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Hi @ooo:
Assuming you want to keep the same domain, it's really quite simple. Basically you copy the files using an FTP client by downloading from the old host and uploading to the new one, and then you copy the MySQL database by doing a database dump to a SQL script (this is your "export") and then running the script (and this is your "import".)
The rest ...
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Put old host in read-only mode
Go to WP Admin -> Settings -> Discussion and check "Users must be registered and logged in to comment"
Disable authentication:
Create a PHP file inside the wp-content/mu-plugins folder, with the following content:
<?php
function wp_get_current_user() {
return null;
}
This will prevent all logged-in users from ...
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You explicitly mention three services in your question title: EC2, RDS and EBS.
If they're the three services you're interested in, then yes, very easily.
EC2 + EBS are pretty much the same thing, EBS is simply a persistent storage extension to EC2, and RDS is a full MySQL database - you should be able to get those three services running together very ...
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Yes, it is possible.
You can setup subdomains sites like this: subdomain1.domain.com, subdomains2.domain.com.
Then, after you setup the network, use a domain mapping plugin to setup a domain name for each of them. subdomain1.domain.com becomes domain1.com, subdomain2.domain.com becomes domain2.com, etc.
There are several domain mapping plugins out there:
...
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The main gotcha when changing servers are hard-coded urls and file paths WP. They appear:
In the upload path option, under settings / misc (now settings / uploads, if memory serves), on old WP installs.
In attachment meta data, on very old WP installs.
In your htaccess file, and possibly rewrite rules, if your site lives in a subfolder.
In the site URL and ...
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You're asking for quite a bit, and all I can really tell you is that you get what you pay for.
Why you should avoid "free" sites
Most free hosts are pretty much bargain-basement deals when it comes to features. Remember, few people will ever give things away and stay in business - so support on a free hosting site might be non-existent. Many will also ...
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I think it really breaks down to your traffic. The slower the hardware, the slower (the already slow) page generation. It's not specific to WP, it's the same for all large php scripts.
If you get a server hit every now and then, as on a dev box or a family blog, it's no big deal. It'll just spit out pages more slowly. If you get concurrent hits on a regular ...
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@Tal,
In terms of performance an unmanaged VPS will be better than a managed one. A Managed VPS will almost always come with CPanel which is great for shared hosting and for hosting companies to easily manage your VPS for you.
You can still install any of the Opcode caching tools (APC, eAccelerator, XCache, MemCached) on a managed VPS with CPanel but ...
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Please read through the following:
http://codex.wordpress.org/License
http://wordpress.org/about/license/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GPL
http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html
You can't can sell it as software or development, although and/or you can also charge for maintanance and install.
Anyway, you should at least donate to the plugin developers, if ...
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Under GPL you CAN resell the software.
You may charge a fee for the physical act of transferring a copy, and you may at your option offer warranty protection in exchange for a fee. GPLv2 Section 1
The main restriction is if you do sell (or give away) you must:
1) allow others to resell your works
2) provide them with the original and modified source ...
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There's a pretty good step by step on moving WordPress in the Codex. It is what I follow when changing domains.
Moving the files is pretty straight-forward. It is the hard-coded references in the database that are tricky. However, serialized search and replace will take care of all database changes. I've used the Velvet Blues plugin in the past, but ...
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Its not recommended often enough, but Flickr is an excellent image host for blogs as well. Their pro account costs only $25/year. You get unlimited image, video uploads and no bandwidth limit.
If you don't want your blog image uploads populating your personal photostream, you can easily create a separate account for it. You can easily streamline your ...
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Here's a very comprehensive guide if someone can help me format it correctly. Sorry, I don't have the time right now to figure out the formatting...
A. FTP-copy all theme and wp/upload files from {old_site} to {new_site}
Use FTP client to copy from {old_site} to temp folder on local machine
Copy from temp folder to {new_site}
B. Backup (export) existing ...
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You should not need the .git directory but I would not delete it.
It contains the version control for your site, and is thus an incredibly valuable resource should you need a developer to fix or upgrade your site in the future.
It also shows you a full history of the development of your site. This will save future developers time, and anything that saves ...
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I utilize the awesome plugin Duplicator to complete this exact procedure on a regular basis.
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/duplicator/
The plugin is fully supported and there are great FAQ available here:
http://lifeinthegrid.com/labs/duplicator/
The plugin will create a .zip backup of both your database and files and an installer .php that you ...
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1GB is quite large, you won't get there too quickly. Furthermore, there's plenty of cheap hosting plans out there with unlimited db size.
Doing what you want is in theory possible by hooking into the query and a whole bunch of other filters, but it's pretty complex, as you will hardly know which db to query to get certain records unless you also keep a meta ...
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I would compare your hosting needs to what WordPress VIP Hosting provides for a flat rate of $500 per month with a $1,500 set up fee.
Here is what they provide for that amount:
Your site running on the WordPress.com grid (over 1,200 servers in three data centers)
Unlimited space and bandwidth
24/7 IT support
Content Delivery Network and hourly backups
...
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If you are serious about your website and care about your users experience you should stay away from any of the "budget" shared hosting packages. The only way they can offer hosting for less than the price of a Happy Meal is to squeeze thousands of sites on a server.
If you don't want to be responsible for running your own server then any of the ...
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We've migrated a lot of people from Dreamhost after their site gets mildly popular, and they notice it's either down or slow. But, we don't offer hosting plans that are as cheap as them as well.
I would recommend you check out zippykid.com (our site), page.ly, or wpengine.com if you're interested WordPress hosting that doesn't suck.
I'd be willing to ...
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Thomas McDonald is pretty much right on track. Just wanted to add that if you're going to use EC2 to scale your sites as you need more servers, then you will need to contend with the fact that you will have multiple instances of your site out there with no common shared volumes.
In other words, let's say you have 2 EC2 instances up -- each one is ...
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WordPress seems to be one of the poster children of PHP on Azure, so you can find many resources explaining how to install it.
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I unfortnately have no experience with this but evidently it can be done as these articles and plugins address some of the issues:
HOWTO: Install WordPress On Nginx
WordPress + nginx Compatibility Plugin
Howto nginx + wordpress + ubuntu shortest setup
Nginx front-end proxy cache for WordPress
WordPress Pretty Permalinks with Nginx
WordPress, Nginx and WP ...
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I just made a tutorial on how to do a site update directly from github using a cloud server ( PHP application), in this demo I am using Engine Yard, but ther are other apps, it's pretty crazy what you can do these days.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ZEiFi4thDI&feature=feedlik
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We are using Mercurial via Bitbucket, but same logic applies:
Clone repository to server.
Protect it from being web-accessed.
Create PHP script that will issue pull and update command to the repo.
Set up Bitbucket to ping PHP script on commit.
This is not quite "proper" deployment scheme, but it hugely streamlines workflow on development servers that ...
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You will have a few things to consider (later on the answer), I suggest the following steps:
Backup your Files and Database
This is pretty self-explanatory. You are going to do a lot of Data Manipulation, so be sure your original is safe.
Transfer your files
The fastest way to do this is to have a hoster where you can import directories from another ...
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Some important factors when choosing a shared host:
Do a reverse dns for the server ip, this can tell you how many sites are on the server, typically bad hosts jams a server with thousands of web sites, I have seen servers with upwards of 5k sites hosted (guess).
Ask if they limit the accounts/domains per server and specifically what that # is. If they ...
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Would a generic file sharing and hosting site work? If you place the file in a public Dropbox folder and reference it from your site? See the Web Applications Stack Exchange for more online file storage providers.
Make sure you check the Cross-domain policy: if the Flash file hosted on dropbox.com needs to access data from yourdomain.com, you need a ...
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WordPress.com is running the same code that you can download for free at WordPress.org ... the biggest difference is that .com is run by a for-profit company and .org is maintained by a non-profit community.
WordPress.com, as a for-profit enterprise, has certain features disabled (for security purposes) and certain features limited so that users can buy in ...
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Wordpress.com! Of course, it has downsides (no plugins, limited themes, etc). But it has the added benefit of constant, automatic updates, reliable infrastructure and, well, it's free.
If you plan on running a self-hosted WordPress blog, the biggest mistake you can make is to skimp on hosting, and I'd strongly advise against using a "free" host. Security, ...
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I recently switched my site from DreamHost VPS (managed) to Linode VPS (unmanaged) and think it would probably work for your site. Plans with 600GB transfer are $60.00 which is very reasonable, as long as the other specifications fit your needs. You can also choose the geographic location of your server like London, UK, Newark, NJ, Atlanta, GA, Dallas, TX ...
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