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Safitech v1.7 Wordpress Theme Released
by J. Miller on Apr.12, 2009, under Internet, Linux, OpenSource, Software, Updates, Web Hosting
Version 1.7 of SafiTech is now live @ http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/safitech/
You can make any comments or request changes etc within our community forums now online at http://forums.safitech.com/. We’ve now broken the 5,000+ download mark and are continuing to climb towards 10,000!
**v1.7 Updates Include**
–Max of ‘2′ Sidebars.
–Theme Options Added: Sidebar Location ‘left/right’
–Theme Options Added: Sidebar Visibility ‘hidden/visible’
–Complete Base Code Re-Write.
–IE7/8 Compatibility Fixes
To suPHP or not to suPHP? That is not really a question…
by J. Miller on Nov.11, 2008, under CPanel, Internet, Linux, Reference, Security, Web Hosting
suPHP… Just Use It!
What is suPHP you might ask? Well short of me explaining in detail what you can read elsewhere check out this link if you have any questions past my short description: http://www.suphp.org/FAQ.html
“suPHP is a tool for executing PHP scripts with the permissions of their owners. It consists of an Apache module (mod_suphp) and a setuid root binary (suphp) that is called by the Apache module to change the uid of the process executing the PHP interpreter.”
So you might be asking yourself whats the point in restructuring your PHP enviroment to utilize ‘suPHP’ instead of ‘phpsuexec.’ Probably the best reasons are protection of user’s files, better details for logging and monitoring services, which in turn protects servers, clients, and end-users from spammers. (continue reading…)
APF and BFD vs. CSF and LFD
by J. Miller on Sep.07, 2008, under CPanel, Linux, Security
So you have bought yourself a dedicated linux webserver or vps do you? How spectacular are your iptables skills? Not so hot, or do you just not like having to manage all those allows/denys etc by hand? *grin* Well most likely you’re already using some sort of firewall as it came default installed from your service provider; at least I hope so. (continue reading…)