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@MattW Is it easy to switch to nginx, php-fpm with SPDY?
I never tried nginx, It looks a bit different to apache. But I read allot of good comments about it.
The only thing is that i'm not sure that I want to mess with this on my production server. Once I start with the switch I need to get it working.
If I knew I could do it right from the first time I would definitely do it. But i'm not sure.

I also need to convert rewrite rules right? ==> Not good in this stuff :eek: o_O
But I need to get into this, because I will need it.

I tried to install mod_pagespeed and SPDY but I can't install from the rpm packages because apache is compiled from source with custombuild (Directadmin)
 
@MattW Is it easy to switch to nginx, php-fpm with SPDY?
I never tried nginx, It looks a bit different to apache. But I read allot of good comments about it.
The only thing is that i'm not sure that I want to mess with this on my production server. Once I start with the switch I need to get it working.
If I knew I could do it right from the first time I would definitely do it. But i'm not sure.

I also need to convert rewrite rules right? ==> Not good in this stuff :eek: o_O
But I need to get into this, because I will need it.

I tried to install mod_pagespeed and SPDY but I can't install from the rpm packages because apache is compiled from source with custombuild (Directadmin)
It's easy if you aren't using a control panel, you just uninstall apache, and install nginx.

Yes, you will also need to convert any specific re-writes you have in place to the nginx version, but it's not "that" difficult once you get started.
 
Hi MattW,

I'm using a control panel. Directadmin.
But I think this installing is the easy part. But not sure about the configuration. And if it's gonna work instantly after the switch.

I just found out that there are converters for rewrite rules apache <--> nginx
http://www.anilcetin.com
http://labs.gidix.de/nginx

Not sure if they are working properly.
I might give it a try later this week. :)
 
Question about SSL: is supported by the major ad networks (like Tradedoubler, Zanox etc.)? That's my concern.

Ahead of this, there are other limitations on external services if you enable SSL?
 
Question about SSL: is supported by the major ad networks (like Tradedoubler, Zanox etc.)? That's my concern.

Ahead of this, there are other limitations on external services if you enable SSL?
Ask those ad network directly for best answer.
 
Hi MattW,

I'm using a control panel. Directadmin.
But I think this installing is the easy part. But not sure about the configuration. And if it's gonna work instantly after the switch.

I just found out that there are converters for rewrite rules apache <--> nginx
http://www.anilcetin.com
http://labs.gidix.de/nginx

Not sure if they are working properly.
I might give it a try later this week. :)
DirectAdmin is one of the few control panels that supports and works with nginx. In fact when you install Direct Admin it ask you, do you want apache or nginx?! ;)
 
Directadmin is by far the best panel software I ever used. A lifetime license costed me 90 USD. It is much cleaner to maintain and use than bloated PLESK.
 
DirectAdmin is one of the few control panels that supports and works with nginx. In fact when you install Direct Admin it ask you, do you want apache or nginx?! ;)

I know. But I don't know how to configure it with SPDY support. And the reason I'm still on apache is that I nginx doesn't support .htaccess
So I need to convert all these. I might test that out when I install a new server in a few months. I need a spare server to test it out before I start messing around...

Directadmin is by far the best panel software I ever used. A lifetime license costed me 90 USD. It is much cleaner to maintain and use than bloated PLESK.

I agree. I love it! I used Plesk before. Total disaster!
 
Question about SSL: is supported by the major ad networks (like Tradedoubler, Zanox etc.)? That's my concern.

Ahead of this, there are other limitations on external services if you enable SSL?
I'm using it with tradedoubler. But not all ads work perfect. Some of them still load from an unsafe source. So I removed these. But the rest works perfect.
 
I have enabled SSL on my site. Now i see a "insecure content" warning. I have enabled now the Image Proxy Feature. What time i have to wait to see the "green bar"? I have to re-install the cert to see it o i have just to wait?
 
I have enabled SSL on my site. Now i see a "insecure content" warning. I have enabled now the Image Proxy Feature. What time i have to wait to see the "green bar"? I have to re-install the cert to see it o i have just to wait?
Open console in your browser and inspect what are those remaining insecure content.
 
The insecure content is from my style (Core). How i can make all the images from https? (the domain is already over HTTPS...).
Find where they are referenced in the style and change them from http:// to https:// Or better yet, just make the protocol relative to whatever the site is already running. For example, say your image was this:
Code:
http://www.example.com/image.png

All of these are valid URLs:
Code:
http://www.example.com/image.png
https://www.example.com/image.png
//www.example.com/image.png

The last one will just serve the content over whatever protocol the user is using. It's also how protocol agnostic services (like Google Analytics give you the code to paste).
 
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I've sended an e-mail to @Russ for this...there are a system to update all images with a single command? I mean something like the "Search and replace" by Kier (i don't know if i can use it for this, but...)
 
I've sended an e-mail to @Russ for this...there are a system to update all images with a single command?
Depends on how it's being called. If it's from your ACP style properties then if there is an http call there then it needs to be removed.

Link to your site?
 
I've sended an e-mail to @Russ for this...there are a system to update all images with a single command? I mean something like the "Search and replace" by Kier (i don't know if i can use it for this, but...)

Doing a quick search over the latest version of the XML the only thing directly calling using http:// is the google fonts(which I'll adjust in the next release to drop the http:). You can fix this if you haven't already by going to Style properties -> [XB] General and drop the http: part. In the latest version of Core we got rid of all the images and use CSS effects for everything so I'd need a URL to inspect if you want to PM me it.
 
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