Comments on: Picking the right web host

By: Anes P.A

Anes P.A — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 05:23:48 +0000

Hello Sir,

I Install WordPress MU as You Directed Here. Installation is Success,But When I create a user Blog eg: it’s name is firstone then the
url is : http://localhost.localdomain/wpmu/firstone/ But when I visit this page I got a 404 page Not Found Error. How it can Avoid? As an Experience I copy all files in /wpmu installation Folder to this /wpmu/firstone folder. Then I got the page, but When I click some links like Comment , I got another page Not Found 404 Error.

Sir , please Give a Work arounf for it …. I know Copy the Content to
new folder is not a Solution….. I am working in Red Hat Linux Fedora
Core 8 PC …. ok I am waiting your Reply… Kindly give a Solution as Early as Possible…..
You can contact me : anes.pa@amskape.com

With Great Regards
Anes P.A

By: andrea

andrea — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:45:50 +0000

I actually recommend this sometimes.

you’re just moving files/folders and a db (which can be large, then it gets tricky) so it’s an easier process than, say, changing the domain name.

Then again, I’ve done it a few times. If you have ssh access on at least one end, then you can shorten the time considerably.

By: lisa

lisa — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:29:15 +0000

Hi Ron/Andrea:

I know I can look up the how-to-do-this information else where, but in your opinion how difficult/clunky is it to start your site on shared hosting and then — once you’re comfortable with how it works — move it to a private server or something like FutureHosting?

Right now we’re building this on shared and don’t intend to allow more than a few user-created blogs, but still hope that we’ll build to a high amount of traffic.

By: Van

Van — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 21:59:00 +0000

In case it helps anyone, I have a reseller account with Host Gator and setup WordPress MU today without any issues. I’m just experimenting with it now but it’s nice to be able to make accounts like subdomain.mydomain.com any test things on WordPress. I agree with Andrea’s post about needing a dedicated account if things get heavy but you can use a shared account to try things and see if you really want to pursue it.

By: John

John — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 16:05:18 +0000

Andrea

You have an ad for WPWebHost on your page but you do not mention them among your examples…. What do you think about them or a similar company that has dedicated wordpress mu hosting?

John

By: Andy

Andy — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 18:21:53 +0000

Nice post Andrea

I think there is a real gap in the market for us devlopers who need to move to a 2 server or more solution due to traffic etc but can’t work at the incsub level for whatever reason. Any recommendations and advice for this type of scenario?

I am currently trialling a web hosting company that offers free WordPress / WordPress MU / BuddyPress migration and instalation and plan to write up my experiences once I get our site finished. Currently have the age old problem that demanding but paying clients means we don’t get the chance to sort out our own site!

By: Daniel 7:7

Daniel 7:7 — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 20:38:27 +0000

Andrea,
Thanks for making the web a brave new world again.
I was an MU coward till I read a few of your posts!
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By: Scott Prock

Scott Prock — Tue, 19 May 2009 01:12:58 +0000

Thanks for the informative post Andrea, I have plans for a large scale project using WPMU and I’m glad to have come across this article.

I’m going to have to test and get familiar with WPMU on a shared server for now, and I too would like to know if HostGator is worthy of recommendation.

Thanks again … Scott – @ScottProck

By: Armand

Armand — Fri, 15 May 2009 09:24:47 +0000

This is a great post and WordPress MU is something that i’m really learning on.

I’m sorry, if this question is a little silly for some, but what do you think of HostGator for hosting MU? Is this recommended?

By: David Bell

David Bell — Fri, 01 May 2009 08:42:59 +0000

This is a REALLY useful post Andrea, thank you. After much experimenting I realised that for a WPMU install to run smoothly (especially where multiple people are using the admin area) you need sufficient oomph from the CPU and RAM. This post would have really helped me.