Usually changing any configuration of Apache or PHP configuration on the cPanel machine involves the use of EasyApache. This is a nice install script, but it rebuilds both Apache and PHP from scratch, which seems a bit extensive for a … Continue reading →

There can be times which permissions are reset on a directory without knowing what the permissions were previously. There are no records of this anywhere within the log files as standard on a linux server. When permissions are modified on … Continue reading →

If you have ever tried to install an older version of Ubuntu server, you may have found that versions 10.04 and earlier do not work very well when booted from USB. Below is one work around I’ve found to the … Continue reading →

Even though ISPs were forced to block access to thepiratebay.org UK broadband providers have said that peer-to-peer (P2P) traffic had reduced only slightly and was back to “just below normal levels” within a week. In fact thepiratebay found that there … Continue reading →

Google analytics provides a wealth of information about the users who visit your website. If your site is built in Drupal I would highly recommend enabling this functionality, even if you’re not interested in SEO. It can be really interesting … Continue reading →

The built in AJAX handler can seem a little fiddly at first. This is a short primer for reference. This post assumes it is being done within a module. The process flow is: 1. Javascript makes a callback to the … Continue reading →

Drupal is a great CMS for anyone wanting to develop a site quickly, what makes this especially easy is the fact that Drupal operates on a module system, each module is responsible for adding a piece of functionality to your … Continue reading →

Making any kind of change to the back end of a modern content management system is always fraught with danger, so the question is – how to get to the bottom of the problem? Unfortunately a lot of CMSs now … Continue reading →

What is a leap second? This article may help The problem caused by this is that it generally causes the load on the server to be pushed up. It looks like livelocks on mysql and Java – the exact root … Continue reading →

Google has announced a new cloud service called Compute Engine, it offers a large scale Linux virtualisation which will be hosted on Google’s own infrastructure. It is currently in “limited Preview” – see it here This will be Google’s attempt … Continue reading →