WordPress troubleshooting

I’ve done a fair bit of WordPress troubleshooting over the last few weeks, including moving sites from one server to another and upgrading server operating systems. While a lot of this isn’t probably that interesting, I did come across a few things that might help other people undertaking similar tasks. My method for moving content … Read more

Fixing Ubuntu network issue

If a computer running linux won’t connect to or see wireless networks when it resumes from hibernation, issue the following command: sudo systemctl restart network-manager.service See http://askubuntu.com/questions/761180/wifi-doesnt-work-after-suspend-after-16-04-upgrade for the source.

Backing up music

To sync music from my Mac Mini to /home/andy/music on my Linux server: sudo rsync -av –rsh=ssh /Volumes/Music-2017-01-22/Created\ 26th\ July\ 2015/iTunes\ Media/Music/ andy@slave27.local:/home/andy/Music/ Output should be something like: Mini:~ andy$ sudo rsync -av –rsh=ssh /Volumes/Music-2017-01-22/Created\ 26th\ July\ 2015/iTunes\ Media/Music/ andy@slave27.local:/home/andy/Music/ Password: andy@slave27.local’s password: building file list … done ./ Akira Sakata & Jim O’Rourke with … Read more

Installing and configuring WordPress

The following instructions describe how I install WordPress on Ubuntu. The instructions may differ slightly for other server environments, but the basic principles should be the same. This requires shell access to the server, but once it’s finished the WordPress instance(s) should be capable of being administered through a web browser. Part 1 – Installing … Read more