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Andrew Fletcher
Recently I have been investigating one of my Linux server's speed using the copy [cp] command.  This came about due to 'upgrading' the server from Centos 6 to 7.  Once I had migrated a domain, I ran the following command yes | cp -rf 'stg/core' 'tmpdir'To my surprise, the first run of this command took over 38 minutes to complete.  Crap!  Yes a simple cp -a command is a very painful and slow process.  Read more about the pain and times under Centos 7 in this...
Andrew Fletcher
Looking to install Solr on your server?  Not sure if it worth the...
Andrew Fletcher
Installing Varnish to increase the speed of the page load. Install varnish using...
Andrew Fletcher
A recent attempt to run an update composer (regular activity for many of...
Andrew Fletcher
I'm writing these steps primarily for myself as a reference.  However, if...
Andrew Fletcher
Working in Laravel, I needed to loop through an array and know whether the current loop was odd or even row.  To do this add the expression to your Twig file: {% set direction = loop.index0 is odd ? 'left' : 'right' %}In the call above, the variable direction is set to either left or right depending on the value of the position of the loop row (loop.index0).  I then used the left or right value in a div class adding to a series of tailwind css definitions.  Such...
Andrew Fletcher
I need to set the default php-version of a subscription to php7.3.  The...
Andrew Fletcher
Setting up the mail configuration in October CMS is a quick progress....
Andrew Fletcher
Attempting to load changes in a staging site and the bountiful error page...
Andrew Fletcher
(104)Connection reset by peer: mod_fcgid: error reading data from FastCGI...
Andrew Fletcher
To add ejabberd and run MYSQL to the server I needed to update the server version of mysql from 5.5 to 5.7.  Fortunately, there are great instructions on the Plesk support page regarding how to achieve this outcome. https://support.plesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/213403429-How-to-upgrade-MySQL-5-5-to-5-6-5-7-or-MariaDB-5-5-to-10-0-10-1-10-2-on-Linux As a point of reference, as I worked through the steps... step 10 you need to restart the MYSQL server.  This is a quick progress by...
Andrew Fletcher
This page shows a growing list of common commands for viewing and managing your...
Andrew Fletcher
Whilst updating nodejs and npm on a Centos 6 or 7 server running Apache, I...
Andrew Fletcher
Common commands Themes and plugins have similar command lines.  So rather...
Andrew Fletcher
At times while developing in October CMS, you will perform a step that kills the...