htaccess or hypertext access is the default name of a directory level configuration file for Apache servers. These files are used to specify security restrictions for a specific directory so a greater control can be implied. If you want to test your htaccess rules but don’t want to go through an elaborate effort, htaccess Tester [...]
If you have an unused PC lying around, you might be wondering how to make the most use of it. Well, how about a standalone music server with Vortexbox? This open-source app lets you rip any CD or DVD into audio files which are then loaded into your hard drive and serve as you music [...]
Audit My PC is a free online suite of security and monitoring tools that could be useful to any computer user who wants to do things like a quick audit of his broadband speed and security check of his website or system. The tools are categorized under Security Tests, Online Tools, For Your Website, Security [...]
Nothing gets more annoying for webmasters than a website in downtime. Downtime incidents can cost a lot of wasted revenue and traffic. It even hurts more if you have no idea when and why your website is down. Enter Pingdom, it is a handy web service that monitors website downtime and lets you know when [...]
Nowadays we depend heavily on web apps without realizing that we do not have much control of the data we have online. We leave it up to the cloud to take care of our data without ever worrying of losing them. However, there will be times where you could lose all of it when your [...]
Just-DNSLookup is a simple web application for webmasters that lets you perform remote DNS lookup for any given host or domain name. It checks the host from 30+ locations worldwide. This comes in handy when your site is slow or inaccessible, and you are not sure what causing it, your host or the network in [...]
ServerFault is a user contributed Q & A site for system administrators, IT professionals or anyone who has to deal with server problems and network related issues. Users can ask and answer question without registration. To vote on questions and answers sign up is needed. Questions are sorted according to their popularity, as measured by [...]
Server Check is an online resource that provides you with a set of free website server check tools using which you can: (1) find out if the website server is actually down or temporarily unaccessible from your network, (2) get the IP address of the website and (3) check what other websites are hosted on [...]
MediaWiki is a free wiki software package that can be used to install Wikipedia like collaboration environment on any website or server. If you’re looking for a flexible wiki Content Management System then MediaWiki is the package you need. It can be used for a wide variety of projects, regardless of the amount of people [...]
Site24x7 continuously monitors your site’s status and alerts you in case it goes down. Downtime alerts can be sent to your email, feedreader (via RSS), or mobile phone. Apart from that, it also provides you with weekly reports of server performance. With free account you are allowed to monitor upto two websites and setup tracker [...]