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Copying mailboxes with imapsync: how it works and what to prepare

imapsync is a command-line tool that connects to two IMAP mailboxes, the source and the destination, and copies messages folder by folder, skipping those already there. That is why you…

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Testing a migrated site before you change the DNS (the hosts file)

To see the new site before the DNS changes, add one line to your computer’s hosts file saying “this domain lives at this IP address”. Only your computer goes to…

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Subdomain or folder: where to put a blog, a shop or a test site

Short answer: what should strengthen the main site, such as a blog of articles, goes better in a folder (asuaempresa.co.mz/blog). What is technically separate, such as a test site, an…

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WordPress permalinks and the 404 that follows

You changed the permalinks, moved the site or updated something, and now only the home page opens: everything else returns a 404 error. Almost always the content is fine. What…

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Hotmail or Outlook.com rejects or delays your e-mails: reading the message that comes back

The short answer: when Microsoft will not accept a message for a Hotmail or Outlook.com address, you get a notice back from our server. There are two kinds: a permanent…

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Composer on shared hosting: installing it and running it

Composer is not installed as a command on the server, but you do not need it that way. You download a single file, composer.phar, into your account and run it…

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What to back up before you update WordPress, plugins or PHP

Before an update, save three things: the database, the wp-content folder (plus wp-config.php and .htaccess) and a note of the versions you have now. It takes five minutes and is…

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Looking inside an old backup without restoring over the live site

To look at an old copy without touching the live site, use JetBackup’s Download instead of Restore: the copy is prepared for you to download, you open it on your…

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Connecting to MySQL from PHP: mysqli and PDO, with a working example

PHP has two ways of talking to the database: mysqli (MySQL and MariaDB only) and PDO (which also serves PostgreSQL and others). For a new project PDO is the safe…

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Security headers explained: what they do and how to add them in .htaccess

The short answer: security headers are small instructions your site sends the browser with every page (“do not let anyone put me inside another site”, “do not guess the type…