Originally posted on 10th July 2015 and updated on 11th May 2016: There has been some controversy recently about StartSSL and their key management practices. You can google it and read up if you want but I’m going to continue using them since it’s easy, free and I’m just after the simplest of domain validation keys to make…
Continue reading →In a previous post we worked through setting up your WordPress site on NearlyFreeSpeech. Now I thought I’d write about the additional configuration steps I take with my WordPress sites once I have the base install up and running. These are generic and can be used across any installation which is why I’ve separated them…
Continue reading →The first post helped you get your NFS database set up. The second post got WordPress installed. And this third post will show you how to serve your WordPress site via HTTPS/SSL. Using TLS / HTTPS can be tricky to get configured. First, make sure you don’t have an .htaccess file in your root redirecting…
Continue reading →This post will get your WordPress installation working on NFS. The first post walked through setting up the NFS database. And the third post will show you how to turn on HTTPS. Download WordPress The next step is to download WordPress to NFS. Some basic knowledge is assumed here so hopefully you know how to SSH…
Continue reading →NearlyFreeSpeech (NFS) is a bare bones service provider for people who know what they are doing. This makes it a bit more involved in setting up things which other hosting providers may make a bit more straightforward. I’ll walk you through the process of getting WordPress working on a NearlyFreeSpeech hosted site over the next…
Continue reading →NFS allows you to use keys to log into your SSH sessions. This is much easier and more secure than remembering a password. You can set this up really easily by doing the following… First we need to generate a SSH key. Let’s use the putty keygen tool to do that. You can download it…
Continue reading →Syntaxhighlighter (http://alexgorbatchev.com/SyntaxHighlighter/) is a great tool which I use here on the blog to add in code snippets to make it easier to read. I’ve thrown together this quick guide on how to get it working in Blogger.It is pretty easy to use but the creator’s host for the SyntaxHighlighter scripts can be a bit…
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