Any Wordpress webmaster is all to familiar with Spam/Bogus comments that are posted on blog posts or Wordpress pages. Problem is more accentuated with the automated bots/malware/viruses, which typically can post thousands of Spam comments on any website in a given day. One way to manage this undesired activity is to totaly turn-off comment system is Wordpress. Other way is to moderate every comment. Both these options can be set from within Wordpress Admin Section. Former approach is undesired on a dynamic or an engaing website. While the later approach is only usable to the point where number of comments are manually manageable. It totally fails when comments are being posted by bots etc.

In this article I want to share my experience in creating a bootable Linux USB/Pendrive. For those who are unaware of this concept, a bootable Linux USB is just like a bootable CD/DVD, but it can be with persistent or non-persistent storage. Lets first put in points why at all we need a bootable USB.

Security is an integral part of Web Hosting Business. But what is important to define the sphere of responsibilities of Security between the Web Hosting Company and the Client. So let me proceed by mentioning a list of few typical security issues which we encounter on daily basis. This list mentions the symptoms, not the causes

We hosting service has come a long way in the Indian market. If we were to track down Web Hosting industry, many things have changed from later 90's to till now. The current scenario can be broken down on following parameters - pricing, offerings, quality of service, business sustainability and client awareness. Soon we will dwell upon these parameters, but the biggest difference between then and now is the COMPETITION. The competition is so fierce in the Indian Web Hosting market that it is now literally a dog eat dog world. Now the consumer is the king and the difficult task lies with him in choosing the best hosting for his website.

We have some good news for those who are already running Linux hostings with us or plan to buy a new plan. We have in-house developed a cPanel plugin called PH-777 a.k.a. Permission Handler. This module lets you manage/change permissions and ownership of any folder/file recursively right through your own cPanel account. This module is ideally most suited for Joomla and Wordpress developers who have problems installing modules/components. Also it is useful if you have files/sub-directories owned by user nobody.

Nearly everyone of us have seen the 'https' in the address bar. In-case you have a gmail account or are using any Google service, you will generally see it more than once a day. So what does this 'https' means? It means two things :

A webmaster may encounter certain issues while installing Wordpress through Fantastico on a server running Pure-FTP.

Ideally we would prefer that you directly download Wordpress from wordpress.org and use it. But if still you want to use via Fantastico, here is the way to go forward. Steps in this article do not apply if you are using Wordpress 3.2+

Well this article of mine is a biased article which is being written to put forward the case of Linux Hosting (PHP/JSP Java Developent) viz-a-viz Windows Hosting (.NET/ASP Development). Also we look into the various metrics which make the case for Linux Hosting stronger apart from just development reasons. Our earlier article http://packwebhosting.com/content/myths-about-hosting-platforms explored the common myths of Web Hosting platforms. This article follows from where the last article was signed off.

Having been in Web Hosting industry for last 9 years, we have seen that many users have certain myths with regards to the Hosting platforms. This article of mine intends to dispel those myths so that a user can make a better decision while buying a hosting service.

As server admin's, we always strive to provide top notch service and support. Running a server not only involves keeping the server online, but also we have to ensure that data on the server remains secure and safe.