5 Things to do After Installing WordPress
July 27, 2009 by Mark
Filed under Tips & Tricks
WordPress is a popular open source publishing platform. It is the choice of most blogger. Not only because it easy to use but the installation process also take less than ten minutes. But after installation there are other things to be done to make it more secure and get the most from your blog/website.
Below is the 5 things usually I do when I install a fresh WordPress platform.
Create a Self-Signed SSL Certificate
SSL certificate is a digital certificate use by web server who run an encrypted and secure network connection. Every web server needs SSL certificate to enable secure connection. But each SSL certificate can only be use by one domain. So if you have four website on your server and want to enable secure connection on all your website you have to buy SSL certificates from SSL certificate providers like Verisign, Geotrust, and COMODO.
Nginx: Redirect www to non-www
July 4, 2009 by Mark
Filed under Tips & Tricks
Method 1
Open your nginx.conf and add the following configuration inside your server {} configuration.
if ($host = 'www.domain.com') {
rewrite ^/(.*)$ http://domain.com/$1 permanent;
}