Colm MacCárthaigh posted details of the latest upgrade to the Heanet FTP server earlier today. If you are interested in high-spec servers then this may interest you: ftp.heanet.ie now comprises over 12 Terabytes of storage, 32 Gigabytes of RAM and a new 136 Gigabyte RAID-0 caching layer for popular content. We hope that this level of storage will unperin an effective service, … [Read more...] about Heanet Upgrades
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Choosing a CMS
Running a website off a CMS (content management system) makes a lot of sense, especially if you want to maintain uniformity and allow publishing of new content with ease. There are, however, a huge number of CMS solutions to choose from. How can you make the right decision? … [Read more...] about Choosing a CMS
mp3 support with rhythmbox
Ubuntu's "Music Player" is Rhythmbox and does not come with mp3 support by default. I noticed this when I tried to load all my mp3s into it :) Rectifying this situation is very simple: sudo apt-get install gstreamer0.8-plugins Problem solved - thank you Google … [Read more...] about mp3 support with rhythmbox
Configuring Awstats with Apache 2 on Ubuntu
Being able to track your web statistics is important for commercial sites. For personal sites it may not be as important, but it still nice to know where people are coming from and what they are looking for. There are a number of open source log analysers that work with Apache, however my preferred choice is Awstats. … [Read more...] about Configuring Awstats with Apache 2 on Ubuntu
Keeping track of adsense
Keeping track of your adsense performance can be a daunting task, even though Google have made some serious improvements to the UI of their publisher centre. Even using the more advanced reports it is not possible to see which ads on which pages are generating income and which ones aren't. A couple of months ago Adsenselogger was released. … [Read more...] about Keeping track of adsense