Archive for Updates
New Host and New Domain
Posted by: | CommentsFebruary 2010 was not a good month for my web hosting. I was using a virtual private server (VPS) that I had to manage on my own. Sadly, due to my lack of technical skills in this area (but I am learning), I found out the hard way that no server is immune to brute-force attacks . I stumbled across the security log files and found TONS of login attempts originating from China.
Luckily I had backups, so I decided to move away from VPS hosting for now and go with HostGator.com shared hosting. I’m still using the performance plugins and tweaks mentioned in previous posts, so hopefully performance will not be too bad.
If you encounter any issues, let me know.
-Jeff
Performance Updates – Caching
Posted by: | CommentsThere’s nothing I hate more than a slow website. I’m somewhat obsessed with performance on this site so I spent some time recently to implement caching. There were two parts to this effort:
- Implement both database and application caching on the server level (Linux).
- Implement a caching plugin that would cache the blogging software and all the bits and pieces that make up this site.
The plugin I decided to use is called W3 Total Cache by Frederick Townes because it makes use of server caching (in memory vs. disk). The server caching software I selected is memcached. Combined, these two solutions should improve overall performance.
Since I’m running my own server, I had to do a little research to get memcached operational. Fortunately Frederick has some great instructions in his plugin documentation.
If you encounter any problems, let me know.
New Feature – Google Maps
Posted by: | CommentsI needed a way to show maps for ride postings and found a great plugin called MapPress by Chris Richardson. It doesn’t show waypoints so I’ll have to come up with another solution for that. Meanwhile you’ll at least know the general area (or staging area) of where I traveled. Below is a map example showing the city where I live. All I had to do was enter “Anthem, AZ” and the plugin took care of the rest. Read More→
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