bikegremlin
bikegremlin
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- Relja Novović a.k.a. Bike Gremlin - https://www.bikegremlin.com/about/
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(Quote) That annoying guy who just "steps" into the conversation: =) GeneratePress is like most other themes available on wp.org: You get the basic functionality for free, but you need to pay for having all the available options using j…
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Hmm - noticed a strange thing - seems to have started about 10 days ago, and is domain-wide: All the websites on my domain (bikegremlin.com) show basically zero visitors in Google Analytics, since the start of this February. Hadn't changed an…
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KeePass comes to mind: https://keepass.info/ If anyone thinks it's a bad idea, please correct me.
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(Quote) My (subjective) impression: While it was on a US server, my connection to it was noticeably slower, compared to the UK server based website version in my native (identical in terms of everything, but language). Now that it's been moved…
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I've moved my cycling website to a UK server. Any chance of US/Canada, and Australia based guys to click on a few pages and let me know if it has any problems loading? Don't really care about split-seconds, as long as it loads "norma…
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From what I could tell, when using Cloudflare, you can't get the server's IP, even when you are redirected to domain.com/cpanel. Of course, whm.domain.com, cpanel.domain.com etc. are disabled (aren't resolved through DNS), and mail.d…
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(Quote) How much of a "hacking" risk does leaving those available pose? A friend got warned about these for their website, and asked me if it could be blocked somehow. I suppose a good, strong password, with any decent provider (that bloc…
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(Quote) Yes - .htaccess from user's cPanel account doesn't help. Is that a normal thing to ask the provider? Can it be done on a per-customer level? I would expect it to require a server restart at least.
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They want more money. Makes sense. :) I've made a step-by-step tutorial for website cloning, or migration, using the free version of the All-in-One WP Migration plugin: https://io.bikegremlin.com/19100/all-in-one-wp-migration/ @Ympker came up…
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From what I could tell, Windscribe offers a port-forwarding configuration for their dedicated IP. And they allow the use of multiple devices, which is convenient for me, at times. Without using any discounts, it costs 4$ per month (regular price) -…
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(Quote) Inline CSS leads to anger, anger leads to hate, hate leads to the dark side...
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(Quote) Good points, and worth stressing. Yes, even all those tools won't make you a good content writer. But they can help. Especially with the technical stuff. SEO plugins, for example, can do the basic checks: are the keywords added to the t…
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AIO was very limited in its free version when I last tried it - but that was 6 years ago, so take this with a bucket of salt. Pro version was praised by some developers I consider to be very good. I've given up on Yoast since their indexables …
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For nonsense stuff, I use one nonsense Gmail account (that I log into once in a few months and delete everything).
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(Quote) I passed with a Serbian address (and all the other data - like phone etc.), in spite of using a "foreign IP address" through a VPN. Maybe just lucky? :astonished:
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I use what people who I communicate with use. In my country, it's Viber in 90% of the cases. Followed by the Facebook Messenger. Always on silent. I reply when I'm in front of a PC.
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(Quote) Will get to write a review, but no affiliate income. Sucks! :) https://talk.lowendspirit.com/discussion/comment/55089/#Comment_55089 And, if I'm very happy with the service and praise it a lot, people will still suspect it of being a …
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Thank you all for taking the time and explaining the options. For now, I have opted to use Windscribe. Seems like the least hassle to get what I need. Seems stable and fast for now. 4$ per month is what it took. Decided to start playing with VPSs o…
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(Quote) No, its more stupid than that. :) To use WP-CLI, one needs SSH access. In order to provide SSH access, many shared/reseller hosting providers ask: "OK, just give us one IP that you are going to connect to it with". I often work f…
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(Quote) Was thinking more along the lines of a poorly secured/managed VPS getting used for sending cat-pics to all the LES members, without me even knowing. I don't see the danger for my computer getting much greater than without a VPS used as…
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(Quote) Thanks - I've just read the fine print. Suppose it's not a huge security risk. Would still be using passwords, and other precautions. To sum it up, as it is for now, if I got it right: Option a) Windscribe - out of the box (VPN),…
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(Quote) Sorry if it's a stupid question - but in terms of VPS security - patches, updates, firewall? Is that a set-and-forget thing if I just use debian/ubuntu and install&configure wireguard?
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(Quote) I'll edit the original post - My knowledge & experience with configuring and managing a VPS is next to none. Would like to avoid any (potential) problems for myself, and/or for the VPS provider. :) This doesn't exclude a VPS a…
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(Quote) How will this change that? :) The others will keep it up. But if you can't compete with affiliate rates, it's probably better to quit, and call it "not paying for reviews" (to get at least some marketing boost out of it…
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It often (not always) boils down to cutting costs. But always sounds good when explained using that - "not paying for reviews". :)
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(Quote) I tend to avoid newly made plugins (50 installs, 2 reviews so far). Unless I have a very good reason to trust them. This one looks interesting. It promises some options I hadn't seen with other such plugins. Like: * Choosing different…
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Just to confirm - using AIO WP Migration plugin free version, I have managed to clone a site - so migration + (sub)domain change. At the destination: * Created a subdomain (temp.mydomain.com) - adding it's A record to Cloudflare DNS. * instal…
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For what it's worth, I've never clicked on categories, or tags, from the sidebar. Always went for categories from the top menu.
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(Quote) So... a Russian admin? Nice - I knew it! :)
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(Quote) Live long and prosper. :)
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(Quote) There are other things to consider. The less a person is knowledgeable, the more important these are: * The amount of "hand-holding" offered by the tech. support. * Reputation (marketing/advertising) - if people feel something is …
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Some top class tech. support (and WP developer) guys from my country are hired by Kinsta and Cloudways. Not my cup of tea, but paying a bit more for a service one is happy with isn't completely insane. And it's not EIG, it is relatively d…
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(Quote) Without such article, the whole Wiki wouldn't have any sense.
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(Quote) WP started as an idiot-friendly tool. And then got pushed to be everything to everyone tool, and greatly influenced by the Automattic company (owned by one of the "founders"). Both these things have influenced some decisions that a…
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Editing wp-config goes without saying. But for database - problem occurs even when importing/exporting database using the Terminal. mysqldump -p -u old_db_user old_database > database_export.sql and mysql -p -u new_db_user new_database < dat…
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(Quote) And you assume that plugin coders who haven't been caught with blunders are more responsible? :) I understand that, but aren't that optimistic. It's all bullshit, and surprisingly chaotic for all I can tell ("fake it �…
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(Quote) If you look hard enough, I don't think you will find a plugin (or theme, or WP version) that hasn't had at least some vulnerabilities sometime. The more popular it is, the more likely it is to have their vulnerabilities figured out…
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(Quote) Thanks - just to confirm: this works even when changing domains?
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(Quote) I'd like to be able to do it myself - quickly, and as conveniently as possible. For when I need it. With Softaculous not working on both MyW.pt (DirectAdmin), and HostMantis (cPanel) - suppose my options are either a plugin, or WP CLI.…