Jeff Wilson

An experienced Linux veteran with many years of experience. Helping other Linux admins with frequent Linux and business-related blog posts on the RoseHosting blog. Techie by choice. Loving nature and travel. Happily married and father of two lovely children.

Speed-up your PHP based websites using Zend Optimizer on a CentOS 6 VPS

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speed-up-your-php-based-websites-using-zend-optimizer-on-a-centos-6-vpsIn the following article we will guide you through the steps on how to install and set-up Zend Optimizer on a CentOS 6 Linux VPS.

Installing Zend OPcache will significantly boost your website’s speed and performance.

 

How is Zend OPcache able to speed up my website?

The Zend OPcache provides faster PHP execution through opcode caching and optimization. It improves PHP performance by storing pre-compiled script byte-code in shared memory.  This eliminates the stages of reading code from disk and compiling it on future access. In addition, it applies a few byte-code optimization patterns that make code execution faster.

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How to install phpBB 3 on a CentOS 6 VPS

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320px-Phpbb3-ccw-logoToday’s article will be about installing and configuring phpBB3 on a CentOS 6 VPS. phpBB (PHP Bulletin Board) is one of the most popular free and open-source bulletin boards written in the PHP scripting language and used by millions of people around the world. With phpBB you can easily create your discussion boards and start your own community with just a few clicks of your mouse. phpBB is very customizable and there are a number of templates, languages, style and image packages available for it’s customization.

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Install Fork CMS on a Debian VPS

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forkIn this tutorial we’ll see how to install Fork CMS on a Debian 7 (Wheezy) VPS with MySQL, PHP-FPM and Nginx
Fork CMS is an open-source Content Management System written in PHP and comes with modules, themes, multi-language support, search engine optimisation and many more. Fork CMS is dedicated to creating a user friendly environment to build, monitor and update your website.

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How to install LEMP and run TT-RSS on a Fedora 20 VPS

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how-to-install-lemp-and-run-tt-rss-on-fedora-20-vpsThe following blog post will guide you through the steps of installing LEMP (Linux Nginx MariaDB and PHP) and setting up TT-RSS (Tiny-Tiny RSS) on a Fedora 20 VPS.

What is Tiny Tiny RSS?

It is an open source, web-based news feed (RSS/Atom) reader and aggregator, designed to allow you to read news from any location, while feeling as close to a real desktop application as possible.

 

Some of the TT-RSS features are:

  • Server-side AJAX-powered application, user only needs a web browser
  • Free software, licensed under GNU GPL
  • Supports feed aggregation / syndication,
  • Supports keyboard shortcuts
  • Supports OPML import/export
  • Supports sharing arbitrary content through tt-rss
  • Supports mobile device

and much more….

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Install Phorum forum sotware on a CentOS VPS

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Phorum-logoIn today’s blog article we will focus on the installation and configuration of another forum software – Phorum on a CentOS VPS. The name coming from the combination of ‘PHP’ and ‘forum’. Phorum is free and open-source web based forum software written in PHP. It is very feature rich and easy customizable message board. Its flexibility gives you power to make Phorum do what you want it to do.

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How to set-up server-side email filtering with Dovecot Sieve and Roundcube on a CentOS 6 VPS

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Install and set-up Roundcube webmail interfaceThe following article is part 6 of the mailserver set-up with virtual users and domains using Postfix and Dovecot series. It covers the steps used to set-up server-side email filtering with Dovecot Sieve and Roundcube on a CentOS 6 VPS

At the end of this article you will end up having the ability to set-up your own server-side mail filter rules and automatically deliver emails to specific maildir based on a filter rule.

What is all this about?

The project behind this is known as Pigeonhole. It’s great because it adds support for the Sieve language (RFC 5228) and the ManageSieve protocol (RFC 5804) to the Dovecot Secure IMAP Server. Additionally, one can easily manage these filter rules via Roundcube’s web interface.

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Install PrestaShop on Debian

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Install PrestaShop on Debian

In this post we’ll show you how to install PrestaShop on  Debian, with PHP-FPM and Nginx. PrestaShop is an open-source eCommerce solution, committed to providing the best online shopping experience for both consumers and merchants. PrestaShop comes with many features such as Catalog Management, Product Displays, Site Management, Search Engine Optimization, Multi-store management, Analytics & Reporting and many more. Installing PrestaShop on Debian, is easy task if you carefully follow the steps below.

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