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What is Phishing? Phishing is defined as the fraudulent practice of sending emails purporting to be from reputable companies in order to induce individuals to reveal personal information, such as passwords and credit card numbers. Phishing attempts continue at an...
There are many times when we might need to know what IP address we are using. We at CharlesWorks use this information mostly for some Under Construction plugins. For example, to allow one to view a website that is using an Under Construction plugin without having to...
I started CharlesWorks in June of 1998. One of the reasons is because it was very expensive to get on the web back then. I hoped to change that and make it easier for small businesses and organizations to get on the web. On the Internet user side, I believe everyone...
Sometimes we might go from a site located in a folder off the root of a site to a subdomain or site of its own in a standalone environment. Why would we want to do this? There are some advantages for separating out your sub-sites into separate sites: Security: With...
This is a work in progress, so bear with me as it is not done yet! Jetpack, created and maintained by Autommatic, has increasingly moved toward monetization over the past years. As part of this process, Autommatic wants to generate more and more revenue. There was a...
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...
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