Dynamic subdomains via nginx

Sometimes we need to handle lots of subdomains (e.g. we want to have URLs like someones_login.ourdomain.com). So, lets configure nginx for this kind of situation.

Script for start/stop/restart pylons project

It is always a good idea to run your python projects via paster + nginx. Some time ago I wrote about building environment for pylons projects on ubuntu, so that shouldn’t be a problem. Now… let create some kind of script to start, stop and restart our application.

TOra with MySQL on Ubuntu

Yeah, sometimes everybody needs to use graphic SQL editor. For example… if you want to add more advanced triggers to your database.

Can’t see custom letters in menu of Opera browser :: Ubuntu

I just upgraded my Opera browser (I still can’t understand why people use this browser) to version 10.0 on my ubuntu system. I started it and… I can’t see custom letters in menu (letters like ‘ą’, ‘ę’, ‘ł’ from polish alphabet). I had to fix it.

Wordpress on nginx + lighttpd + FastCGI + php

Sure, you can always install Apache. However… sometimes you can’t… for example: there could be some other web server installed on your port 80. There could be nginx for your python projects already installed (like in my case).

Database replication in MySQL :: Master – Slave

I will try to describe how to set up database replication in MySQL. Replication allows you to have an exact copy of a database from a master server on another server (slave), and all updates to the database on the master server are immediately replicated to the database on the slave server so that both databases are in sync. Today I will describe how to set up replication Master – Slave, next time – I will write about replication Master – Master. So let’s go.

Default Java under Ubuntu

Today… there will be something really easy. How to set default Java under Ubuntu?

Can’t install mysql-python on some Debian server

Ok, I’m building new pylons’ environment like I described in one of the earlier posts on this blog. However… there is a problem with mysql-python. It’s time to fix it.

Change quality of lots of images by one click :: linux

Did you ever try to change quality of lots of images? If you ever tried to put some images to your website – propably you did. How you can do it? Via Gimp, Photoshop, Paint, isn’t? Sure, you can. However… it takes so much time.

Check available width and height of your website in JavaScript

Yeah, sure. To check width or height of your screen you can always use ’screen.width’ or ’screen.height’ and theoretically you can always use ‘window.innerHeight’ and ‘windows.innerWidth’ to check height and width of your window… but did you ever try to use it? If you did so… you already know that in many situations it’s not sufficient. Let me explain why…