Screencast: Setting Up CakePHP
Check out my screencast [36 MB] on how to install and set up CakePHP to work on a localhost. For more screencasts, check out the Screencasts page.
CakePHP Presentation in Provo, Utah
For anyone who may be interested, and who may be in Provo, Utah on the August 18th, I’ll be presenting on CakePHP at Brigham Young University from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. I’ll be covering all the fundamentals of CakePHP development and plan on spending some time on using Cake as a content management system. There will also be a giveaway of my new book and I’ll be passing along some bonus material for those that attend, so please swing by if you’re in the area.
Again, the details:
B101 Joseph F. Smith Building
Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah
Monday, August 18th, 1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Easy File Transfers Between Remote Hosts
I’ve just moved from one web hosting provider to another one. But getting large web sites from Host A to Host B can be challenging and time-consuming, especially if you have less than a T1 connection. Let me share with you how I was able to move a 1.3 GB backup file from one host to another using ssh.
First, I logged into the new hosting account via ssh:
ssh username@new-domain.comThen, just a matter of using command-line FTP, I was able to move the file from the previous host:
ftp ftp.previous-domain.com
Name: [username]
Password: [password]
cd [to directory]
get [filename]That’s it. What’s nice about this is that the file transfer occurs between the new hosting server and the old one, which undoubtedly have a better internet connection speed than my current one. Also, it removes the task of having to download the backup file to my local machine, and then upload it to the new host. As long as one of the hosts doesn’t impose a bandwidth cap, this should transfer the file much more quickly than if you were to add your local machine to the process.
