Month: December 2014

  • Back to MySQL

    不知从什么时候开始,Fedora 和 CentOS 里的 MySQL 都给换成了 MariaDB。我一直搞不懂好端端的 MySQL 为什么还要分出一个 MariaDB,更搞不懂 MariaDB 的优越性在哪里,反正 MySQL 对我来说够用了,倒是 MariaDB 安装和启动时使用了不同于 MySQL 的名称,让我很不习惯。比如

    yum install mysql-server
    

    换成了

    yum install mariadb
    
    service mysqld start
    

    换成了

    service mariadb start
    

    幸好,除此之外,一切照旧,用到 MySQL 的 PHP 程序都能继续在 MariaDB 使用,所以我就一直用着 MariaDB。直到今天使用 Magento2,要求 MySQL 5.6 以上版本,而 CentOS 下把 MariaDB 用 yum update 到最新版本,仍是 5.5.40。

    于是我被逼着去下载 MySQL 5.6。不用不知道,一用发现 CentOS 下安装 MySQL 超级方便,只要安装好 RPM 包——http://dev.mysql.com/get/mysql-community-release-el7-5.noarch.rpm,就可以恢复使用

    yum install mysql-server
    

    执行安装。

    早知如此,我真不该碰 MariaDB——这个并没有给我带来实际利益的程序也花了我一天去熟悉。

  • Twenty Fifteen features West Pier

    WordPress 4.1 发布了,Twenty Fifteen theme 也发布了。

    Twenty Fifteen screenshot
    Twenty Fifteen screenshot

    仔细一看,Twenty Fifteen 用的主题图竟然是我们 Brighton West Pier 的一幅照片。West Pier 的照片我已经见过千千万万了,但被用在 WordPress 上我还是觉得格外出彩。为了赞扬 WordPress 对 Brighton 的支持,我立即切换芳草苑到 Twenty Fifteen 主题,暂且不考虑她是否适合芳草苑。

  • Godaddy .com renewal coupon

    It is getting harder and harder to find a Godaddy .com renewal coupon with big discount, I mean, over 30% off.

    Today I had spent 2 hours searching in vain, and was thinking I had to use some voucher with only 20% off for order over $50. The code is not specific for .com renewal, but general for all Godaddy products. It means all Godaddy products can be marked at least 20% off, and it is a sales technique which I do not like. So I do not regard 20% off as a REAL discount. Anyway, it is off topic.

    At last minute, I came across a .com renewal coupon 35REN414. The person who revealed this coupon said it was 35% off. Actually I got 40% off when I used it today. Since I never got such a big discount on .com renewal before (the biggest I had got was 33% off), I immediately decided to use code to renew .com domains to a maximum length.

    Longer registration period, better SEO result. And domain renewal price is rising. So it is a good investment, I think.