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0. Introduction.
1. New Easy One-Click: MediaWiki!
2. One Click Entire Account Backups... New!
3. Dreamhost PS *Actually* all caught up!
4. DHSOTM
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0. Introduction.
Boy, these things just never ever ever ever stop do they. Not as long as
I still have breath in my lungs and/or a stake in this company. So, here
is this month's June 2008 Happy DreamHost Newsletter, a little late this
time, UNUSUALLY so.
I would have had it out in June itself, except I was so busy talking on
my cell phone while driving without a hands-free device that I could
never find the time. Thank goodness California passed that law outlawing
that on July 1st! Now, I can concentrate on just writing this newsletter
while driving.
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1. New Easy One-Click: MediaWiki!
The other DRIVING force behind this newsletter being late, was of course
that we had no new features to announce. So, at the last second on our
way into work this morning in fact, we whipped up another easy 1-click,
this time the world's most popular wiki software, already available on
our advanced section, MediaWiki!
https://panel.dreamhost.com/?tree=goodies.installer
Is where you go! And remember, EASY one-clicks mean you can't customize
things as much.. but we handle everything for you. With MediaWiki, the
customization is not such a big deal anyway, because we do allow you to
upload your wiki picture and there aren't a lot of options or any
plugins really to speak of. WHILE USING A HANDS-FREE DEVICE.
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2. One Click Entire Account Backups... New!
A feature last month that everybody seemed to have a GAS using was our
new ability to restore a domain's web directory from one of our backups
via the panel.
Well, after nearly missing a raccoon in the middle of the 110, I decided
we should have a one-click feature that allows you to download zipped-up
backups of your ENTIRE account with us, including all users, mailboxes,
and databases!
https://panel.dreamhost.com/?tree=home.backups
I can't take all the credit for the idea, it has been one of the most
popular suggestions for pretty near a decade actually. And, I'd like to
apologize to that raccoon's family.
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3. Dreamhost PS *Actually* all caught up!
Man, plantronics and jabra are lucky. I wish California would pass a law
requiring everybody to start using a VPS to host their website by August
1st, 2008. Maybe I should start a ballot initiative.
https://panel.dreamhost.com/?tree=vserver.provision
Because, believe it or not, we've (pretty much) gotten alllll the way
through our back log of pre-orders for DreamHost PS (see
http://www.dreamhostps.com/) and are ready to get new people provisioned
relatively quickly! We even have a couple of new options for DreamHost
PS which I may be about to write about in another section, assuming this
traffic doesn't clear up so we can get all the coding finished up in the
next hour!
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3.5 The Traffic Cleared Up!
Unlucky you, we couldn't get that sneaky extra DreamHost PS feature out
in between honking horns and screeching sirens! Instead, you'll have to
wait until Tuesday, July 8th for this page to exist:
https://panel.dreamhost.com/?tree=vserver.settings
It's a settings tab for your Virtual Private Server! It lets you do a
number of resource-saving things such as:
* Use mod_php version 5.2
* Turn on php caching for a super-performance boost
* If you use jabber, turn off the ability to talk to aim/icq/msn/etc..
* Turn off FTP access to your DreamHost PS entirely!
Of course, all these settings are not for MySQL PS.. those are already
pretty much all-the-way streamlined for doing MySQL!
Boy, we sure are stupid giving you all these ways to save money on VPS!
Even if there WERE a law requiring it, we'd hardly get mega-rich.
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4. DHSOTM
Well, that was an easy newsletter. It's no problem to hunker down and do
something on your laptop when you're not being constantly interrupted by
annoying hands-pay phone calls. And it's even easier to SHIFT GEARS from
reading about awesome new DreamHost features and focus on this month's
winner of the DreamHost Site of the Month:
http://www.sandpixel.ae/
Which, as any fool can plainly see, is a design firm based in the UAE.
And, isn't it _just_ like a design firm to have a nice looking website?
Well, it is. If you think you can compete with the likes of UAE design
firms, even though you're not in the UAE nor a design firm, or perhaps
exactly because you ARE, then submit YOUR site for the DHSOTM at:
https://panel.dreamhost.com/?tree=home.dhsotm
And next month the odds are really pretty good you'll win and be
featured right here, in front of literally sevens of thousands of Happy,
Happy, Safe, DreamHost Customers.
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Really, Really, Lame Car Pun,
Josh Jones
P.S. Did you get pulled over for listening to this newsletter on your
cell phone while driving in California? If so,
https://panel.dreamhost.com/id/?tab=contact
is how you should unsubscribe to be sure to never get another hefty $20
fine.
