I’m probably overcomplicating things. Right now, you are. As I have no traffic as of now I don’t really need to do this, but …. I don’t know what to choose as I don’t understand what these services really do, other than it’s supposed to be “better” to host externally… Then why bother with a … Read more
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 … Read more
From what I’ve seen on the market, Nginx and Cherokee are pretty interchangeable for what you’re doing. If you’ve already got things set up on Nginx … there’s no reason to switch to a different system. But if you want some benchmarks … I did a quick Google search and came up with these: http://blog.mudy.info/2009/02/nginx-vs-cherokee/ … Read more
Really good question, I have not actually tested this out yet, however in the past, with the way Python and even Java work, they were able to really deliver superior performance because they able to split the application’s processing and memory needs across their cluster. This came with some limitations of not being able to … Read more
Have a look at page.ly WP Engine I’m sure there are plenty of others. I’m specifically discounting hosts that provide 1-click installs because even they require some administration.
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 new WP_User(-1); } This will prevent all logged-in users from leaving … Read more
WordPress seems to be one of the poster children of PHP on Azure, so you can find many resources explaining how to install it.
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”) … Read more