Category: Common Fixes

A redirect sends traffic from one URL to another. When moving content from one page to another or changing the permalink structure of a website, redirects are helpful. You can read this article to learn more about the Too Many Redirects error, including what causes it and how to fix it.

Strict mode in MySQL and MariaDB controls the handling of invalid or missing values in data-changing queries. This includes INSERT, UPDATE, and CREATE TABLE statements. With MySQL strict mode enabled, which is the default state, invalid or missing data may cause warnings or errors when attempting to process the query.

In this article, we will discuss how and why a VPS server or Dedicated server might block an IP address and how to resolve it.

When your company hosts a website or web app online, whether it’s an individual dedicated server or a whole server cluster, you naturally expect to have uninterrupted access at all times. However, it’s possible that in rare circumstances, your server could accidentally block your IP and prevent you from connecting and using the service.

Troubleshooting website issues is a difficult task. You may not know where to start depending on your problems.

PHP is a programming language that can run with Apache or Microsoft IIS and works with your server to execute your website requests. Each PHP version gets active support for two years when reported bugs and security issues are fixed and shipped in regular point releases. In the third year, users only get critical security updates. Releases during this period are on an as-needed basis.

Having access to Ubuntu manual pages (man pages) on your server is an essential asset with which to be familiar. Most Linux-based OS distributions include the man command out of the box. In those cases, there is not much needed. On the other hand, installations that do not have man pages are just a quick command away from having them.

A web robot’s primary job is to crawl or scan websites and pages for information; they work tirelessly to collect data for search engines and other applications. For some, there is good reason to keep pages away from search engines. Whether you want to fine-tune access to your site or want to work on a development site without showing up on Google results, once implemented, the robots.txt file lets web crawlers and bots know what information they can collect.

Let’s face it. At some point, while running your WordPress site, you will run into issues and errors and may ultimately have to ask yourself, How Do I Fix My WordPress Site?

What is a Hosts File?

The hosts file is a local plain text file that maps servers or hostnames to IP addresses. This file has been in use since the time of ARPANET. It was the original method to resolve hostnames to a specific IP address. The hosts file is usually the first process in the domain name resolution procedure. Here is an example of a hosts file entry.

In this article, we discuss how to remedy the following error message in VSFTPD.