

Server is leveling off but still slow ToT
I'm also using dreamweaver mx to edit my hobby homepage and use firworks mx for graphics and modifying pictures. I'm still a n00b with photoshop software. Danny, Which db software would you recommend us to use? even for beginners. I've already forgotten how to use oracle sql since I'm not majoring in databases but multimedia and the internet.
Works like a charm. Awesome danny XD.
Wow 30,000 per day .. thats like 100 times wat I get ToT
Thanks for the web developer tips. Eventhough I'm just a graphic designer at the moment, my boss sometimes wants me to manage misc contents on some of the clients sites. The links you gave will surely help me =)
Congratulations on 30k users :O ! Great tips aswell, yet more invaluable infomation
Congratulations ;p I always use PHP too, and I use Zend Studio (in combination with Zend Platform). It allows me to debug PHP like any other programming language using breakpoints, watches, etc. (Platform is not necessary for debugging though, but it helps with catching errors/slow queries/caching on the server side) But... my current Zend Studio 5.5 has bad support for multi-byte text..., hopefully that will get better in the future.
Ran into similar performance issues with some of clients PHP applications. However using APC and memcached solved most of them. Add some properly configured mod_expires to your apache and switch of php's ultra-stupid autosending of headers. You might also think about setting up a server for static contents, thttpd or lighttpd will give amazing results about throughput and take away the work from your apache. Another thing that really provides great hints for optimizing is xdebug together with wincachegrind (or kcachegrind), it will show you exactly the bottlenecks in your app. By the way, smultron rocks very much on OSX, however for "real" development you better go with Eclipse :)
Heh, I admin a server hosting over 1000 on IIS. So far, its been good, but not my choice. I do like Dreamweaver for playing around and doing the basic, rapid layout of a site, but I prefer using a simple editor for coding CSS and cleaning up the code. I do need to go back and work with PHP, SQL, and Ruby. Don't want to be working in tech support forever
Omedetou Danny! PHP and MySQL was quite hard the first time I tried using it. (Like grabbing data from the DB and stuff). W3Schools is definately my number 1 choice to look at codes and stuff. hhmm.. I'm still confused with all me coding that I've tried and its very messy haha!
Very interesting post Danny and congratulations on exceeding your target! Of course I don't host my own site yet. Don't have one to host. ^^; From years of experience in computers and from what I have learned so far, I'm not completely in the dark. Thank you, you answered a few questions for me with this post. I'm using Smultron as well. It's surprise that many software developers view double byte language support as a low or non-priority subject. Of course it would be easy to use a Windows base program, but I want very much to move away from switch back and forth when working. It's one of the reasons I have been using Parallels. However, VMware may be the better application. I just discovered W3 Schools yesterday. Will go back soon to do more exploring.
Congrats, Danny. Got to adapt to your popularity now! lol. What a herro by the way? *Reads first part of the post, stumbles and snoozes* No, thank you, for all those posts, user-friendly tools and site features, your anime, Gundam (and so on...) passion and last, but not least, your unique sense of humor (in particular the Stormtrooper and Darth Vader shenanigans). Banzai Dannychoo.com! Banzai!!
Congratz Danny, you've now reached a new level of popularity. Give yourself a pat on the back. XP But seriously, congratz. I've been coming here for 2 years now and I still like how it goes. I plan on moving to Japan someday and you're my beginner's portal on how it's like there. Plus this site helped me figure what career I wanted and it's going smoothly towards it. Thanks Danny, thanks dannychoo.com. Banzai Danny and dannychoo.com, banzai.
Congr.Danny. Nice Shot! Tnks for W3 Schools...

nice post dude! I feel better about my site now. ;) . Most of the dev tools you use are right on with mine, I too use FW and had recently aquired photoshop cs2, but just havent fallen for it. thank for the links!

So thats why i had hard time getting the site to work recently. its great to see your site getting the attention it deserves thx to your site i learn a big part of japanese culture at the comfort of my home and getting me prepare as i am goin this summer woo hoo anyway thx again for great work and all the best to your site p.s are you going to attend chara hobby 2007? if so could you tell me how i can get admission do i purchase ticket on the spot or do i pre-buy tickets?? any info is greatly appreciated thank you
How many languages do you speak?

Congrats Danny! I've been at your webite since the first post, and I'm really happy for all the success that this blog has. And I hope that you're not stopping here! Good luck with the payment too ;P
I've really wanted to learn CSS and PHP, but my brain just can't comprehend it. And I'm too impatient; someone needs to force me to learn it ^^;
Thanks all! I checked my log again today and its showing more than 30,000 now - will tell you more about it later. Poiecemakr, about 5. X20Z, Do plan on attending Chara Hobby. You can get them on the day - just turn up early. Leo, 1000 on IIS?! Lennylien, Thanks for the tips! May ask you a few questions ^^;
Uwaa...i saw you site at internet archives and i have to say that there was a large ammount of improvements made. Way to go danny. I totally suck on css so i'm relying on xhtml. I don't know much on php either but i am interested, its complex i know . But i do hope someone can force my brain to work ^_^6
thx for telling how you manage to work from 2000 till now!! and I will take in mind what you have just mentioned, all the programs and such@
Danny, Yep, 1000 websites on IIS. We had to create close to 60 application pools and split the sites into them. Thankfully the server is beefy enough to handle it...for now (^-^;
WOW! 30000 unique visitors per day! And I'm happy when I got more than 15 per day ... ^_^; Thx for the insight on your dev enviroment, is good to know that is not just me that cannot use Dreamweaver for CSS editing. I didn't know of the W3Schools site, is great! Bookmarked.
Wow. 30k! Now that's a lot. Congrats! I've worked with php before but I've never really been a fan. I don't like mixing php code with the html tags and all. Looks too messy. :D Thanks for the tips, I'll give fireworks a try. I've never really been good with graphics design. heheh btw, do you use relative or absolute positioning in your css?
Interesting post, I had wondered about where/how you host your site as you had mentioned that you get a 100Mbit fiber optic link to your house. So, you don't do any of that load-balancing stuff huh? Have you considered paying for hosting? Learning web dev is not easy, I think it's quite amazing what you've achieved. I'm just starting to use wordpress and start blogging... I always find learning by dissecting existing codes easier and more goal-oriented than reading books. This Friday is my last day at my current place of employment of 5+ years. I'm taking the chance to do the web / blog stuff and aiming to go to grad school in Japan next year. This is what I'm blogging about, my journey to Japan. If you got any info, please shoot me an email! :) Cheers.
Clone, I currently host at theplanet.com - I have a few didicated servers there. Load balancing will be implemented soon. Bele, Depends on what I am doing. Absolute can screw things up a bit though.
I didnt understand that (not a very technical person when it comes to the internet) but it looks like your site is doing terriffically well. Congratulations!