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. … Read more
Deploy WordPress From Local Docker to Hosting Provider
Because Google Sites does not have databases sorry you have to use another site. Also becuase I don’t think they have PHP on them.
You don’t need WordPress-specific hosting, just a hosting package that meets the requirements. PHP 5.4 or greater MySQL 5.5 or greater The mod_rewrite Apache module (to enable Pretty Permalinks)
You can also set an apache Alias to say /blog is /path/to/wordpress so it’s technically not inside your RoR app, you can deploy/make changes to the RoR app all day long then, without the need to worry about overwriting wordpress files.
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 … Read more
No, there’s no simple connection between your WordPress and FTP access and access to your hosting, whether you mean either shell access to the EC2 instance or access to the AWS dashboard. Even if your FTP account is a real Linux user account, EC2 instances won’t accept password SSH logins by default. You do have … Read more
From a quick look at wpengines headers it looks like there may be some info you can check. Your best bet is to get access to an account and dump out $_SERVER to see what’s in there. For example it looks like $_SERVER[‘SERVER_NAME’] = ‘WP Engine/4.0’. or perhaps $_SERVER[‘HTTP_HOST’]. As per the comments below it … Read more
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 … Read more
Saw that you and a few others had their doubts about Media Temple. First off, if you have any questions feel free to ask. We have a good amount of customers with different experiences, be it bad or good. The shared service gets a lot more grief than our VPS, which many of our customers … Read more