impacted too. In the case of ‘badlywired’, even […]
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The Benefits Of Using Cloud Computing
Cloud computing is a wonderful bit of technology that is changing the way that we use computers throughout the world, and it’s particularly of benefit to businesses. Moving to the cloud removes the need to install software on every computer in your business network. It also allows more home based working. The way that cloud […]
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Moving WordPress Server
This is really just a quick note. Much can be found on WordPress codex describing the steps when moving server, but this one caught me out. I decided that I would move all my wordpress sites off my shared hosting reseller account to a VPS (Virtual Private Server). As I had paid for WHM/Cpanel, it […]
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This site is proudly powered by WPMU DEV
WordPress is great and Multi site is even better, if you want a network of blogs. WPMU Dev gives you a low cost way to build a multisite wordpress installation with all the features you need to create you own fully monetised (or free) blog network. It is no surprise that WPMU Dev is celebrating […]
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Can you trust facebook?
Well there is one thing you can trust facebook to do, that is protect their interests. We have a site called appcent.re which is pretty basic, and we created a facebook user name facebook.com/appcentre. Amazingly facebook, with their launch of Appcenter, failed to grab the international spelling of appcentre. So initially, we were getting dozens […]