By Ian Lee on Sep 15, 2011 in Software, Web Server Setup | 0 Comments
Recently, because a client’s Facebook Share count disappeared, I decided to replace the Share button with the newer Like button. The Like button works but sometimes, the count was still defaulting to zero even though many users have Liked a specific article. To try and fix this, I wanted to add meta info to each [...]
By Ian Lee on Sep 10, 2009 in Web Server Setup | 4 Comments
Recently, a client contacted me to share that their web server’s firewall was busy banning IP addresses from port scanners. Sure enough, a quick peek at the server logs show that there were indeed multiple IP bans lately. Most of these were temporary bans as the firewall did not deem these infractions critical enough to [...]
By Ian Lee on Nov 25, 2008 in Technology, Web Server Setup | 3 Comments
Have you ever wondered what makes the ultimate data center? From a business perspective, the main objective for choosing the right data center is to minimize downtime of its servers. The decision to choose a data center is a critical step and deserves much more consideration than just finding the lowest cost option. As technology [...]
By Ian Lee on Jun 5, 2008 in Software, Web Server Setup | 9 Comments
For those who run their own servers, the cPanel control panel has been a truly remarkable piece of software that allow non-technical users to perform even the very technical of tasks. But like many types of software, even this tried and true work horse shows a glitch here and there. This latest one threw our [...]
By Ian Lee on Mar 14, 2007 in Web Server Setup | 3 Comments
Are you getting more and more email spam? Tired of waiting for tons of spam to download to your computer? I know I am bombarded on a daily and even hourly basis with email offers of how I can be richer, bigger, better and longer lasting. It’s not only frustrating but also a waste of [...]