I Love Technology

Below you’ll find my blog posts from the Technology category. These posts will include everything from web development and design, WordPress and Thesis tutorials, Windows and Linux tutorials and tips, to general technology stuff.

ownCloud and Email

April 20, 2012

This is the 2nd part in a series of how I’m setting up ownCloud to use my web server as a central hub for all of my services. Click here for part 1. In this post, I’ll talk about how to install Roundcube to use as a browser-based IMAP client and then use Roundcube inside [...]

How to backup your WordPress database and files without a plugin

April 8, 2012

*NOTE: You need a web server running Linux (most of them do) and access to cPanel and your web server to do this. Contact your web host if you need instruction on how to do this. WordPress plugins are very useful. However, add too many of them and your site can slow significantly. They can [...]

ownCloud on Your Desktop

March 31, 2012

*** UPDATE: ownCloud now has a native sync client for Windows, and Linux – MAC coming soon. It is in BETA, so use at your own risk. *** This is part one in a series of how I’m setting up ownCloud to control all of my web services. In this first post, I’ll discuss how I’ve [...]

Initial Thoughts on ownCloud

March 26, 2012

I decided a while back that I wanted to lessen the number of third party services that I use and attempt to consolidate everything into one location. The services that I most rely on are various Google apps (Gmail, Reader, Calendar, Docs, etc.), and Dropbox. After listening to a review of ownCloud on the Linux [...]