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Subdomain or folder: where to put a blog, a shop or a test site

Short answer: what should strengthen the main site, such as a blog of articles, goes better in a folder (asuaempresa.ao/blog). What is technically separate, such as a test site, an…

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HSTS explained: forcing https for good, and the trap of switching it on too early

The short answer: HSTS is an instruction your site gives the browser: “from now on, talk to me only over https, for X amount of time, do not even try…

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HTTP or HTTPS: what changes for visitors, forms and the services that call your site

Short answer: use HTTPS, always. Here every domain gets a free SSL certificate automatically, so the real question is almost never “do I have to buy one?” but “is my…

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Moving to cPanel from Plesk, DirectAdmin or another panel: what moves and what you rebuild

A control panel is just the shop window for five things that exist on any server: files, databases, mailboxes, DNS records and scheduled tasks. So changing panels means copying those…

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Copying mailboxes with imapsync: how it works and what to prepare

imapsync is a command-line tool that connects to two IMAP mailboxes, the source and the destination, and copies messages folder by folder, skipping those already there. That is why you…

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Certbot renewal failed or the certificate expired: how to find out why

If the browser warns that a certificate has expired on a VPS using certbot, the automatic renewal either did not run or ran and failed. Open the terminal and do,…

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Moving a site from shared hosting to a VPS: what changes when you run the server

Copying the files and the database to a VPS is the same as any other migration. The difference is in what does not come: a VPS arrives empty, with no…

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Which hosting plan for a membership, booking or course site where visitors log in

A site where people log in with their own account (members area, bookings, courses, a forum) weighs much more than a site that is only read. The reason is a…

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Securing Evolution API: key, HTTPS and the open port

An exposed Evolution API is an open door to your WhatsApp number: whoever reaches it and holds the key sends messages in your name. You protect it with four things:…

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Several websites on one plan: how many fit before you need the next step

As many as the plan counts and the resources can carry, and those are two different sums. The first is a matter of numbers: each plan says how many sites…