This is a very common, but welcomed problem. You're website has become so popular that it has outgrown its current web server's capabilities. But, with…
Plugin – the word sounds nice, but…
We all love plugins. Depending on your application, there may be thousands of plugins available to take care of just about any need you can…
To Correct, or Redirect, That is the Question
While the trusty Apache RewriteRule seems to be a "buzz-phrase" in the SEO world these days, there's a catchy acronym that's losing some ground. That…
Apache permissions issues
If you are getting Apache permissions related error messages when trying to serve web content, there are a few things to try: Make sure your…
Social buttons slowing down site load times?
Facebook, Twitter, Google Plus One – our favorite ways to spread the word about our blog posts. But, at what cost? How many people out…
DNS performance slowing you down?
Many of us access the same website dozens or hundreds of times a day, making the combined total time that we wait for page requests…
Tracking anonymous users
Let's face it, having to create an account is probably the number 1 reason that users avoid doing anything trivial on the web. By trivial,…
Remote Host Address returns 127.0.0.1
So you're trying to track your users IP for one reason or another, but a glimpse at the REMOTE_ADDR server variable always returns localhost or…
ColdFusion Session Locking – Keep it quick!
Lately I've been noticing, while examining chunks of ColdFusion code out there, that many folks don't give much thought to what goes on inside their…
SQL Conditional Update – Update only if NULL
When you find yourself needing to update a record column only if the column is currently NULL (where you don't want to overwrite actual data),…