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One of the harder parts of error hunting in a WordPress site can be debugging the PHP code. Fortunately, WordPress comes with specific debug systems that can simplify the process. The debug systems also standardize code across the core, plugins and themes. I'll...
This article explains how to change the hostname and IP address of a Linux CentOS 7 server. There are two basic facts about subnets that are in play when making these particular changes: The hostname is the name a computer (or server) goes by on the network. Each...
This is a very brief informational post just showing by example of a change to the background in a page. I wanted to make changes to end up with the same (or a similar) background on most of the website's pages. I also wanted the background to be a muted version of a...
Everyone wants their web pages to come up lightning fast. There are several reasons they might not - ranging from your internet connection through the number of other users in your area or even the weather conditions - to name but a few. Despite that, however, I hope...
There are many changes happening in Debian versions, so software suspend (sleep) works in various ways in the different versions. For obvious reasons, the software suspend cannot be allowed to happen on servers that are supposed to be available 24/7. After software...
The spamming of web forms has grown tremendously over the past several years. Spamming forms is inevitable with any forms on websites. This has little or nothing to do with where your website is hosted. The problem The main problem is that even though it is, and has...
Keeping your site cleared of spam comments will also allow it to operate more efficiently. Getting spam comments has nothing to do with your web hosting. It has to do with setting up what is necessary to mitigate the spammers. This will help immensely with keeping...
Within days of this writing, the Twenty Ten theme was updated. The fact that this theme is still kept up is a very good thing from a security point of view. The update included what appeared to be more extensive uses of blocks in WordPress. In my opinion, WordPress...
Spam Prevention nightmares Spam prevention has been a nightmare for all involved since even before I began CharlesWorks in 1998. Spammers: they are always trying to find ways around the spam protection. Email users: It is a constant battle trying to sort spam from...
A July 4th note from Charles Here we are at the 4th of July of 2021 already! The loss of life suffered in 2020 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic was horrendous. Yet there are people who still do not think in terms of helping their fellow citizens - and themselves -...
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