Tag: Infrastructure

  • Redirect all visitors to a primary domain in Apache

    Picture for Andy Heathershaw Sunday, 1st April, 2018

    There are several scenarios in which you may want to redirect all your website visitors to a single, primary domain in Apache:

    • Redirect the www and non-www (root domain) hostnames of your domain to avoid duplicate content and improve SEO
    • Redirect an old domain to a new domain, maintaining links and search engine reputation
    • Redirect secondary domains (e.g. “spelling mistake” domains, or alternative-spelling domains) to your primary domain

    I have recently implemented the following on my own website, and I would like to share this Apache trick.

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  • The Great Big Cloud Hosting Speed Test 2017

    Picture for Andy Heathershaw Sunday, 21st January, 2018

    2017 was an exciting year for the bigger players in the cloud hosting arena.

    With all these improvements in cloud hosting, I thought it would be interesting to focus on a key metric of hosting providers that many overlook: network speed.

    Most modern cloud hosting providers give your dedicated server or VPS a 100Mbps or 1Gbps network connection. But how close can you actually get to that speed?

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  • Content Delivery Networks can improve your website’s performance

    Picture for Andy Heathershaw Monday, 27th November, 2017

    Content Delivery Networks were created for one reason: to speed up your websites and web applications. In this article, I explore how you can take advantage of Content Delivery Networks (CDNs) to improve your website performance for a small cost.

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  • Sky become the first UK ISP to enable IPv6

    Picture for Andy Heathershaw Thursday, 16th June, 2016

    Sky – who provide broadband and digital TV services to UK residents and businesses – have recently enabled IPv6 to their consumer broadband customers.

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  • Linode: Why I chose them to host my website and applications

    Picture for Andy Heathershaw Friday, 2nd October, 2015

    This post explains why I chose Linode to host my new website (this one) and other web applications I use in my day-to-day work – and why I’d fully recommend them to anyone who needs a virtual server (VPS.)

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