I intend to focus this article on yet another way of speeding up your website's page loading time. My focus here will be hooking up Redis to speed page loading in complex websites. Over the years I've noticed that website pages have become more complex to meet the...
Linux
DirectAdmin Server Let’s Encrypt Auto Setup
We have been using DirectAdmin a CharlesWorks since July of 2013. It has been extremely dependable. Support for it is great as well. This short article applies to web hosting servers using DirectAdmin's control panel. This function is especially helpful when restoring...
DirectAdmin Upgrade from MySQL 5.7 to MySQL 8.0 breaks Installatron
Installatron is a great server product. We have been using it since May of 2016 on a number of our website servers. Installatron is very cost effective and interfaces directly with DirectAdmin. It allows CharlesWorks staff to quickly set up websites on our servers for...
How to install PHP and the “intl” extension on a Virtualmin Debian server
Not too long ago, I wrote an article indicating Some Great Reasons to use a Local Debian Server running Virtualmin. In it, I mentioned that I had built a Debian 10 server to try out the Virtualmin control panel. Virtualmin is a control panel that allows adding of...
Some Great Reasons to use a Local Debian Server running Virtualmin
I recently built a Debian 10 server to try out the Virtualmin control panel. Virtualmin is a control panel that allows adding of websites to a server for access to a private or public network. The goal of the server is to host WordPress websites under development in a...
Default local mail server disable for new DirectAdmin domains
As a general policy at CharlesWorks, we set up email on separate servers from your website. Doing this keeps mail server traffic from affecting website resources and vice versa. The local mail server on the DirectAdmin must be disabled when using a remote mail server....
Changing the Host name and IP address of a Linux CentOS server
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...
How to Choose or Update which PHP version my Website uses
It's important to keep your website secure! CharlesWorks uses DirectAdmin on most of its Linux based servers. The latest PHP versions offer the best security. The later versions also offer better speed as well. The CharlesWorks web servers are optimized to keep your...