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How to Migrate a WordPress Site Manually

Manual migration comprises of primarily 3 steps, i.e. Take backup of your website files and database on your local computer, transfer them to the destination hosting provider & then update the wp-config.php file. All this can be done via the file manager provided in your hosting control panel or using an FTP client like win-scp or FileZilla . Step 1. Back up Your WordPress Files and MySQL Database Connect to your old website server via FTP using win-scp or FileZilla . Navigate to the  public_html  folder and select all the files inside it. Then download them to your local computer. or Another way is to open File Manager in your old website control panel, select the files mentioned above and compress them to a zip file. Then download the zip file via the above method. or Login to your website server via SSH (how to login can be found out from your hosting provider). Navigate to the public_html folder and use the command “ tar -zcvf <filename.tgz> * ” without the q...

How Does The JIO Set Top Box (STB) Work?

I’ve been asked this question numerous times by different people. JIO is still a new entrant in Fiber Broadband space hence not many people know about the details. Surprisingly, a few months ago when I got my JIOFiber installed, the technicians who came to my premises to install it, were not very knowledgeable about their product. Let me tell you my story here: Where would somebody want to use a STB? Definitely with the TV, isn’t it? My TV is in my living room and my computer where I need the internet is in another room. So I got the JIOFiber cabling done to the room where I have my computer and they installed the JIO router there too. When the time came for installing the STB they asked me for the TV and I showed them the living room. Then they said that the STB must be connected to the router via LAN cable, hence it can’t be installed in the other room because that’ll require additional cabling/wiring. Having no solution in mind at that moment I agreed to their suggestion of installi...