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Website SEO Score Tool

Post by AskApache Oct 08, 20079 comments

Check out this free online SEO site-scoring tool. The SEO generated report is simple, neat, and helpful. The main thing I like about it is how it is a stand-alone website, a residual money making machine.

Category: Software

CSS Background Image Sprites

Post by AskApache Oct 08, 20077 comments

Using a CSS Background Image Sprite with the CSS background-position and background-image I can display all these icons: . I can even have them show up anywhere on the page!

Category: CSS

Getting flash to show up in front of content

Post by AskApache Oct 07, 200711 comments

I used to have a problem of controlling flash elements on my sites.. On one site we have 6 different flash flv movies that are all the same size and are in the same position on the page. But only 1 is displayed at a time based on what the user wants to watch. So the selected flash movie needs to have the highest stacking order/zIndex.

Category: CSS

Story by Author of PING for UNIX

Post by AskApache Oct 04, 2007comment

Yes, it's true! I'm the author of ping for UNIX. Ping is a little thousand-line hack that I wrote in an evening which practically everyone seems to know about. :-)

Category: Hacking

The REAL Way to Optimize AdSense

Post by AskApache Oct 01, 20072 comments

Optimizing the position, color, and size of AdSense Ads is confusing. The REAL way to optimize AdSense for clicks and revenue is using variations and measuring the results.

Category: WordPress

If you can crash your daemon, you likely have a security problem

Post by AskApache Sep 23, 2007comment

Tons of awesome tips and tricks using netcat. Port redirector, nessus wrapper, capture exploits being sent by vuln scanners, etc. This is very useful for doing stuff like redirecting traffic through your firewall out to other places like web servers and mail hubs, while posing no risk to the firewall machine itself.

Category: Security

Speed Tips: Turn Off ETags

Post by AskApache Sep 10, 200712 comments

By removing the ETag header, you disable caches and browsers from being able to validate files, so they are forced to rely on your Cache-Control and Expires header.

Category: Htaccess

Firefox, Firebug, and yslow are REQUIRED

Post by AskApache Sep 06, 20071 comment

A lot of the past and upcoming articles on AskApache are focused on speeding up a server or website, or just making things more efficient. I'm starting several speed tip articles that require the following 3 programs if you want to follow along, that is... if you can keep up! ;)

Category: Software

Speed Tips: Turn On Compression

Post by AskApache Sep 05, 200730 comments

Use the Apache module mod_deflate to compress your static .css and .js files, speeding your site up like crazy!

Category: Htaccess

Top methods for Faster, Speedier web sites

Post by AskApache Jun 01, 20071 comment

High Performance Web Site list of the best and newest methods to make web pages super fast using caching, compression, cache-control, etc.

Category: Optimization

Playing the Market

Post by AskApache Mar 22, 20071 comment

AskApache caters to the web/system elite, who's skillsets are also good for online stock trading. Heres a look at a penny stock investment.

Category: Hacking

Custom PHP.ini with FastCGI on DreamHost

Post by AskApache Feb 22, 2007comment

I'm really sorry but I had to disable the sites you had running under user $USER because that was the only way I could keep the associated processes from restarting themselves and making the server unstable. Please do not run these sites with a persistent php.cgi process with a php.ini file as an argument.

Category: Shell Scripting

Custom PHP.ini tips and tricks

Post by AskApache Feb 05, 200716 comments

• When php run as Apache Module (mod_php)
• When php run as CGI
• When cgi?d php is run with wrapper (for FastCGI)

Category: PHP

Apache Web Server Speed Configuration Hacks

Post by AskApache Jan 25, 20074 comments

Apache server performance can be improved by adding additional hardware resources such as RAM, faster CPU, etc.

Category: Optimization

Running a Reverse Proxy in Apache

Post by AskApache Jan 03, 200714 comments

Category: Hosting

Caching Tutorial for Webmasters

Post by AskApache Jan 02, 20071 comment

If you examine the preferences dialog of any modern Web browser (like Internet Explorer, Safari or Mozilla), you'll probably notice a 'cache' setting. This lets you set aside a section of your computer's hard disk to store representations that you've seen, just for you. The browser cache works according to fairly simple rules. It will check to make sure that the representations are fresh, usually once a session (that is, the once in the current invocation of the browser).

Category: Optimization

Speed Up Sites with htaccess Caching

Post by AskApache Dec 05, 200622 comments

2 awesome ways to implement caching on your website using Apache .htaccess or httpd.conf. Both methods are extremely simple to set up and will dramatically speed up your site!

Category: Htaccess

FastCGI on DreamHost

Post by AskApache Nov 28, 2006comment

Using FastCGI on DreamHost and .htaccess

Category: Shell Scripting

Web Development Glossary

Post by AskApache Nov 19, 2006comment

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