Today(or yesterday now), I spent like 10 hours trying to figure out why my web server kept going down.
Well, I did upgrade to Lighttpd couple months back, which is much better web server than Apache. (YouTube runs on Lighttpd btw.)
One of the problems I encountered even with the latest version of Lighttpd is “memory leak”.
For server with light traffic, this memory leak isn’t too awful as it can take a year or so before you need to reboot your web ser
Last time I mentioned how you can run Lighttpd with WordPress to handle bunch more web traffic and save on server hosting costs. Well, here’s another great tutorial on HowToForge.com that shows you how to setup WebDav with Lighttpd. – link
This guide explains how to set up WebDAV with lighttpd on a Fedora
For the last couple months, I have been playing around with a lot of different web servers. Because my web servers kept going down, I had to find a new solution to help minimize my on-growing web server hosting costs.
About 2 years ago, one of the tech support guys at the dedicated server hosting company told me there’s a lighter web server called “Lighttpd”.
Well, I digged all the information I could on Lighttpd and found pieces of information that could let me run Zedomax.com on Lighttpd. (I also did find many other good web server alternatives like Ngi
You know, I haven’t had this much “hacking” fun since I first started this site. I just figured out how to install a WordPress blog on my Palm Pre! It runs really well btw but I can’t tell you the domain name since Sprint might cancel my contract if too many people start accessing it.
Anyways, I’ve written a detailed DIY guide over at Palm Pre Hacks Blog, make sure to check it out if you plan on taking your website with you at all times.
P.S. I am sure there will be one day technology gets so good that my blog will run on a cellphone.
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