My Website Adviser Blog: February 2008

Wednesday, February 20, 2008

Blogger: Virus in Link Comments

Blogger blog owners recently found fake spam comments in their blogs which contained infected virus link.

How can I prevent or minimize the possibility of having Blogger blogs hacked ?

Comment moderation - Review comments before they are published. Go to Blogger settings -> comments -> change "Enable comment moderation" to Yes.

Email notification - Blogger will send an email when someone leaves a comment on your blog. Go to Blogger settings -> comments -> write down your email address at "Comment Notification Email".

Word verification - This will require an extra step in the commenting process, which will stop automated comment spamming systems. Go to Blogger settings -> comments -> change "Show word verification for comments" to Yes.

Press "Save" when you finished.

With these three easy steps you can prevent spam comments on your Blogger blog.

Enjoy,
Alex Webs.

Wednesday, February 13, 2008

GoDaddy MySQL and MSSQL Database Backup

What is the important part of your website ? I think it is a website data. If you are using one of website applications (like image gallery, CMS, blog, discussion board etc.) probably most of the information will be stored in the database. Without this information these applications aren't worth a lot.

What can occur to my database information ?

Database server crash. I know, web host must take care of it, but ...

Damage by hackers.

Application error.

"I didn't" factor.

If your information is valuable for you, it is recommended to get database backup as well as website files backup regularly (depending on your information growth). You can save a lot of effort creating database backups.

I want to explain an easy and quick method how to create MySQL and MSSQL backup files at GoDaddy:

Click Open next to the hosting account you want to backup.

In the Databases section of the Hosting Control Center, Click the SQL Server or MySQL icon.

Click the pencil icon next to the database you would like to backup to open its edit features.

Click the Backup icon in the menu bar.

It's that simple! Your database backup file is created in the _db_backups folder on the root level of your hosting account. Download this file to your computer using an FTP client program.

Enjoy,
Alex Webs

Sunday, February 3, 2008

How to Do a Redirect With GooglePages?

If you are planning to create or already created a website with GooglePages you must be aware of one little thing. If someday you'll want to move on to a regular, paid web hosting there will be a problem to do the right redirect to the new website.

How can I create the right redirect from an old website to the new one?
The best way to tell the search engines that your website moved, is with permanent redirect. The permanent redirect, which is referred to as 301 redirect, "sends" users and search engines from the old URL to the new one. The problem is that you cannot use any of 301 redirect methods with GooglePages.

You can accomplish the GooglePages redirect with Meta Refresh (method, that refreshes a web page after a given time interval). The disadvantage of Meta Refresh redirection is, that search engines will show the old website address in the search results. In addition, Meta Refresh is common spam technique. It is recommended to set the meta refresh to at least 5 seconds.

Meta Refresh Tag Sample
Redirect to www.mywebsiteadviser.com after 5 seconds:
<meta http-equiv="refresh" content="5;url=http://www.mywebsiteadivser">
Place the code between the <head> and </head> tags.

View Meta Refresh Sample.

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