ng overall server performance. Joomla and PHPbb have code that is pre-optimized with hooks for APC, but WordPress requires a plugin called W3 Total Cache. First Things First Please read my posts about APC on commodity virtual hosting servers and Apache and MySQL performance tuning before you begin. If you are running your virtual servers under FCGId, then you should do so for all virtual servers on your machine. Why? Because then you do not need … 93, 1, 4, 0 and 174.01
WordPress with W3 Total Cache on Nginx with APC (Virtualmin)
Virtualmin now includes support for Nginx web server. I deploy many WordPress sites with W3 Total Cache and APC Alternative PHP Cache, so I was very interested to see how Nginx performance compares to Apache for WordPress, and whether APC and W3TC would play nice with Nginx. I prefer to install WordPress in public_html/wordpress for ease of development, compatibility with other scripts, etc. Accordingly, the suggested configuration is for WordPr… 40, 1, 1, 0 and 75.8
APC Cache Considerations for Virtual Hosting Environments
APC cache does not work well in a virtual hosting environment unless PHP is running as FCGID, and every individual virtual host has a unique PHP.ini and a unique fcgiwrapper. This is not the case with many virtual hosting environments because the memory and CPU requirements are too great. I suggest using Virtualmin for a shared hosting environment with APC cache, because it does allow to set php.ini and fcgiwrapper for every individual virtual h… 16, 1, 2, 0 and 37.03
Tuning Apache and MySQL for Best Performance in a Shared Virtual Hosting Environment
Web hosting has changed dramatically in the last few years. The majority of accounts are now running PHP scripts and MySQL, whereas in the past most accounts were only serving static HTML files. This presents challenges in security as well as performance tuning. It is impossible to predict whether a certain configuration will work properly for a given server, unless the hardware, software, accounts, network and traffic are identical to a previou… 1, 1, 0, 0 and 6.49
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torial, corporate publications Education Bachelor of Arts, Humanities: University of Tennessee, 1989 Work Self-employed March, 2008 – present Internet Developer Open source content management systems Web server and hosting administration, vacantserver.net and 223hosting.com Tech support and training for clients CTC Technologies / Chattanooga Online , Chattanooga, TN February, 2007 – March, 2008 Internet Architect Website design, w… 3, 0, 0, 0 and 5.82
Apache and MySql Performance Tuning for High Traffic Website
SoccerNews.com is a high traffic WordPress site with over 600,000 unique visitors and over 2,000,000 page impressions per month. It is a content republisher and aggregator, presenting custom XML feeds for (what else?) soccer news from all over the world. The site has a very active user base, providing content in the forms of editorials and comments on news items. Advertising and sponsored referrals provide the revenue stream. SoccerNews.com webs… 2, 0, 1, 0 and 4.88
Remote publishing to WordPress from Facebook via RSS
er of the content being syndicated in that feed. You will get a RSS URL: http://www.facebook.com/feeds/page.php?id=195534004499&format=rss20 If your feed’s language needs to be adjusted, for instance if your site is hosted in Netherlands but your audience is in U.S., you will need to add a locale parameter to the feed URL: http://www.facebook.com/feeds/page.php?id=195534004499&format=rss20&locale-en_US Try it in Firefox or NetNe… 2, 0, 0, 0 and 4.05
Cpanel Mailman mailing lists: cannot manage lists after migrating to new host
We recently migrated 2 Cpanel servers to VPS. Most things migrated properly and without incident. However, Mailman mailing lists were the exception. Mailing lists appear to have migrated properly, as they show up under WHM and Cpanel and usr/local/cpanel/3rdparty/mailman/bin/list_lists However, when cpanel user clicks Manage link, the following message appears: cpanel1.hosting.com mailing lists – Admin Links No such list listname_domainnam… 0, 1, 0, 0 and 4.05
Load Balancing Virtualmin WordPress Hosting Server with Varnish on AWS
I am creating a true load balancer topography for a WordPress hosting server, if it needs to scale up beyond what the current system can handle. Scaling Levels The current system is the “admin” path shown in the diagram, with no CDN or Load Balancing. It will handle a lot of traffic, but it is somewhat vulnerable to failure and overload. A simple and inexpensive extension of this system is to add CloudFront CDN, the “beta users… 1, 0, 0, 0 and 2.36
Organic Farm Website with Slideshows and Content Management
Sequatchie Cove Farm website This site was produced in tandem with Widgets & Stone, a Chattanooga design firm. We’re members of Sequatchie Cove Farm’s Community Shared Agriculture program, so we are very familiar with the quality of the eggs, dairy, meat and produce coming out of the clean and fertile Sequatchie Valley. (Will Work for Food!) WordPress Content Management System allows the farmers to easily add their opinions, inf… 1, 0, 0, 0 and 2.36
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How to Configure APC Cache on Virtual Servers with PHP running under FCGId November 8, 2010 -
WordPress with W3 Total Cache on Nginx with APC (Virtualmin) March 12, 2012 -
Organic Farm Website with Slideshows and Content Management November 13, 2009 -
Remote publishing to WordPress from Facebook via RSS July 25, 2011 -
Cpanel Mailman mailing lists: cannot manage lists after migrating to new host July 19, 2011
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Load Balancing Virtualmin WordPress Hosting Server with Varnish on AWS May 17, 2012 -
Automated WordPress Installation Via Custom Virtualmin Script Installer May 17, 2012 -
Professional Social Network May 3, 2012 -
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WordPress with W3 Total Cache on Nginx with APC (Virtualmin) March 12, 2012
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