Month: April 2015

How to fix WordPress Media upload trouble caused by open_basedir restriction

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I’ve recently migrated a WordPress site from one server to another (running Plesk) and noticed that file uploads were no longer working. All existing files showed up fine, but new uploads were always aborted with a message such as “Is your uploads directory writable?” – which of course it was. Here’s what it looked like – a … Read more

How to open SMTP port 587 to send emails in Plesk

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By default Plesk on Linux uses Postfix for outgoing email, and by default listens on port 25 for outgoing SMTP mail. Some service providers do not allow to send emails on that port, and tragedy occurs: clients can’t send email with their Plesk servers. Not good. Other SMTP ports will usually work, such as the … Read more

What is the Prove your Humanity login feature in WordPress

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Some of my clients have recently noticed a new math question on their WordPress login screen. It prompts to Prove your humanity in addition to your user name and password. This feature was recently introduced in Jetpack as part of the Protect Feature, which prevents hackers from trying to gain access to your WordPress site via … Read more

How to turn off all Plesk Health Monitor alert emails

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I have previously described how to adjust the values that the Plesk Health Monitor uses to determine when an email should be sent out. There is also a way to switch these emails off entirely. Here’s how: To turn off the daemon that is responsible for sending these emails, issue this: /etc/init.d/psa-health-monitor-notificationd stop No more … Read more

How to setup Plesk Mail in Mozilla Thunderbird for Windows

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In this episode I’ll show you how to setup Plesk Mail in Thunderbird for Windows. Unlike most email clients, Thunderbird can figure out the correct settings by itself – something neither Outlook nor Mac Mail can do. Therefore, the real magic with Thunderbird is figuring out how to get to the account settings. To do … Read more

How to setup Plesk Mail in Microsoft Outlook for Windows

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In this episode I’ll show you how to setup Plesk Mail in Microsoft Outlook on Windows. It’s often a big stumbling block for users. The instructions will also work for Microsoft Essentials, the predecessor of Outlook Express. I’m using Outlook 2010 here, but the instructions are also applicable to later versions. The two important windows … Read more

LAMP Stack for Humans – now available on Amazon

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Lampstack-SoftcoverMy book LAMP Stack for Humans is now available on Amazon, as Paperback and for Kindle Devices!

In this 284 page guide I’ll walk you through the process of turning an old laptop into an always-on server. You can use it to run web applications in the comfort of your own home or office – no “cloud” required.

Together we will configure the entire server: you will learn how to install CentOS, Apache, PHP and MySQL (or MariaDB) and WordPress. I will show you how you can reach your server from other computers on the network and how to create regular backups.

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