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Improving SEO Using Nginx

Tutorial • Beginner

SEO is about making your websites rank higher in organic results. This tutorial will guide you through some basic steps to improve performance of your...

Nishant Modak • 28 Sep 2015
Performance

How to Use New Relic Browser to Improve Your Web App's User Experience

Tutorial • Intermediate

In modern web applications, a big part of what the user sees, from page loading to actions triggered in JavaScript, happens inside a web browser rather than...

Jarkko Laine • 23 Sep 2015
Hosting

New Course: Easy Node.js Development Environment With Vagrant

Tutorial • Beginner

When developing a Node.js app, you will probably need one or more of these dependencies: a database server, a key-value store, a background worker or a...

Andrew Blackman • 4 Sep 2015
Web Servers

Working With Nginx

Tutorial • Intermediate

This article will cover some basic techniques for using Nginx, such as managing configuration files, debug mode, CLI, and auto-indexing.

Nishant Modak • 27 Aug 2015
Hosting

Introduction to OwnCloud Server: File Sharing Under Your Control

Tutorial • Intermediate

Take control of your data by hosting your own file sharing cloud. Free, open source OwnCloud offers web and smartphone support.

Jeff Reifman • 3 Aug 2015
Hosting

Get Started With Monitoring Your Web Application Using New Relic Alerts

Tutorial • Intermediate

In this tutorial, you will learn how to create software alerts for your web-based application using New Relic's new Alerts system.

Jarkko Laine • 2 Jul 2015
Hosting

Using the Digital Ocean API to Manage Your DNS

Tutorial • Intermediate

Digital Ocean now offers fast reliable DNS hosting. Here's how to program it with their API using our downloadable console application.

Jeff Reifman • 15 Jun 2015
Hosting

Launching WordPress at Digital Ocean With ServerPilot

Tutorial • Beginner

Setting up WordPress is easy with ServerPilot, a modern hosting control panel built especially for Digital Ocean. I'll walk you through launching your next...

Jeff Reifman • 6 Jun 2015
Hosting

Using the Digital Ocean API to Manage Cloud Instances

Tutorial • Intermediate

Automate common system administration and testing tasks with the Digital Ocean API. Create, clone and back up your servers at the push of a button.

Jeff Reifman • 5 Jun 2015
Hosting

Building an App Image to Resell at Digital Ocean

Tutorial • Intermediate

Deliver ready-made solutions to clients using Digital Ocean snapshots. It's an efficient way to quickly install WordPress and other applications.

Jeff Reifman • 1 Jun 2015
Hosting

Hosting Your Website After Death

Tutorial • Beginner

Want to host your WordPress site for a hundred years? It's an impossibly difficult undertaking. Let's explore the gaps technologists have left themselves in...

Jeff Reifman • 27 Apr 2015
Cloud & Hosting

CloudBerry Explorer: Fast, Effective File Manager for Amazon S3 and the Cloud

Tutorial • Beginner

CloudBerry Explorer allows end-users to access their Amazon cloud storage for data transfer and management in a fast, efficient manner. It's File Manager for...

Jeff Reifman • 23 Apr 2015