The scope of this article is far beyond explaining the crucial importance of social media networks for blog authors and publishers. Social networks are the best traffic sources nowadays. Creating fan club and getting your content to reach as many readers as possible are just few targets you can set while using social networks. Each…
WordPress 4.7.1 Vulnerability Hacked By SA3D HaCk3 Recently one of my clients had two of their wordpress websites hacked. The main evidence were two posts added to the blogs with a title either ‘Hacked By SA3D HaCk3’ or ‘Hacked by Xurupitas Farm’. After doing my research on Google I found that the reason was a…
How to install and remove software packages in Linux The scope of today’s article is installing and removing certain software packages in Linux using both high and low level package management tools. Installing software packages, including updates, is one of the most common tasks every system administrator performs. The main reason behind this is that…
DIY graphic design is among of my recent business ventures. I figured out that I need fancy fonts for GIMP to make my work more aesthetically pleasing. My first choice fall upon Google fonts because they are free to obtain and suited my needs. Using The Font Manager To Add Fonts There are quite a…
It has become blogging fashion to show off your images and videos with a slider. Sliders are cool and great for visual representation of the media. They are great for review bloggers as they showcase all products in the post in a single place. Sliders are beneficial for affiliate bloggers as well, because they can…
You could need to restart MySQL server after installing, upgrading, or making some changes in my.cnf file in Linux. The quickest way to this is by typing on the command line terminal. No fancy graphic interface. MySQL Server Restart General Syntax The syntax is as follows. On the Linux or OS X type the following on…
File (directory) ownership is the foundations of every operating system. This post will teach you how to change file(s) ownership in Linux using the command chown. There are different scenarios when you would need to change the ownership of a file using either chown or chgrp. Note: you can change group ownership with the command…
Brute Force Login Attempts are as common as ever. Even if you have a strong root password, it is a matter of time for it to be cracked using a dictionary attack. Hence the need to prevent direct ssh logins for common accounts like root or admin. Generally, it’s safe to use a hidden “su” user…
It is extremely easy to compress files and directories in Linux/ Unix using the tar command. This command is used to create create .tar.gz or .tgz archive files; the so called “tarballs.” You can do a lot of tasks with this command. It has a lot of options. Man page man tar or help file tar…
Removing directory in Linux is an easy thing. While trying to remove a directory using a command like rmdir seems to be the only one needed. In real world the directory in question is not empty. There are some files or other directories inside it. You will get warnings like ‘Directory not empty’ and will…