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ColdFusion 9 Hosting Status Update

After many days of testing, installing the latest systems we can confirm the features and server software on our ColdFusion services: CentOS 5 32Bit LxAdmin/Kloxo Control Panel (Same as our Railo hosting) ColdFusion 9 Enterprise MySQL 5 PHP 5 PHP Ming Enabled FFmpeg Why 32Bit operating system, the main reason is due to the control [...]

ColdFusion 9 Hosting on Host Media UK

After our successful survey for ColdFusion 9 services on Linux we have now decided to go ahead with ColdFusion and have placed a new server in our racks to start offering this services within 2 weeks time. Our timeline: Install best OS for ColdFusion Install ColdFusion 9 Enterprise with the latest patches for the new security [...]

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ASP.NET Variables

ASP.NET Variables

The one of the most important parts of any coding language is variables and how to set them. For our example we are going to use a ‘String’, please see below our code:

<% String Title = “My Title”; %>

As you can see we are setting a string named ‘Title’ with the string of “My Title”. Now we want to display (echo / print / output) this to the page:

<%= Title %>

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Railo Service - Reboot Underway

2010-07-29 16:13:00

We are currently working on an issue where apache created a log file over 20GB which used up the rest of the hard drive we have in the server. The reboot will take 10min to fully go through.

Please v [...]

Railo Services - Amends Tomcat

2010-05-21 10:53:00

We have been working with the Railo team to improve our hosting services for Railo and we have made a few changes to our config which are listed below. Please note some of these changes may effect your websi [...]

WordPress Blog Hosting

WordPress is a easy to use blog system packed with great and easy to use features such as RSS feed systems, commenting and a full range of add-ons. You are able to manage your enture blog of the WP admin area which has everything you need to write, edit, approve and manage a blog.

To view a blog in action please visit our WordPress blog at: http://www.hostmediauk.com/blog/

About WordPress

WordPress

WordPress started in 2003 with a single bit of code to enhance the typography of everyday writing and with fewer users than you can count on your fingers and toes. Since then it has grown to be the largest self-hosted blogging tool in the world, used on hundreds of thousands of sites and seen by tens of millions of people every day. To learn more about WordPress visit their website at: http://wordpress.org/

Extending WordPress

WordPress

WordPress is infinitely extensible. One of the core philosophies of WordPress is to keep the core code as light and fast as possible but to provide a rich framework for the huge community to expand what WordPress can do, limited only by their imagination.

System Requirements

  • PHP version 4.3 or greater (Host Media UK offers PHP 4 & 5)
  • MySQL version 4.0 or greater (Host Media UK offers MySQL 5)
  • Apache (Host Media UK runs Apache)
  • The mod_rewrite Apache module (Host Media UK offers the mod_rewrite Apache module)

Installing WordPress

There are two ways of installing WordPress, the first option is to download the latest WordPress using the link below and manually install through the steps in the documents provided with the download.

Or the easiest way is to let our systems install the blog instantly for you using Fantastico De Luxe you can enter in the details such as admin username & password and the install directory to allow Fantastico De Luxe (cPanel) to do all the work. If you are using Windows web hosting WordPress is installed within the pre-install scripts system within Helm where you can also do the same.