All posts from November 2009

Create Your Own Short URLs with Your Domain and YOURLS

YOURLS is an exceptionally coded script to create a short URL service on your own website, for your own use (such as dotresults.com/h72 or dotresults.com/link). There are other scripts out there, some with more eye catching interface designs, but YOURLS is the most simple and quick way to do this. Installation is easy and configuration is a breeze. You’ll be up and running within five minutes. This tutorial is for those of you who want a private service for your own use – not a publicly available URL shortener. Read More

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OS X Terminal Commands, The Basics

If you’re a newbie to using SSH, here’s a quick OS X Terminal command guide. These should help you become less dependent on websites to do domain look ups or change passwords in control panels. Becoming friends with Terminal means an increase in productivity.

Commands for Web Site Management

1. host
If you need to find out the IP of a domain, type
[root@droplet ~]# host cloudsy.com
cloudsy.com has address 66.240.232.17 Read More

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