SSL for wordpress login and admin section

add define(‘FORCE_SSL_ADMIN’, true); in wp-config.php
edit /etc/apache2/listen.conf and add NameVirtualHost *:443
add a virtualHost section to your httpd.conf

<VirtualHost *:443>
DocumentRoot “var/local/wwwroot/bernhard/”
ServerName bernhard.hensler.net
ErrorLog /var/log/apache2/error_log
TransferLog /var/log/apache2/access_log
SSLEngine on
SSLCipherSuite ALL:!ADH:!EXPORT56:RC4+RSA:+HIGH:+MEDIUM:+
LOW:+SSLv2:+EXP:+eNULL
SSLCertificateFile /etc/apache2/ssl.crt/server.crt
SSLCertificateKeyFile /etc/apache2/ssl.key/server.key
</VirtualHost>

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steps to visualize HTTP server logging – part I

apache
check Apache server version by creating a simple e.g. serverinfo.php file with following statement: <?php phpinfo(); ?>
and open in your browser: http://your host/serverinfo.php. Find the version info in the Apache Version section:
Apache Version – Apache/2.0.53 (Linux/SUSE)
or run from the command line:
/usr/sbin # apache2ctl -v
Server version: Apache/2.0.53
Server built: Aug 30 2006 13:14:23
h969344:/usr/sbin #
Next add [...]

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php & post_max_size – upload_max_filesize

Für den upload grösserer Dateien in einem post reicht es nicht, in der php.ini nur den “upload_max_filesize” zu erhöhen – es braucht ebenfalls den “post_max_size”.
Wer eine “globale” Einstellung vermeiden will, kann die Import Werte auch über eine .htaccess Datei verändern – so zumindestens lt. diesem Artikel:

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iPhone 3G & Geotags & XML Google Maps plugin

A feature I wasn’t aware of is that the iPhone 3G can geotag photos, thanks to the built-in GPS chip.
The XML Google Maps plugin reads the GPS position information from the Exif tags of the image stored in the NextGEN Gallery. Use “xmlgm ngg_gallery=<gallerid>” to show the whole geotagged Gallery on your map or use [...]

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Exif data for Nextgen Gallery

If you see this in your NextGen Gallery main page, use YAST to install the php4-exif package:

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