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  10 Self Hosted Forum Applications to use with .FORUM

10 Self Hosted Forum Applications to use with .FORUM

By Jonathan Thomas|2023-09-15T16:54:38+01:00September 14th, 2023|Categories: Dedicated Servers, Domains|

Now that the .FORUM domain name has more affordable pricing (buy one from Blacknight here for €35.99); we thought it ...

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  Blacknight no longer offering CentOS, moving to AlmaLinux going forward

Blacknight no longer offering CentOS, moving to AlmaLinux going forward

By Jonathan Thomas|2022-03-07T21:10:39+00:00March 7th, 2022|Categories: Cloud Hosting, Dedicated Servers, Hosting, VPS|Tags: almalinux, centos, cloud linux, linux, red hat|

Time to get into the weeds of Linux licensing but this is very important, so please read on. One of ...

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  Self Hosted Alternatives to WeTransfer (EU Safe File Sharing)

Self Hosted Alternatives to WeTransfer (EU Safe File Sharing)

By Jonathan Thomas|2022-01-28T14:56:28+00:00January 28th, 2022|Categories: Dedicated Servers, Hosting, Tips, VPS|Tags: file sharing, filerun, projectsend, wetransfer, youtransfer|

Email is one of the most versatile tools that has ever been invented, but one thing it is terrible at ...

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  Basic Security Best Practices for a Dedicated Server (and VPS/Cloud Servers as well)

Basic Security Best Practices for a Dedicated Server (and VPS/Cloud Servers as well)

By Jonathan Thomas|2021-08-13T17:30:54+01:00August 13th, 2021|Categories: Dedicated Servers, Hosting, Security|Tags: brute force, cloud server security, dedicated server security, firewall, ftps, hotlinking, server security, sftp, software updates, tfa, Two-Factor Authentication, vps security|

The only way to secure a server from the horrors of the internet is to never hook it up to ...

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  When to choose a VPS versus when to choose a dedicated server

When to choose a VPS versus when to choose a dedicated server

By Jonathan Thomas|2021-07-22T16:31:19+01:00July 22nd, 2021|Categories: Cloud Hosting, Dedicated Servers, Hosting, VPS|Tags: cloud server, vps, vps server, vps servers|

When I was moving web hosts over a year ago, the big decision I had to make was choosing between ...

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  Disaster is Inevitable: Dedicated Hosting Backup Strategies

Disaster is Inevitable: Dedicated Hosting Backup Strategies

By Jonathan Thomas|2021-04-26T18:09:40+01:00April 26th, 2021|Categories: Dedicated Servers, Hosting, Redundancy|Tags: acronis, backups, cdp backup, cloud backups, cpanel backups, plesk backups|

Disasters happen. Not just disasters you can foresee, but disasters that you cannot possibly plan for. When your business relies ...

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  Big Changes Coming in cPanel 96

Big Changes Coming in cPanel 96

By Jonathan Thomas|2021-04-15T17:01:26+01:00April 15th, 2021|Categories: Dedicated Servers, Hosting|Tags: cPanel, whm, whmcpanel|

cPanel has been rocking it recently, cranking out updates to their popular web server management platform at a breakneck space. ...

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  Dedicated Hosting: Moving to a Dedicated Server With Blacknight One Year On

Dedicated Hosting: Moving to a Dedicated Server With Blacknight One Year On

By Jonathan Thomas|2021-03-03T14:22:02+00:00March 3rd, 2021|Categories: Dedicated Servers, Hosting, Tips|Tags: dedicated hosting, dedicated servers, self-hosting, wordpress hosting|

One year ago, I made a major move for my business - I moved from being hosted on a well-known ...

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  Replacing Basecamp With Your Own Self-Hosted Nextcloud Project Manager

Replacing Basecamp With Your Own Self-Hosted Nextcloud Project Manager

By Jonathan Thomas|2021-02-09T17:09:35+00:00February 9th, 2021|Categories: Business, Dedicated Servers, Remote Working, Tips|Tags: basecamp, nextcloud, project management, project manager|

I’ve used the project management platform Basecamp for many years and paid for it happily. I cannot recommend it more ...

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  Owncloud vs Nextcloud: Which Self-Hosted Private Cloud and Groupware Platform Is Best?

Owncloud vs Nextcloud: Which Self-Hosted Private Cloud and Groupware Platform Is Best?

By Jonathan Thomas|2020-12-18T16:21:41+00:00December 18th, 2020|Categories: Cloud Hosting, Dedicated Servers, Hosting, Tips|Tags: cloud groupware, cloud services, dotcloud, nextcloud, owncloud, private cloud|

One of the things I was most excited about using my own dedicated server for was rolling my own Dropbox-like ...

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  Taking cPanel’s New WordPress Toolkit for a Drive

Taking cPanel’s New WordPress Toolkit for a Drive

By Jonathan Thomas|2020-11-25T15:15:12+00:00November 25th, 2020|Categories: Blogging, Dedicated Servers, General, Hosting, WordPress|Tags: cPanel, whm, whm cpanel, wordpress manager, wordpress toolkit|

As someone who has their own dedicated server, I get geekily excited about new features that will make my workflow ...

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  10 WHM/cPanel Settings to Change Immediately on Your New Dedicated Server

10 WHM/cPanel Settings to Change Immediately on Your New Dedicated Server

By Jonathan Thomas|2020-09-23T16:27:09+01:00September 23rd, 2020|Categories: Cloud Hosting, Dedicated Servers, Hosting, VPS|Tags: cPanel, dedicated hosting, whm|

When your dedicated server goes live, it’s an exciting moment, especially when you switch on your main websites. But the ...

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