Monthly Archives: August 2011
Installing RVM on CentOS 5
RVM is a great piece of software. Without it, it’d be a nightmare to maintain multiple versions of Ruby and multiple gemsets. I know that I use it every day, and if you’re developing with Ruby, you’ll probably want to … Continue reading
Making the CentOS 6 Boot Splash Screen More Verbose
CentOS 6 comes with a splash screen that displays a progress bar as it boots. This looks nice and might be cool on a desktop for some eye candy but I’d rather watch what is happening. You can hit any … Continue reading
Add Facebook Like Button to Magento Product View
It seems that every site you visit has a link to share this article, page or product with your Facebook friends. This tutorial will make it easy for your customers to share your products with their Facebook friends. For this … Continue reading
Software RAID on Linux with mdadm
Software RAID can be a great alternative when greater disk redundancy and/or performance is needed but the expense of a hardware RAID card can’t be justified. On Linux, software RAID almost universally means mdadm, so that is what I’m going … Continue reading
New Billing System Migration
On the heels of our support system upgrade, we are finally fully integrating our client portals of all of our various services into one complete system. This will allow us to provide a single point of contact for all of … Continue reading
Nexcess Adds Global Crossing at Michigan Data Center
Ann Arbor, Michigan, August 1, 2011 – Nexcess, operator of a PCI -compliant Michigan data center, has announced the addition of Global Crossing (GBLX) to the facility’s network. Effective immediately, Nexcess’ web hosting clients that receive service from the company’s … Continue reading
Updating an Old Theme to Work With Magento
Many Magento store owners continue to operate old versions of the rapidly maturing e-commerce application. With the 1.6 release looming on the horizon, now seems like a good time to consider upgrading. If you’re running a version prior to the … Continue reading
