Altoplace

Add Comments to Your Hugo Site with Remark42

Fri, 10 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000

After I moved from WordPress to Hugo, I was missing a commenting system. Actually, I never did receive that many comments when using WordPress, but I still want to give folks the ability to leave comments. I was looking for a simple, self-hosted solution that would work with my VPS. My VPS provider does not permit root access, so that was an additional restriction. My VPS does support using a “rootless” version of Docker, and I learned that Remark42 will work with it.

Add Analytics to Your Hugo Site with Umami

Tue, 07 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000

I have been experimenting with website development and Hugo for sometime. It would be nice to see which posts are being viewed. Since this is a hobby site for me (non-commercial), I don’t want to pay for a commercial, third party service to track my website usage. I wanted to find a simple, self-hosted solution that provides basic analytic data. I am using a managed VPS that allows root access. They installed Docker for me, which is required for the Umami solution that I am using.

Add Comments to Your Hugo Site with Comentario

Wed, 05 Feb 2025 00:00:00 +0000

After switching to Hugo to create my website, I was missing a commenting system. Actually, When I was using WordPress, I never did receive very many comments. I still want to give folks the ability to leave comments. I wanted a simple, self-hosted solution that would work with my VPS. My VPS provider does not permit root access, so that was an additional restriction. My VPS does support using a “rootless” version of Docker, and I learned that Comentario supports using a Docker image.

Favorite Links

Mon, 01 Jul 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Below, are some of my favorite links that I access frequently.

Apple

Tue, 30 Apr 2024 00:00:00 +0000

I enjoy using my Mac computers because macOS givies me a Unix-like environment that I am familiar with.

My Local Area

Tue, 30 Apr 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Hey, if you are ever in the Peoria, IL area, checkout these resources.

Searching

Tue, 30 Apr 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Here are some different search engines that I have tried out.

The Internet

Tue, 30 Apr 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Info about Internet Service Providers that I have used.

Useful Online Tools

Tue, 30 Apr 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Online tools that I have tried out.

Web Development

Tue, 30 Apr 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Helpful resources to use when developing web sites.

Welcome!

Tue, 12 Dec 2023 00:00:00 +0000

My site is powered by Hugo, the Shodo theme, and a Scalahosting managed VPS.

I am learning how to develop websites. Thus, the look and feel of this website will change over time, but I am trying to maintain (and grow) the content. For now, this is just a “retirement” hobby for me.

You can view my About page to learn more about Altoplace.

Thanks for stopping by!

My First Life Post

Sat, 09 Dec 2023 00:00:00 +0000

This post is not exciting. I am still creating my Hugo infrastructure. I am adding a Life category to write about non-technical topics.

I have fully converted my WordPress website to Hugo. I have added some basic styling, which I will tweak over time. But I believe that I have a fully functional blog. Building a website with WordPress seemed to be easier than using Hugo. One plus was the built in commenting system. However, the vast majority of comments were spam or boarding on being spam.

My Faith

Sun, 30 Apr 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Helpful Christian resources.

Happy New Year 2023

Fri, 06 Jan 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Wishing you a very happy and blessed 2023 New Year!

I wanted to take a moment to welcome you to the new, updated 2023 Altoplace. I have been doing a lot of behind the scenes work on Altoplace, fully converting it to use Hugo for building websites. I am using the Coderon theme, which provides a foundation for my website. It uses a very solid HTML5 compliant code base that provides a lot of website functionality. Over time, I hope to spruce up the website design and style. But for now, I believe that it is a very functional blogging site.

How to Configure the Bash Shell on macOS

Wed, 29 Dec 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Recent versions of macOS now use zsh as the default command line shell. I typically use the bash shell on Linux servers, so I prefer using it on my Mac. This post is going to describe how to switch from the zsh shell to the bash shell.

Before Starting

You should be familiar with using the macOS Terminal command line.

I am using Homebrew to install the latest bash version. The version that comes with macOS is very old, and it’s not being updated because of licensing issues. Homebrew is very easy to install; please refer to their website for instructions.

How to install WordPress on macOS

Wed, 15 Sep 2021 00:00:00 +0000

I have been creating a Website Development Environment on my Mac, which is currently running macOS Sonoma. I have added a MAMP (LAMP when running on Linux) stack to support various website development tools, such as WordPress. A MAMP stack is based on the macOS operating system, the Apache 2 web server, the MySQL database management system, and the PHP scripting language. You can easily install a MAMP stack by installing a MAMP App as described by the WordPress Codex, Installing WordPress Locally on Your Mac with MAMP. However, I chose to manually install my MAMP stack because I wanted to learn more about the technology.

Configure Apache and PHP-FPM on macOS

Fri, 27 Aug 2021 00:00:00 +0000

This post describes how to install and configure Apache and PHP-FPM to create a macOS local web development environment. I also describe how to use Dnsmasq, which adds a local DNS caching server to support using virtual hosts.

I am using Homebrew to install most of the software. Please go to their site for installation instructions.

This post is just about Apache, PHP, and Dnsmasq; I wrote about MySQL in a separate post. In this post, I also describe some tools that I wrote to manage Apache, PHP, and dnsmasq processes.

Connect macOS to Linux via SSH

Tue, 18 May 2021 00:00:00 +0000

I am going to show you show you how I use SSH to log into a Linux server from macOS. I am going to use my Pair Networks shared host as an example. I like having shell access to my web host, which is one of the great features that Pair offers. In addition to SSH, you can also use scp to transfer files. Once you have set up SSH, scp should work automatically if you so desire to use it. By setup, I mean being able to log in to the server without having to enter a password every time.

Create a Send-Only SMTP Server on macOS

Sat, 15 May 2021 00:00:00 +0000

This post describes how I configured Postfix on my Mac to relay outbound email via my Pair Networks SMTP service.

Why? I am creating a local website development environment where PHP applications may generate email messages for contact forms or notifications. For example, after installing WordPress, it generates an email message announcing a successful install. However, I can use the built-in mail command to run a simple test to verify that my send-only mail service is working.

Configure MySQL on macOS

Fri, 14 May 2021 00:00:00 +0000

This is a followup post to my earlier Configure Apache and PHP-FPM on macOS post. With the addition of MySQL to my Mac website development environment, I can now install Content Management Systems, such as WordPress that require a database system to function. My original post supports static website development (for example, Grav). My current website host, Pair Networks, uses MySQL versions 8.x. I am creating a similar environment on my Mac. My Altoplace website uses MySQL 8.x, so this post will describe using MySQL 8.x.

Disable Direct IP Access to Apache Website

Sat, 01 May 2021 00:00:00 +0000

I want to share how I solved an issue with Cache Enabler caching duplicate copies of my WordPress website content. I should note that my website is hosted on a VPS host that is running Apache. If you are using Cache Enabler, you will see your pages and posts cached under domain.com/wp-content/cache/cache-enabler/.

All the cached pages and posts are under the website domain-name directory. My problem was, I was also seeing two additional directories that looked like:

About

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Hello and welcome. My name is George. Now that I am retired, I want to learn how to develop websites. I created Altoplace to practice what I have learned. I need content to build a website, so I decided to share posts about my technology interests such as macOS, iOS, Linux, and other new interests that I may develop. I am a licensed Amateur Radio Operator; my callsign is KC9DU.

Elements

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Quotes

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Design is not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works.

Featured

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Get In Touch

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Saved Articles

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Videos

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Altoplace

Add Comments to Your Hugo Site with Remark42

Add Analytics to Your Hugo Site with Umami

Add Comments to Your Hugo Site with Comentario

Favorite Links

Apple

My Local Area

Searching

The Internet

Useful Online Tools

Web Development

Welcome!

My First Life Post

My Faith

Happy New Year 2023

How to Configure the Bash Shell on macOS

Before Starting

How to install WordPress on macOS

Configure Apache and PHP-FPM on macOS

Connect macOS to Linux via SSH

Create a Send-Only SMTP Server on macOS

Configure MySQL on macOS

Disable Direct IP Access to Apache Website

About

Archive

Elements

Headings by default:

H1 Default styles for headings

H2 Default styles for headings

H3 Default styles for headings

H4 Default styles for headings

H5 Default styles for headings

H6 Default styles for headings

Lists

Ordered list example:

Unordered list example:

Table

Quotes

A quote looks like this:

Featured

Get In Touch

Saved Articles

Videos