Tired of getting these errors in IIS for WordPress? This is the 500 error normally displayed when there is a website problem. But behind it is the real error, that you need to see, without logging into the web server and running it locally. Here is one of the many wordpress errors that may be […]
Read More →IIS 7 Url Rewrite with WordPress
I just switched my site over to yet another web server. This one is running the latest and greatest, IIS 7.5, Windows 2008 R2 x64. Plus I want to do some more testing and playing around with WebSitePanel (WSP). WSP used to be DotNetPanel, then they went open source and now it’s a free control […]
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Sorry, I really don’t post this stuff enough and it’s probably helpful to the few people who run into these weird issues. Working for a web host, I run into weird issues all the time. We deal with a plethora of different customers using different technologies, software, applications, configurations, etc. Here’s something a customer just […]
Read More →Cloud Computing Explained
Great graphic giving some basics on cloud computing. Almost any web host now can offer cloud computing simply based on their infrastructure. However, true cloud computing is pay as you go for what you use. Meaning you only pay for the CPU cycles, disk space, and bandwidth used by visitors to your site or that […]
Read More →Bridge your wireless network with a WRT310N v2 and Airport Extreme
Update 11/6/2017: Here is a guide on the best VPN for DD-WRT routers. Worth checking out if you want to add even more great features to your open source router firmware. The best VPNs for DD-WRT routers and how to set up OpenVPN on DD-WRT https://www.comparitech.com/blog/vpn-privacy/best-vpn-dd-wrt-router/ In my living room are two devices that require […]
Read More →New Toy! M-Audio Studiophile AV40
My wife went on vacation this week without me. So the first thing I did was buy a new toy I’ve been wanting for a long time. Studio monitors. Now, some of you will think I’m crazy, what do I need studio monitors for? I’m not making music or even in the music biz. The […]
Read More →Google Adsense Public Service Ads Plague
For the life of me I could not figure out why my ads went from tech/gluten to PSA. I read blogs and articles on how to re-index, add content, change settings etc to get them to go away. But the answer was in adsense help the whole time. A while ago I verified my account […]
Read More →More on Wincache + WordPress + IIS 7
I just found this blog post on iis.net and applied it to my WordPress site. The site does seem a lot faster but it could be the car wash effect. You know, when you get your car washed and somehow it makes it faster. Also known as the gas tank effect. http://blogs.iis.net/ruslany/archive/2010/03/05/make-wordpress-faster-on-iis-with-wincache-1-1.aspx
Read More →Windows 2008 + Railo + IIS 7
I recently had the pleasure of figuring out how to get Railo working for a customer. Unfortunately the internet doesn’t convey my extreme sarcasm in saying the word pleasure. It was not pleasant. For one, there is very limited documentation. So limited that it’s hard to determine what version you should install. Despite all this […]
Read More →PHP 5.2.13 + IIS 7 + Wincache
MikeSaysMeh dot com is now running on PHP 5.2.13 with IIS 7 and Wincache. Its pretty easy to install, just download the Non Thread Safe version of PHP 5 from here. http://windows.php.net/download/ and download Wincache from here, http://www.iis.net/expand/WinCacheForPhp. Install PHP, add wincache extension, run. Its really that simple. Just make sure you use the non […]
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