tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-58498151207465323432009-11-05T04:45:19.023-08:00Chicago web design and development blog includes news and updates about web design firms in Chicago, Search Engine Optimization (SEO), Search Engine Marketing (SEM), interaction design, site optimization and web usability in Chicagoland. Tips for readers, buying guide and information on making money online and Internet marketing.ricknoreply@blogger.comBlogger243125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5849815120746532343.post-72696176961413697902009-06-17T15:29:00.000-07:002009-06-17T15:29:02.450-07:00

Tiger Technologies: Remote MySQL Connections: "Unfortunately, remote access to MySQL is not very secure. When your remote computer first connects to your MySQL database, the password is encrypted before being transmitted over the Internet. But after that, all data is passed as unencrypted 'plain text'. If someone was able to view your connection data (such as a 'hacker' capturing data from an

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basic class for using S3 with django david / django-storages / source — bitbucket.org: "Support for many storages (S3, MogileFS, etc) in Django."

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Since this blog is ostensibly the Chicago Web Design blog, I'll mention a Chicago Web Designer whose work I like:Patrick Algrim, the proprietor of P41 studios.

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Are they good affiliate programs? I don't know but they have them.

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lethain's lifeflow at master - GitHub: "A full featured and opinionated blogging solution using Django"

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Which is best for Django? Lighttpd or Nginx? Or maybe something else? - Server Fault: "mod_wsgi is recommended way to get Django application into production. Apache's mod_wsgi is much better than nginx. You can't find official package (in current Linux distributions) for nginx's mod_wsgi and You need to compile it by yourself. I like nginx but if You want to play safe, play with Apache mod_wsgi."

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how to nginx virtual servers fcgi for django? - Stack Overflow: "There have been two pretty good blog posts lately about setting up nginx, but both are using nginx to serve static (or cached) content and apache mod_wsgi to serve Django. I prefer this myself because mod_wsgi makes process management so much easier than fcgi (among other advantages)."

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HOWTO: Install WordPress on Nginx | ElasticDog.com: "Apache is a very well-establish web server that can handle just about any situation. Unfortunately, that flexibility comes at the cost of size and relatively high demands on server resources. Nginx (“engine x”) is a lightweight web server/reverse proxy that is very efficient and perfect for hosting WordPress. Read on to see how that can be done

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Using nginx to serve cached files from WP Super CacheHow To Speed Up Wordpress With Nginx And WP Super Cache | tech.nocr.at: "What we have essentially done is taken the load of serving static files like images, css, and js files off of apache and passed it on to Ngnix which runs a lot faster and leaner than apache for serving static content. All requests for any dynamic content like php still

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Have you ever said that before? I'm sure you have. ANyway check this out:Speed up slow Rails development in vista

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find out when your site goes downFree website monitoring service: Montastic: "Website monitoring made cool:Get an email when your site goes downGet an email when it goes back upRead statuses via RSS or Mac & PC widgetsFun, easy and elegant user interfaceUp to 100 websites monitoredNEW! Support for https and port number"

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free website uptime monitoring Free Websites Performance, Availability, Traffic Monitoring: "Monitor 24x7 websites, network devices and moreInstantly reports your site outage and response time.Ensure ultimate web experience"

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wp_cron � simonwheatley.co.uk: "This is where the pseudo come in, with the WordPress pseudo-Cron we’re relying on a constant flow of visitors to trigger WordPress into checking for scheduled tasks. The upshot of this is that we cannot rely on WordPress to precisely schedule events, but the system is good enough for most things. (We can always increase the frequency of visitors artificially by

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Here are some Django blog apps for those who are looking for blogging software written in Django / Python:ByteflowMightyLemonDjango basic apps

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Steven Harms' Blog � The Cherokee Webserver: "The project I am working on has a web browser on kiosk machines, and runs Django on the backend. I was in need of a fast, secure web server. I have always used Apache in the past, and have used Nginx, so I figured I should investigate Cherokee.Enter the Cherokee Web ServerCherokee has performed great as an embedded webserver which serves my django

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Optimize your Apache VPS for WordPress | Jestro: "If you made the decision to move your WordPress install from shared hosting to a shiny new VPS you should consider optimizing Apache by making some tweaks to your httpd.conf file. Apache is a fast, reliable, and flexible server but is heavy on resources by default. If you are running a small VPS, and using it just for WordPress, you can make some

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Hosting Git Repositories on Dreamhost | tail -f development.log: "First, if you take a look at the DH wiki entry for Git, you will see the very first method described is to run Git on your DH account using WebDAV. If you’re like me, thinking about doing Git over WebDAV probably just left you scratching your head. I think the reason why this is advocated, is because of the way DH setups SSH

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YouTube - How to Set Up Linux Distribution for Newbies - VPS BIBLE Pt 2: ""

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A Django deployment guide for Ubuntu | Ventanazul: "This is an easy to follow and very focused guide for developers who know how to handle their servers so I won't consider security issues, memcached, Django installation, databases or basic GNU/Linux, Apache and DNS settings. Of course all of those subjects are important and you should take care of them."

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Byteflow is a django blog application.Byteflow is a blog engine, written on Python, using Django. Why should you choose it over competitors? It has very clean codebase and developers, which are struggling to keep it so (that ease learning code and adding features for python programmers and those who sympathize ;). It has a lot of cool features, which you can't get in other blog engines or will

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MightyLemon is a django blog app.Check out the readme.

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pysmell - Google Code: "PySmell is a python IDE completion helper.It tries to statically analyze Python source code, without executing it, and generates information about a project's structure that IDE tools can use.There is currently support for Vim, Emacs and TextMate. Feel free to contribute your own favourite editor bindings, or to improve the existing ones."

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Apparently a 3x gain in speed is possibleCherokee Web Server: "Django & Cherokee 0.6 x3 speed"

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mod_wsgi is faster than mod_python, but not by that much.Django an Unscientific Benchmark between mod_python / mod_wsgi / aspen and runserver: "Tests are executed with Apache's ab2 tool running on the same machine as the server was. There is no explicit caching done in Django. CachingMiddleware was not enabled and otherwise default settings where used.Test System, workstation:core2duo 6700 2 x

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In the market for some netbooks? Here's a review of the MSI Specs X-Slim X320, X340 and Wind U123They're very thin laptops!

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