Since this site is running on a small (about the size of a four DVD cases) server with a meer 275 MHz ARM processor or the equivalent of a 120 MHz x86 processor I decided to install "Lighty" (LightTPD), a web server focused on speed and having a small footprint. My little b0xen needs all the help it can get to serve my blog so I have also installed eAccelerator to help things along aswell as enabling caching from images and css and also compressing the output in gzip format which should mean the site reaches you faster. The site certainly feels a lot faster though I still need to tweak PHP and perhaps go over some of my code checking for bottlenecks.

I really like Lighty, it was very easy to set up and has a nice config file, despite the hours I spent getting it up and running due to lack of knowledge in a few areas, also the lack of Debian specific instructions caused a few frustrations, now that I know what I'm doing setting it up again would be a much quicker process. I'm considering writing a HOWTO, I know I could have done with one

I have tweaked the main font colour, made it a tad darker. It dawned on me last night at 3AM that it was too light and hard to read. Now I can read it well into the night

I have a PHP test tomorrow at University, not that I have done any revision if all the work I have done with PHP does not ensure a pass I don't know what does.

To add to the randomness of this post, I have fixed the content (that's the pages down the side under the main menu) and updated the About Me page, the other pages are also in need of an overhaul. Also I fixed the RSS Feed thanks to Lee for pointing this problem out. Last but not least there is now a server stats page with fancy graphics should anyone be inclined to check it out



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Tim Location: United Kingdom Joined: 26/03/05	Sounds interesting
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Chris Location: West Midlands, UK Joined: 24/03/05	There's a login persistence prob I need to sort, they are often the most anoying and difficult to find. Have you noticed any speed increase?

Dugahole Location: Ballarat, Victoria, Australia Joined: 27/03/05	It is quicker, much quicker...and stats are sexy.

Tim Location: United Kingdom Joined: 26/03/05	yer i noticed speedincrease too. will there be an editprofile option soon.
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Chris Location: West Midlands, UK Joined: 24/03/05	There will be one, just not sure if there will be one soon I can edit profiles as admin but the user backend still needs a lot of work. I'll post about it as soon as it's done.

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