Posts Tagged ‘1and1’
Compressing HTML and PHP files on 1and1
1and1 doesn’t have mod_deflate or mod_gzip enabled on its home or business virtual server packages which means that many of the usual .htaccess tweaks to compress your web pages won’t work. Here’s something very simple tweaks that will work with 1and1, and with other hosts too. Set up your .htm and .html files so that they are parsed by [...]
Notes on upgrading to WordPress 3.0 on 1and1
Normally I’d wait until at least the x.01 release of a new WordPress before upgrading. But this time I wanted to try the new WordPress soon after the final 3.0 version was out. I still waited a few days before installing it to let other people discover and fix any initial problems. Problems and fixes My wait paid off as a number of people [...]
Renaming table prefix on WordPress 2.9
I wanted to rename the table prefix for this blog before upgrading to WordPress 3.0. I knew about the WordPress Table Prefix Rename Plugin which claimed to work for WordPress 2.x, but I couldn’t find anyone saying they had tried it specifically on WordPress 2.9. The only thing to do was to try it myself. As stated in the documentation [...]
Tips for upgrading to WordPress 2.9 on 1and1
A few days ago I upgraded this blog from WordPress 2.8.5 to 2.9. Here are some tips on what I did in case you run into any of the same issues that I did. My blog is hosted by 1and1 and some of the information may be specific to them. This isn’t meant as a full upgrade guide – just a collection of tips that may help you. First make sure [...]
Upgrade WordPress to 2.8.1 on 1and1
In the bad old days upgrading anything WordPress related (plugins, themes, or WordPress itself) would at best involve manually downloading a zip, extracting it locally and then using FTP to upload the changes to your web server. At worst it could require manually editing files, and making database changes. In February last year I wrote about [...]
This blog is now powered by renewable energy!
This blog is no longer powered by coal, oil, gas or nuclear. It is now fully powered by wind, water and solar power. This is because 1&1 webhosting (who provide the hosting for this blog) have now switched to a renewable energy supplier. According to their news posting they have 40,000 servers consuming 50 and 60 Gigawatts per hour (GWh). [...]
Upgrade from 2.2.1 to 2.3.1
If you can see this post that means that my upgrade of Wordpress from 2.2.1 to 2.3.1 worked! It also means that their upgrade instructions were easy enought for even me to follow. If you are doing this yourself remember to backup your database and all your files first.
Setting up a WordPress blog on 1and1
Having decided to start a blog I had two main options for how to do it. Either create a blog using one of the many blog hosting sites, or host it myself on my own 1 and 1 web space. Hosting it myself is clearly the most flexible option, and for a techy like me the most fun. I did a bit of research into different blogging software and WordPress to [...]
