Archive for the ‘Misc Web Hosting’ Category

Ranking up with Google

Monday, October 25th, 2010

A frequent question that we get at bytehouse is; "How do I rank up with Google?" There are two easy steps that are often overlooked; Tell Google about it: Add URL page Get other websites that have relevant topics to link to yours - the greater the relevance to your site, the higher ...

Secure FTP (SFTP) versus FTP

Friday, June 25th, 2010

When to use SFTP versus FTP So, when to use FTP versus a secure FTP; we start with the basics by giving you an understanding of File Transfer Protocol, FTP, and the different File Transfer options available to you with ByteHouse's hosting packages. FTP - File Transfer Protocol Ye old faithful, this is ...

Managed hosting and how to determine your hosting requirement

Monday, October 19th, 2009

Issues to look for in Managed Hosting providers Assessing load factors and resource requirements, how many people are going to visit your site and whether the hosting package you've signed up to is going to be able to sustain the load of enquiries you believe you're going to get is an ...

Qmail queue management with qmhandle

Tuesday, March 31st, 2009

Introduction Yesterday a problem arose where a Qmail machine had a queue full of undeliverable emails that we wanted to delete. Luckily, like most things with sys admin, it's easy-when-you-know-how and this problem was no exception. Installation and Configuration qmhandle is just a perl script and requires a little configuration.  It can be downloaded ...

What is FTP?

Friday, February 27th, 2009

What is FTP? FTP which stands for File Transfer Protocol and is most commonly a method of transferring files over the internet.  Believe it or not you're most likely using FTP without realising it. FTP is most commonly used to download files from the internet, and is the back bone of music ...

Online Blogging and why we choose WordPress

Saturday, December 20th, 2008

A little light reading just before christmas Why choose WordPress for your online blogging? Were gonna give you a crash course on everything that relates to your own blog, and why your out there in the blogosphere conversing with us all! So whether you are looking your focusing on sales, ...

Bandwidth calculations and how web hosting companies estimate them

Wednesday, December 10th, 2008

Estimating Bandwidth Web hosting companies calculate your bandwidth usage by using one of three different methods. Per use capped 95% use Each method is quite different so make sure you understand what your needs are with how they compare in your webhosting hosting plans. So first things first, a bit of a basic grounding; data transfer ...

Three Web Hosting Mistakes to Avoid

Monday, December 1st, 2008

You want have a website, now you want the world to come knocking.  Well the first step is finding a web hosting provider.  Its straightforward, after all you sign up with a hosting provider, pay a monthly/ quarterly/ annual fee, upload your content to their web server and your very ...

Switching your hosting provider without suffering downtime

Tuesday, October 14th, 2008

Migrating your web site without suffering any down time Ah, what to do, to switch your web hosting provider; below are 10 easy and straightforward steps to reduce the chance of your site going down whilst you transfer over to a new hosting provider. Well before we start, remember however upset you ...

The basic terms of webhosting

Tuesday, September 30th, 2008

Basics of Webhosting Looking around webhosting companies can sometimes be a little confusing, like all industries we tend to create our own little list of insider terms and phrases which scare people away. Well, I thought the best way to kick off our blog is by explaining what these terms ...