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This bookmarklet is perfect for anybody who spends any time working on web site layouts. XRAY is used to see the box model for any element on a web page. It will dim the area not selected, and give you statistics such as the CSS id or class assigned to it, the interface hierarchy, and the CSS code assigned to that section.
Is there a way to have decent statistics for how many times a podcast has been downloaded? That is the question the guys at Watir Podcast had for me. Since I to do a podcast for the masses, this is an issue that has bugged me for some time too.
The problem isn’t with having a script, plugin or service count the downloads because everything tries to do that. The problem is that nothing counts all the downloads. For example, if you push your podcast through FeedBurner, it will tell you how many people downloaded a podcast from the RSS feed, but no where else. Same could be said for some podcasting plugins out there for WordPress and other publishing platforms, but in reverse. They tell you how many people downloaded the podcast from the web site, but not those who got it by other means.
Time to fashion the seat belt, pull out of the driveway and get back onto the web hosting highway. As we pass through the small “Mom and Pop” web hosts, to the big corporate powerhouses, be sure not to get any bugs in your teeth – because the Web Hosting Show is now on the air.
Download the Web Hosting Show, Episode 199!
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Yes, it is really that simple! Here is what I want you to do right now.
That is it. Simple right? Oh, it gets even better!
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It isn’t very often you see hosting personalities being covered in the news. I don’t know why, because they are often some of the most successful out there. That is why I was happy to find this video of Lanham Napier, Rackspace Hosting’s CEO, talking about how is company is competing with the likes of Google and Amazon.
Stop the presses, stop the music, stop everything! This week I am here to tell you about one fantastic new tool that is not only for the web hosts out there, but also the potential web hosting customers. WebHostingShow.com is going into the web hosting coupon and deal promotion business and you are all invited. Today I will tell you about the new web hosting coupon listing that you can find only at the Web Hosting Show web site.
Download the Web Hosting Show, Episode 198!
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When somebody embeds an nasty iframe, uploads a virus or compromises your web site’s security in any other form or fashion, they do not want to be caught. So like the classic detective, you have to get out your magnifying glass and get ready to hunt for code, files and folders that do not belong on your web hosting account.
Find Files and Folders that Do Not Belong
Remember that old childhood game of figuring out, which one of these does not belong with the others?
Search through your web site files and folders to make sure that you don’t have anything that is strange or alien in there. Look for files that are not apart of scripts you have installed, or that may have odd names. Your web host will be able to tell you what files are safe to delete and which files are an important part of your web hosting account.
These days, many people install many different scripts and services on their web hosting account.
Here is what I want you to do. Make a list of scripts you have installed, and put them in two categories – the ones that you use on your web site and those you just installed to see what they look like. You should remove any scripts that are not fundamental to your web site’s operation.
Choose, Update or Delete? - Keeping out of date scripts that you do not use on your web site is probably the number one way people can gain access to your hosting account. Once you are sure the script you don’t use are gone, then you need to make sure you are using the latest version of and scripts you do use and that are a part of your web site. Go to that script’s official web site to make sure you are running the latest version of the script.
It might sound cliche to say, but I am going to say it anyways. Make sure you keep your passwords complicated, long and different for each service you belong to, script you have installed or account you have created. When your web site’s security has been breached, passwords are another place you should check and update to lock out anybody who should not have access to your web site files.
Which Log-ins Should I Check and Change?
Here are some of the related log-ins you need to check and change, if you have found your web site has been infected by a virus, a trojan, or any other web site security issue there is out there.
Hosting Account Passwords – First, update your hosting account password, and the passwords for any e-mail accounts or FTP accounts you have created in your web hosting account.
Installed Scripts Passwords – You also need to make a list of every script you have installed and you are using on your hosting account. Update your passwords for each of these scripts you are using.
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Mitch Keeler is nothing more than your average Joe trying to leave his mark on the world though both his professional work and his online projects, articles, podcasts and more.
Small Business Solutions for Big Web Site Threats
My good buddy Barry, from Layered Tech posed an interesting quandary to me the other day.
It is important for everybody to have a good offense and a good defense when it comes to all the proverbial “natural disasters” that can happen in the web hosting world. My best advice would be to have a good strategy in place first, so you can prevent the problems from happening in the first place. You have to be proactive, and not reactive.
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