Craig McKie
21 y/o. I.T Technician for a primary school. Web developer since I was 12 or 13. The avatar I use is of an online identity character I name TechKat.
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- JS/jQuery
- CSS
- Linux Servers
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Can I attach "Spaces" to my droplet and use it as storage for my git repository?
Technically, you can but it’s not as easy. You should look at this: https://github.com/s3fs-fuse/s3fs-fuse The Spaces API is …Accepted Answer: Technically, you can but it’s not as easy. You should look at this: https://github.com/s3fs-fuse/s3fs-fuse The Spaces API is … -
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High CPU usage every day after update new droplet
You should use the top command in your console. It should give you a reading of what processes are using the CPU a lot. -
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Adding my monthly usage billing to my website's dashboard
Hello, I have a dashboard for a website I run, and I wanted to add my monthly usage bill that it's currently set at. (For example, for 10 hours @ $0.03/hr, it should show $0.30 on my dashboard.) The thing is, it's sli... -
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What is a majority of user's favourite region?
I have a droplet I use for various small websites and I was curious to know, what's the best region for download/upload speeds? I often see AMS1 having capacity issues, or at least some choices of droplet size being f... -
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RecursiveIteratorIterator does not work - php5-fpm
Hello, I am trying to use RecursiveIteratorIterator with RecursiveDirectoryIterator to return an array of recursive files and folders. This used to work on a Apache2 + php5 setup but I recently moved over to nginx and... -
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Is there a way to register the referral post-signup?
I don’t think it is possible. You could contact Support via Control Panel and see if they can apply you to your friend’s referrals … -
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Files on the server loads only when it is accessed through www
Open a console terminal and type: cd /etc/apache2/sites-available I don’t know how you setup your website via configura… -
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Creating droplet is taking forever!
It is possible that your droplet is waiting in a long queue. Open a Support Ticket via the Control Panel and your friendly support … -
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max_connections will not change in ubuntu
The MySQL conf file for Ubuntu is usually in the /etc/mysql directory. Try making the changes in the conf file in that direct… -
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Installing FTP - do not know if installed correctly
Skip FTP, and stick with SFTP. There’s no packages to install and it works over SSH, which is a secure line between you and your se… -
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Digital Ocean Automated Backups
Automated backups, I believe, are every few or couple of days. I haven’t used DO’s backups as I prefer my own way, but my guess is … -
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GameRanger cod4 server in ubuntu
From the looks of things, GameRanger only works on Windows and Mac? -
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DO Status API
Hello. I was wondering if there is an API in place for the Digital Ocean Status domain? Not the droplets/domains etc API. I want to be able to use the API to automatically display the kind of same message the DO statu...