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2 Newest WordPress Plugin in Sysadmindayph

elizar — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 01:13:29 +0000

There’s this 2 new WordPress plugin here in Sysadmindayph dot com (the newest that I installed at least). I just want to share this one for the readers of this blog who is also WordPress user.

The two new plugins here are:

SEO Smart Link – SEO Smart Links can automatically link keywords and phrases in your posts and comments with corresponding posts, pages, categories and tags on your blog.

Broken Link Checker – This plugin will monitor your blog looking for broken links and let you know if any are found.

Setting Up Custom Name Server at your Registrar

elizar — Mon, 11 May 2009 14:40:47 +0000

Just want to note here steps on how to setup your own custom name server from your registrar. In my case, I had to do it on GoDaddy. But of course there are tons of webpages out there that explains how to do it in different registrar.. on this post I just took the part where they enumerate procedures for GoDaddy.

This post was created because of the email from one of my webhosting account… They said that my dedicated server is ready and I can now set up my own custom name server. They even offer to help if I don’t know how to do it. I just need to give them my account info…. sure… NOT.

Here’s how to do it in GoDaddy:

GoDaddy
1. Login to your GoDaddy Account.
2. Click on My Account
3. Click on Manage Domains
4. Click on the domain name you want to modify.
5. In the lower left corner of the page, there is a Host Summary. Click Add.
6. Enter the ns1 and ns2 and IP addresses. Then click OK.
7. Click the Nameservers icon across the top.
8. Change the nameservers to the ones you just created.

Try it! Goodluck!

Shared Web Hosting

elizar — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 07:10:08 +0000

This post is somewhat related to the configuring Apache for virtual hosting post we did couple of days ago. Well, this is intentional anyway since I want to make a series of post that will help those who want to start a blog and would like to know all the technicalities in doing one.

This time, it’s about Shared Web Hosting.

What is Shared Webhosting?

We can define this in a super ‘made sense’ kind of way. Let’s first define what a web hosting is. Web hosting is a service you get (or buy) from an internet service provider or a web hosting company, where in they will give you a server for you to host your website/blog/forum or what-have-you.

The web hosting package usually includes many other services. Basic package of course is the amount of hard disk space your package has, and the amount of monthly traffic/bandwith it comes bundled with.

The above definition both describes the dedicated web hosting and a shared hosting. The only difference is that in a shared web hosting, you share the server with other webmasters or their websites.

Another difference is that you will be the main system administrator of your server while in a shared web host, there is one common admin that manages all the accounts (which is an advantage if you’re not familiar with the technicalities)

In shared hosting, the provider is generally responsible for managing servers, installing server software, security updates, technical support, and other aspects of the service. Most servers are based on the Linux operating system and LAMP (software bundle), which is driven by the low cost of open source software.

On a future post, we’ll discuss the advantages and disadvantages of a shared webhosting service.

Till next time.