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“Name servers and domain name at different host’s?”
Jul 15th
There was one post at webhostingtalk.com today which cought my eye. The problem waiting to be solved has been like this
Hey everyone, I’m a ‘little’ new to webhosting, but I just have a quick question about having a domain name, ie: (www.)aol.com resolve to one host and ns1.aol.com/ns2.aol.com resolve to another host. could this potentially work?
Well, as I said in a response to this post, it is possible, but some DNS entries have to be changed. In theory there is no problem with such a set up as your NS1.domain.com/NS2.domain.com are in fact name servers, you could use to resolve the IP address of your web site and thus they could be hosted anywhere. And best practise would be to have them hosted on a different server than your web site is hosted on. Read the rest of this entry »
Your website on a VPS is not working? Troubleshooting…
Jul 6th
Well, two days and two very different forum posts catched my attention. We know what I suggested yesterday and I will cover some of my suggestions on today’s case in this article. The whole thing is related to a pretty annoying problem. You upload your web site online, set-up your VPS correctly [DNS, web server etc.], but you are not able to reach it when you try it from home.
The catch here is, that as soon as you use a proxy service like hidemyass.com you are able to read your web site. It loads just perfectly and so you try it once again from home, but nothing there… Well, there are couple of possibilities here and a few more I don’t even know about 
Thus it is only logical I will cover some basic steps I would try if I would have this problem.
The basic steps in troubleshooting inaccesible website issues [VPS]
- The very first thing I would do is to SSH to my server and perform an iptables -L, as root user, to see if there is no odd firewall rule blocking my access. If there is no real firewall issue, than I would move to the next point, but these can be easily interchanged
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Cheap SSL certificates for your web site?
Jul 5th
I have not posted an article into the WH REACTION category for a longer time and thus I think it is the right time to 
add one I have come across a nice post at the webhostingtalk.com forum today asking for some assistance [or help]. It was about SSL certificates and if users of the forum know where to get one for a cheap price.
There are many places on the Internet offering you good prices for certificates, but I did not need one until now as I am happy with a self signed certificate. It is enough for my needs, but there are certainly times when you really need one. It’s when you are trying to sell something online and the Law and your customers require one At times like these it is a good idea to have at least a shallow knowledge where to get one, or at least know a place where you can ask about it Read the rest of this entry »
How to solve hosting problems?
Jun 2nd
This is a nice topic for the mid of the week The end of the week is still far away and thus problems and work needs to 
be cleared and done. And hosting problems are no different as web hosting is not problem and trouble free. There are just so many things which can go wrong:
- The network could brake down
- The datacenter could encounter problems
- A hard drive might get broken
- You site might get hacked
- Your host could stop operating
- etc.
And do you know the best way to react to such problems? Well, I know a few of them, but first of all I will mention have it should not be done
The bad way of responding to hosting problems
This first part talks about “How it should not be done” and thus do not perform anything mentioned in this part as it only makes the whole “problem” worse. I think, that encountering problems with your web site hosted by a company is a hge problem as you might start loosing money immediately, but never do any of the following: Read the rest of this entry »
The art of determining your real needs
May 31st
I run across an interesting problem today as I was searching trough the webhostingtalk.com forum. I know I have been talking about it in the past, but it still seems like a very good one to cover. It is the problem of choosing the right web
hosting for your web site needs. It is not only about choosing part of choosing, but about a whole philosophy. You need to know what you need even before you make the choice itself.
The art of determining your real needs
It does not matter whether you are trying to launch a small or a huge website, but you always need to know what it will need from the point of view of the system. You should know at least raw numbers. Well, I do not say, you should know the exact number of visitors,but you should be able to come up with some approximate numbers and use these to determine what you need. Read the rest of this entry »
Security and shared hosting
May 16th
It does not matter whether we are talking about internet-banking, web hosting, or Amazon purchases the one thing we 
should never forget is “Security”. The Internet is not a very safe place and thus thinking about security all the time is a very important thing.
Regular user point of view
A regular user just log’s into his account from whatever Internet connection and computer he may have at his disposal and does not care that much about security. He just wants to log in to his accounts and check whatever he needs to check. He does not care, but the same regular user is very unhappy when someone has stolen his credit card information or misused his personal data.
After something bad happens to his personal data he blames everyone, but not himself most of the time, but security online starts right where you sit. It’s your responsibility to thoroughly check if your computer does not have any virus, trojans and other kinds of malware. I would say a firewall is a must and regularly updates of the operating system should not be underestimated! Read the rest of this entry »
VPS and security…My story…
May 16th
This post will be only a short one. It’s only aim is to make sure, that you know one thing:
1. Always check your VPS and perform daily updates
It’s because you never know what could go wrong!!! Some time ago it hit even me. I performed daily updates, tried to secure my VPS as good as I only could, but then I had to go out for work for a few days and in this short time my VPS got hacked. It’s not a very pleasant feeling when you can’t log in to your server Read the rest of this entry »
Using CMS instead of your own coded plain html ;)
May 13th
I think it’s great when you are able to start your own web presence with your own coded web site. But if you do not feel like you are able to code a web site, or that a plain html/css/php web site is not enough for you and you are not that much happy about updating it manually every now and then…than here is a possible solution
Use Content Management Systems [CMS]
When you are starting to build your online web site you are standing before a decision. You need to decide whether you will code the whole thing yourself and use plain html/css/php for your web site. But this route is not very funny. It’s because you are not able to use the advantages of databases and the data stored in them! Read the rest of this entry »
Do you want to host a video site on a shared hosting?
May 11th
I think, that there are many kinds of human out there. There are even more kinds of customer among them. And there is the small special kind I would like to address in this post. I want to make this post a little bit more informative and hopefully it helps You all a lot
The video web site plan – or the big breaktrough plan
I know, there is Hulu, Youtube and some other video sharing and streaming web sites around the world and they make a good living of what they offer. They attract lots of visitors and thus this business segment is a very attractive one. It attracts. because it’s great to offer such a service. the service is loved by the masses, but it is not for everyone. To be able to offer such a service on a good level you will definitely need some serious hardware and lots of dedicated people and knowledge Read the rest of this entry »
Why is it a good thing to have a back up strategy in place? [II.]
May 9th
The examples of back up strategies I talked about in my last article [click] are not the only ones. there are of course many more and it depends mostly on you and your needs. Today I would like to expand on the last article a little bit more. To back up something, or better said to have a back up strategy in place if something happens does not only mean to back up your web space data, database tables, but it can be understood in a much wider view.
