WordPress MU Domain Mapping is a plugin that allows the users of a WordPress MU site to use custom domains on their blogs. It’s been a while since the last release but with the help of Ron Rennick, and many others (kgraeme – you kick ass at finding bugs!) I think the wait has been worth it. Changes since the last release: Works in VHOST or folder based installs now. Remote login added. Admin backend redirects to mapped domain by default but can redirect to original blog url. Domain redirect can be 301 or 302. List multiple mapped domains on […]
Games
Steal Their Class!
Xbox Live is free for Silver users of the Xbox 360 for the next 5 days in Europe. I just tried Modern Warfare 2 and had my ass handed to me. Didn’t take long for me to see the infamous deathstreak “Steal Their Class!” notice. I was the lowest level player there. Highest was about 67, next lowest was 26. Sigh. Not tempted to buy a Gold membership any more. Thanks Microsoft 🙂 I didn’t disconnect on purpose. WIFI died right after I died for the 5th or 6th time. (If you were on #wordpress you just saw me disconnect, […]
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WordPress, Nginx and WP Super Cache
If you host your own WordPress blog, it’s probably on Apache. That all fine and good. For most sites Apache works wonderfully, especially as it’s so easy to find information on it, on mod_rewrite and everything else that everyone else uses. One of the alternatives is Nginx, a really fast webserver that streaks ahead of Apache in terms of performance, but isn’t quite as easy to use. That’s partly because Apache is the default webserver on most Linux distributions and hosts. Want to try Nginx? Here’s how. Install Nginx. On Debian based systems that’s as easy as Nginx doesn’t talk […]
WordPress
WP Super Cache 0.9.8
WP Super Cache version 0.9.8 is now available. WP Super Cache is a page caching plugin for WordPress that will significantly speed up your website. New in this release are 2 translations. The Spanish translation is by Omi and the Italian by Gianni Diurno. Please, if you use their translations, drop by their sites and leave a thank you comment! They’ve been very patient with me as I fixed gettext bugs and added new text. Both have blogged about the translations if you need to know more: Gianni, Omi. The second major feature to go in is an “advanced” section […]
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WordPress MU 2.8.6
WordPress MU 2.8.6 has just been released and may be downloaded immediately. This is a security release with the same fixes as WordPress 2.8.6 plus quite a few MU specific bug fixes too. Please upgrade as soon as you can.
Games
Retro consoles for sale again!
Retro gaming has made a comeback! A temporary looking shop on North Main Street in Cork is selling old retro consoles at possibly “Irish” prices. According to the “Bargain Hunt” section in Retro Gamer, a Sega Dreamcast can be purchased on Ebay for about £25 Sterling. They’re going for 59.99 Euro here. Cheap enough for an impulse buy? What do you think Mark? What’s on offer? I saw the Dreamcast of course, many Gameboys in the window, NES, SNES, Sega Mega Drive (Mega CD), Sega Master System, Nintendo Gamecube (why bother when you have a Wii?), Original Playstation, Master System […]
Linux
How to create Postfix database files
Every time I come to recreate the Postfix database file when I edit the file /etc/postfix/virtual.cf I forget what command I need to recreate virtual.cf.db Hopefully I’ll check my blog next time. The command is postmap. Hope this is useful for someone else too! postmap /etc/postfix/virtual.cf /etc/init.d/postfix restart
Games
Happy Modern Warfare 2 Day
November 10th is here and Modern Warfare 2 is finally out! Shops here in Ireland opened at midnight last night and I briefly thought about hopping down to the Gamestop in Blackpool. I didn’t, and I won’t buy it until I have my BarCamp Cork talk is done. That should ensure I have it written by tonight! Anyway, the level of anticipation for this game reached astronomical levels. Ask anyone with a game console or PC games player and they’ll know about this game. I’m writing this to remind myself of the fact when the next big thing comes along! […]
Games
Hours of fun with Syndicate
Have Macbook. Check. Have DOSBox. Check. Have external mouse. Check. Have Syndicate. Check. Syndicate is a game I played a lot in the early nineties. I was never any good at games (some things never change!), but this is one of the few games I stuck with and managed to finish. The original game came out in 1993 for DOS and the Amiga. It was on the Amiga that I first came across it but the DOS version is easier to run these days. Luckily both versions are exactly the same. What do you need? First of all, download the […]
WordPress
WP Super Cache Developer Documentation
I’ve finally found the time to write up some documentation for developers who want to work with WP Super Cache. It’s a work in progress but should help other plugin developers who want to interact with the cache. Suggestions and comments welcome. PS. If you’re in Cork on November 14th, head along to BarCamp Cork III. I’ll be giving a talk, “How WP Super Cache Works”. It’ll be less technical than this but I’ll answer questions too. Check out the other sessions too.