Migrating WordPress From One Server To Another
KB ID 0001315 Problem I have to say before I start, that most of the credit for this article lies with Allen White from www.techieshelp.com. Who gave me the three most important pieces of information that you need to migrate your WordPress site. Three Things You Need; The contents of your wp-content directory. The contents of the root of your site. A backup of your database, (this is a lot easier than you think). Now there may be a...
CentOS 7 – Serving HTTPS with Apache2
KB ID 0001210 Problem This week I’ve been working on changing the site over to https. Buying a digital certificate used to be an expensive long winded affair, but not anymore. A quick internet search turned up a 3 year SSL certificate for less than 15 quid. Getting the certificate was the easy bit, getting it installed so that Apache would use it was another ‘challenge’. On a scale of one to ten, I’m about a...
Windows 10 – Installing IIS
KB ID 0001158 Problem I needed to get a web server up and running today, so I could upload some files into a firewall via http. I have a copy of Windows 10 running on my mac in VMware fusion, so that’s what I thought I would use. Solution Open a command window and run appwiz.cpl > Turn Windows features on or off > Internet Information Services > OK > Follow the instructions. Now to test, open a browser window and...
Migrated WordPress Site – Homepage Works, All Other Pages/Links Fail
KB ID 0001126 Problem I’m in the process of migrating the site back to its original VPS now that the site re-write and redesign has been completed. I used a plugin (UpdraftPlus) to backup the site, and its database, and then restored it to the new server. After the restore I connected to the new server and there was the site in all its glory 🙂 However, every single link I clicked gave me a; Not Found The requested URL {Path}...
The uploaded file exceeds the upload_max_filesize directive in php.ini
KB ID 0001125 Problem When attempting to upload a file to your website, (in my case from within WordPress). You see this error. Solution If you are on ‘shared hosting’ then you may not have access to your php.ini file, if that is the case you should add the following to your .htaccess file, (this will be a hidden file in the root folder of your website). ######### php_value upload_max_filesize 50M php_value post_max_size...