Archive for 'LAMP'

Verdana, Trebuchet for linux

Verdana, Trebuchet for linux

I’m more seriously investigating the feasability of moving my main desktop environment to Linux. I’ve just found a package of fonts vital for the web that has brought me one step closer. It contains Verdana, Tahoma, Times New Roman, Arial, Trebuchet, Comic Sans, Impact and others http://avi.alkalay.net/software/webcore-fonts/ Reference: http://www.linux.com/base/ldp/howto/Font-HOWTO/fonts.html Tweet

New CSS reference

New CSS reference

Hi, This is just a heads up. Sitepoint are launching a new CSS reference that sounds very promising. They’ve hinted in the latest newsletter that you’ll need a Sitepoint forums account for access to it.. and I’m guessing they might be charging people who don’t have one created before Dec 1st for access. Their technical [...]

Server build notes

Server build notes

Part 1 Retrieve the full license key from Plesk using the web control panel License Manager. Backup and download the key. # cp /etc/psa/psa.key /var/www/vhosts/<domain>/httpdocs/ Visit http://<domain>/psa.key Part 2 Then run the offline installer script… wget -q -O – http://www.atomicorp.com/installers/aooi |sh or tweak it slightly… # wget http://3es.atomicrocketturtle.com/tests/aooi-installer.sh # chmod +x aooi-installer.sh Edit the script [...]

Plesk, 1and1 and CentOS

Plesk, 1and1 and CentOS

I’m currently building a new server for a client and am finding great success using the top notch tools from atomic rocket turtle. (Atomic Corp) By using Scott’s AOOI script I have managed to install CentOS 4.4 on one of 1and1′s Business Server IIs along with PHP 5 and mysql 5. Taking a backup of [...]

RPMBUILD

RPMBUILD

I had to build an rpm file from a src.rpm file for the first time today… shows you how well yum etc. are working. Here’s a handy page of instructions on getting this done. http://perso.b2b2c.ca/sarrazip/dev/rpm-building-crash-course.html Tweet