-First, try contacting the hosting provider if the database server is online / if they have any other problem at their end, or they made any changes to your account, or if there are any limitations/restrictions, etc . double check your wp-config.php file settings for the database name, database username and database password. This is … Read more
I addition to the methods you have mentioned, the biggest way to speed up your loading time is with a caching plugin. There are many in the WordPress Plugin Directory, but my favorite is Quick Cache.
Whilst I appreciate it’s not the solution anyone would want after they’ve chosen to host on an Azure Web App, I’m yet to find anyone with a solution to this problem and I’ve spent a long time looking. I also debugged every one of our plugins and our theme with a fine tooth comb and … Read more
WordPress will run on a toaster these days, it really doesn’t have high requirements. Just make sure it’s a Linux server, any comapny worth anything will have PHP and mySQL up to date enough for WordPress. What your’re going to have to struggle with is different companies offering different packages and then not being fully … Read more
Anchor will setup apache or nginx for me – but which should I choose?! Based on your concerns, I’d recommend Nginx -> Apache stack. Please let me explain. By default, Nginx can only process static content, such as images, CSS and JS files. Nginx passes PHP requests to PHP-FPM or to other servers such as … Read more
the truth is that probably nothing should be blocked in robots.txt by core (this is IIRC was joost’s position abot the matter) as wordpress is an open platform and front end content and styling might and is generated in all kinds of directories which might not make much sense to you and me. WordPress is … Read more
www.POWRHOST.com offers unlimited free hosting for WordPress and other apps. Free cPanel, free scripts, free auto-install. Update 14.02.2012 I just learned the hard way that each 30 days of “inactivity”, the Powrhost system auto-deletes your entire blog and contents. You’ll get an email that your “free account” has been “cancelled” for “inactivity”. You will login … Read more
As long as they both respond to the same domain, you shouldn’t have any problems with it at all.
I would suggest you have a second look into BuddyPress and you’ll find that your requirements are matched. The awesomeness of BuddyPress means you can have plugins that extend BudyPress. For your requirement: I would like users to be able to post photos, arrange them in galleries/albums, comment/tag them, complete other custom fields relating to … Read more
(Big issue) Blog is Getting Down Each day.. what should i do.?