Philip

Pretty much. A shared server is typically a single server that is shared with others. A cloud server has multiple physical servers that share resources.. which is better because typically if one physical server (a node) goes down for any reason, the others typically (and should) have backups and support the load while the node that went down is being brought back online.

IMO Chrome's built-in web dev toolkit is more than enough for most applications. The only other ones I have installed are AdBlock, Bitly, and a secure password generator for quick use. Is there anything specific you're wanting?

Ah, gotcha. Nope, not that I'm aware of. You could do a custom install script, depending on how much trouble you want to go through

Nothing wrong with zipping them and uploading them to a client server. Just be sure to use relative paths within your application & probably a config file that'll need some editing. I think using PEAR might be overkill unless you're wanting a lot of people to get it. Just my $0.02

Since nobody is giving templates... http://www.campaignmonitor.com/templates/ http://themeforest.net/category/marketing/email-templates

oh the irony...

I've found that sometimes the spam accounts sit format for a while (as PFM suggested) before they actually do anything. I'd suggest adding a captcha, or a more user friendly question/answer

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IMO count is the way to go.

IMO do the evacuation. Sure it's a pain in the ass and all, but man if shit does hit the fan you'll be glad you did instead of sitting on your roof waiting for days for a helicopter to save you

Once or twice a year I make it up there, not too often. Typically because a friend wants to see a museum or go to the zoo or some shit haha

I keep forgetting you're up there. I'll have to bug you next time I'm in town and we can grab a beer or something @Jaysonic - yeah, always go to try it out in person. Everyone will have differing opinions on phones

TBH when I first came from cPanel to a non-cPanel enviroment that ispconfig's layout & general setup felt more confusing than anything... which I'm glad it did because it ended up driving me to become good friends with the console

Don't forget about open source GUIs But I prefer doing it by command line anyways

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SQL Buddy is also one.

They have quite a few billboards near where I live "Know Linux? We're hiring!"

Personally, I'd probably end up doing the join... but I'd recommend benchmarking them (using mysqlslap or the like) to see which is better for you (server-wise)

The thought of 18 million pages, my server cries in pain.

Prorated is typically what happens, at least from my experience. If its within X days of the next bill, just tack on the prorated amount + next months charge. Otherwise, if they step down give them store credit.

It depends on what you need really & what your timeline is. I'd suggest playing around with it on a local box (if you have one readily available), get used to nginx. Then step up to a VPS or dedi (in this case, probably a small VPS) when you're ready to push it to the live site.

There is always a learning curve. It took me many more hours to first put an application into a framework when I first started, but even now a few months after I'm able to churn out applications pretty quick. Just hang in there and keep tinkering with it.

It gets compiled smoothly IMO, at least when I used it. I had been using the PHP compiler before and was happy with it. I have no idea if it is still up-to-date or not