HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol) and HTTPS (Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure) are two protocols that transmit data over the internet. The primary difference between HTTP vs HTTPS lies in the level of security and encryption they provide. HTTP operates on port 80 and sends data in plain text format. This means...
DNS stands for Domain Name System (RFC 2929). It is an internet service by which human-readable domain names (eg- www.abz.com ) are located and translated into machine-readable IP addresses (eg- 50.16.85.103). As an example, DNS may be considered as a phone directory. When we ask what does DNS stand for, we must keep in...
The primary function of the MySQL privilege system is to authenticate a user who connects from a given host and to associate that user with privileges on a database such as SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE etc. In general, Mysql Grant All Privileges ensures that one user has access to one or more databases and/or table. How...
MySQL is an open source relational database management system. MySQL is a component of the LAMP web application software stack, which is an acronym for Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP. A web application using MySQL database have to authenticate via a MySQL user and password who has sufficient privileges on that particular database....
When you sign up for a website with any host, you might have noticed that their plan allows you to create multiple domains. You will own a single account, and the domains, no matter how many, will all reside under the same account and utilize the resources associated to a that single account. In cPanel, such domains are addon...
Introduction Magento, as everyone knows, is the most popular software recommended for creating online stores. The settings are a little complex, however the wide variety of features that Magento offers usually outweighs the complexity and Magento continues to be the personal favourite for many. In the past topics which...
If you own a website where users are allowed to upload files, you might often get complaints stating that they are unable to upload files. They would be hitting an error as follows: “Error: The uploaded file exceeds the upload_max_filesize directive in php.ini” upload_max_filesize mentioned in the error above...
Sometimes you might have noticed that certain PHP scripts that you wrote are not working as desired. A very common error message is Fatal error: Maximum execution time of 30 seconds exceeded. The cause is the PHP restriction on the directive max_execution_time. But, it’s easy to adjust the PHP max execution time. Firstly,...
PHP is by far the most favourite scripting language when it comes to websites. Our servers run different versions of PHP and customers are free to choose the version they like. This is accomplished using the PHP version selector in cPanel. The post describes how versions can be selected based on your requirements. It’s...
In the previous tutorials of Magento, we discussed, how to install magento, how to configure magento for initial setup, and how to change the magento theme. In this post, we will look into the details of magento produts and learn how to add new products to the store. You can follow these steps to add products to your Magento...
Magento ships with a default theme which, by itself, is not bad, however most store owners would like to modify the theme and choose another one of their choice. In these other articles, you can read more about how to install magento and how to perform the initial configuration of Magento through previous posts. In this...
We covered how to install Magento through cPanel in the previous post. In this magento tutorial we will discuss about how to login to the admin backend of Magento, and perform the initial steps on Basic Magento Configuration. Article topics: Logging in as admin Configuring account settings General configuration Web configuration Design...
This post explains how you can install Magento, at a single click through cPanel, the most accepted control panel in the hosting environment. This single click installation is made possible through the software named Softaculous. It includes 300+ software in its store, all installable at a click. Online stores has become...
We went through the steps required to install Simple Machines Forum or SMF in the post How to Install Simple Machines Forum SMF . This post will now deal with the initial configuration of Simple Machines Forum so that you can start publicizing the forum. While installing the forum, we created an admin user who will be the...
MyBB is a free bulletin board software that stands out among the top most open source bulletin boards available today. This application name is the short form of My Bulletin Board. Its interface is easy to use and intuitive. It’s a similar software just like Simple Machines Forum (SMF) . It uses PHP any MySql for...
An online forum is a piece of website software which people mainly use as a discussion portal. They can create new threads or posts in the forum, express their views and opinions and also comment to others’ posts. People register in the forum as members and they can create posts and reply to them. The posts will be...
Over the years, ecommerce has gained a lot of popularity among people. Ecommerce websites sprung up like anything on a daily basis. Prestashop is the 3rd most used ecommerce platform, which is free and open source. People use this software to build their websites and sell products online. This article explains how you can...
A device which connects a computer to another computer or network is called a network device. Normal network devices (say for example eth0) will have a hardware component or a wire connected to it. On the oposite, there are virtual network devices which are completely controlled by software. They are the tun/tap devices. These...
For years, MySQL is the favorite database system for developers worldwide. After the acquisition of MySQL by Sun Microsystems, and later by Oracle, the original founders of MySQL forked MySQL and created another RDBMS called MariaDB. It is actually a perfect replacement for MySQL and has more features and better performance...
Databases are an important part of any website or software. With relatively large amount of data, all applications use one or the other database method to store data. PostgreSQL, commonly known as Postgres is an open source, object – relational database management system (RDBMS). It was originally designed for unix...