301 Redirects for Apache2
SEO is quite important for getting your business seen on the world wide web. But what do you do when you finally get around to adding an SSL [...]
Rate Limiting With UFW
Even the simple websites of the world are often hit with massive attacks. They are at the mercy of their attacker and can't do anything to help themselves [...]
Removing Transient Database Entries
We've talked before about transients in your database and what problems they can cause. I spent some time writing a simple Python script to help manage these and [...]
Common WordPress Mistakes
Wordpress is one of the most widely used content management systems on the planet. Did you know that Wordpress powers 26% of the world wide web? It holds [...]
Overlooked WordPress Slowdown Fix
As your website grows so do problems that might arise. A lot of the times with Wordpress is that it just slows down. Recently one of the problems [...]
Fixing Permissions When Updating WordPress
I recently ran into an issue where a previously working Wordpress website was not updating. Plugins, Themes, Core software, just not working. Needless to say it was quite [...]
Method of Migrating to the Cloud: Rehosting
The "Cloud" is all the rage. Everybody and their brother is talking about how they migrated their systems to the cloud. There are so many methods of migrating [...]
Setting Up SFTP on Ubuntu 16.04
I recently had a request to setup SFTP for a customer so they could manage a set of files in their environment through an FTP GUI. Being an [...]
Why You Should Be Using The Cloud
At 45Squared we utilize Amazon Web Services to deliver a superior web hosting platform for our clients. So what makes Amazon Web Services so special over other cloud [...]
Not All Web Hosts Are Created Equal
In researching many customers current hosting, 45Squared has come across many people utilizing Virtual Private Servers (VPS), shared hosting, and other different ways to get their content onto [...]