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Azure Web Sites – WordPress plugin update bug fixed
Mar 20, 2013

Windows Azure Web Sites has recently been upgraded to a new version. Among all the improvements and bug fixes in the new version there is one change that fixes a known issue with update of WordPress plugins . There have been numerous...

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PHP Troubleshooting in Windows Azure Web Sites
Jan 30, 2013

The need to diagnose and troubleshoot application’s failures often comes up during deployment to a hosting environment. Some configuration settings in hosting server may differ from what application expects. Often it is not as...

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phpMyAdmin on Windows Azure Web Sites
Dec 17, 2012

In my previous post about the migration of a WordPress site to Windows Azure I mentioned that I used phpMyAdmin to import existing blog data into a MySql/ClearDb database in Windows Azure. phpMyAdmin is a web based tool for administering...

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RuslanY.net running on Windows Azure Web Sites
Oct 22, 2012

I have not been writing any blog posts for a while. That was because for the past two years I have been busy working in a team that develops the Windows Azure Web Sites – a scalable web hosting platform in Windows Azure...

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Command line tools for managing PHP in IIS
Jun 28, 2011

The latest release of PHP Manager 1.2 for IIS now includes Windows PowerShell commands that can be used to install, configure and manage PHP on IIS 7 from command line. In addition those commands can be used to automate the configuration...

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Using Piwik Real Time Web Analytics on IIS
May 16, 2011

A month ago I have stopped using Google Analytics for my site and instead gave a try to Piwik – an open source, PHP/MySQL based real time web analytics application. Since then it has been working well for my site and overall to...

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WinCache Object Cache plugin for WordPress
May 09, 2011

The WinCache Object Cache plugin provides a persistent memory-based backend for the WordPress object cache. An object cache is a place for WordPress and WordPress extensions to store the results of complex operations. On subsequent...

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WinCache and WordPress plugin upgrade problem
Apr 14, 2011

The WinCache extension 1.1 for PHP has been released last year. Since then several customers reported a bug in the extension that prevents WordPress and other PHP applications from performing automatic upgrades or their plugins...

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PHP Manager for IIS is available in 5 languages
Mar 10, 2011

A new release of PHP Manager for IIS (version 1.1.2) is available for download. This release includes translations into 5 languages: German – the translation is provided by Christian Graefe Dutch – the translation...

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How to enable Xdebug in WebMatrix
Feb 18, 2011

Xdebug is a very popular PHP extension that helps with debugging and profiling of PHP scripts by providing a lot of valuable debug information. Microsoft WebMatrix is a development tool for building web applications. When WebMatrix...

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PHP Manager 1.1 available in Web PI
Dec 10, 2010

PHP Manager 1.1 for IIS 7 has been released today. This is an incremental release that contains all the functionality available in PHP Manager 1.0 for IIS 7 plus additional features listed below: Improved detection logic for existing...

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How to install PHP PEAR and phploc on Windows
Nov 22, 2010

PEAR (short for PHP Extension and Application Repository) is a framework and distribution system for reusable PHP components. In includes many useful tools and components that can be easily downloaded and installed by using PEAR...

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