I recently was on the search for a few examples of active MySQL configuration files (my.cnf). It’s always nice to see someone else’s production version of a configuration file and during this search I realized that not a lot of examples of MySQL config files were to be found on the internet.

The first place to start is MySQL’s examle config files. You can find this in mysql’s doc share, ie:

/usr/share/doc/mysql-server-5.*.*/

There are 5 example MySQL configuration files provided with most systems:

1. my-small.cnf
2. my-medium.cnf
3. my-large.cnf
4. my-huge.cnf
5. my-innodb-heavy-4G.cnf

You can take a look at the example MySQL config files above to get an idea of how these settings can be handled.

Here are a couple links to pages with MySQL config file examples:

• http://www.felipecruz.com/mysql-server-production-my-cnf-file.php
• http://forge.mysql.com/tools/tool.php?id=138
• http://www.astahost.com/info.php/Sample-Mycnf-Mysql-Configuration-File_t2727.html
• http://www.notesbit.com/index.php/web-mysql/mysql/mysql-tuning-optimizing-my-cnf-file/
• http://www.joehruska.com/?p=7

Here’s a link worth reading:

• http://www.brennan.id.au/17-MySQL_Server.html

That’s it for now. This is a resource page/blog post pointing to example MySQL configuration files.

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Below is a list of Comparison Shopping Engines (CSEs) which we had compiled during previous research. The definition of a Comparison Shopping Engine from Internet.Com’s Webopedia:

Shopping search engines that compare the prices on searched-for products at various online stores. While most comparison-shopping engines do not offer the merchandise themselves, some may earn commissions when users follow the links in the search results and make a purchase from the online vendor.

Here is our list:

1. http://www.bing.com/shopping
2. http://www.google.com/products
3. http://www.pricegrabber.com
4. http://www.shopping.yahoo.com
5. http://www.pronto.com
6. http://www.buysafe.com
7. http://www.shopzilla.com
8. http://www.smarter.com
9. http://www.thefind.com
10. http://www.nextag.com
11. http://www.become.com
12. http://www.shopping.com
13. http://www.sortprice.com
14. http://www.shop.com
15. http://www.like.com
16. http://shoptoit.ca
17. http://www.pricerunner.com
18. http://www.dealtime.com
19. http://www.froogle.com
20. http://www.shopping.msn.com
21. http://www.mysimon.com
22. http://www.amazon.com
23. http://www.sears.com
24. http://www.shopster.com
25. http://www.buyersindex.com
26. http://www.pricescan.com

That’s our list of Comparison Shopping Engines (CSE). We’ll come back and add expansionary notes to these as we go along, but in the meantime the list may be of help to someone.

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This post is a running tab of what we at Kliky.Com consider essential WordPress Plugins. These WordPress Plugins are essential in that they should be included in every new WordPress installation we spin up. Below is our ever-updated list of plugins which should be included in every launch:

1. All in One SEO Pack
   This plugin enables certain modifications to your WordPress blog to achieve Search Engine Optimization. For example, you can customize your post title, post description and post tags for individual post. Furthermore, this plugin also has features such as auto generates Canonical URLS for your entire WordPress site and select index/noindex for various archives pages.
2. Google XML Sitemaps Generator
   This plugin will create a Google sitemaps compliant XML-Sitemap of your WordPress blog. A sitemap will help search engine spiders to crawl your content. The generated sitemap also supported by other search engine such as Yahoo, MSN and Ask.com.

That’s it. That is our list of essential WordPress plugins. These plugins should be a part of every new launch of a WordPress website.

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