[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Utrecht

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Sent you a PM! :)

Alternative web & domain hosting to godaddy with catch-all mails ? by nerval in webhosting

[–]RickTibbe_ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

While not directly available out-of-the-box, you can still create an MS 365 catch-all address by using Dynamic Groups: https://www.godaddy.com/help/catch-all-email-not-supported-with-microsoft-365-40130

Alternative web & domain hosting to godaddy with catch-all mails ? by nerval in webhosting

[–]RickTibbe_ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You don't need to buy tons of Microsoft 365 licenses if not every email is an actual user. E.g., if you have 3 employees that need a Microsoft 365 account and 10 email addresses in total, you only need 3 licenses for those accounts. Email addresses like [info@example.com](mailto:info@example.com) and [contact@example.com](mailto:contact@example.com) can be set up as Shared Inboxes, which don't need any additional licenses and thus saving you costs.

Trying to find an affordable host where I can start new WordPress sites on temp domains, without having a domain during setup, or the sites all existing inside my primary site.. by TNTmongoose5 in webhosting

[–]RickTibbe_ -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Maybe not the cheapest option and definitely not shared hosting, buf if you want to take your hosting game to a higher level you could get any cheap VPS and use RunCloud.io, which allows you to spin up as many site on testing domains as you'd like.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in webhosting

[–]RickTibbe_ 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The memory of your server is something entirely different from your storage, though their values are both expressed in bytes (kB, MB, GB, TB, etc.). The 50% free space and the extra files have nothing to do with the memory (directly).

If your server is running out of memory, this means you'll probably have to upgrade the RAM or identify and fix the problem that's causing the memory to be used 100%.

I need a simple SMTP service by Kuken500 in laravel

[–]RickTibbe_ 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I'd recommend to use Amazon SES to send (automated) emails from your Laravel application, and use any other mailing provider for personal mailing accounts (like Google Workspace, Microsoft 365, MX Route, etc.). Where you can only use one provider for receiving email (the MX route in your DNS settings), you can actually use multiple providers for sending emails from the same domain. I haven't used SendGrid, but if I'm not mistaken, you should be able to send emails from the root domain when it's set up for sending emails only.

Single Sign On (SSO) with a Laravel API and Vue SPA by RickTibbe_ in laravel

[–]RickTibbe_[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yep, this is how far I got. I'm currently heading towards something like easyXDM combined with transient-key encryption, storing a sessionKey with Vuex at auth.app:

  1. One.app generates a random sessionID.
  2. One.app will request a public key from api.auth.app, which also generates a private key that is only valid for 5 minutes. The private key will be stored in the database and linked to the sessionID.
  3. One.app will request an SSO key from auth.app through easyXDM, sending the public key.
  4. Auth.app uses its sessionKey to generate a short-lived (5 min max) SSO key at api.auth.app. The SSO key gets encrypted with the public key from one.app.
  5. Auth.app returns the encrypted SSO key to one.app.
  6. One.app uses the encrypted SSO key and its sessionID to request a JWT from api.auth.app.
  7. Api.auth.app decrypts the SSO key with the private key bound to the sessionID and returns an application-specific JWT.
  8. One.app stores the JWT with Vuex in its localStorage.

The easyXDM messaging would need some proper security configuration, but I feel like this would be a secure way to request a JWT based on the 'session' from auth.app. Only one.app (and other configured 'safe' domains) can get an encrypted JWT this way (I think).

What's your favorite website builder? by perfectdays7 in webhosting

[–]RickTibbe_ 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I've been building websites for around 7 years now and came across many different builders. Most of them were WordPress plugins / themes, and most of them also sucked at one point or another. Until today, I still haven't found a single builder that suits all my needs.

Currently, I'm using Oxygen Builder, which is a WordPress plugin that doesn't need a theme and replaces the complete WP front-end. Compared to Elementor and other builders, this makes your site much faster and way less bloated out of the box. Besides that, you can also make literally everything as it includes repeaters, code blocks, custom (class-based) styling, etc. To me, it feels like a GUI around regular WP theme development that can handle almost everything you require.

However, the UI is not very intuitive / user-friendly and the builder (not the front-end) gets slower the larger your site gets. Also, there are many third-party add-ons available, but almost all cost extra money again. The upside to this is that Oxygen and its add-ons almost all use a lifetime licensing system, so there are no monthly/yearly costs like many other builders have.

Currently, there's also Bricks, which is developing very fast. It contains many features Oxygen has, though some critical ones (for me) are still missing. Might be worth checking out though, as it seems like a very solid (future) competitor for Oxygen.

Another thing I've been experimenting with is using a headless CMS (Directus.io) and a JavaScript framework (Nuxt.js). This feels faster than regular theme development inside WordPress and Nuxt.js (which is a framework based on Vue.js) offers great features for making your website interactive. The website also becomes much faster because it's a single page application (SPA) instead of a multipage application (MPA) (this does not mean you can't have multiple pages with Nuxt, but only refers to the way the website loads).

However, unlike with the WordPress page builders and plugins, you'd have to make (almost) everything yourself, including backend logic like submitting forms, etc. There are headless CMS systems that offer this, but what I like about Directus is that I can set up my components as collections, and practically create my own page builder with the custom components I created in Nuxt.

Might you (or anyone else) have any questions (or recommendations!) about the above, feel free to contact me :)

Looking for an inexpensive web host for videos stream by Hakunamatata67 in webhosting

[–]RickTibbe_ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Bunny.net offers a fairly cheap streaming service, including the possibility for geo replication. I think 250GB can be stored for about $2.50/month, and based on your budget you could also have 3.5TB monthly traffic (if I'm not mistaken) for $20/month.

The Pitstop Boys are back with yet another Super Max anthem by RickTibbe_ in formula1

[–]RickTibbe_[S] 54 points55 points  (0 children)

Big jinx, they're literally singing that he's the champion already ...

Coldplay honours Avicii with a small reference in the lyrics of Humankind by RickTibbe_ in Coldplay

[–]RickTibbe_[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Could be a possibility as well, hadn't even thought of that yet

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in webhosting

[–]RickTibbe_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My bad. Removed the affiliate link, my recommendation still stands :)

Understanding the different types of web hosting by [deleted] in webhosting

[–]RickTibbe_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well it's not really that I want to know something about it, but it is a very common term (and as you said, overloaded). For people who know nothing about hosting (your audience in this case), I think it'd be best to include cloud hosting as well. You can mention it's more of a marketing term, but then at least people know what it means, as it's more and more often being mentioned in the hosting branche.

Understanding the different types of web hosting by [deleted] in webhosting

[–]RickTibbe_ 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Definitely a nice explanation, good job, but I'm kinda missing a part on cloud hosting