Ok, this is not really a plugin per se, but WordPress already has the capability of displaying a Twitter search stream via it’s RSS feed widget. It is dirt simple to set up. Go into Appearance -> Widgets and select the widget area you wish to add the twitter search stream to; Add “RSS” and [...]
Categories: Configurations,Social Media,Software
It is easy to do an in-place upgrade of Ubuntu Server from 8.10 ‘Intrepid Ibex‘ to 9.04 ‘Jaunty Jackalope‘. You can do this remotely over ssh or whatever you use to control your server. Best practices say to make sure to backup your server before doing the upgrade. I’ve done several servers this way with [...]
Categories: Linux,Shell,System Administration,Ubuntu
Tagged: System Administration, Ubuntu
I recently came across a typo that existed in a bunch of html files on my web server. I thought it should be easy enough to change, but since it was in a number of files, editing it by hand would be time consuming. Fortunately, there is an easy, one liner command to replace the [...]
Categories: CentOS,Other Code,Shell,System Administration,Ubuntu
Tagged: command line, Linux, tips
Came across this little maddening issue again today after fixing it a few months back. I created a directory that is password protected using a .htaccess file. However, when trying to access this folder or anything under this directory, a File Not Found 404 error from WordPress is displayed before it even prompts you for [...]
Categories: Code Samples,Configurations,Other Code,Software,System Administration
Zabbix is an excellent system monitoring package. It does everything from basic availability checking to detailed system resource analysis. It is capable of graphing the variables pulled from the system, and alerting admins if there is a problem or something needed for attention. Once you have the Zabbix server set up, you need to install [...]
Categories: CentOS,Code Samples,Configurations,Linux,Programs,System Administration
Tagged: agent, alerts, monitoring, zabbix
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