Upgrading a system running Ispconfig3 on Ubuntu 12.04 (LTS) to 14.04 is quite straight forward. However there are some issues to consider before doing so. It might affect some of the sites that are being hosted. Ubuntu 14.04 will move you from Apache 2.2 to 2.4 php will be upgraded from 5.3 to 5.5. Most modern […]
When setting up a website in Ispconfig3 I wanted to run a cron job (shell script) for the site (setup under Sites -> Cron jobs) but the job did not execute. When examining the /var/log/auth.log I found lines like these: Mar 22 10:31:01 servername jk_chrootsh[28726]: abort, homedir ‘/var/www/clients/client6/web284’ for user web284 (5015) does not contain the jail […]
I was developing a php script that should send emails to a receiver. It worked great with a number of email services, like gmail for example. But with Outlook.com, aka Hotmail.com or Live.com the emails I sent to an account was only visible when logging in to the account through the web. If the same account […]
Some week ago FileZilla released a new version – 3.10.0.1. After installing this version some clients had problems connecting with their web hosting servers using FTP. One of the changes in FileZilla was that it now defaults to TLS encrypted connections if the server supports it, which many web hosting providers do. However, if the […]
A client was going to stop using Microsoft Outlook and Exchange server and move their email to an ordinary web hosting company using IMAP. The client was downscaling and had no use of the benefits of Microsoft Exchange like shared contacts and calendars. They where just using it for email which could be obtained much […]
I experienced this error when trying to run a backup on a site hosted at the One.com provider. The solution is to manually adjust the JPA part size for split archives. Even if the configuration wizard had been used, it didn’t work. Go to Akeeba Backup -> Settings Scroll down to Archiver engine where JPA […]
I was moving a Joomla! 1.5 site to a new hosting server. The site had been running on PHP 5.2 on the prevoius server but on the new host only PHP 5.6 or later was available. Joomla! was version 1.5.14. After installing the site on the new server, no menu items were visible, not in […]
In the PrestaShop backoffice (admin), go to Catalog -> Products Above the product list, tick the “Filter by category” Select the “Home” category in the category list that drops down under the “Filter by category” Now far to the right you will find a “Position” column where you can use the arrows to move the […]
A very common design model for websites in fluid/reponsive design is to make a centered container taking up for example 80% of the screen width. It is not very unusual that the designer then wants the background on a header, footer, horizontal menu or any other similar object to have it’s background extended to the […]
Horizontal bullet lists are often used to create a horizontal menu. This is how to make the horizontal bullet list centered. Create a <div> container and set the text-align: center style on it. Create a <ul> <li> inside the div and set display: inline-block style on it. This is an example of how it is […]