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Keeping an installed script current and safe.
Fake servers, vote manipulation, bots and abusive listings arrive as soon as a list has visitors. A layered approach to moderation, with a review workflow, reusable replies and the legal pages a user-generated directory needs.
CodeMercio
How to choose hosting for a directory or server list script, how to size it without guessing, what caching can and cannot do, and how to set up cron jobs for status pings so they run on time and never pile up.
CodeMercio
A staging site is a private copy where you can install, change and break things. Here is how to set one up, what to test, and how to move the result to the live site without surprises.
CodeMercio
A changelog tells you what will change, what might break and what you have to do by hand. Here is how to read one in five minutes and decide whether to update today, later or never.
CodeMercio
Twelve checks that close the most common holes after an install: default logins, leftover installers, exposed files, debug mode, permissions, missing updates and untested backups, with the commands to verify each one.
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