by Kayla on November 24, 2009
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. [Click to continue reading...]
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by Kayla on November 5, 2009
I have to do another ‘moving post’ today since I had a hassle-free live chat experience with Bright House, our cable and Internet company. I was going to call them to transfer service but I thought I’d give their live chat a try. After changing our electric service this morning over the phone, I didn’t want to go through multiple menus and electronic voices asking me to spell my name again. “Did you say G-O-B-A-N-S?” [Click to continue reading...]
by Kayla on November 4, 2009
We’re moving in the next two weeks so I went to the Orlando Utilities Commission website to request a turn off date for our electricity. Their new design was in place, as it has been for a few months I believe, so I was not exactly sure where to navigate. When I got to the Turn Off Service page, I was asked to type in my social security number. As usual, I glanced up to look for https and not only was a secure connection not in place, the domain name itself surprised me. I was suddenly at hooahouc.com which was registered to hooah.cc, a web design company. [Click to continue reading...]
by Kayla on November 3, 2009
If you’re a newbie to using SSH, here’s a quick 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 [Click to continue reading...]
