Garrett St. John

I am a web developer and partner at Bold. This is where I share my thoughts, discoveries and other random bits.

Topic Archives: Web Servers

Installing Google’s mod_pagespeed on a MediaTemple (dv)

November 3, 2010

The announcement of mod_pagespeed by Google couldn’t have been more perfectly timed. I’ve been working on a page load speed optimization project this week and this fits the bill perfectly. The goal of mod_pagespeed is to automate optimization processes by integrating them into an Apache 2.x module. I’ll go through the process of installing and [Keep Reading…]

Fixing WordPress Permissions on a MediaTemple (dv)

September 19, 2010

Link: Fixing WordPress Permissions on MediaTemple DV Server Dead simple directions on how to fix WordPress permissions issues on a MediaTemple (dv) (or Plesk as a whole, for that matter).

Automated S3/FTP Backup of Plesk-based Web Servers

July 6, 2010

Link: Script to backup your server to FTP or Amazon S3 with PHP A genius PHP script built by Jordi Romkema to execute offsite backups on Plesk-based servers without using any Plesk functionality.