Blogging
Exporting and Importing a MySQL Database
At some juncture you will be faced with the task of moving an existing website from one server to another. It’s an easy enough task to make a backup and transfer your website’s public_html directory to a new server, but all of your content lives in a MySQL database, and you will need to bring [...]
6Mar2008 | Michael Lankton | 3 comments | Continued
WordPress Blog And Server Optimisation Masterclass: Progress So Far
A few days ago I recruited a WordPress server expert to improve the performance of my very slow site, as I was tired of having an extremely slow site. One of the conditions of accepting the job was that Chris has to to keep track of all the changes he made, so that I [...]
5Mar2008 | Everton | 7 comments | Continued
Are You The Master Of Your Own Domain?
Who owns your domain? Is it you? It better be. If you are not listed as the registrant in your domain registry, it may spell trouble for you down the road.
A lot of you reading this may have shared hosting accounts. For you, chances are that your host picked up the tab on your domain [...]
Why You Should Keep A Blog Housekeeping Checklist As You Could Be Losing Traffic & Money
Blogging can be fun, particularly if you are somebody like me who likes to constantly fiddle with stuff. The problem with this approach, is that over time you can break things or remove vital tweaks that you included in the past without realising it.
This could not only damage the performance of your site, but [...]
WordPress Blog And Server Optimisation Masterclass: Introduction
I’ve been blogging for nearly 3 years now and this site has gone from a handful of page impressions and dollars per day to around 600k page impressions and $15k per month. In that time I’ve moved hosts a few times, moved from shared hosting to a dedicated server, changed blogging platforms, tried numerous plugins [...]
1Mar2008 | Everton | 2 comments | Continued
