Installing Drupal on Rackspace Cloud Sites is a bit tougher than installing WordPress or even installing Magento for the beginners. This guide for Installing Drupal on Rackspace Cloud Sites will help both newbies and experts alike. Basically these three CMS - WordPress, Magento and Drupal has almost the same server requirements. We will use our test domain for Installing Drupal on Rackspace Cloud … [Read more...]
Open Cloud : Path to Real Cloud Computing
Open Cloud is an initiative. You probably have heard about OpenStack. Open Stack is a software project, which is a free architecture for cloud. A good Open Source initiative always has more possibilities than that of a closed source foundation. In this article, there is less about technical points on Open Cloud, rather its an explanatory article on Open Cloud. Open Cloud is a thought that … [Read more...]
W3 Total Cache Setup for Rackspace Cloud Sites with Cloud Files
W3 Total Cache Setup for Rackspace Cloud Sites with Cloud Files is a bit different than traditional hosting. Here is full guide on how to use W3 Total Cache Setup. We previously wrote about W3 Total Cache Setup with CloudFlare and CDN Complete Guide, this guide for W3 Total Cache Setup is only for Rackspace Cloud Sites . Preparation needed before using W3 Total Cache Setup for Rackspace … [Read more...]
WordPress CDN Plugin : Evaluating Few Rotten Eggs
Wordpress CDN Plugin is an important part for speeding up WordPress, but unfortunately there is no single well developed standalone CDN Plugin is available. It is true that if we can install W3 Total Cache Plugin and we can forget about everything including searching for some standalone Wordpress CDN Plugin, but in few WordPress installation one might need a separate Wordpress CDN Plugin or if … [Read more...]
Custom URL Shortener URL With bit ly : Custom Short Domain
Custom URL Shortener URL that is Custom Short Domain can be easily created using bit.ly URL Shortener service. You can use your own domain's name easily. Previously we wrote about the setup of Custom URL Shortener URL with Google in Setup own URL Shortener Service for Websites on Rackspace Cloud. In this guide too, we will show how to Setup own Custom URL Shortener URL With bit.ly using … [Read more...]
Free Cloud Accounts of Dropbox is Bigger with 16 GB Space
Free Cloud Accounts of Dropbox is Bigger with 16 GB Space with referrals. Definitely it will make other free cloud space providers uncomfortable with face lift. Among the Free Cloud Storage Service providers we listed before, Dropbox is the most clicked links. We have not noticed the Face Lift before this upgraded free cloud plan, may be it has been missed, but the increased free cloud storage … [Read more...]
Installing XenForo Forum Software on Rackspace Cloud Sites
Installing XenForo Forum Software on Rackspace Cloud Sites is just easy as installing WordPress, but the .htaccess needs a bit tweak for proper working. We wrote about XenForo Forum Software before. As Rackspace Cloud Sites has a proprietary control panel, the steps will be a bit different. You can ask for a free Demo before Installing XenForo Forum Software to check whether it fulfills your need. … [Read more...]
MySQL : What is MySQL, Why We Need MySQL
MySQL is an open-source server side software for relational database management system. Wider deployment options,integration with Apache makes it indispensable. If you are regular reader of this website you already know about LAMP - LAMP is nothing but an acronym that stands for Linux, Apache, MySQL and PHP. We have written about Apache HTTP Server and PHP. Is not it quite obvious the next … [Read more...]
Cloud Database : Examples and Usage
Cloud Database provides full access to use the database for your website hosted on a Cloud Server. Advantages are pay as you go model and scalability. Previously we published an article on What is Cloud Database and How it Works. As the title suggests, in this article we will we will discuss about the practical aspect of Cloud Database. There are two models o Cloud Database from software based … [Read more...]
OpenStack : Open Source Software Behind Private and Public Cloud
OpenStack is an Open Source Software which is the build block behind many Private and Public Cloud. OpenStack has changed the way of Private Cloud Computing. Open Stack is a software project, which is a free architecture for cloud computing provides. History of OpenStack OpenStack was initiated by The Rackspace Cloud and NASA and is used by several other companies, including Dell, … [Read more...]
Installing WordPress on Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) Guide
Installing WordPress on Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) needs a bit advanced control on Cloud Computing control panel of Amazon. Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud is a cloud service that is designed to make scalable instances in an easier way for the developers. Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud's interface allows the user to configure the capacity with complete control of computing resources and lets … [Read more...]