[BlueOnyx:08815] Re: WordPress Research

[Charles Bowman]

I installed WP 3.2.1 yesterday. That was the version with Compass.

I may have to install 10 or 20 of them, so GUI point and click saves me time
and money.

Compass Networks should update their website with the actual packages they
offer.

Cheers,
Charles
On Oct 13, 2011 6:11 AM, "Mike's List" <mikelist at leawood.com> wrote:

>
> Thank you all for your inputs.  The Compass module is nice but really
> outdated.  I read up on WordPress and it is now 3.2.1 and you should
> also update your WP regularly as newer version updates security and
> bugs, etc.  (per recommendation)
>
> Anyhow, there's a 5-minute how to install WP at wordpress.org site and
> it's true, it's that quick.  Anyone else integrate WP w/their
> authentication system? i.e. accounts for the site with e-mail which uses
> /etc/shadow?
>
>
> Mike
>
>
> On Tue, 11 Oct 2011, Jeffrey Pellin wrote:
>
> >
> > 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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