October 22, 2011
Whatever the reason is, you may at some point want to get a web server going. Whether you want to give yourself remote access to certain pages or services, you want to get a community group going, or anything else, you’ll need to have the right software installed and configured for that to happen. So how exactly can you do that? It’s actually quite simple.
July 27, 2011
We all know what is happening on top of the big websites, the part that is visible to the public. It’s all about great content and user interaction. But did you ever wonder what is under the hood? What are the tools and technologies that support big websites and make the magic come together?
January 6, 2011
Since the protocol that runs the world wide web – the HTTP protocol – is open and viewable to the entire world, anyone with the programming knowledge is able to write their own web server. In fact Wikipedia lists over 60 web servers and those are only the ones released to the public. So which [...]
February 16, 2009
The .htaccess (also known as Hypertext Access) file is a Web server configuration file that is used to control the behavior, security and performance of a site. Most webmasters create .htaccess file and use this file to control their sites and make sure everything is in good hands. While there are many ways that you [...]
November 21, 2008
Many webmasters, network administrators, hackers, and other geek types use diagnostic tools to perform certain tasks. They often use a command line to run programs such as ping, traceroute, nslookup, whois, etc. Codeflux has an Internet tools gateway that allows you to run such programs from the convenience of your web browser. The following tools [...]
September 25, 2008
There once was a great cat, named the WAMPUS cat. However, this article is not about that cat. This article is about a server. A great majority of websites are run by a trio of services – Apache, MySQL and PHP. Apache is the web server, which handles browser requests and sends the information across [...]
