Author: Patric Lougheed
Installing Node.js on Ubuntu

This guide will show you how to install Node.js on Ubuntu from either the source code or Git repository. I’m going to assume that you are using Ubuntu 12.04 (Precise Pangolin) and that you wish to install version…
Read More »7 Assessment Challenges of Moving Your Course Online (Plus Solutions) | Faculty Focus

Not all online courses are created from scratch. Many—if not most—are online versions of courses that have previously been taught face-to-face. In these cases, where an instructor or instructional designer is adapting an existing face-to-face course for online…
Read More »A compact Instructional Design Review Checklist

Every eLearning course requires a reliable evaluation tool that will accurately, objectively and systematically assess its validity, efficiency and comprehensiveness, and consequently assist developers and instructors to fine-tune it, and make it more powerful and concise, if necessary. This tool should have…
Read More »WordPress 3.6 “Oscar” is out!

The latest and greatest WordPress, version 3.6, is now live to the world and includes a beautiful new blog-centric theme, bullet-proof autosave and post locking, a revamped revision browser, native support for audio and video embeds, and improved…
Read More »WordPress 3.5.2 released

On June 21, 2013, WordPress 3.5.2 was released to the public. This is a maintenance and security update. Additionally: Version 3.5.2 fixes seven security issues: * Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) via the HTTP API. CVE-2013-2199. * Privilege Escalation:…
Read More »9 Essential Instructional Designer Skills | WPLMS

9 Essential Instructional Designer Skills | WPLMS.
Read More »Dotdeb – The repository for Debian-based LAMP servers

Tired of waiting for Ubuntu distro releases of PHP and MySQL only to find them way behind current builds? Follow the directions here and use apt to install current versions quiet reliably! Dotdeb – The repository for Debian-based…
Read More »Ubuntu 10.x completely remove and clean MySQL installation | StuffThatSpins.com

Latest PHP update for Ubuntu caused nothing but weird issues for me and I had to force update latest version but my Mysql update went sideways and this article help me get it straight again. Now running MySQL 5.5 on Ubuntu 11.10…
Read More »Build a web server with Node.js

Web servers don’t need to be big, general-purpose applications. Over the years they’ve become more complex, delivering all kinds of content to your browser. But what if you need something focused? Internet Information Server and Apache are overkill, and even…
Read More »Basic secure setup of LAMP server for Ubuntu

I came across a concise forum post on setting up security on a LAMP stack but experienced some issues getting it working on Ubuntu, so here is my updated guide. http://www.howtoforge.com/ubuntu_debian_lamp_server Please also try to use an updated…
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