Author Archives: Tyler

Monitor groups

Monitor Groups help organize resources being monitored by geography, function, topology, ownership or by business application. We create an integrated view for effective monitoring and management by grouping resources. For example, the performance and uptime of your business critical e-commerce depends on various factors such as availability of the website, load time of web page […]

What is an A record?

An AAAA record, like an A record, translates a hostname (domain name) into an IP address. The only difference here is that an A record refers to a ‘normal’ IPv4 address while an AAAA record refers to the ‘new’ IPv6 address. So you don’t see this type of record much yet, but it is growing. […]

How to Install WordPress MultiSite

WordPress Multisite uses one WordPress installation and one database across a network of WordPress sites. Using WordPress Multisite adds a large amount of complexity and incompatibilities with plugins. Read this article to determine if Multisite is right for you. Unless you’re a WordPress expert and you’re certain you need Multisite, don’t use it! Installing Multisite […]

SMTP with osCommerce

osCommerce could be setup to use the SMTP functionality inside its back-end, but there are some manual modifications needed in order to fully setup the SMTP functionality of this application. Follow these steps to complete the setup: Access the osCommerce administrative panel. The URL should be similar to http://yourdomain.com/admin. Go to Configuration > Email Options. […]

What is an SPF record?

Within the DNS zone of a domain name, there are several types of records. In this article, we explain what an SPF record is. SPF is the abbreviation for Sender Policy Framework. This technique is used to prevent email spoofing . Email spoofing With this form of cybercrime, e-mail (spam) is sent on behalf of […]