If you’re anything like me, you’re used to having the world at your fingertips. In fact, you expect it. Everything you connect to is right there – friends, family, news, shopping. You get instant gratification in your digital life, and when one aspect isn’t instant, it sticks out like a sore thumb. We feel your [...]
Recently I was working on a new project, but when I tried testing it on my DreamHost server, I got the ominous message… “Fatal error: Class ‘finfo’ not found” Oh noes! PHP defines several classes in its core, but many more are defined within modules/extensions. In my case, I was trying to use a class [...]
Like the other countless users who’ve downloaded the W3 Total Cache plugin, or manually set expires headers, I want my sites to be fast. Requests should be served from cache whenever possible. But what happens when you want to update a stylesheet in production? How can you tell your site to serve the latest version? [...]
During DreamCon, I’ll be speaking on the process and benefits of optimizing your graphics for the web. The session will revolve around Adobe Photoshop, and will go over the ‘save for web’ feature, as well as which file formats are best to use for specific situations. For example, we’ll identify the differences between GIF, PNG, [...]
Our very own DreamHoster, Mark McClain, who is also an OpenStack Project Technical Lead had an awesome interview with Mirantis! In case you haven’t had a chance to read it, check it out below! OpenStack Project Technical Lead Interview Series #1: Mark McClain, OpenStack Networking Project by: David M. Fishman We are introducing the first [...]
Databases are everywhere. In fact, they’re so widely used in web software that nearly everyone with a website will have to deal with them at some point. At DreamHost, we use MySQL for databases. With the unlimited number of databases included with shared, VPS and dedicated hosting, there’s a good amount of flexibility in how [...]
Recently someone turned on a big bad botnet and has been attempting to bruteforce the admin accounts for WordPress installs across the internet. This event is yet another reminder that passwords are passé and can be a weak point in many systems worldwide. Here are a few things you can do to help protect yourself from this kind of attack: [...]
Our first DreamUp was a lot of fun! Almost a dozen people gathered at a local restaurant. We had the entire 2nd floor to ourselves. Since we met on a Wednesday, the restaurant wasn’t too busy and they were happy to have us in that space. Truly a win-win. Two topics were on the agenda [...]
If youʼve had a wild and woolly WordPress problem at DreamHost in the last 8 months, Iʼve probably handled your support ticket. Iʼm the new WordPress Support / Community Specialist and Manager, which is a fancy way to say that if weʼre messing around with WordPress, Iʼm involved. I work closely with Dreamhost developers on all [...]
Back in the Paleolithic days of the Web, if you wanted to make a website that was anything but linear, your only choice was to turn to the <table> tag. In fact, most swanky sites back then were table-based layouts nestled with sliced images. Coding practices shifted after the introduction of cascading stylesheets (CSS). Front-end [...]