1. Open up a Terminal window. This can be found under Applications > Utilities

2. Enter the following commands to see what your current mouse scaling speed is set to. For me, with the tracking bar maxed out in ‘System Preferences > Mouse’ the value returned was 3.0

[php]defaults read -g com.apple.mouse.scaling[/php]

3. To increase the tracking speed you just need to increase the number of the scaling setting. This can be done with the following code

[php]defaults write -g com.apple.mouse.scaling [mouse speed][/php]

4. Just replace mouse speed with the number you would like to set the speed at. I set my to 5.0 and it was perfect. See example below.

[php]defaults write -g com.apple.mouse.scaling 5.0[/php]

5. Once you have done this you may need to restart your Mac for the changes to take effect.

If you are logged into have WHM and have root access you should be able to navigate to Software > EasyApache (Apache Update)

From here you can follow a fairly simple process to install GD Library.

Step 1. Click on the ‘Start Customizing based on profile’ button.
Step 2. Click next when selecting your Apache version.
Step 3. Click next when selecting your PHP version. 
Step 4. Click next when selecting you PHP minor version
Step 5. Click on the ‘Exhaustive Options List’ button
Step 6. This will bring up a long list of options. All you need to do here is select ‘GD’ as well as ‘TTF (FreeType)’

Once you are done just click the ‘Save and Build’ button at the bottom.

Your server will then re-compile Apache and PHP which will take a bit of time and can cause your server to go down momentarily.

If your website is static and never changes then Google and other search engines aren’t going check you site very often or rate your content as up to date, affecting your ranking. A good start is to have a blog on your website. This will allow you to post news and information about your business/topic.

Another date that Google may notice is your copyright.  Most websites will have a line at the bottom of page like the following

Copyright © 2011 Web Media Network

If you don’t keep the year in this up to date Google may twig to the fact that you haven’t updated the content on your website for some time. A handy way to get around this is with some PHP which will dynamically place in the current year.

[php]Copyright © <?php echo date(‘Y’); ?> Web Media Network[/php]

On a Mac you can connect to the server via SSH using the Terminal utility, however if you have a Windows machine we recommend you download and install Putty. Putty will allow you to connect by putting in your servers IP address. 

If you aren’t using Putty and depending on your access to the server you can connect to the server using root and IP address.

ssh root@123.123.1.2

The server should then ask you for a password. 

root@123.123.1.2's password:

Once you’ve logged in you should get a root prompt with a # at the end.

-bash-4.1#

If you don’t get the above try typing

$sudo -i

The first thing we did was allow the use of disk quotas. This lets you view how much disk space each account is using from within WHM/cPanel. If you don’t do this they will show 0MB and if you try to run the Quota Setup you may make your server unbootable.

yum install nano ; nano /etc/fstab

Once you execute the above command, it will eventually bring up a file for you to edit. To enabled disk quotas, you will need to put add ‘usrquota’ (without the quotes) into one of the lines.

/dev/xvda2 / ext3 noatime,nodiratime,errors=remount-ro 0 1

Change the above line to:

/dev /xvda2 /ext3 notime,nodiratime,errors=remount-ro, usrquote 0 1

Once you have made the changes you can press Ctrl + X to save the changes and exit the file.
You will then need to reboot your VPS for the changes to take effect.

With that done you can now install cPanel. Firstly change to the home directory by using the following command

cd /home

Then you can download the latest cPanel installer direct from their servers.

wget -N http://layer1.cpanel.net/latest

When that is complete you can run the installer

sh latest

This can take a fair time to install, around 75 minutes for me, but the good thing is you don’t have to do anything during that time.

After cPanel has finished installing you will need to activate your licence. If you haven’t purchased a licence yet you will need to go the cPanel website otherwise you will only receive a 72 full functioning trial before you will have activate it.

If the licence has been attributed to your server you can activate it using

/usr/local/cpanel/cpkeyclt

Your cPanel/WHM should now be ready to go. To access WHM and complete the installation type your servers IP address into your browser followed by :2087

https://123.123.1.2:2087

This should bring up a login screen and you can login with your root username and password. You will then be promoted to complete a straight forward web-based setup process.

Google, who gains around 80% of all web searches, uses a complicated search algorithm to rank pages across the internet. This algorithm is constantly changing to get up in the rankings and stay there is a never ending process. Just like KFC’s ‘seven herbs and spices’ and Coca Cola’s secret ingredients, Google isn’t exactly open to spilling their secrets on just what is in that makes up their formula.

Luckily for us it’s not all doom and gloom as some of Google’s senior employees have revealed a number of aspects (there could be up to hundreds or thousands) that will help us build better ranking websites. Below are some things that we do know.

Does my domain name affect SEO?

It has always been believe that having a domain name containing keywords relating to your product or service will help you ranking. It may a little but not as much as you think. According to Google employee Matt Cutts, it will have even less importance in your ranking now. Something that is taken into account is the age of the domain. This means that if you have had your domain name registered for a number of years you have a slight advantage than a new website that has just been created. 

What can I put on my site to help my rankings?

Creating a website that Google will love is and essential part of search engine optimization and not all of it is up to your web designer. Assuming you are able to update and change the content on your site yourself, creating quality content is as important as the code structure of the page.

A website should not be a ‘set and forget’ tool. It is imperative that you are always changing and improving the site and attempting to create a point of interest for your users. Creating something like a blog will allow you to constantly add content and keep your website fresh and up to date. Google will certainly notice this and getting users engaged will help gain reputation for your site.

Here are some do’s and dont’s when creating content for your site:

Do

• Make sure you use your heading tags. If you are using a content management system (CMS) you should be able to place heading tags in your content to help structure your sections and paragraphs. Obviously ‘Heading 1′ or h1 is the most important one so this should describe what the page is about.
• Your content must be unique. Google is not stupid and it will know if you have copied your content from another website. It is important that you write content yourself that is exclusive and relevant to your site.
• Create content that is for humans. Writing content for users will actually benefit you more than trying to write for what you want the search engine to see.
• Use a relavent page title. The page title is what you see in the top bar of your web browser (or in some cases in the page tab). This is a very important piece of text that needs to brief and straight to the point about what the page is about. Make sure your web designer/developer allows you to change this for every page.

Don’t

Windows 7 (and I think it may have also been a feature in Vista) started grouping windows from the same program in the taskbar and allowed you to preview all the open windows simply by hovering over it.

The ‘HyperDock’ app for OSX now lets you have this same feature on your Mac, allow with a few other handy things. It can be downloaded from the App Store however if you buy it straight from the developers site you receive a few extra features.

For more information visit the HyperDock website.

The snap feature allowed you to very quickly resize any program windows simply by dragging them to the edge of the screen. This was very useful feature for those who multi-task and need to see multiple windows at the same time.

Dragging a window to the top edge of the screen would snap the window to full size, where as dragging it to either side of the screen would snap it to take up exactly half of the screen. If you have a OSX there is application that will do the same thing on your beloved Mac. The application is called Cinch and can be downloaded from the App Store for just $7.49. Now arranging your windows is a cinch! Another great thing is that it takes your dock into consideration, which is handy if you have it showing all the time.

The only problem I found was that it doesn’t seem to work with Photoshop windows but maybe that can be incorporated in the future.

For more information, visit their website at Irradiated Software