I have some Dreamhost coupons for anybody who’s interested in ultra-cheap web hosting. I have been using their services for the past two years and just upgraded from a shared server to a private server. I am very happy with their support and infrastructure. They have a highly intuitive control panel through which every aspect of your website can be controlled. Its very easy to customize the software stack you use including php (yes for the shared server too). Installing software is a breeze using their “One Click Installers” which includes WordPress, Drupal, CafeCommerce, phpBB etc. Continue reading
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Host Custom Gems with Dreamhost – Your Own Gem Server
I have started working on a webapp on Heroku. Heroku requires you to specify where your external gems come from. This is nice as you can specify a RubyForge, RubyGems, GitHub or any repository for that matter. However RubyGems is the de-facto gem host these days. All the gems on RubyGems have owners/co-owners and only they can update/upgrade the gem. Now what happens if you have a lazy gem owner who hasn’t updated the gem for over 2 years? You get an outdated gem. The only option is to update the gem yourself and host it elsewhere. Thats what made me create my custom gem server on Dreamhost. Continue reading
Custom PHP Compilation for DreamHost
I have been playing around with Symphony CMS the past one week (I’m kinda bored of WordPress). I use Dreamhost for all my hosting needs. Dreamhost is also one of the recommended hosts for Symphony, but has a low 3 star rating. I soon figured out why – one of the core symphony features called ensemble doesn’t work on Dreamhost because PHP on Dreamhost isn’t compiled with the ZipArchive class. Continue reading
