Easy Tech Tutorials

If you want to start up a web server or perhaps just want to add SSL capabilities to a pre-existing website, this quick tutorial may be useful to you. In a Unix environment, generating a key and certificate request or .key and .csr with OpenSSL is actually quite simple and stress-free. OpenSSL is a cryptographic toolkit that uses the SSL and TLS protocols, so this is what we will be using. Note: This tutorial was made using Ubuntu Server. Installing OpenSSL If you do not already have OpenSSL, you can quickly install it with:   sudo apt-get install openssl Did you know OpenSSL originated from a project called SSLeay which was developed in 1995? Generating a Key and Certificate Request With that out of the way, let's move on to making the key and Certificate Signing Request (or CSR for short.) This can all be done with one command. It's a doozy, but I'll explain each part of the command so you'll know what to use each bit for in the future. Head back to your termina...

  I've had quite a few people come to me with an issue relating to uploading on YouTube. Their video upload slows significantly or stops completely. I've been there too (and it sucks). I designed this guide to help you finish your YouTube upload by learning why it got stuck and what you can do to fix it without (hopefully) starting over. Let's get started! Why Is My YouTube Upload Stuck? Before diving into some solutions, let's first understand why your video might have stopped while you were uploading it. Here are a few potential reasons: Internet Connection - This is one of the most obvious reasons. A slow or unstable internet connection can slow down or even stop a YouTube upload. File Size - YouTube has a maximum upload limit. If your video exceeds this limit, you will definitely have some problems uploading. File Format - YouTube supports a wide range of video formats. However, if you're trying to upload a video format that they don't support, it might ...

Why Is My Facebook Ad Pending Review? After creating an advertisement through Facebook, you may notice that it doesn't go live right away. In fact, it seems to be "pending" for quite a while. When I created my first Facebook ad, I found it a little frustrating to have to wait so long. I mean, I'm giving them my money, right? I learned that there are some fairly compelling reasons why new ads sit in the pending pile. The biggest reason: Facebook manually reviews every single new ad campaign. With a large number of advertisers flocking to Facebook, your ad can sit in the queue for a while. How Long Will the Review Process Take? According to Facebook, if you create your ad during their business hours, it can take up to 12 hours for your ad to be reviewed. Once you've created your ad, it will be queued. So even if you create your ad during business hours, the reviewers still have to get through all the ads before yours. So what if you've scheduled your ad to ...

One of my favorite things to do is check out who’s been sharing my stuff on social media (it’s a nice boost to the ole ego.) And hey, it’s a great way to find new places to strategically share your content or give the share a boost. I use the following bagful of tricks to find the presence of my blog posts and articles on social media. How to Find Your Content Reposted on Pinterest Pinterest is the easiest social media network to work with in terms of finding whether your stuff has been shared. To find out what stuff from your blog has been shared on Pinterest, put http://www.pinterest.com/source/ in your address bar, followed by your blog’s URL (without the HTTP and WWW stuff.) For example, my URL is melbel.hubpages.com. To see which of my articles people have shared on Pinterest, I go to http://www.pinterest.com/source/melbel.hubpages.com/ and voilà! How to Track Retweets on X/Twitter X is slightly more painful than Pinterest. If you have a badge on each of your blog posts, like ...

  If you have MyWebSearch Toolbar, MySearchDial, or My Way Speedbar (it's the same software) installed, chances are you've tried to remove it only to realize that it didn't fully uninstall. MyWebSearch is a pesky software that takes several steps to remove. You may have initially been interested in the software because it came with free things such as emoticons and smileys. However, if you've made it to this article, you already know that you just need it to be completely removed from your computer. This is likely because it slows down your computer, installs tracking cookies, and your anti-malware software considers it to be spyware. The Vundo Trojan horse virus is also related to MyWebSearch. Many computer users with the MyWebSearch Toolbar installed have also found their systems to be infected with the Vundo Trojan. Uninstalling MyWebSearch First, you'll want to remove the program using "Add or Remove Programs." If you have already done so, skip ahea...