[BlueOnyx:08794] Re: WordPress Research

[Jeffrey Pellin]

Yeah, the Compass Wordpress webapp is only 5 bucks - what a bargain! And
you can use it on as many sites as you like on that server.

Regards

Jeffrey

On Tue, 11 Oct 2011 11:04:23 -0400, "Stephanie Sullivan" <ses at aviaweb.com>
wrote:
>> -----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
> 
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