So why CSS Sprites?
Use of CSS sprites is an advanced HTML technique that can be a little controversial – at least in terms of questioning whether any potential performance benefits merits the effort…
A lightweight HTML cache for a Webfusion shared service
This article takes the optimisation of my blog engine to a next stage. It develops some of the thoughts and concepts that I’ve previously discussed in the following articles: Using…
More on optimising PHP applications in a Webfusion shared service
This article is a follow-up to Performance in a Webfusion shared service and guidelines for optimising PHP applications. I decided to have a look at general postings on PHP performance…
Running remote commands on a Webfusion shared service
The general advice here is don’t – especially if you are not familiar with the bash command shell and Linux environments in general. However, there are still certain cases when…
Access and Permissions on a Webfusion shared service
The ownership and permission system on the shared Webfusion LAMP services are somewhat odd and merit being documented. Here is a listing of an appropriate subset of the access and…
A miserable case of ME/CFS – three years on
I’ve just finished rereading my ME/CFS updates. Looking back over that year-on-year time-scale, I can see that am continuing to make progress towards recovery, even though it’s often a case of…
Another Apache configuration funny on a Webfusion shared service
Last week I had some fun when I moved my blog rewrite from my home development system to the Webfusion service. This was a quick copy of a PHP script…
FTP access to Webfusion shared accounts
This is a little journey of fun that I wanted to record. If you happen to own a Webfusion shared account and you navigate to the Webfusion Support Site, selecting…
Using TinyMCE for WSYISWYG editing
I will cover the architecture of my blog engine in another article, but one feature that I wanted to add was some form of WSYISWYG editor for two main uses:…
My blog’s templating engine
I first came across a templating engine implementation in phpBB, and the phpBB wiki gives this overview of how it is used. I felt that the principle of separation of business…