We recently migrated a number of single WordPress sites into a
WordPress MU install that we host internally (single installs were
internally hosted to). I am not someone who is extremely familiar with
MySQL and PHP, but here were a number of excellent site out there,
including the WordPress MU site that walked me through the process.
By self hosting you have you own box you have the ability to control
the environment. The one issue is support, however in most of these
one-click installs and host solution you either have not help, web
based help or have to pay for support.
I have found that through posting the right question(s) toTwitter,
using a hashtag (#wpmu), following the right people (andrea_r &
wpmuguru are great), using the WordPress site(s), yeilds great
results. There are a few good web site to look at to:
http://ronandandrea.com/
http://wpmututorials.com/
http://bavatuesdays.com/
http://dev.wpmued.org/
If you have any questions about how we did it and what we're going
feel free to contact me.
Bill
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On Dec 1, 2009, at 6:19 PM, Bill Fitzgerald wrote:
> Hello, Susan,
>
> While I don't have much good to say about Bluehost, you will likely
> have similar issues with *any* shared host.
>
> Most shared hosts oversell their accounts, so that your site could
> be one of hundreds vying for limited server resources. If another
> site on your server (or in the case of cloud computing, pulling from
> the same pool of allocated server resources) gets busy, your site
> will slow down. This can be expecially painful on database driven
> sites, where multiple sites can be using the same database server.
>
> At some point, you should consider moving up to a Virtual Private
> Server (VPS), or some type of dedicated server (a box dedicated to
> only your sites). These are more expensive, but generally come with
> better customer support. However, saving money on hosting doesn't
> add up to much savings if people are put off by bad performance.
>
> We use Slicehost for some of our development infrastructure. A
> client of ours recently went with http://www.inetu.net/ -- one of
> their concerns was a hosting company that did not host any hate
> sites, and INetU met that need. We will likely be switching to them
> ourselves in early 2010.
>
> I can also recommend staying away from Westhost -- We have hosted
> sites with them for the last 3 years, but their quality has
> deteriorated over the last 5-6 months.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Bill
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Susan Carter Morgan <susancartermorgan@GMAIL.COM>
> To: ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
> Sent: Sun, November 29, 2009 4:43:02 PM
> Subject: Wordpress help
>
> We are managing our wpmu blogs on a shared server (bluehost) and
> experiencing many page load delays. Can anyone recommend a good
> host, one
> that provides cPanel access w/ some management? I do not have
> experience
> with php.
> Thanks
> Susan
>
> Susan Carter Morgan
> Instructional Technology Coordinator
> English 8
> Fredericksburg Academy
> Fredericksburg, Virginia 22401
> 540-898-0020
> http://fredericksburgacademy.org
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