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The Linux ‘man’ command The Linux man command is one of the lesser known helpers for those new to Linux. Typing in ‘man find’ give you a whole manual page on the ‘find’ command and this is what ‘man’ is short for – Manual. Let us see part of the ‘man find’ command and its output: […]
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The kill command The kill command is used in Linux to terminate a running process. Various signals may be passed via the kill command to either terminate the process gracefully, tell the process to restart or to shut it down forcefully. We will first cover the process table and then some commonly used signals. Process Table The […]
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The Linux system can be a confusing place for someone new to Linux. So we decided to steal some tips from our Linux guru’s at Host Africa. The following basics will help you manage: Current location A useful command to use to find out where you currently are is pwd. This command, like a lot of Linux […]
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SSL certificates are an important aspect of setting up your own website. Understanding what an SSL certificate is and what it does can help you improve your site. SSL stands for secure socket layer, which creates a safe connection between your server and your website visitors by using encryption. If you have an SSL certificate, […]
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Using our site builder is as easy as 1-2-3. Simply find the design you love from our expansive template library, drag and drop your content into the site, and publish the final website live online for everyone to enjoy. You don’t need any programming or design knowledge to get a professional-looking website up and running […]
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As we have now started a WordPress only hosting package at HostAfrica, I thought I would put together a few links to some WordPress tutorials on the web. WordPress tutorials for beginners A beginner’s guide to creating a WordPress website This complete guide to creating your first WordPress site is a great place to start if […]
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When you’re hunting for a home, you pay a lot of attention to the neighbourhood. You want to make sure it’s safe, has good schools, and that your guests won’t be too scared (or ashamed) to visit. Unfortunately, we don’t put nearly as much effort into our virtual premises. Your online residence needs to be […]
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In our previous MySQL tutorial, we did some basic SELECT queries, a CONCAT for output and a JOIN to lookup data on a different table that was linked or RELATED to our client database. In this MySQL tutorial, we will continue with a DOUBLE JOIN and discuss UPDATES and DATA MANIPULATION. We will also have a […]
Read More »In our previous MySQL tutorial, we created a small database with four tables. In this article, we will learn to manipulate the data we entered using JOIN to derive data from a table using data from another table. We will also modify the output using the MySQL CONCAT command. Our MySQL Data Our data consists […]
Read More »Following on my previous article on databases and database planning, I have decided to add a quick practical tour of a MySQL database. MySQL and MariaDB are equivalent for the purpose of this article as they both use the exact same syntax. We will assume that you have access to a MySQL/MariaDB server and have […]
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