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Engineering Journal.

Latest web hosting tutorials, server optimization guides, cPanel tips, and cloud infrastructure news.

Oct 04, 2026

Vanilla Forums Security Hardening on Shared Hosting: Permissions, Admin Protection & HTTP Headers

Vanilla Forums ships with sensible defaults, but shared hosting accounts still leave config files, upload directories, and the dashboard exposed to opportunistic attacks. This guide walks through tightening permissions, locking admin paths, and adding HTTP security controls using only cPanel, DirectAdmin, and .htaccess.

Oct 03, 2026

SMF Media & Storage Optimization: Attachments, Thumbnails, WebP Delivery & CDN on Shared Hosting

Simple Machines Forum stores every attachment and avatar on your hosting account, and poor configuration quickly inflates disk usage and slows image delivery. This guide tunes SMF attachment settings, offloads thumbnails, enables WebP delivery through .htaccess, and connects a CDN using only unprivileged hosting tools.

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