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Relja Novović a.k.a. Bike Gremlin - https://www.bikegremlin.com/about/

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  • (Quote) Hmmm. Strange. I just checked. Cleared cache, and all: <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=UA-64 .... and so on Looks identical (apart from the exact tracking code number) to the non WP (plain HTML) websit…
  • (Quote) As for the GP: They used to sell for about 50$, with discount for renewal (ending up at 30$). I thought about it, and thought: "Oh, well - it's not too bad, if I ever need it, I'll pay." Never needed anything that couldn't be solve…
  • (Quote) That annoying guy who just "steps" into the conversation: =) GeneratePress is like most other themes available on wp.org: You get the basic functionality for free, but you need to pay for having all the available options using j…
  • Hmm - noticed a strange thing - seems to have started about 10 days ago, and is domain-wide: All the websites on my domain (bikegremlin.com) show basically zero visitors in Google Analytics, since the start of this February. Hadn't changed anythin…
  • KeePass comes to mind: https://keepass.info/ If anyone thinks it's a bad idea, please correct me.
  • (Quote) My (subjective) impression: While it was on a US server, my connection to it was noticeably slower, compared to the UK server based website version in my native (identical in terms of everything, but language). Now that it's been moved, whe…
  • I've moved my cycling website to a UK server. Any chance of US/Canada, and Australia based guys to click on a few pages and let me know if it has any problems loading? Don't really care about split-seconds, as long as it loads "normally,"…
  • From what I could tell, when using Cloudflare, you can't get the server's IP, even when you are redirected to domain.com/cpanel. Of course, whm.domain.com, cpanel.domain.com etc. are disabled (aren't resolved through DNS), and mail.domain.com is no…
  • (Quote) How much of a "hacking" risk does leaving those available pose? A friend got warned about these for their website, and asked me if it could be blocked somehow. I suppose a good, strong password, with any decent provider (that bloc…
  • (Quote) Yes - .htaccess from user's cPanel account doesn't help. Is that a normal thing to ask the provider? Can it be done on a per-customer level? I would expect it to require a server restart at least.
  • They want more money. Makes sense. :) I've made a step-by-step tutorial for website cloning, or migration, using the free version of the All-in-One WP Migration plugin: https://io.bikegremlin.com/19100/all-in-one-wp-migration/ @Ympker came up with…
  • From what I could tell, Windscribe offers a port-forwarding configuration for their dedicated IP. And they allow the use of multiple devices, which is convenient for me, at times. Without using any discounts, it costs 4$ per month (regular price) -…
  • (Quote) Inline CSS leads to anger, anger leads to hate, hate leads to the dark side...
  • (Quote) Good points, and worth stressing. Yes, even all those tools won't make you a good content writer. But they can help. Especially with the technical stuff. SEO plugins, for example, can do the basic checks: are the keywords added to the title,…
  • AIO was very limited in its free version when I last tried it - but that was 6 years ago, so take this with a bucket of salt. Pro version was praised by some developers I consider to be very good. I've given up on Yoast since their indexables blund…
  • For nonsense stuff, I use one nonsense Gmail account (that I log into once in a few months and delete everything).
  • (Quote) I passed with a Serbian address (and all the other data - like phone etc.), in spite of using a "foreign IP address" through a VPN. Maybe just lucky? :astonished:
  • I use what people who I communicate with use. In my country, it's Viber in 90% of the cases. Followed by the Facebook Messenger. Always on silent. I reply when I'm in front of a PC.
  • (Quote) Will get to write a review, but no affiliate income. Sucks! :) https://talk.lowendspirit.com/discussion/comment/55089/#Comment_55089 And, if I'm very happy with the service and praise it a lot, people will still suspect it of being a paid …
  • Thank you all for taking the time and explaining the options. For now, I have opted to use Windscribe. Seems like the least hassle to get what I need. Seems stable and fast for now. 4$ per month is what it took. Decided to start playing with VPSs o…
  • (Quote) No, its more stupid than that. :) To use WP-CLI, one needs SSH access. In order to provide SSH access, many shared/reseller hosting providers ask: "OK, just give us one IP that you are going to connect to it with". I often work f…
  • (Quote) Was thinking more along the lines of a poorly secured/managed VPS getting used for sending cat-pics to all the LES members, without me even knowing. I don't see the danger for my computer getting much greater than without a VPS used as a VP…
  • (Quote) Thanks - I've just read the fine print. Suppose it's not a huge security risk. Would still be using passwords, and other precautions. To sum it up, as it is for now, if I got it right: Option a) Windscribe - out of the box (VPN), boils dow…
  • (Quote) Sorry if it's a stupid question - but in terms of VPS security - patches, updates, firewall? Is that a set-and-forget thing if I just use debian/ubuntu and install&configure wireguard?
  • (Quote) I'll edit the original post - My knowledge & experience with configuring and managing a VPS is next to none. Would like to avoid any (potential) problems for myself, and/or for the VPS provider. :) This doesn't exclude a VPS altogether,…
  • (Quote) How will this change that? :) The others will keep it up. But if you can't compete with affiliate rates, it's probably better to quit, and call it "not paying for reviews" (to get at least some marketing boost out of it).
  • It often (not always) boils down to cutting costs. But always sounds good when explained using that - "not paying for reviews". :)
  • (Quote) I tend to avoid newly made plugins (50 installs, 2 reviews so far). Unless I have a very good reason to trust them. This one looks interesting. It promises some options I hadn't seen with other such plugins. Like: * Choosing different prov…
  • Just to confirm - using AIO WP Migration plugin free version, I have managed to clone a site - so migration + (sub)domain change. At the destination: * Created a subdomain (temp.mydomain.com) - adding it's A record to Cloudflare DNS. * installed S…
  • For what it's worth, I've never clicked on categories, or tags, from the sidebar. Always went for categories from the top menu.