Why your new website should be built with Next.js

James Ensor 5wire, Blog, Hosting, Tutorial, VPS 31 March 2024
Next.js has become a popular choice for building modern web applications, and for good reason. This React-based framework offers a powerful feature set that streamlines development, enhances performance, and improves the overall user experience. Let’s…
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How to build your very own WordPress theme

James Ensor 5wire, Blog, cpanel, WordPress 21 March 2024
Building a WordPress theme from scratch offers a high level of customisation for your website, but it requires some coding knowledge. Here’s a breakdown of the process: 1. Set up a Local Development Environment This…
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Choosing your web hosting playground

James Ensor 5wire, cpanel, Hosting, Servers, VPS 21 March 2024
When venturing into the world of websites, you’ll encounter a barrage of technical terms like shared hosting, reseller hosting, and virtual machines. These terms define how your website resides on a physical server and the…
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How To Install MariaDB on CentOS 7

James Ensor 5wire, Blog, CentOS, Hosting, Support, Tutorial 18 January 2018
Introduction MariaDB is an open-source database management system, commonly installed as part of the popular LEMP (Linux, Nginx, MySQL/MariaDB, PHP/Python/Perl) stack. It uses a relational database and SQL (Structured Query Language) to manage its data.…
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How To Install MySQL on CentOS 7

James Ensor 5wire, Blog, CentOS, Hosting, Support, Tutorial 18 January 2018
Introduction MySQL is an open-source database management system, commonly installed as part of the popular LEMP (Linux, Nginx, MySQL/MariaDB, PHP/Python/Perl) stack. It uses a relational database and SQL (Structured Query Language) to manage its data.…
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Get your emails up and running with cPanel

James Ensor 5wire, cpanel, Domains, Hosting, Tutorial 18 January 2018
Introduction If you have yet to create an email account for your new-car-smelling web hosting service, this is the guide for you. Getting Started Once you have received your welcome email, you will be able…
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How To Redirect www to Non-www with Nginx on CentOS 7

James Ensor 5wire, CentOS, cpanel, Servers, Support, Tutorial 16 August 2017
Introduction When you have your web site or application up and running behind a domain, it is often desirable to also allow your users access to it via the plain domain name and the www subdomain. That is, they…
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How To Redirect www to Non-www with Apache on CentOS 7

James Ensor 5wire, cpanel, Tutorial 16 August 2017
Introduction When you have your web site or application up and running behind a domain, it is often desirable to also allow your users access to it via the plain domain name and the www subdomain. That is, they…
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