Debian Linux: Setting the timezone and synchronizing time with NTP
February 9th, 2013
I have previously written about setting the time and timezone in CentOS. Setting the timezone is much easier in Debian.
Fixing arrow keys and syntax highlighting in vi on Debian
February 9th, 2013
Debian comes with a version of vi that doesn’t handle arrow keys well especially in insert mode. Pressing arrow keys in vi displays letters instead of moving the cursor. Also it doesn’t do syntax highlighting. To fix it we need to install the full vim.
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Install Nginx, PHP-FPM, MySQL and WordPress on CentOS 6 Linux
January 20th, 2013
Nginx is an alternative web server that is fast becoming popular. Nginx is famed for its ability to handle thousands of concurrent connections while using very little memory. In this post I look at how to install Nginx, PHP-FPM, MySQL and WordPress on a brand new CentOS 6.x Linux installation.
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Apache expires module
January 7th, 2013
The Apache expires module, also known as mod_expires, allows you to fine tune “Expires” and “Cache-Control” HTTP headers sent with files served by Apache. These HTTP headers provide information for browsers and caching proxy servers on how long to cache content served by Apache.
Order Form with Contact Form 7
December 27th, 2012
A contact form can serve as a simple order form for your products or services. Contact Form 7 together with a few other WordPress plugins can be used to create just such an order form.
