Monitor ASP.NET web applications performance in Zabbix. Take advantage of Windows Server performance counters using Zabbix functions "perf_counter" and "perf_counter_en" in your templates.
An System.Collections.Generic.KeyNotFoundException "The given key was not present in the dictionary" can be the result of using a too old MySQL Connector/NET version in your ASP.NET web application.
Having an SSL certificate in your WordPress is the de-facto standard nowadays, did you know that? Google ranks sites having HTTPS higher in their SERP. But in WordPress, how do you configure an SSL certificate and HTTPS URL? You'll learn the important steps to move WordPress from http to https
AppCmd.exe is a command-line utility to manage Windows Server IIS 7+ web servers. The AppCmd command is your one-stop-shop for administering Windows Server IIS web servers. In combination with WinRM it’s your Swiss Army knife for your daily routine. This post introduces appcmd and provides you with a lot of helpful appcmd examples.
The WordPress WP-Super-Cache cache plugin doesn't minify HTML cache files, which I find a disadvantage. Knowing minify libraries, I went looking for an existing solution (why reinvent the wheel?), and found one: WPSCMin. Read on ...
An important note for everyone who's upgrading from PHP 5.4 and PHP 5.5 to PHP 5.6: the PHP default_charset in php.ini changed from "empty" to UTF-8, often breaking sites after upgradiong from PHP 5.4 and PHP 5.5 to PHP 5.6. UTF-8 encoding breaks when upgrading PHP 5.6 to PHP 7.0.
If you are able to control the 5th parameter of PHP mail() function ($options), you have the opportunity to execute arbitrary commands. Remote Code Execution (RCE) in PHP mail()
How to configure TLS for SMTP email in WordPress. I was suprised WordPress is not able to send email using an SMTP server out-of-the-box. Not to mention using authenticated SMTP or TLS transport for security. A quick Google search showed me multiple plugins to handle this, but I wanted to create something myself. Here is how to override the wp-mail() function and send email using authenticated SMTP and StartTLS from WordPress.
Speed-up Joomla with just a few config settings: 8 Tips to improve Joomla performance. Add caching, gzip compression, set your sessions & optimize MySQL database functions... Provide your visitors with a blazing fast Joomla website!