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HTTP status codes and their uses

We all know about HTTP codes, or at least we know there is a 404 one which means not found. Some of us know that there's a 200 code (meaning OK), and that there's some odd ones in the 500 meaning something went bang! Those interested

Simple changes for a mobile friendly online store

Sat on a train heading through the Welsh countryside, I've been doing some browsing and shopping on my mobile phone (yes, there is mobile signal in strange parts of the Welsh landscape), and have been reliving usability issues in a number of vendors which would make my shopping

Ghost vs Wordpress Performance

I've posted about my reasons for switching blogging platforms [https://www.garybell.co.uk/switching-blogging-platforms] to Ghost, but ahead of doing so I wanted to be able to compare the performance benefits of doing so. When I used Wordpress, I was managing the infrastructure myself, but also had

Encrypting the site

I've just moved my site from HTTP over to HTTPS. It's not a huge deal for something like this, but it's something which I've really needed to do for a while, and something which is becoming more and more popular. For most

Perils of a shared hosting platform

Once again I've been inspired by a stack overflow question [http://security.stackexchange.com/questions/116877/hack-resistant-hosting-solution-for-non-profit] , and it made me think about issues of a shared hosting platform. You know the ones; the "host your site for £2.99 a month" sites. There's