My server is having some Mysql connection issues. I know that the number of queries has increased exponentially and I am also aware that the server is doing a lot more work. However, I am wondering if I can tweak some Mysql parameters to make things work better. Here are some details: Mysql frequently runs out of connections. I close every connection after I am done with it, and I try to reduce or break up all my slow queries. The server averages about 10 queries a second and the number of threads hover around mid 90s all the time. I have reduced the max_timeout and the connect errors to try and reduce the number of threads but that does not seem to make much of a difference. I have tried to increase the number of max connections and that just seems to grind the server to a halt. I […]
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Eric Meyer: WP-Gatekeeper: A more accessible CAPTCHA solution to prevent comment Spam in WordPress. Interesting solution that has been tried before and has had mixed reviews from users. [EDIT] Interesting twist I did not quite catch at first glance My goal was to create a system … rotates between as many challenges as one cares to set up. It could be just one challenge, or a set of 100. So a blog could ask for the blogname, the author’s name and the day of the week, for example.
[Continue Reading...]CSS Rounded Box Generator: Cool implemenation of rounded corners CSS. Thanks Arvind
[Continue Reading...]Updated Paginate plugin for WordPress 1.5
[Continue Reading...]Aromatic Blend WordPress Templates: Three wordpress templates from Beng. The first is a blend of brown and white with a menu on top, the second is a cartoony three column much like Gemini and the third is a sobre grey with flowers. Thanks BloggingPro
[Continue Reading...]podFeeder – podcast repository: An online aggregator for Podcasts with a descktop client that makes podcast downloads simple and podcast aggregation a breeze. The client is Windows only for now, but Mac and Linux clients are in the works. Thanks iPodder
[Continue Reading...]SlickDeals.net Forums – Automatically monitor the woot-off: If you are a fan of Woot as I am, this might interest you. For those unaware, Woot offers a single item every day at unbelievable prices until it sells out.
[Continue Reading...]If you are using the Technorati Link Cosmos using PHP then links that this tag generates will be counted by Search engines as being valid – which they may well be. But if a spammer sets up a blog, and links to you, you will be counted as providing a valid link. You might not want that to happen. The altered script can be grabbed here: http://www.tamba2.org.uk/downloads/cosmos.phps It won’t remove the link and it’s not ideal as you are tarring all links with the same brush, but it will make the spammers link useless for pagerank purposes.
[Continue Reading...]A WordPress Rant: A frustrated reader points out a “persistent” bug in WordPress. If there is a quick answer, please feel free to point it out to him. But the reason for this post is more of a question for an idea I had while reading the above post. I want to know if a “paid” set of forums for WordPress (where you are gauranteed an answer and a fix) would fly. Every user would be allowed to register, log on and search for free. However, they would be charged ‘x’ amount of dollars to be able to browse the full text of the forums and ‘y’ amount of dollars to submit a new bug/thread/problem and get a timely fix for it. The ‘y’ dollar amount would be determined by the nature of the problem and the propensity of the fix. This venture would need far more than one developer […]
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