How To Optimize Your Site With GZIP Compression

Compression is a simple, effective way to save bandwidth and speed up your site. I hesitated when recommending gzip compression when speeding up your javascriptbecause of problems in older browsers. But it's the 21st century. Most of my traffic comes from modern browsers, and quite frankly, most of my users are fairly tech-savvy. I don't want to slow everyone else...

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How to Enable mod_deflate GZIP Compression on CPanel Web Hosts

Web hosts managed by cPanel control panel can have GZIP compression enabled by using mod_deflate on Apache 2.x (Apache 2.0 or Apache 2.2 HTTPD server). GZIP compression can compress and reduce the size of web pages that been transmitted and sent to requester, saving bandwidth and speed up website speed. cPanel has built-in mechanism to turn on and enable mod_deflate module (or mod_gzip on Apache 1.3 which is not the scope here), with all configuration, settings and setup can be done...

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How to move emails from one server to another one

1. Install Thunderbird and Outlook on the same PC. 2. Configure POP3 accounts in Outlook and download all the emails from your current hosting provider to your local computer 3. Import mail from Outlook to Thunderbird. In Thunderbird, open the import wizard via Tools->Import menu. 4. Point the domain names to your new hosting account with us so it could resolve from our side 5. Please make sure to have the same email accounts created on the end of your new hosting provider 6. Create an IMAP...

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Change prefix of the database

Step1. Backup your Database Create a backup copy of your WordPress database from your phpMyAdmin Web interface using the Export function. How to do that? Log into your phpMyAdmin and select your WordPress database. Click on the "Export" tab at the top. Follow the instructions as shown in the image below. Step2. Change all your WordPress Table Names In your phpMyAdmin and from your WordPress database, select the SQL tab and enter the following commands to rename...

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How to configure Windows Live email client with Open-Xchange

Launch Windows Live Mail from the Start Menu. Go to the Tools menu, and then select All Accounts. In the navigation column, click Add e-mail account. In the Email Address field, enter your full email address. In the Password field, enter your password. Select if you want to Remember Password. In the Display Name field, enter how you want your name to display when email is sent from this account, and then click Next. Select your server...

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How To Use FTP Through the Command Line in Mac OS X

1. Connecting to an FTP Server To establish a connection with an FTP server, you’ll need to know your username and password, in addition to the server you’re connecting to. To open a connection in Terminal (located in /Applications/Utilities), type the following command, replacing the underlined portions with your server:ftp YourServerHere.comAfter a few seconds, you’ll be prompted for your...

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20 Linux System Monitoring Tools Every SysAdmin Should Know

Need to monitor Linux server performance? Try these built-in commands and a few add-on tools. Most Linux distributions are equipped with tons of monitoring. These tools provide metrics which can be used to get information about system activities. You can use these tools to find the possible causes of a performance problem. The commands discussed below are some of the most basic commands when it...

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