Archive for the 'Webmaster' Category

HOW TO: Survive a Digg?

At its peak, a front page story on Digg will send dozens of visitors per second to your website. Is it ready for the traffic?
Having a link on the front page of Digg.com presents websites with one of the fastest influxes of traffic possible. Similar waves of traffic might come from Slashdot.org or a national […]

HOW TO: Create an AJAX desktop/homepage

The homepage we will create will have most of the capabilities of established homepages like Netvibes, PageFlakes, etc.
Our goal is to get up and running quickly so we will not delve deep into each subject. At the end of the tutorial I’ve included a resource section for further reading.

HOW TO: Creating a Who is Online script with PHP

In this tutorial I will show you how to create your own "Who’s Online" script, which is often found on message boards and other community scripts. We will first create a really simple script, and after that add a few more features like the location of each visitor. But first, let me explain how our […]

HOW TO: 5 Steps to Building Better Websites

So it is time to jump head first into the digital realm. It is time to take your business or career to the next level, and you are convinced a great website is the answer. The problem is that most anyone can start planning for a new website and get completely overwhelmed within the first […]

HOW TO: Run Your Own Name Servers With ISPConfig And GoDaddy

This tutorial shows how you can run your own name servers for domains that you register with GoDaddy. Of course, this works with every other registrar as well, although the procedure might differ a little bit.
To do this, you need two servers with two different public IP addresses and with ISPConfig installed, and of course […]