ame chrisgilligan.com ServerAlias www.chrisgilligan.com DocumentRoot /home/chris/public_html ErrorLog /var/log/serversoftware/chrisgilligan.com_error_log CustomLog /var/log/serversoftware/chrisgilligan.com_access_log combined ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ /home/chris/cgi-bin/ DirectoryIndex index.html index.htm index.php index.php4 index.php5 <Directory /home/chris/public_html> Options Indexes IncludesNOEXEC FollowSymLinks ExecCGI allow from all Al… 38, 1, 2, 0 and 67.28
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… 21, 1, 1, 0 and 39.26
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… 15, 0, 1, 0 and 25.72
APC Cache Considerations for Virtual Hosting Environments
ent with APC cache, because it does allow to set php.ini and fcgiwrapper for every individual virtual host, and so to set an individual configuration for APC per virtual server. However with 200+ virtual hosts all running PHP script packages, as is the case with a commodity shared hosting server, this will use a lot of memory, and you will need somewhere in the neighborhood of 10-30GB apc.shm_size if you attempt to configure a single APC cache fo… 8, 1, 2, 0 and 19.2
Joomla Content Management
If you’ve read anything at all about Content Management Systems (CMS), you’ll probably know that CMS are the most effective way to keep your site relevant to your audience. You also know at least three other things: Keeping your site relevant and up-to-date can be time consuming CMS can be complicated Portals can be expensive I’m set to change all that. Joomla open-source CMS solutions are different from the normal models for… 8, 1, 0, 0 and 14.85
Apache and MySql Performance Tuning for High Traffic Website
…uery cache based on performance and load testing. Configured Amazon CloudFront Content Distribution Network, page cache, browser cache, and object cache with the WordPress plugin, W3 Total Cache. Due to the sheer number of ad scripts being served per page, there were inevitable JavaScript and PHP conflicts, but W3TC is very flexible and was able to handle the task. Suggested a scheduled, offsite backup strategy that would utilize existing resourc… 8, 0, 0, 0 and 12.58
Automated WordPress Installation Via Custom Virtualmin Script Installer
WordPress (or any other script) can automatically install during Virtualmin > Create Virtual Server. Virtualmin automatically creates users, MySQL database, and installs WordPress in the public_html root, then gives a link to the WordPress Installer. You can even create a custom installer with a set of plugins and themes. To create a custom script installer with plugins and themes: Download http://wordpress.org/latest.zip & unzip add … 4, 1, 0, 0 and 11.35
Search Engine Optimization
5 per page. Includes keyword and meta entry, and tag optimization. XML sitemap creation, contextual interpage links, Google Sitemap submission, Google Analytics Reporting included. Some hosting accounts can also be setup with scripted, automated cron job XML sitemap creation and submission to Yahoo, MSN and Google. Google Analytics tracking for downloads, forms, ad goals, external links and more… Implementing Google Analytics for downloads,… 5, 0, 0, 0 and 8.64
Résumé
…MySQL PHP web server administration Postfix Dovecot Sendmail mail server administration DNS & Domain Name Registration LAMP performance tuning: Apache Prefork and Worker MPM, MySQL query cache, APC OpCode & User Cache Script and database-driven interactive technology using PHP, MySQL, Javascript, CSS video — delivered via DVD, CD, or web training media web-based online training systems print — manuals, posters, job station training ma… 5, 0, 0, 0 and 8.41
Load Balancing Virtualmin WordPress Hosting Server with Varnish on AWS
…eract directly with the primary Virtualmin/Apache server, which is OK for beta stage. Traffic via Route 53 will be served from the Varnish instances, which will be load balanced, in multiple Availability Zones, and will serve cached WordPress pages as static HTML. W3 Total Cache coordinates Apache and Varnish to provide updated disk-cached pages, and some data objects. CloudFront CDN pulls linked images, css, js, etc. from Apache via the W3 disk … 2, 0, 0, 0 and 3.14
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