In this video, we will walk-through setting up new instances in Lightsail using the AWS CLI. The is a tool will allow us access many of the AWS Lightsail APIs. We’ll use a few of them today create new instances from the blueprints and from existing Lightsail snapshots . If you create frequent instances for …
How-to: Create Lightsail Instances using AWS CLI 2.0 and Lightsail API Read More »
I’ve walked through the setup of a Docker based Webhost management tool called Caprover. If you haven’t you can check those videos out on my channel and I’ve linked them in the description below and cards above. One of the viewers commented on how to update PHP settings on the Docker based WordPress site, specifically …
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In this video we will walk-through setting up a WordPress cluster environment using Lightsail instances. This follows a tutorial by David Hilditch, I’ll leave a link below. His tutorial is based on Digital Ocean droplets, but we will be doing the same setup using AWS Lightsail instances. Below is a diagram of the setup.. We …
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In this video, I will continue tips on securing your #WordPress website. Its important to take the time to apply some simple security mechanisms to ensure your website doesn’t get compromised. We will walk you through 8 settings/rules you can apply to protect your website. Most of these steps involve .htaccess so make sure your …
WordPress Tips: 8 steps to secure your WordPress website with .htaccess Read More »
In this video, we will talk-through 7 steps in securing your WordPress site through the wp-config.php settings. Many of these settings that I will show you do not come setup by default so if you’ve built your website on WordPress, check these out and make sure you’ve applied them to your production sites. NOTE: Before …
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This video will be about email and custom domains. I’ve shown you how to setup a custom domain with Zoho.com for email as well as setting up an Email Relay with SendinBlue. In this video we will look at another option on setting up a custom domain email with your own Gmail account. This tutorial …
WordPress Tip 6: Setup Custom Domain Email with Gmail Aliases Read More »
In this tutorial walk you through installation of WordPress on your local computer with the Bitnami WordPress Stack and XAMPP. I also show you how to easily create additional instances of WordPress with a simple command. Links are down below that were mentioned in the video. If you find this useful like the video, share …
In this video I walk-through the options for updating plugins, themes and even WordPress core if you have a Load Balanced Multi-Instance WordPress website. In past videos linked below, I walk through the process of setting up a Load Balanced high availability WordPress website. This video builds upon those tutorials with ability update all instances …
In this video, I walk-through setting up eMail Service for your custom domain using the Zoho Mail product, free tier. They are a very reasonably priced service if you wish to upgrade to their paid plans, but the free tier is very usable and saves the the trouble of configuring and securing our own Mail …
AWS Lightsail For Beginners – Setup Custom Domain Email with Zoho Mail Read More »
In this episode of WordPress Tips, we will walkthrough the setup of a SMTP Email plugin with Gmail. Your website needs this plugin so that it can deliver emails to your customers and users accurately and avoid going to SPAM or getting BLOCKED. We will use a free plugin and setup with Gmail API. Steps …
WordPress Tips # 3: How To Setup SMTP Email Plugin with Gmail Read More »
