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As some of your in primary may have come across this I thought I'd ask if anyone can recommend a webstore type app that would be kid friendly for junior age kids. For context I have a very creative daughter who wants to start "selling" her craft designs and she has a few friends who are similarly interested so, as I have a dedicated server and plenty of space I've been voluntold to get a space setup for her/them. Educationally it'd be a good experience for them all to see what's involved in ecommerce without the actual payments side of things so while my experience is in using complex webstore systems I'm aware that there may be something more suited to her age group but with scope to develop further. Ideally I'm looking for something that provides a web backend, is easy to managed so that the kids can upload and edit product listings (possibly with a more complex/advanced section that I can manage) and manage "orders". There's no intention to provide an online payment option but more a case of showcasing the kids work/products and allow friends/family to indicate interest, etc... and pay offline as needed. If anyone has any ideas or is aware of what is out there for this sort of project then please let me know. I'd like to avoid WordPress if I can. Thanks in advance...

Thanks Dave, I'll consult with my wife, figure out what she wants to do and then be in touch.

Thanks for the recommendation. It does seem to tick most of the boxes, barring the small HD capacity. @ICTDirect_Dave I need to check with the boss but I can foresee an issue as this is her personal machine, not a school purchase and the bargainhardware site doesn't have the same unit/spec. I'd also like to get a bigger drive (ie: 1TB - Samsung M.2 970) rather than get something we'll pull straight out.. Wondering if we could get the necessary USB OS stick to save on the headache of drive cloning. Any/all of that possible? And if so, how best to resolve?

Thank-you for that steer... I was nearly leaning in that direction but that sort of weakness is definitely something she'd come a cropper on. The storage thing is always fun as she hoards worksheets and other resources but the 4Tb external hard drive helps tackle that tendency.

Hi, Been a while since I've graced these hallowed forums but as I married a teacher (no I wasn't insane!) I've kept an eye in on most things. My reason for posting is that my other half is looking for a laptop of her own to handle both her own interests and also be able to VPN and handle work related tasks as a SENCO. Unfortunately I'm more than a little rusty on my knowledge of laptop based hardware so I was hoping you folk might share some good options, ones to avoid and suggestions on where might be the best place to purchase. One aspect of things we're looking at is a way of extending out to a second screen but that's relatively easy to resolve. Overall need is for office based apps, good connectivity, reliable and still able to handle a bit of binge watching on Netflix. No interest in games or video processing so mostly a good all rounder that doesn't hurt the eyes. Decent battery life is pretty important too. Budget is around £500-750 but could be persuaded higher if there's good reason for stretching things. Edit: USB-C and A ports and preferably option to connect via a USB-C hub to a second screen + keyboard, and mouse on a desk. Thanks in advance for any recommendations or steers away.

If you're on a new server you'll also need to do the following: yum install httpd-devel ...before you run the ./configure line.

Version 1.14.2 (on a new server) cd /home/downloads/svn wget https://dlcdn.apache.org/subversion/subversion-1.14.2.tar.gz tar xfvz subversion-1.14.2.tar.gz cd subversion-1.14.2 sh get-deps.sh yum install apr-devel yum install apr-util-devel yum install lz4 lz4-devel ./configure --with-apr=/usr/bin/apr-1-config --with-apr-util=/usr/bin/apu-1-config --with-utf8proc=internal make clean make make install

That time again so a quick update as EasyApache4 made a few changes. cd /home/downloads/svn wget https://archive.apache.org/dist/subversion/subversion-1.1.0.tar.gz tar xfvz subversion-1.10.0.tar.gz cd subversion-1.10.0 sh get-deps.sh ./configure --with-apr=/home/cpeasyapache/src/httpd-2.4/srclib/apr/apr-1-config --with-apr-util=/home/cpeasyapache/src/httpd-2.4/srclib/apr-util/apu-1-config --with-utf8proc=internal make clean make make install

Couple of additional points to address as the 1.10.0 installation created a few new problems for my particular install. 1. Thanks to Louidvdw for sharing the permissions point here http://www.edugeek.net/forums/nix/26101-subversion-whm-cpanel-11-a-2.html#post743185 2. You may hit a slew of "Forbidden" access errors which are likely to be picked up on in your apache error log In my case the issues were caused by a poorly edited svnaccess file (ie: the file with all the repos group associations, permissions, etc...) It seems that SVN now sanity checks this file and applies strict rules to the file, resulting in forbidden errors until you fix them. So, things to look out for: - "Section appears more than once in the authz file [foo]" Fix: Check for [foo] in your access file and remove any duplicates - "Access entry refers to undefined group '@bar'" Fix: Look under your [groups] section and look for any groups that have no members assigned (eg: bar = ). You can either assign a default user (eg: root) or remove the group and any permissions assigned to that group under the relevant repositories.

Bringing this back up to speed... cd /home/downloads/svn wget https://archive.apache.org/dist/subversion/subversion-1.10.0.tar.gz tar xfvz subversion-1.10.0.tar.gz cd subversion-1.10.0 sh get-deps.sh ./configure --with-apr=/usr/bin/apr-1-config --with-apr-util=/usr/bin/apu-1-config make clean make make install Note: You will hit errors if you haven't already installed LZ4 and utf8proc so chances are the configure command line may need look more like this: ./configure --with-apr=/usr/bin/apr-1-config --with-apr-util=/usr/bin/apu-1-config --with-lz4=internal --with-utf8proc=internal Personally we just installed lz4 binary and devel packages using YUM and then used the internal ref for utf8proc yum install lz4 lz4-devel so... our final code looked more like this. cd /home/downloads/svn wget https://archive.apache.org/dist/subversion/subversion-1.10.0.tar.gz tar xfvz subversion-1.10.0.tar.gz cd subversion-1.10.0 sh get-deps.sh ./configure --with-apr=/usr/bin/apr-1-config --with-apr-util=/usr/bin/apu-1-config --with-utf8proc=internal make clean make make install

Unfortunately I realised late on that the directory above was created from the legacy EA4 Apache installation prior to conversion to Cloudlinux. I believe you can still use EA4 to create an Apache installation with the appropriate version of PHP and you'll need to ensure you install the appropriate modules... From that it's then a case of using "locate" in shell to figure out where the apr-1-config and apu-1-config are and go from there.

This is a work in progress but just to update with what I've learned so far with EasyApache4 on WHM/Cpanel cd /home/downloads/svn wget http://subversion.tigris.org/downloads/subversion-1.9.7.tar.gz tar xfvz subversion-1.9.7.tar.gz cd subversion-1.9.7 sh get-deps.sh ./configure --with-apr=/opt/cpanel/ea-apr15/bin/apr-1-config --with-apr-util=/opt/cpanel/ea-apr15/bin/apu-1-config make clean make make install Bound to be some gotcha's in this that I haven't found yet but as with anything perhaps this will provide someone else with a clue to figure out the solution to the next problem (assuming there is one)

Couple of additional notes... If you need to switch your repository across to using an SSL connection rather than standard http you can do this by: 1. Installing a self signed cert for the domain you're using for your repository ref: https://www.a2hosting.com/kb/security/ssl/installing-a-self-signed-ssl-certificate (assuming you haven't gone out and registered a signed one that is) 2. Copying your custom.conf from the std to ssl.. cp /etc/httpd/conf/userdata/std/2_4/[u]user[/u]/www.[u]userdom[/u].co.uk/svn_custom.conf /etc/httpd/conf/userdata/ssl/2_4/[u]user[/u]/www.[u]userdom[/u].co.uk/svn_custom.conf 3. Incorporating the custom configuration into your httpd.conf #TEST the custom configuration before you commit it! /scripts/verify_vhost_includes #Assuming all is well... commit the svn_custom.conf and restart the apache server: /scripts/ensure_vhost_includes --user=[[u]user[/u]] /scripts/rebuildhttpdconf /scripts/restartsrv_httpd 4. Checkout your code using the new https url ... and that's about it... Just to note this approach is useful if you have nginx handling your standard/port80 web traffic and apache for any secure/port443 traffic. I was finding that I was getting bursts of activity from the server via port 80 following by 504 gateway timeout errors so this helped fix access.

Subversion 1.9.1 with Apache 2.4.x cd /home/downloads/svn wget http://subversion.tigris.org/downloads/subversion-1.9.1.tar.gz tar xfvz subversion-1.9.1.tar.gz cd subversion-1.9.1 sh get-deps.sh ./configure --with-apxs=/usr/local/apache/bin/apxs --with-apr=/usr/local/apache/bin/apr-1-config --with-apr-util=/home/cpeasyapache/src/httpd-2.4/srclib/apr-util make clean make make install The apache pre-main config is as recently LoadModule dav_svn_module /usr/local/libexec/mod_dav_svn.so LoadModule authz_svn_module /usr/local/libexec/mod_authz_svn.so

Just thought I'd share this little nugget of humility (or is that humiliation) as the penny just dropped. The problem I was having was a VPN LAN to LAN connection kept dropping between my workshop remote site and the unit at home. I had the Keep Alive option setup on the dial-out profile so I couldn't figure out what was going wrong until I realised that the target IP address might be important. Until my light bulb moment I had pointed the ping target at a Google DNS server but now the IP is an internal IP address on the target network and surprise surprise the connection stays active and rarely drops at all. Feel free to pour scorn on such a basic n00b error but figured I'd share this horrific admission in case there are others of similar challenged nature

Thought I'd share this nugget of intel having spent the last few hours drilling down through the list of possible causes for some BSOD issues I was hitting. Scenario: - Gigabyte Z97 Sniper MB - Intel CPU - Gigabyte - System information viewer installed - Intel Extreme Tuning Utility (XTU) installed - Avast anti-virus installed Symptoms: - Intel XTU was not providing the CPU frequency and also reported it was being blocked from reading some information (but not crashing) - System information viewer was running when first installed (before any AV installs) but some weeks later (after no use) was BSOD crashing when run Cause: - Avast uses something called "hardware assisted virtualization" which obviously conflicts with these utilities Solution: Avast (2015) - Open Avast user interface (ie: double click the avast system tray icon) -> Settings -> Troubleshooting -> Un-tick/select "Enable hardware-assisted virtualization" option** ** There are warnings about doing this and the effect this change will have for things like sandbox so it may be something you choose to do when you need to do hardware monitoring tasks and then re-enable during "normal" usage. Result: - Intel XTU now reads and shows the CPU frequency in its monitor display - Gigabyte System Information Viewer no longer BSOD crashes Additional notes: I strongly suspect this issue extends to other hardware utilities for things like monitoring, overclocking, etc, and on numerous other motherboard types, etc... So, if you see any others that apply, please tag them on so others can find the issue and solution. Thanks Keywords (just to help others searching for this issue): anti virus, crash, blue screen, cpu, processor, monitoring, hardware

Got a bit of a crisis issue at the moment so would really appreciate some help. There are two sites setup with server at each end but the local server has gone bye-bye thanks to a VMware issue, possibly hardware/disk failure so I need to get things running again with the remote site server that has roaming profiles, etc.. all setup. In the chaos my memory has drawn a blank so I'm just looking for the necessary steps to switch the local subnet so it can access the remote server rather than the downed local one. Is it as simple as switching ADSites and Services > Subnets > [local subnet] > Site to the remote Site or am I missing something?

... as a follow on from that... Check that your xcache.size and/or xcache.var_size config settings are under your memory limit setting for apache or you'll get errors like this: PHP Fatal error: XCache: Cannot create shm in Unknown on line 0 /tmp/xcache: Cannot allocate memory Failed creating file mapping It's obvious when you actually think about it but figured I'd share the #doh moment

Thought I'd post this up on here for anyone else who searches for this issue and can't figure out what's going on. If you make a change to your xcache configuration, specifically changing the xcache.size variable then, when you restart apache you may find yourself facing a heap of errors: PHP Fatal error: xc_fcntl_lock failed errno:9 The problem appears to be the file created at xcache.mmap_path and to resolve everything you need to delete this (or edit the variable for xcache.mmap_path) before restarting apache again. Hard to be sure exactly what happens but that cured things for me so thought I'd pass it along.

Thanks guys... Been looking at options and liking what I see so far... The budget is getting stretched a little due to the SSD but would be interested in your thoughts on the CPU cooler. Any recommendations on which to go with for reliability and low noise given the Q87 recommendation and CPU are as suggested? Cheers..

I've finally allowed myself some budget to upgrade a PC for work purposes but I am so far out of the hardware game (about 3+ years now) that I don't even know where to begin in terms of what's good, bad or just plain silly so I am turning to the hive mind for some input. In terms of what I have already: Hard drives of various capacities that I'll turn into RAID 1 arrays Monitors Case PSU (but I may upgrade if "the power isnae enuf cap'n") keyboard, mouse What I'm after are new: Motherboard (needs to be rock solid, with expansion potential - prepared to spend over the odds on this as a result) RAM (8 - 16Gb ish) CPU Graphics (sufficient to run 4 monitors) preferably ATI as I'm used to it. SSD drive (120 - 250gb) to minimise boot and maximise workflow (Any useful resources on organising/installing such a setup?) ...and as for specification/job-role I'm primarily after an office machine that capable of running Sony Vegas for video editing/rendition, Windows 7 64-bit, Office and general development software like Netbeans. I get naff all time for games or similar so expenditure to allow cutting edge is pointless but I would like to make use of the GPU's to help with video rendition and multi-monitor so reasonably good graphics to handle that is a consideration. The usual of plenty of USB and other ports, External SATA would be useful... Oh and it needs to be as quiet as possible without costing the earth to do so. The case is a good one in that respect. Overall I want excellent motherboard, reasonable CPU, reasonable GPU and good RAM without needing to go overboard. Budget overall is £600 max, but if I could keep it to around £400 then all the better. This is what happens when you turn yourself over completely to the joy of inkjet printers but I hope you'll take pity on a lapsed tech and help with some suggestions. Thanks in advance..

Right... Having spent the last 4 [expletive] hours trying to nail this down here's a few tips on how to deal with the 1.8.x update that may trip you up. 1. Make sure you know where your apache error_log is and tail it if you hit problems. tail -f /usr/local/apache/logs/error_log In particular watch out for 403 forbidden errors that weren't a problem with Subversion 1.7 but appeared as soon as you upgraded your svn server or client to 1.8 or higher. In my case the problem was a problem with a file system path in one of my AuthzSVNAccessFile settings. It completely borked the entire authentication file without giving any indication to the client. It'll appear as something like: 2. Look out for problems from mod_security coming in all over again DAV svn SVNParentPath "/home/foo/svn/dev" # Our ACL (Access Control Policy) AuthzSVNAccessFile /home/foo/svn/svnaccess # Try anonymous access first, then usernames if required. Satisfy Any Require valid-user AuthType Basic AuthName "My Dev Repos" AuthUserFile /home/foo/svn/passwd # Blanket approach (disable if possible) #SecRuleEngine Off # SubVersion Rules to disable to allow commits SecRuleRemoveById 390616 3. If you're installing Nginx as a way of boosting your servers speed for static files then you'll need to make some changes to allow apache to handle your svn access or you'll hit more forbidden error problems: Once installed: cd /etc/nginx/vhosts pico www.yourdomain.com FIND: root /home/foo/public_html; AFTER, ADD: location [your repos as per your apache custom.conf] { proxy_pass http://[your_ip:proxy_port]; include proxy.inc; include microcache.inc; } For the above, refer to the other blocks of code in the nginx conf file to see what you should be putting in each...

Apache 2.2.26 Subversion 1.8.5 cd /home/downloads/svn wget http://subversion.tigris.org/downloads/subversion-1.8.5.tar.gz tar xfvz subversion-1.8.5.tar.gz cd subversion-1.8.5 sh get-deps.sh cd serf ./serfmake --prefix=/usr/local/serf --with-apr=/usr/local/apache/bin install cd .. ./configure --with-apxs=/usr/local/apache/bin/apxs --with-apr=/usr/local/apache/bin/apr-1-config --with-apr-util=/home/cpeasyapache/src/httpd-2.2/srclib/apr-util --with-serf=/usr/local/serf/ make clean make make install It also seems that because the modules are now being built in a new location you need to alter the apache pre-main config as well Instead of: LoadModule dav_svn_module modules/mod_dav_svn.so LoadModule authz_svn_module modules/mod_authz_svn.so You will now need to use: LoadModule dav_svn_module /usr/local/libexec/mod_dav_svn.so LoadModule authz_svn_module /usr/local/libexec/mod_authz_svn.so

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So, a few weeks in, what's the prognosis? I'm looking at this or the iPhone 5, primarily as a away-from-the-desk work type thing so curious to see what folks are making of this longer term...