Added 1.7.x branch to Elgg Multisite

Recently, I moved the Elgg Multisite project over to Github. The master of this branch is targeted at the 1.8 branch of Elgg, however, a number of you have requested that the 1.7.x branch be maintained to support the continuation of the 1.7 branch of Elgg. So, as requested I’ve created a 1.7 branch of […]

Marcus Povey

Recently, I moved the Elgg Multisite project over to Github. The master of this branch is targeted at the 1.8 branch of Elgg, however, a number of you have requested that the 1.7.x branch be maintained to support the continuation of the 1.7 branch of Elgg. So, as requested I’ve created a 1.7 branch of […]

Optimising your LAMP stack for performance

By default, the standard LAMP (Linux Apache Mysql Php/Perl/Python) stack doesn’t come particularly well optimised for handling more than a trivial amount of load. For most people this isn’t a problem, either they’re running on a large enough server or their traffic is at a level that they never hit against the limits. Anyway, I’ve […]

Marcus Povey

By default, the standard LAMP (Linux Apache Mysql Php/Perl/Python) stack doesn’t come particularly well optimised for handling more than a trivial amount of load. For most people this isn’t a problem, either they’re running on a large enough server or their traffic is at a level that they never hit against the limits. Anyway, I’ve […]

Building the NPPL Pilot logbook: Idea to launch

Those of you who know me from my work on Elgg or building the platform powering Latakoo are possibly not aware that I also write application software. Not as much as I’d like, the lure of web services and the long tail is seductive, but while web services solve some problems they create others. In […]

Marcus Povey

Those of you who know me from my work on Elgg or building the platform powering Latakoo are possibly not aware that I also write application software. Not as much as I’d like, the lure of web services and the long tail is seductive, but while web services solve some problems they create others. In […]