Doug Rau
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Posts by Doug Rau
Putting together a new webhost server
Mar 2nd
We’ve been putting together a new webhost server this week, to serve as a front-end for customers of our UNIX web hosting services to upload content. When we built the previous server, the only file transfer service we could support with our virtual account system was FTP. But with the march of time, our ability to provide better has improved.
The new webhost server provides both FTP and encrypted SFTP file upload, and basic shell access via SSH for file management. Shell access also enables publishing and managing your content via version control systems like GIT and SVN.
Part of my work on the new server involved reconfiguring the webhost control panel software, which was mostly written years ago. Its always interesting to revisit old projects, to see how the state of the art and your own skills have evolved over the years. In this case, I think I have some better ideas for implementing the control panel better, with better integration with our current account systems and more features for our customers. That’ll be a longer project, though.
Speeding up JS
Feb 23rd
As web pages become richer and more complex, from dynamic interface effects to loading content via AJAX, they can also become burdened with Javascript libraries which put more load on your network and degrade the user experience of your website.
There are two parts to speeding up JavaScript on your website. The first addresses how quickly your page loads, and the second how well it responds to the user. There are several things you can do to improve the former, while the latter is mostly at the mercy of the web browser’s Javascript engine.
Speeding up CSS
Jan 31st
As web pages become richer and more complex, they can also become burdened with numerous CSS files, background images, icons, and scripts which put additional load on your network and degrade the user experience of your website. Fortunately, there are a few things you can do to improve things.
What does a VDC get you out of?
Jan 20th
A vmForge virtual data center gets you into a private pool of computing resources which you can custom configure to your needs. It gets you into a lean, efficient, reliable, and elastic platform for your business, which can easily grow as you do. But it’s also worth looking at what it gets you out of.
Idle Thoughts: Things to do with your VDC
Jan 17th
By now, you might have a virtual datacenter, and whether by design or happenstance, you might have some extra capacity in reserve. Rather than letting it sit idle, why not utilize it for some small, temporary projects? Since creating and starting a virtual machine takes minutes instead of hours, and the resources invested can be recovered just as quickly, its relatively easy to explore options which you might not have had time for before. Maybe you can solve a problem you’ve been struggling with, or discover new capabilities for your business. Here’s a few ideas.
