Chris Gilligan Information Architect, Web Server Administrator, Media Producer web • video • print chris [at] chrisgilligan [dot] net chrisgilligan.com I design and produce information and communication media for corporate, small business, manufacturing and non-profit clients: web sites Information architecture and design for open source content management systems Linux Apache MySQL PHP web server administration Postfix Dovecot Sendmail mail … 6, 0, 0, 0 and 11.21
How to Configure APC Cache on Virtual Servers with PHP running under FCGId
APC INFO Monitor My Virtualmin CentOS 5.6 Virtual Private Server runs several virtual domains with PHP under FCGId using APC for opcode caching: Joomla, PHPbb, WordPress, etc . APC is somewhat challenging to configure properly with fcgid-enabled virtual domains, but it is quite helpful to optimize system resources and prevent traffic surges on one site from affecting overall server performance. Joomla and PHPbb have code that is pre-optimized wi… 3, 0, 0, 0 and 8.62
E-Commerce Magazine Subscription Website
Light Sport & Ultralight Flying Magazine needed an easy-to-manage e-commerce solution, coupled with Content Management and slideshows. I used Joomla plus VirtueMart, and SlideShowPro to give them a sophisticated system that is simple to use. Light Sport & Ultralight Flying Magazine website The magazine has been in circulation since 1975, so the publishers know how to survive and thrive. Online sales & subscriptions give the print mag… 2, 0, 2, 0 and 5.84
Social Media — Facebook, Twitter, Blogging and Sharing
…s, not to mention the incoming links they provide, and the potential of exponential viral traffic. Add to this the need for regular blogging (on your site and other platforms) and email updates, and the management of all this online communication becomes daunting. What if there were a way to integrate all of your modes of online presence, so you’d only have to post once to update all of the different platforms? Well, the short answer is: th… 3, 0, 0, 0 and 5
Joomla Content Management
…rtals can be expensive I’m set to change all that. Joomla open-source CMS solutions are different from the normal models for portal software. For a start, they are not complicated. They are developed with non-technical business users in mind, for reliability and ease of use. Our solutions don’t require the user or administrator of the system to know HTML. I can configure CMS for any level of website. From a simple site with several s… 3, 0, 0, 0 and 5
Remote publishing to WordPress from Facebook via RSS
ook App using the plugin’s easy instructions. This will allow your website to use Facebook authentication to Publish to Facebook, allow comments by logged in Facebook users, etc. Creating an App instead of a Fan Page or Business page may suit your needs. Give it a try if you have not already set up a Facebook Page. If you use SFC, don’t set it to automatically publish to Facebook, or you may create a publishing loop. Leave it set to m… 2, 0, 1, 0 and 4.59
Non-profit website with Calendar and Slideshows
alendar manages our online calendar Registration forms and contact forms for events and communication, routed to the proper folks MailMan takes care of our e-mail blasts Vanilla forum helps the board of directors sort out our business … 2, 0, 0, 0 and 3.34
About
I’ve been building websites and since the early days of the world wide web. I know where it came from, and where it’s going. I can handle any level of website from a single page to a fully secure online business system. My clients include mid-size corporations, manufacturers, non-profit organizations, developers and independent businesses in the Americas, Europe, Africa and Asia. I may work alone to create a small site, or collaborat… 2, 0, 0, 0 and 3.34
Online Advertising
Google Adwords, Yahoo Ads, MSN (Microsoft Network) Ads setup $500 for 1 hour consultation and setup of 3 accounts. Customer pays the per click fees after account is setup, driven by a monthly maximum budget that is based on a test run of keywords and phrases. Per click fees begin around 50¢ — $2 and rise depending on the level of competition for the keys. A typical budget would be $250 — $2500 per month. … 0, 1, 0, 0 and 3.34
Punk Rock Music Community
c needed a more reliable and robust web server, so they made the move to a dedicated CentOS 5 series web server with 3GB RAM. While this is a relatively low-end box, it has plenty of horsepower for a single WordPress site and phpBB3 forum. Punktastic.com web site For this GIG, I soloed on… transferring the site from a WAMP development server to the live LAMP server configuring an active firewall to block the baddies installing monitoring a… 1, 0, 0, 0 and 3.28
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