Working on a WordPress project I always develop locally. For many projects, there is also a staging server. So migrating WordPress installations is a very frequent task for me. Therefore a good process is key. Easy migrations without plugins When … Read more →
When you develop a website, that has already gone live, you usually have to get the latest version of the database to test things. You also need a WordPress system locally with all the plugins and themes that are used … Read more →
As I mentioned in several other articles this blog running is running on a server with Plesk. For my domain I can currently specify only one e-mail address for the domain at my hoster. But since I wanted to use … Read more →
From time to time, you have to edit a file through the console on the server. Most of the time you probably use the Vim Editor (“Vi IMproved”). I also use this editor on two servers and I am doing … Read more →
In the post Setting up the Plesk Backup Manager on a 1&1 Linux Root Server I explained how to set up the backup mechanism in Plesk. But using this setup I ran into really big trouble. As a backup of … Read more →
On a server I have to administrate, I had some problems to set up the Backup Manager through the Plesk Panel. So I decided to write a small tutorial on how to set up the Backup Manager on a 1&1 … Read more →
Many hosters offer cheap domains without a webhosting package. Some of those hosters e.g. Strato only give you the option to use a frame redirect with this domains. But sometimes you can’t see that restriction when you order the domain. … Read more →
My blog runs on a virtual server with plesk as administration tool. Installing the blog I had some issues with file permissions. On the wordpress website you can find a tutorial to change file permissions, but it doesn’t answer all … Read more →