WordPress
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Clean-up spam comments and meta data
Delete WordPress spam comments and meta data in your database, easily with phpMyAdmin or mysql cli. Keep your WordPress database lean & mean!
Web applications
Deploying and maintaining Web Applications requires a delicate balance of performance, security, and scalability. This category dives into the middle layer of the stack, focusing on how applications interact with the web server, the database, and the end-user. From configuring specialized headers and SSL / TLS certificates to troubleshooting application-specific bottlenecks, these guides help you move beyond default installations.
Whether you are managing self-hosted tools, SaaS integrations, or custom-built platforms, you will find technical advice on environment hardening and performance optimization. The goal is to provide the architectural insights necessary to ensure your web services remain fast, secure, and resilient under load.
Umbraco
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Configure SQLServer sessionState for Umbraco
Configure Umbraco for SQLServer sessionState storage and prepare Umbraco for high performance web garden or web farm, and load balancing environments. This post explains it all.
WordPress
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Block WordPress comment spammers manually
The less spammers hit your WordPress blog, the better your blog performs, is one of my opinions. A second is, the less unnecessary plugins you use on your WordPress blog, the better. So, a little while ago I decided to remove plugins like Stop Spammer Registration Plugin and do its work myself.
Web applications
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Fix “Could not establish trust relationship for the SSL/TLS secure channel” error
Fix “System.Net.WebException: The underlying connection was closed: Could not establish trust relationship for the SSL/TLS secure channel.” in ASP.NET on IIS
Web applications
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Connect to SqlCe (SQL Server Compact) database from ASP
Here is how to install the Microsoft.SQLSERVER.CE.OLEDB.4.0 Provider and use classic ASP to connect to an SqlCe (SQL Server Compact) database sdf file, as a Microsoft Access database replacement.
Web applications
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MySQL Connector/NET and Entity Framework
How to let MySQL Connector/NET and Entity Framework play nicely. This blog post is a quicky and an oldy… Since we still receive a reasonable amount of questions about this topic at the customer service of my employer I’m posting this here, with some commonly made mistakes and points of attention.
Web applications
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Create your own PHP based Origin Pull CDN
The advantage of having your website content hosted on a Content Delivery Network (CDN) is having your content distributed and stored across the Globe. Utilizing the network of the Content Delivery Network provider.
Web applications
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Filter web traffic with blacklists
Block and filter unwanted web HTTP traffic with blocklists, on both IIS and Apache. Protect your website easily with this PHP blocklist class. Create your own HTTP web blocklist filter.
WordPress
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Cleanup post revisions
Clean up WordPress post revisions easily with one (1) simple SQL statement. Delete WordPress post revisions, turn them off and speed up your WordPress blog.
Web applications
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7 Snippets to use .htaccess as a Web Application Firewall
.htaccess to secure your website: 7 snippets to secure your website using .htaccess files as a kind of Web Application Firewall (WAF).
Web applications
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How-to: limited Socket.Net.SocketPermission in ASP.NET 2.0 Medium Trust
It’s possible to restrict System.Net.SocketPermission, for example, for an external MySQL connection. Here is your “Granting limited SocketPermission in ASP.NET 2.0 medium trust” how-to.