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HTTP Succinctly: HTTP State and Security

Tutorial • Intermediate

In this last chapter we will look at the security aspects of HTTP, including how to identify users, how HTTP authentication works, and why some scenarios...

Scott Allen • 2 Feb 2013
Web Servers

Building Ribbit in PHP

Tutorial • Advanced

In the initial entry in this series, we took care of the UI-aspect of our Twitter-clone, called Ribbit. Now, we'll begin coding the application in a number...

Gabriel Manricks • 3 Jan 2013
Web Servers

Apache: Aliasing and Redirection

Tutorial • Beginner

It's common for a client to send a request for a file that either does not exist on the server, or exists in a different location. This can occur for a...

Diana Eftaiha • 21 Dec 2012
Hosting

How to Break a WordPress Install (And Fix It Again)

Tutorial • Intermediate

WordPress is pretty powerful but, sometimes, even this robust CMS can fall victim to humans fiddling with the settings and breaking it. This tutorial and...

Marc Thomas • 28 Nov 2012
Web Servers

Apache 2 Basic Configuration on Unix-Like Systems

Tutorial • Beginner

In a previous post, we had a look at the Apache HTTP server, what it is, and how it works. Today, we'll handle some of the most important Apache...

Diana Eftaiha • 25 Sep 2012
Security

6 Easy and Efficient Ways to Combat Spam Comments

Tutorial • Beginner

One of the downsides of running a successful WordPress blog is that some people want to take advantage of your success by posting "spam comments" on your...

Barış Ünver • 10 Sep 2012
Scaling

How to Analyze Your WordPress Installation's Performance

Tutorial • Beginner

Installing WordPress is really easy. Optimization is what takes time. Not everyone who owns or maintains a WordPress website on their own is a programmer....

Harish Chouhan • 28 Aug 2012
Web Servers

Apache 2 Advanced Configuration on Unix-Like Systems

Tutorial • Beginner

In a previous tutorial, we took a look at some of the most basic, but important, Apache configuration directives - what they are for, and how to edit them to...

Diana Eftaiha • 13 Aug 2012
Web Servers

An Introduction to Apache

Tutorial • Beginner

If Apache has always seemed like a black box to you, it's time to learn just what's going on behind the scenes!

Diana Eftaiha • 12 Jul 2012
Hosting

WordPress Development and Deployment With MAMP, Git and Dropbox

Tutorial • Intermediate

Nowadays in order to be a freelance WordPress developer you often need to develop simultaneously several WordPress sites for different clients. Here's how.

Enrico Mingardo • 18 Jun 2012
Hosting

Instant WordPress Development With WAMP

Tutorial • Beginner

Speed up WordPress development by combining WordPress with WAMP. This tutorial will show you how to add a direct WordPress install of the latest version from...

Jim Stidham • 20 May 2012
Hosting

Optimizing WordPress Loading Speed With header.php & .htaccess

Tutorial • Beginner

Website loading speed matters a lot for every blog/website, especially for people with shared hosting – which is the cheapest available hosting service. Here...

Aditya Jain • 30 Apr 2012