How to easily secure and protect your WordPress website

secure and protect wordpressWordPress is currently the most popular content management system in use; studies estimate that one in every six websites on the Internet runs on WordPress. With WordPress being so popular it’s a tempting target for hackers.
In order to secure and protect your WordPress based website from being hacked, follow these simple methods:

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How to Install osCommerce on a Linux VPS

500px-Os_commerce.svgosCommerce is an Open Source, PHP based application which can be downloaded for free from osCommerce’s official website. It is one of the most popular and powerful e-commerce and online store management softwares. osCommerce allows you to setup and maintain e-stores very easily with almost no effort.

The installation is quite easy and straightforward and can be done by following the steps described in this article.

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How to compile from source and install Nginx in a Debian 7 (Wheezy) VPS

how to compile and install nginx from source in debian 7 The following article is all about how to compile and install the blazing fast HTTP server known as Nginx.

So what exactly is Nginx?

It is lightweight, free, open-source and high-performance HTTP server, which, unlike most other HTTP servers, does not rely on threaded handling of the requests but instead, uses a much more scalable and robust event driven (asynchronous) architecture.

This uses a very small and predictable amount of memory under heavy load.

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How to install SOGo on a Debian 6 VPS

sogo-logo The following article will guide you through the installation of SOGo. For this setup we used one of our Debian 6 virtual servers.

What is SOGo?

SOGo is a free and modern scalable groupware server. It offers shared calendars, address books, and emails through your favourite Web browser and by using a native client such as Mozilla Thunderbird and Lightning.

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Install Vanilla Forums on Debian Squeeze with Nginx

Vanilla is an open-source multi-lingual forum software written in PHP. It’s easy to install and use, with lot’s of addons and themes to choose from. If you are looking for a super fast and ridiculously easy to use forum software that can seamlessly integrate with your existing website on your Linux Virtual Server then Vanilla is just what you are looking for.

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Fedora 19 (Schrödinger’s Cat) OS templates available

fedora-19-vpsWe are pleased and excited to announce that we have a new OS template available – Fedora 19 a.k.a Schrödinger’s Cat and it is now available for deployment in both versions, 32-bit and 64-bit. They are available with all our virtual server plans.

Fedora 19 brings many new features and more cutting edge packages.

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