A lot of people complain that their certain VPS provider isn’t up to the mark as their WordPress blog host. The problem is that most bloggers think that just using a VPS is the solution to all their problems but the fact is, it is not, in its un-optimized state. There are a few tricks one needs to pull to be able to get the maximum benefits from their servers. One of them is installing an OpCode cache. What is an OpCode cache and why do you need it? Read more after the break.
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All you need to know about Windows Azure
PDC09, Microsoft’s Professional Developer Conference is all set to kick off on 17th November. Among many exciting technologies, Windows Azure will be one of the highlights of the event. Windows Azure is a cloud based services operating system that provides developers on-demand computing environment, storage for hosting and scalability purposes and web application management. With Windows Azure, user’s web applications are hosted on Microsoft’s datacenters.
The Simplest Forum Software bbPress 1.0 Final Released
bbPress is a simple and easy to use forum software created by the developers of WordPress. After many months of testing in alpha, beta and release candidate stages, the final version has been released today as bbPress 1.0. The bbPress administrative interface is very similar to WordPress and feels just like home for those accustomed to WordPress. One of the best things in bbPress is the single sign-on supprt between bbPress and WordPress, which means your users will need a single account to access both your WordPress installation as well as bbPress. Here’s a screenshot of bbPress 1.0 in action below.
Here’s the feature list of bbPress from the devs: