[BlueOnyx:08793] Re: WordPress Research

[Stephanie Sullivan]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mike's List [mailto:mikelist at leawood.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, October 11, 2011 10:37 AM
> To: blueonyx at mail.blueonyx.it
> Subject: [BlueOnyx:08792] WordPress Research
> 
> Hi Group,
> 
> I'm looking to stand up a WordPress site and gathering some
> information
> before deploying.  I searched the group's e-mail archive and saw
> quite a
> few posts regarding WP.  I like to get some feedback if you're using
> WP.
> 
> - Overall, do you find it more simpler doing WP install on BX or
> prerfer
>    a vanilla box with CentOS/SL and manually adding packages as
> needed.
> 
> - Any tweaking needs to be done with BX to get WP functioning
> normally?
>    I saw a post or two regarding ReWrite rule for htttpd to get WP
>    working?
> 
> - Did you get authentication integrated with the system's user e-mail
>    account and user's quota disk space or separate authentication
> scheme
>    for each?
> 
> All inputs are welcome, thank you.
> 
> Mike

Mike,

I've setup several wordpress blogs and migrated several others from other
platforms including BQ onto BX 5106 (Centos 5 based blue onyx). I have the
compass php package installed. V5.3.

What I do is setup the site with a suPHP and a web site owner. I create a
MySQL database for wordpress if there is none available. I untar the
wordpress sources into the site's web folder or the sub-directory where the
blog will be located. 
Then change the owner/group to match the site's ownership. Finally I go
through the web based setup. Viola. A wordpress blog.

Compass also makes a web app installer. I probably should be using that, but
I'm a curmudgeon.

A little soapbox:
Whomever you may buy an add-on from, whether it's to upgrade php, add
spamassassin, mailscanner, or clamav, or whatever I consider it a good
investment. These add-ons are well supported and good value for anyone who
values their time at all.
Back off the box...

	-Stephanie