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We always strive to make your sites run as quickly and smoothly as possible, both on the front end and under the hood. So we’re happy to announce that the WordPress.com image service, which delivers the beautiful images you use in your posts to your site’s visitors, now offers seamless support for the WebP image format. What does this mean for…
Andrew Youderian • December 2, 2015 It’s the most wonderful time of year. Before you get all bah-humbug on us, we’ve eliminated the biggest holiday stressor for you (second to hosting your in-laws for dinner of course): your holiday shopping! We’ve rounded up some of our all-time favorite gifts to give in our annual holiday…
With the internet growing larger and our dependency on digital information growing ever more prominent, the issues of web security are a continual discussion point in the world of hosting as well as amongst the web professionals that float through the halls of cPanel. Not only are we looking for new ways to improve our…
VMware Fixes vSphere 6 CBT Issue VMware have release a patch ESXi600-201511001 that resolves the vSphere 6 Change Block Tracking (CBT) issue which I wrote about in an earlier blog post The Patch willl resolve the issue on ESXi 6 Update 1a Reading a little more into this patch on the Veeam Community Forums, Gostev goes into…
Automatticians, the people who build WordPress.com, participate in events and projects around the world every day. Periodically, they report back on the exciting things they do when not in front of a computer. Last week, Happiness Engineers Marjorie R. Asturias and Andrea Badgley attended the fifth annual Wine Tourism Conference in Loudoun County, Virginia. The…
When converting a system from 7-mode to Clustered Data Ontap, there are a few steps that need to be done. You can find the process in my article: Netapp Data Ontap 7-Mode to Clustered Ontap Steps Netapp 7-mode to c-mode bootarg.init.boot_clustered I came across a system which was running Data Ontap 8.1.4P3 as 7-mode that…
What is an RCF file ? An RCF file stands for Reference Configuration File and contains a basic certified configuration for the Netapp CN1610 intercluster switches Currently the latest version of RCF file for Netapp CN1610 intercluster switches is 1.1, however we had 2 switches that were on version 1.0 and in need of an…
Denial of service (DoS) attacks are nothing new – according to Britannica the first documented case dates back to early 2000. Despite being the first one it was a doozie, Amazon and eBay were brought to their knees, resulting in an estimates $1.7 billion in damages. Today DoS attacks have only become a lot more…
Many web designers neglect appropriate sidebar usage. Sidebars are often loaded with more distracting features and content than readers know how to deal with, which may lead them to leave the page. Even if a reader doesn’t leave the page because of an over-crowded or otherwise inappropriate sidebar design, he or she will come to…
What if WordPress.com helped you… … update your pages and respond to comments from a desktop app? … manage all your WordPress blogs and sites in one spot, on any device? … spend less time on administration and uploading and more time creating? … find the best content people publish with WordPress every day? What if we rebuilt…
Veeam and Netapp Replication Bug 52968 Last week we came across an issue where Veeam Backup and Replication Update 3 was unable to find Netapp snapmirror or snapvault relationships for the specific job that was running. The specific warning within the job window was: cannot find any relevant Netapp Snapvault and Snapmirror Relationships The virtual machines…
Netapp Clustered Data Ontap 8.3.2 RC1 Today Netapp announced the release of Clustered Data Ontap 8.3.2 RC1 There have been a few enhancements and bug fixes included in this release, such as: Storage QOS no supported on clusters up to 24 nodes [Metro Cluster] Support for Cisco 9250i switches [Metro Cluster] Support for QLE2564 quad-port…
However, we also understand that WordPress might not be the best choice for every website. One such alternative is the new Slides framework, created by our friends at Designmodo. Slides is ideal for anyone looking for a quick-and-easy way to build a gorgeous one-page website – in which case, you probably don’t require all of…
Learn how to take the same agile framework used in software development and apply it to marketing. Expand your horizons and explore how agile marketing can benefit your marketing efforts. Presenter: Stephen Brent May Read moreHow can I change permissions on my cgi-bin files using FTP?Agile methodologies, traditionally associated with software development, have proven their…
Telling stories has power; they connect us, help us work through the raw emotion, and give us a way to make sense of events. After last week’s devastating violence in Paris and Beirut, these nine bloggers shared theirs, helping us do just that. Reading their posts may not be easy — but it is important. Cultive le Web, “Attentats à Paris,…
So you’ve gotten people to come to your website, which is a great first step. Now you need to get them where they want to be, or they’re likely to bounce. Having a good menu will help prevent bounces by getting people where they want to be efficiently. Although menus might seem complicated at first,…
Veeam Backup and VMware ESXi 6 CBT issue Last week an issue was discovered within VMware ESXi 6 where by Change Block Tracking (CBT) can return incorrect changed blocks . This means you will end up with inconsistent incremental backups. VMware have released a KB article (KB2136854) which illustrates the problem and further goes on to say…
From parents and poets to journalists and politicians, WordPress.com’s publishing tools allow people to make their voices heard. We have heard your excellent feedback on our interim editor and today, we’re excited to introduce our new editor: a faster, cleaner, and more streamlined way to create posts and pages, and share, promote, and manage content…
Netapp Announces General Availability of Data Ontap 8.2.4 Netapp has now released Data Ontap 8.2.4 as GA. This version of Data Ontap is supported on 7-mode as well as C-mode To check if your system is compatible with this release be sure to check out Netapp’s Hardware Universe Clustered Data Ontap 8.2.4 Highlighted Feature Networking…
Vcloud Director – Transfer Spooling Area is not writable If you have your vcloud director cells setup to use shared NFS storage and you do not have the correct permissions on the mount point folder, you will run into this error: Error starting application: Transfer spooling area is not writable: /opt/vmware/vcloud-director/data/transfer You can see this…