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Installing PECL uploadprogress Extension for Drupal on ubuntu server

PECL are PHP Extensions. this one in particular is used by drupal to show an upload progress bar.
  1. In my ubuntu server "make" was not installed and you will need it to compile the code of the uploadprogress pecl extension. apt-get install make
  2. Next we need "phpize" which will compile the code to make it part of the php library. apt-get install php5-dev
  3. The next line will download and compile the pecl extension.

Why use firebug and page speed to control your web pages?

You can edit, debug, and monitor CSS, HTML, and JavaScript live in any web page.Major points of interest for this excelent firefox plugin:

Errors in linkedin.com

I am quite disappointed about my profile in linkedin. When filling the form about myself and my location linkedin ask to introduce the zip code of the city. With that zip code, their database show up an "area" instead of the city. Unfortunately, that area, in  my case, does not correspond at all with my city, neither with my province, neither with my region. That make me feel like people at linkedin do not care really about European geography at all.

Tips for a trip in Amsterdam

Here are some adresses I have discovered , during my last visit in amsterdam.

Howto install Webmin to administer your server?

I love webmin. I think it is one of the best freeware administration tool for a linux box. I normaly install via apt repository. Please follow the instructions directly on the webmin site: howto unstall webmin on ubuntu server via apt repository.

How to move your MySQL database directory to another directory

If you have a dedicated server with a second Hard Drive then you can often achieve better performance (reduce io wait issues) if you move your MySQL databases to the second Hard Drive.

This was done on a server with CentOS operating system.
Let’s say your second HDD is mounted as /home2
1. The first step is to stop MySQL so that all your data gets copied correctly.

$ /etc/rc.d/init.d/mysql stop
- or -
$ service mysql* stop

Apache - Name-based vs. IP-based Virtual Hosts

IP-based virtual hosts use the IP address of the connection to determine the correct virtual host to serve. Therefore you need to have a separate IP address for each host. With name-based virtual hosting, the server relies on the client to report the hostname as part of the HTTP headers. Using this technique, many different hosts can share the same IP address.

Howto install apache2 mod_rewrite on Ubuntu

The default apache php mysql installation on Ubuntu 9.04 server doesn't include mod_rewrite module. This module is required by Drupal "clean url". To install mod_rewrite, run command as below:sudo a2enmod rewriteGood luck..
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