I have 4 WordPress websites hosted by Contabo VPS, one day one of the websites could not be accessed with the message “Error establishing a database connection”. When I checked with other websites on the same server I found all experiencing the same error. After searching for the answer I found that I need to…
Pacwebco.com is registered on Namecheap and uses Blogger as a free hosting service. I love this combination because it’s free hosting with world-class reliability and feature. All I need to pay is a yearly domain name renewal on Namecheap. The steps I took when configuring this website: 1. Open your Namecheap account and click the…
Moving/Transfer a domain between registrars can be a very long process if you don’t follow the steps carefully. Recently, I underwent this process, transferring a domain from Namebright to Namecheap. In this article, I’ll share the insights gained during the four days it took to complete the transfer, the terms associated with it, and the…
I tried to add a domain name on the Digital Ocean dashboard but failed with the error “Domain name already exists on Digital Ocean” I quite confuse by the error message because I confirm that the domain name I want to add to the system is still not yet registered with DO. After searching for…
Free WordPress Backup Plugin – OK this is my current opinion, it may be in the future if I find a better WordPress plugin for backup and restore, who knows? I was using another free WordPress plugin to do the backup and restore. This plugin is great for small websites, but when you have more…
When you are using VPS hosting, at some point you will need access to the terminal console. One way of doing this is by using PuTTY. PuTTY is a Telnet client you can use to connect securely from a Windows computer. Download PuTTY from www.putty.org Configuring PuTTY to connect to your Server (droplet) in Digital Ocean In…
I just moved from my shared hosting plan to cloud VPS on Contabo and found that the www version of my website is showing Welcome to Nginx! page. I installed Aapanel to manage and configure my website, it’s like CPANEL on shared hosting. Here are the steps required to fix that problem: 2. It will…
Contabo is a hosting service company based in Germany. I Choose Contabo because it offers much better server hardware specifications than its competitor. I get 4 vCPU Cores, 8GB RAM, and 200GB SSD for $5.50 per month only. Tips choose EUR instead of USD to get a better price if you are in another currency…
Another day with my Boss who actively using Excel to analyze report and data presentation. His important data kept in the laptop and sync with the Onedrive. This time he facing a weird error that very annoying. When open an Excel file from onedrive for business, my boss found the following error: We can’t connect…