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Author : Kiki Sheldon

Kiki works as a Security Specialist for Liquid Web. Before joining the Abuse & Security Operations Department, she worked on the Liquid Web Managed Hosting Support Team, where she gained extensive knowledge of Linux System Administration and popular Content Management Systems (CMSs).

Kiki’s passion for writing allows her to share her professional expertise and help others. She keeps up with technology and always looks to improve her technical skills. In her free time, she enjoys reading, especially classic books and detective stories.

May 05, 2023

By Kiki Sheldon

Moving WordPress local development to your server

Transferring code from localhost to a live website is similar to migrating a website from one server to another. Move WordPress local development to Nexcess hosting using this guide.

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dev,WordPress,woocommerce setup,local development,local,local wordpress,development environment,Web development,Development

May 03, 2023

By Kiki Sheldon

Your Nexcess guide to WooCommerce fraud prevention

Nexcess has been on the front line of WooCommerce fraud prevention for years. Learn what common security threats to look out for and how to protect your WooCommerce website from fraudulent activity.

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secure,woocommerce setup,WooCommerce security,WordPress security,Security,data security,managed woocommerce,WooCommerce,fully managed woocommerce hosting,WooCommerce Performance,WooCommerce Hosting,woocommerce plans

April 18, 2023

By Kiki Sheldon

What are Nexcess Cloud development sites?

Nexcess Cloud clients using Magento 2, WordPress, or WooCommerce can easily create cloud development ("dev") sites through the Nexcess Client Portal for a small monthly charge that varies by size.

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dev,development environment,Web development,cloud,nexcess development environments,nexcess cloud hosting & accounts for web applications,nexcess cloud,cloud account,development environment,Development,managing development & staging environments,environments,nexcess: managing dev & staging environments

April 17, 2023

By Kiki Sheldon

How to send secure data to the Nexcess Support Team

In this Nexcess Knowledge Base article focused on security, you will learn how to send secure data to the Nexcess Support Team — ensuring the safe sharing of sensitive hosting account information.

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portal,Nexcess,Magento,WooCommerce,WordPress,data,secure,data,data security,Security,Support,Heroic Support,ticket,tickets,client portal,credentials,safe

April 12, 2023

By Kiki Sheldon

Using rsync for backups on Linux/Unix systems

Using rsync for backups on Linux/Unix systems is done to synchronize files and directories between systems — a reliable method of providing offsite backups or mirroring websites.

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backup,building your backup strategy,full backup,partial backup,backups,what is a backup in web hosting?,cloning a wordpress site,sync,web applications,web,Web development,nexcess website hosting,unix/linux-based operating systems,unix/linux file permissions

March 27, 2023

By Kiki Sheldon

Nexcess Cloud plans — how to view your admin URL

The Nexcess Client Portal is a web hosting admin panel for managing all aspects of your Nexcess Cloud plans and websites, including your admin panel URL and admin user credentials.

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admin,magento 2 admin panel,panel,urls,Web development,Web Hosting,wordpress admin dashboard,wordpress admin dashboard management,wordpress dashboard (wp-admin),nexcess dashboard ,magento 2 dashboard,woocommerce setup,WooCommerce Hosting,managed woocommerce

March 27, 2023

By Kiki Sheldon

Adding a pointer domain for the primary domain name

A pointer domain — or a parked domain — allows you to have multiple domain names display the content of your site. Let's review pointer domains and adding them for a Nexcess-hosted site.

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WooCommerce,WordPress,Magento,portal,domains,pointer,changing domain,domain,pointer domain,domain name,Web development,Web design

March 15, 2023

By Kiki Sheldon

Rollback of a plugin or theme using WP-Admin or WP-CLI

Managing plugin, theme, and WordPress core updates are an essential part of a WordPress site administration — knowing how to rollback plugin updates is vital in this context.

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wp-cli,wp-admin,plugin updates,plugin,WordPress plugin,woocommerce plugin,troubleshooting wordpress,Performance,website performance,wordpress site performance,WooCommerce Performance,debugging plugins & theme conflicts,how to address a plugin conflict,web applications

March 03, 2023

By Kiki Sheldon

Truncating MariaDB/MySQL tables in the Nexcess Cloud

Truncating MariaDB/MySQL tables allows you to easily remove all data from the chosen MySQL database tables without having to manually delete and recreate them.

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repairing database tables,database tuning,data,mysql database management ,mysql servers and databases,mysql database,tuning your mysql database for performance ,database,database tables,mysql database,phpmyadmin,what are the best features of phpmyadmin?

March 03, 2023

By Kiki Sheldon

Importing and exporting a MySQL database

You can export/import MySQL databases using different tools. Exporting a MySQL database helps create a database backup for a website restoration process, cloning, or migration to a new server.

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data,mysql database,wordpress database,mysql database management ,database using wp-cli,mysql servers and databases,database tables,database table names & sizes,database field names & details ,wp-cli commands for your wordpress database,data migration,how do you export a mysql database using phpmyadmin?

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