Notes for Nicole Sharp's Website

Notes on the development of Nicole Sharp’s Website.

KeePass

• https://www.keepass.info/
• https://www.keepass.info/features.html
• download
  • https://www.keepass.info/download.html
• manual
  • https://www.keepass.info/help/
• passwords
  • https://www.keepass.info/help/base/pwgenerator.html

LibreOffice

• https://www.libreoffice.org/
• https://www.libreoffice.org/discover/
• download
  • https://www.libreoffice.org/download/
• manual
  • https://documentation.libreoffice.org/

DreamHost

• https://www.dreamhost.com/
• manual
  • https://help.dreamhost.com/
• webdomain
  • https://www.dreamhost.com/domains/
  • "Domain Registration Overview"
  • https://www.nicolesharp.net/
• webhosting
  • https://www.dreamhost.com/hosting/shared/
  • "Adding a Shared Hosting Plan to Your Domain-Only Account"

WHOIS

• https://lookup.icann.org/
• "WHOIS Overview"
• "Enabling WHOIS Privacy Settings"
• "How to Run a WHOIS Query"

FileZilla

• https://www.filezilla-project.org/
• https://www.filezilla-project.org/client_features.php
• download
  • https://www.filezilla-project.org/download.php?show_all=1
• manual
  • https://wiki.filezilla-project.org/
  • https://wiki.filezilla-project.org/documentation
• install
  • https://wiki.filezilla-project.org/Client_Installation
• setup
  • https://wiki.filezilla-project.org/FileZilla_Client_Tutorial_(en)
  • https://wiki.filezilla-project.org/Using
  • https://wiki.filezilla-project.org/Site_Manager
• access
  • "FTP [File Transfer Protocol] Overview and Credentials"
  • "Where Do I Upload My Files Once Connected via FTP?"

NPP

Notepad Plus Plus (NPP).

• https://www.notepad-plus-plus.org/
• download
  • https://www.notepad-plus-plus.org/downloads/
• manual
  • https://www.npp-user-manual.org/
• install
  • https://www.npp-user-manual.org/docs/getting-started/

PHP

Personal Homepage Hypertext Preprocessor (PHP).

• https://www.php.net/
• "PHP Overview"

PHP version

• PHP 8.4
  • 2025-01-16. Elgg 6.1.2
  • 2024-12-21. MediaWiki 1.43.0 LTS (Long-Term Support Release)
  • 2024-12-12. Matomo 5.2.1
  • 2024-11-21. PHP 8.4
• PHP 8.3
  • 2024-11-20. Elgg 5.1.12 LTS
  • 2023-11-23. PHP 8.3

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PHP#Release_history
• https://www.php.net/archive/2024.php#2024-11-21-4
• https://www.php.net/archive/2023.php#2023-11-23-2
• Matomo
  • https://www.matomo.org/changelog/
  • https://www.matomo.org/matomo-long-term-support-lts/
• MediaWiki
  • https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Version_lifecycle#Versions_and_their_end-of-life
  • https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.43.0
• Elgg
  • https://www.elgg.org/about/download/
• "Change the PHP Version of a Site"

PHP manual

• https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/PHP
• https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/PHP_Programming/Print_version
• https://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/PHP/
• https://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/PHP/Introduction
• https://www.php.net/manual/
• https://www.php.net/download-docs.php

PHP encoding

• https://www.php.net/manual/ini.core.php#ini.default-charset

PHP basics

• https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/PHP_Programming/Commenting_and_Style
• https://www.php.net/manual/language.basic-syntax.phptags.php

PHP comments

• https://www.php.net/manual/language.basic-syntax.comments.php

PHP info

• "Viewing Your Site’s PHP Version and Settings"
• https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/PHP_Programming/Setup_and_Installation#How_Do_I_Know_My_Setup_is_Working?
• https://www.php.net/phpinfo/
• https://www.nicolesharp.net/info.php

<?php

phpinfo(INFO_GENERAL);
phpinfo(INFO_CONFIGURATION);
phpinfo(INFO_MODULES);
phpinfo(INFO_ENVIRONMENT);
phpinfo(INFO_CREDITS);
phpinfo(INFO_LICENSE);

/*
Personal Homepage Hypertext Preprocessor Info (PHPINFO) for Nicole Sharp's Website.
2025-01-20 Nicole Sharp
https://www.nicolesharp.net/
https://www.nicolesharp.net/info.php
*/

?>

Do not use "phpinfo();"!

PHP modules

• apcu
• calendar
• curl
• dom
• exif
• fileinfo
• gd
• iconv
• intl
• json
• mbstring
• mysqli
• opcache
• openssl
• pcre
• pdo
• session
• sockets
• spl
• xml
• xmlreader
• zlib

Apache GZIP (GNU Zip) and PHP ZLIB (Zip Library) on HTTPS (Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure) can create a security vulnerability.  Avoid using.

• Matomo
  • https://www.matomo.org/matomo-requirements/
• MediaWiki
  • https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_on_Debian
  • https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/PHP_configuration
• Elgg
  • https://learn.elgg.org/en/stable/intro/install.html#requirements

PHPRC

PHP Runtime Configuration (PHPRC).

• "Create a PHPRC File via FTP"
• https://www.php.net/manual/configuration.php
• timezone
  • "Running Webscripts in Your Timezone"
  • https://www.php.net/manual/datetime.configuration.php
  • https://www.php.net/manual/timezones.php
  • https://www.php.net/manual/timezones.america.php
• memory
  • "Increase the PHP Memory Limit"
  • "Increase the PHP Upload Limit"
  • https://www.php.net/manual/ini.core.php
  • Matomo
    • https://www.matomo.org/how-to-configure-matomo-for-speed/
  • MediaWiki
    • https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/$wgMemoryLimit
    • https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Aaron_Schulz/How_to_make_MediaWiki_fast
• OPCACHE
  • "OPCache [Optimizer Plus Cache] Overview"

date.default_latitude = 39.65123540264049
date.default_longitude = -78.76699928047398
date.timezone = (America/New_York)

memory_limit = 1024M
post_max_size = 512M
upload_max_filesize = 256M
realpath_cache_size = 4M
; https://www.matomo.org/matomo-requirements/

zend_extension = opcache.so

; Personal Homepage Hypertext Preprocessor Runtime Configuration (PHPRC) for Nicole Sharp's Website.
; 2025-01-20 Nicole Sharp
; https://www.nicolesharp.net/
; https://www.nicolesharp.net/info.php

Matomo

• https://www.matomo.org/
• download
  • https://www.matomo.org/download/
• install
  • https://www.matomo.org/installing-matomo/

Use PDO (PHP Data Objects) not MySQLi (My Structured Query Language Improved).

Do not modify "/config/config.ini.php".  Use "Force SSL" (Secure Sockets Layer) extension instead.

• extensions
  • Queued Tracking
  • Force SSL
  • Tasks Timetable
  • Provider
  • Custom Alerts
  • Security Info
  • Google Analytics Importer
  • Log Viewer
  • Treemap Visualization
  • JS Tracker Custom
  • Environment Variables
  • JS Tracker Force Async
  • IP 2 Location
  • IP 2 Proxy

MediaWiki

• https://www.mediawiki.org/
• https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/what_is_MediaWiki
• https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/deciding_whether_to_use_a_wiki
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki
• requirements
  • https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/requirements
  • https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/compatibility
• download
  • https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/download
• install
  • https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/installation
  • $wgUploadDirectory/deleted
  • $wgResourceBasePath/resources/assets/mediawiki.png
• license
  • https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
  • Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International Public License
• settings
  • https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/LocalSettings
  • https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/configuration
  • https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/configuration_settings
• password
  • https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/securing_database_passwords
• permissions
  • https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/preventing_access
• shortlinks
  • https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/shortlinks
  • https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Apache_shortlinks
• logos
  • https://www.creativecommons.org/downloads/
  • https://mirrors.creativecommons.org/presskit/buttons/88x31/svg/by-sa.svg
  • https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/$wgRightsIcon
  • https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/$wgRightsText
• counts
  • https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/article_count
  • https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/$wgArticleCountMethod
• view
  • https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/$wgRCMaxAge
  • https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/$wgRCWatchCategoryMembership
  • https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/$wgDefaultUserOptions
  • https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/$wgUnwatchedPageThreshold
  • https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/TOC
• search
  • https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/namespace_constants
  • https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/$wgNamespacesToBeSearchedDefault
  • https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/$wgOpenSearchDefaultLimit
  • https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/$wgOpenSearchDescriptionLength
  • https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/$wgAdvancedSearchHighlighting
  • https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/$wgSearchMatchRedirectPreference
• configuration
  • https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/$wgMaxShellMemory
  • https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/$wgMaxShellFileSize
  • https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/$wgMaxCredits
  • https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/$wgNoFollowLinks
  • https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/$wgAdvertisedFeedTypes
  • https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/$wgFilterLogTypes
  • https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/$wgCookiePrefix
  • https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/$wgActiveUserDays
  • https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/$wgEdititis
  • https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/$wgHideIdentifiableRedirects
  • https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/$wgExtraSignatureNamespaces
  • https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/$wgCategoryPagingLimit
  • https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/$wgLearnerMemberSince
  • https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/$wgExperiencedUserMemberSince
  • https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/$wgExperiencedUserEdits
  • https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/$wgRegisterInternalExternals
  • https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/$wgAllowSlowParserFunctions
  • https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/$wgEnableProtectionIndicators
• extensions
  • https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:HeadScript
  • https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:WikiSEO

Elgg

• https://www.elgg.org/
• manual
  • https://learn.elgg.org/
• install
  • https://learn.elgg.org/en/stable/intro/install.html
• extensions
  • https://www.elgg.org/plugins/
  • Hooks