When generating a Certificate Signing Request (or CSR) for an SSL certificate, there is usually only a single hostname required – what is know as the ‘Common Name’, composed of Host + Domain name, e.g. “www.example.com” or “example.com”. However, if … Continue reading →

You have a legitimate business, heavily relying on a website. And out of the blue that website becomes blacklisted in major browsers. Quick look at the reason reveals that your Chrome, Firefox or Internet Explorer thinks that this site is … Continue reading →

1. Downloading files – this is the most simple function of wget, you can point it at a file and this will be retrieved to the directory that you’re currently working in. Example Usage : wget http://wordpress.org/latest.tar.gz 2. Limit the … Continue reading →

This time it’s just a little reminder – probably first one of a series! Spaces In File Name When writing a script that will have to operate on files it’s more than likely that you’ll get a file with spaces … Continue reading →

On a fresh install of owncloud I came across a problem – trying to share a file to someone over email came up with the following error: “Error mail Invalid address: August 17, 2012, 13:44” My first check was … Continue reading →

MAMP (Macintosh, Apache, Mysql and PHP) will get you up and running with a working LAMP stack in minutes. Simply go to http://www.mamp.info, click the ‘download now’ button below the grey MAMP icon. Once the file is downloaded, extract the … Continue reading →

I recently had a call from a company that had suffered several days downtime due to a MySQL database failure. The main server had had a hardware fault which prevented it from booting. Their infrastructure consisted of a MySQL master/slave … Continue reading →

There are several well established caching solutions available such as Varnish, MemCache, xCache etc. These are all different technologies which can work together or individually to speed up your sites. While each of the solutions work in a different way … Continue reading →

So with possibly NASA’s largest mission since landing man on the Moon, The Curiosity Rover was certainly the largest enterprise in keeping the world up to date live with the landing. So the question is – what is required to … Continue reading →

Php 5.4 is now available and is an installable option under cpanels easy to use easy apache. So what should you be aware of in php 5.4? Memory and Performance Improvements Some early tests have shown that Zend Framework runs … Continue reading →