Category Archives: Development

Bandwidthd on a cPanel Server

Posted on September 18, 2012 by David C

I recently had to install bandwidthd on a cPanel server. It’s a fairly simple process, with just a little bit of configuration required. This is for the latest version at the time of writing this (2.0.1) – but to check … Continue reading →

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Does Linux work as a desktop?

Posted on September 10, 2012 by David

Well I have used various distros over the years all running their native desktops, and they all have their advantages and disadvantages. However recently after a HDD failure I had to rebuild my home desktop and built to Dual boot … Continue reading →

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Amazon – Installing SSL certificates and Errors

Posted on May 30, 2012 by Andy

Amazon now allows you to manage Listeners, SSL certificates and also the SSL ciphers on an existing Elastic Load Balancer (ELB). These changes can happen via the AWS API or via the AWS web console. You can now add new … Continue reading →

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We’re Moving Home (/home)

Posted on May 23, 2012 by Mirek

Sometimes you may need to move folders to another disk or partition, due to needing more space or for safety reasons. Most often this is /home folder which is likely to be by default installed on the same partition with … Continue reading →

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cPanel Releases EasyApache 3.12

Posted on May 8, 2012 by Michael

EasyApache 3.12 improves CloudLinux’s modhostinglimits, modmono compatibility on CentOS 4, and mod_ruid2 to suPHP support We are excited to announce the release of EasyApache 3.12. The latest version provides numerous updates. CloudLinux’s mod_hostinglimits has been updated to 0.9-5. This will … Continue reading →

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Goodbye Menus?

Posted on April 30, 2012 by Adrian

On the 26th April, the latest Long Term Support (LTS) version of Ubuntu was released. There are many tweaks and improvements included in version 12.04 (again, sporting one of Ubuntu’s traditionally silly code names, this time it’s ‘Precise Pangolin’), but … Continue reading →

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Creating WordPress Plugins

Posted on April 11, 2012 by Richard

WordPress is currently the most popular CMS in use on the internet, it was first released on May 27th 2003 and has had well over 65 million downloads to date, and for that reason alone, getting involved in WordPress development … Continue reading →

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A Useful VIM Tip

Posted on March 20, 2012 by Chris

As system administrators, we often have to login to servers and modify files – whether they’re configuration files or php scripts. Occasionally these are files which may have previously been edited and uploaded by somebody using Windows, in which case … Continue reading →

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Datatables – Add Id to Table Row of a Newly Created Row

Posted on January 30, 2012 by Tom

I’m a big fan of the jquery datatables grid plugin,  I think it’s one of the best grids around (www.datatables.net).  However, I struggled to overcome quite a basic task – so I hope the example below might help somebody. var … Continue reading →

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Varnish – a caching guide

Posted on January 6, 2012 by Andy

Varnish can be found at www.varnish-cache.org “Varnish Cache is an open source, state of the art web application accelerator. You install it on your web server and it makes your website fly.“ – Quote from www.varnish-cache.org. It’s as simple as … Continue reading →

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