Host your HTML and dynamic content on the main domain. Use a sub-domain to host all static components. There are two benefits of this practice for speeding up your web site. Splitting components allows you to maximize parallel downloads. You can make sure static components are requested with cookie-free requests.
Mar 16 10
Install WordPress
WordPress is my favorite CMS in building websites. This post record down the necessary steps I carry out to install a new WordPress website. I also jot down some important things I need to remember when start a new WordPress website.
Jan 14 10
Use Gmail with your own domain
I record down how I apply a Google Apps account and then set up some GMail accounts with my own domain. As a result, I and my company staff can use GMail with our own domain.
Dec 4 09
Have a new website hosted in a VPS
This post records down the steps I carry out every time after I register a new domain to start implementing a new idea.
Aug 10 09
Build a wiki website with PmWiki
PmWiki is the best wiki engine I use so far. It is simple to install, customize, and maintain for a variety of applications. This post is about how I installed PmWiki and made some custom modifications for my applications.
Jun 18 09
Automate database backups with Amazon S3
This post is about how I automated the database backups to Amazon S3. The software I used include mysqldump and s3sync, a Ruby program for interacting with Amazon S3 over a command line. You should already have an Amazon S3 account if you want to do the similar task.
Jun 16 09
Move websites between web hosts
This post records down some necessary steps in moving a website between two VPS. They include archiving the whole website, setting virtual hosting in Apache, creating a master DNS zone, and modifying the name servers for the domain.
Jun 15 09
Set up Google Adsense for domains
Google AdSense for domains allows you to earn online money with your undeveloped domains. This post record down how I set up on one of my undeveloped domain: weparent.hk. The steps include: modify name servers for the domain, create DNS records for the domain, and customize the domain parking.
Jun 12 09
Copy a website between two web servers
In some situation, I need to copy a whole website from Server A to Server B. These are the procedures I practice. I use a few minutes to accomplish the task. The only tool used is PuTTY for root access to the servers.
The Google Data APIs are a set of web services provided by Google. The Google Data PHP Client Library is a collection of classes that allow you to interact with the Google Data APIs. This post is about installing the PHP Library into a Ubuntu LAMP server.
