Server Tutorials and Tips
Websites require to be hosted on a server environment with certain hardware and software to ensure their availability and functionality. In this section, you will find server tips and tutorials to enhance your understanding of web servers and how they work.
How to Check If cURL is Enabled on Your Server
Have you ever needed to use the cURL extension in your PHP website or web application? In this post, I will show you how you can check whether or not cURL is installed and enabled on your server, before you even start coding your project. Read more...
Posted on 12 Feb, 2015Apache Localhost Loading Very Slow: Here is the Solution
When you are working on your local development server or live production server running with Apache, you may experience a slowness issue while loading your scripts and web pages, for various reasons. In this post, I will provide a number of solutions that may help you solve this issue. Read more...
Posted on 13 Jul, 2014How to Set FTP Quota for an FTP Account
You can easily set a quota to control and limit the FTP access to your website or individual directories. In this tutorial, I will demonstrate how you can do that from your hosting control panel using the FTP Accounts page. Read more...
Posted on 23 Jun, 2014Apache vs. Apache Lounge: Which One to Choose?
If you are planning to build your own web server, you can choose to install the official Apache version or a third party version such as the Apache Lounge. In this post, I will talk about which one to choose in detail. Read more...
Posted on 3 Jun, 2014How to Install Apache HTTP Server on Windows: The Apache Lounge Version
For certain reasons you may need to install Apache Lounge Version to build your server, this post will demonstrate how to do that. Read more...
Posted on 20 Apr, 2014How to Install Apache HTTP Server on Windows
In this tutorial, we will demonstrate how to install Apache server on a Windows PC in order to build a local server environment. Read more...
Posted on 17 Apr, 2014What is the Use of .ftpquota File?
There's an automatically created file you would see when you connect to your website via an FTP client, which is named as the .ftpquota file. Though it is not a crucial file like an index file or .htaccess file, it still has its use which we will explain in detail in this post. Read more...
Posted on 14 Mar, 2014How to Prevent Search Engines from Indexing Pages and Files on Your Website
Last Updated: May 28, 2025
Search engines are essential for driving traffic to your site, but sometimes you may want to keep certain pages or files hidden from search results. Whether you're working on a private area of your website, testing content or storing sensitive documents, it's important to understand how to control which parts of your site are visible to search engines. This post explains how to use the robots.txt file to manage crawler access and prevent specific content from being indexed. Read more...