Shared hosting vs VPS vs Dedicated server at a glance. What is dedicated server ? Dedicated server is easy to understand, it is your own server, entirely, you get 100% of whatever it has – CPU, Bandwidth, RAM, HDD space. everything. You can have root access of it and customize it the way you want…
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Moving a website for USD299.
Moving a website from one host to another is suppose to be a simple task to some advanced webmaster and web designer. But it could be a nightmare to layman on the street. Those jargon like FTP, cpanel login, email accounts, scripts, files, database and etc are already make one crazy. Most web hosting companies usually doesn’t…
PHP Smtp email checking.
While you can check syntax of an email address (valid format) but can’t validate the existence of an email address without checking with the email domain name. The PHP class encapsulates the SMTP transation between the remote domain, as well as the DNS lookup for the Mail Transfer Agent (MTA) responsible for that domain. The…
Difference between Linux and Windows hosting.
Windows hosting is more expensive, less dependable, less well supported, and less capable than Linux. Unless you are running applications (such as ASP or .Net, or use MSSQL) that absolutely require a Windows server and/or database, stick with Linux. Note that some Windows services (e.g., ASP) may be available on a Linux server for extra cost…
Your site is down. What should you do.
First, make sure your account is not suspended or terminated. Check your mailbox if you have received a suspended or termination email from your host. Check to find out whether the site is down for everyone, or just for you. Visit http://downforeveryoneorjustme.com/, plug in your domain name, and click on “just me.” If it’s just…
Installing Zend Optimizer locally.
I need a higher version of Zend Optimizer than what is installed on the server. How do I locally install Zend Optimizer? 1. Visit http://www.zend.com/downloads to download latest zend optimizer 2. Extract the files in your local computer. You will find a folder called data. Rename the folder to a more specific name such as…
Free domain with hosting, any catch ?!
Almost all shared hosting plan offers at least one FREE domain registration, some offers multiple with slightly additional fee. A lot of free “real” domains are offered by web hosting companies. Web hosts will offer free domains with a web hosting package. Be careful signing up for such service. You may end up with a…
Add chart to your webpage with Google Chart API.
Are you looking for charting tool for your presentation on web pages ? Google Chart API may be just right for you. The Google Chart API lets you dynamically generate charts using Google Server resources. To see the Chart API in action, open up a browser window and copy the following URL into it: http://chart.apis.google.com/chart?cht=p3&chd=t:60,40&chs=250×100&chl=Hello|World…
Setting right timezone on your PHP.
How do I offset the Timezone for my location, instead of the server timezone? First of all, setting the timezone at .htaccess level using “SetEnv TZ location” doesn’t work on your php script. If you are using PHP 5.1 and ealier, add this code within your php putenv(‘TZ=Europe/London’); /* change the TZ value accordingly. */…
Transfer a large file from old host to new host.
Question :- My old host is being expired so i compressed my files to a zip file arround 1.4 Gb. How can i transfer this compressed file to my new host? thank you Answer :- Two ways – First, you can download the entire 1.4GB file to your own computer and then upload to your…