Ubuntu Server WordPress with W3 Total Cache install

Initial installation Ubuntu Server Last time I configured my web server with Ubuntu Server, I had problems finding all the instructions on what and how to install everything needed to get a WordPress blog with W3 Total Cache, CDN, Apache2 MPM Worker and fcgi working. So this is my attempt to write down the steps needed to get the server going. You might find it of interest if your needs are similar to mine. Here’s the requirements for my WordPress blog. Apache MPM Worker threaded version APC PHP Opcode optimizer All the required modules for W3 Total Cache Graphics libraries for Mint statistics ...

June 4, 2012

Optimize MySQL performance for speed and memory use

[caption id=“attachment_978” align=“alignnone” width=“300”] Jamison Judd[/caption] I found this great shell script to test your MySQL server. You need to have your MySQL server up and running a while before running the test to get valid data. With all the possible setting variations this is can be a handy tool. Get MySQL Performance tuner here.

October 11, 2009

MAMP WordPress Error establishing a database connection

I’ve installed MAMP on my Mac to do some changes to my blog. I tried to set the WordPress wp-config.php file to connect to localhost:8889, but got an error that It could not connect to the database. After replacing localhost:8889 to 127.0.0.1:8889 it works. My quick guess is that permissions for the root user is set to allow connections 127.0.0.1, but not localhost. Anyway, it works now. My wp-config.php file looks like this: ...

March 20, 2009