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Prevent accidental downtime with Molly-Guard

Molly-Guard is a utility for Debian/Ubuntu systems that will prevent accidental remote shutdowns or reboots. This overview will explain how to get it up and running.

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Ghost

Creating redirects for your Ghost site

However many times I tell myself not to create page slugs that include information that I may want to change…

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Ghost

Deploy Ghost Themes with Github Actions

The workflow for deploying theme changes to a Ghost site can seem a bit convoluted at first glace, especially to…

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Networking

UniFi Controller: Add & Fix Devices

Ubiquiti UniFi access points and gateways are great pieces of kit, and very reliable! But it can be frustrating when the lose connection to the controller. Read on to see how you can fix those issues!

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CSS

CSS: Set background image opacity without affecting text

You can't change the opacity of a background image without affecting the opacity of the whole object, but the workaround…

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Windows

Hide the Recycle Bin in Windows 11

Perhaps you've just upgraded to Windows 11, you've chosen a nice new wallpaper, and you have a clear screen, apart from the pesky recycle bin in the corner. Well, hiding that trash can is very simple!

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Windows Server

Map a network drive on Windows Server Core

Using Server Core and realised you can't go into Windows Explorer to map a drive? Here's how to map drives on Windows Server Core.

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CSS

CSS: How to override styles with !important

A website can have one, or it can have many Cascading Style Sheets. If you're building using a framework that…

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Cloudflare

Create redirects using Cloudflare Page Rules for Free

Create HTTP 301 and HTTP 302 redirects using Page Rules for free with Cloudflare.

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Linux

How to compile NGINX and ModSecurity on Ubuntu Server

ModSecurity is an open-source web application firewall, and although it was originally developed for Apache, it can now sit in front of NGINX and even IIS web servers.

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