If Apache mod_rewrite isn’t working…

By On October 24, 2009 · 5 Comments · In chirag, linux, Web Hosting, WordPress

So, this thing has been haunting me for some time. WordPress, vBulletin not able to translate the URLs. I did “httpd -M”, to find out that mod_rewrite was loaded but still it did not work. So, the solution is:

1. Make sure it is loaded: “/usr/sbin/httpd (or apache2 on various distros) -M”, if not, check [...]

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Geocities Closing???

By On July 10, 2009 · 8 Comments · In chirag, OpenSource, society, suggestions, viewpoint, Web Hosting

On April 23rd 2009, Yahoo announced that it will close down GeoCities in October this year. And its telling its users to use Yahoo’s fee-based hosting instead: http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/webhosting/. New users cannot register on it but existing ones can continue with their sites until end of this year.. huh! Started in 2005, [...]

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Dreamhost Review

By On February 20, 2008 · 3 Comments · In Priyesh, Web Hosting

When I was planning of buying a web hosting plan, I was doing a lot of research in finding out about web hosting providers. I won’t say that Dreamhost is best web hosting provider, but surely they are one of the top rated ones, enjoying their elite position. When I heard about

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HostICan Review

By On February 19, 2008 · 16 Comments · In Priyesh, review, Web Hosting

well below is the review i had written for hostican, when i just started my hosting with them……. but after some months, they started giving too many problems, and it would be pity if i dont mention about their page with red bell…. showing that my website is over [...]

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