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A website is a set of related web pages containing content (media).

A website is a set of related web pages containing content (media), including text, video, music, audio, images, etc. A website is hosted on at least one web server, accessible via a network such as the Internet or a private local area network through an Internet address known as a Uniform Resource Locator. All publicly accessible websites collectively constitute the World Wide Web.

  • Static websites are primarily coded in HTML.
  • Dynamic websites can be coded using a wide range of web programming languages like JSP, PHP, Perl, Python, and others...

Source: Wikipedia.

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Nginx enable site command

We all know how to enable a website using apache on Linux. I'm pretty sure that we all agree on using the a2ensite command. Unfortunately, there is no default equivalent command that comes with Nginx, but it did happen that I installed some package…
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What type of DNS record is needed to make a subdomain?

I'm making a website, and I need a sub-domain. I need to add the new part to my website, but I don't know which type of DNS record to add in the DNS console to point to this new site. Is it A or CNAME?
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Should websites live in /var/ or /usr/ according to recommended usage?

According to a guide on the Linux directory structure, /usr/ is for application files, and /var/ is for files that change (I assume this means "files that belong to the applications"). Is this correct? If this is the case then I'm a little torn…
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Can anyone recommend a website monitoring service?

What are people using for website monitoring services? I am referring to a service that I can configure specific hits to my site to monitor if the site is up, and how fast it is responding to the requests. I am looking for an external service, that…
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Official online RPM package browser / search for CentOS

I am looking for something that resembles packages.debian.org Debian Package Browser only for CentOS 5 and/or RHEL 5 [Red Hat Enterprise Linux].
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Web Host Recommendations

I'm presently using web.com for website hosting. I've had some so-so experiences, and think they are a little overpriced. We have a fairly simple website - no e-commerce. We do need plenty of storage space, though. What web hosts are people happy…
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Should my website have an IPv6 address?

My website only has an IPv4 address. With IPv6 being the future, is it possible that some users may not be able to reach the website if it does not have an IPv6 address? Also, does having an IPv4/IPv6 address increase SEO performance?
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illegitimate traffic from user agent Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)

This is a rapidly changing event that has no answer yet. Please do not post your findings or assumptions as answers; reserve the answer field for when you actually have an answer. If you have something new to add, please edit it directly in to…
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What are the advantages of putting secret values of a website as environment variables?

The devops guidelines at https://12factor.net/config suggest to put website secrets (database passwords, api keys, etc.) into environment variables. What advantages does that have instead of using text files (JSON, XML, YAML, INI, or similar)…
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Is Open ID better than the usual LogIn system?

We are developing a web system and considering using the Open Id feature. Do you think it is any better than the usual way of loggin users in? If we use the Open Id feature that means the users will be redirected to the site of their choice of Open…
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No targets available when trying to set alias target from Route 53 to S3

I'm trying to setup a simple Amazon AWS S3 based website, as explained here. I've setup the S3 bucket (simples3websitetest.com), gave it the (hopefully) right permissions: { "Version": "2012-10-17", "Statement": [ { …
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What Does a Layer 3,4 Firewall do that a Layer 7 Does Not?

I'm thinking about going with a security vendor for hosted sites on my VPS, and I'm having a hard time understanding something. (Yes I know this is OSI terminology, and the sites in question are basic dental and medical practice websites with no…
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How does an ISP block my website with a warning message

I have searched about this topic on Google but mostly I got the result how to unblock website blocked by ISPs. So, I have a website that is being blocked from viewing by audiences and when I go to my domain www.mydomain.com, it will redirect all…
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First days online : how not to kill your site

Suppose you have this fancy new site, with lots of data (like big images), and you're about to put it online. If you do "too much" publicity, during the first days, the site will be overwhelmed with requests. How can I mitigate this risk ? I've…
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How to check HTTP response code of a secured website with Nagios?

I want to create a nagios check of my secure website. All the check needs to do is login to the site with login details that I pass the script. Does anyone know of a plugin or script that will allow me to do this? I have tried using check_http, but…
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