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How-to Install HHVM on Ubuntu 14.04

HHVM is an open source virtual machine designed for executing programs written in Hack and PHP. The advantage of HHVM is an increase in web request throughput and reduction in memory consumption compared to traditional PHP hosting. It was developed and open sourced by Facebook.

Material Design Bootstrap Buttons using Sass

In this tutorial, I’m going to show you how-to create Bootstrap buttons based on Material Design’s colour palette using Sass stylesheet language. Example of what we will create: HTML To add a Material Design Bootstrap button to your website, web app or blog use the following HTML code:...

Prevent Hotlinking using .htaccess

Hotlinking is where another website, let’s say XYZ.com, uses the asset(s) of another website, let’s say ABC.com, by using the direct link to that asset. This is known as hotlinking. The problem with this is that XYZ.com is stealing the bandwidth of ABC.com...

How-To Install and Use WPScan

WPScan is a black box WordPress vulnerability scanner. It’s a great tool that you can use to scan your WordPress installations or WordPress installations of your clients. WPScan requires Linux, Ruby version 1.9 or higher, RubyGems and Git.

15 LinkedIn Mistakes to Avoid

On April 18, 2014, LinkedIn announced that it had passed over 300 million members. Thus, it’s important to avoid these mistakes in order to look professional and to succeed on LinkedIn: 1. Do not leave your profile incomplete. Fill out each section and complete LinkedIn recommendations; 2. Do not...

15 Twitter Mistakes to Avoid

In a previous post, I talked about 15 mistakes to avoid when it comes to LinkedIn. In this post, I’m going to carry on with that theme, mistakes to avoid in social media, with 15 mistakes to avoid on Twitter. 1. You don’t engage your followers; 2. Don’...

5 Common Website Redesign Mistakes

According to Netcraft’s February 2014 Survey, there are about 920,102,079 active websites. By active websites, I mean websites that return a 200 OK response. That’s a lot of websites. With the development of content management system software like WordPress and Drupal, managing websites is a breeze....

Essential WordPress Plugins

There are tens of thousands, if not over hundred thousand WordPress plugins, so it’s hard to know which plugins are the best and work well together. Therefore, I’ve collected the essential WordPress plugins and put them in a single download, so you don’t have to waste time...

Choosing a Domain Name for Your Website

Picking a domain name is a necessary step for your website. Having a domain name allows you to identify your website using a keyword or a set of keywords. In addition, the domain extension further identifies your website by category or geographical presence. Without a domain name your website would...

Choosing the Best Web Host

Web hosting is one of the key ingredients in websites, right after choosing a domain name and DNS provider. Choosing the best web host cannot be overlooked as choosing the wrong web host can make your website slow, produce errors or even worse downtime. There is a lot to consider...

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