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Setup WordPress or WPMU to make an atomic version switch — AND allow you to revert

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I have a new WordPress MU (WPMU) install and I am ready for my first upgrade. I couldn’t get automatic upgrade to work, and all the forums said: do it by hand manually. This is fine, but I didn’t want my site to be in flux with some old an some new files as I [...]

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Configuring Log Rotation of Apache2 and Other Logs

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I went to check out my apache2 logs and I noticed that they were being automatically rotated (access.log, access.log.1, etc.) and compressed with gzip (access.log.2.gz, etc.). This seems to be the default Ubuntu configuration. I wanted to make find out more, and I found this helpful article about Ubuntu logs, including Apache2 Log info and [...]

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What is the Apache directive order of precedence?

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I am trying to implement some mod_rewrite RewriteRules using WordPressMU. I tried putting them in the Virtural Host file, but they did not appear to work. Since WPMU has a set of mod_rewrite RewriteRules in a .htaccess file, I wondered if the order of precedence was the problem. It seems that was indeed the cause. [...]

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How to debug Apache RewriteRule or mod_rewrite

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It’s hard to debug Apache RewriteRule (mod_rewrite) problems, especially when you have multiple rules. With applications like WPMU, it can be especially tough because WPMU may likely be doing it’s own RewriteRules. One trick is to turn on the rewrite log. To turn it on,try these lines in your .htaccess or virtual host file: For [...]

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