Some hosts give you the ability to login with a shell account through SSH. Even if this option is available, and on many hosts it is not, most of your admin activities will be more difficult since you will be using a command line interface rather than a web control panel like cPanel or Plesk. [...]
While not as popular as cPanel or Plesk, many hosts are using the H-Sphere control panel. Fortunately it is very easy to create a MySQL database through the H-Sphere interface. Login and click the icon The first step after logging in to your H-Sphere account is to click on the MySQL server icon. Creating the [...]
Are you thinking of starting a new forum with Simple Machines but don’t know where to start? Fortunately SMF has a very easy installation process. The most time consuming task for this tutorial was actually downloading the file and writing out the steps. The installation itself only took about 15 minutes. Download the files SMF [...]
WordPress is an outstanding blogging platform. Heck, I’m using it here. But with its popularity comes another problem. Many people new to web development are wanting to start up a blog and do not have the skills to do so. What follows is a walkthough of a test installation so that you can see the [...]
Etomite has been my CMS of choice for the past several projects. Currently I’m running Etomite on 5 different sites. One of its best features is that it can be themed to look however you want it to. A PHP-Nuke site, no matter how much you edit the theme, still looks like a PHP-Nuke site. [...]