[Pc_Support] What about just using WordPress.COM? -- WAS: I've been meaning to change to GoDaddy.COM as my registrar ...

[Damien McKenna]

On Sep 7, 2006, at 2:42 PM, Bryan J. Smith wrote:
> I don't mind if someone else controls the infrastructure as long as I
> can dump my tables.

What you might want to look for is a company that has a one-click  
installer (or something similar) for the app.

As mentioned before, Dreamhost's control panel has a page to let you  
pick from half a dozen different apps that you can install easily.   
What you do is you pick your app, pick where it goes and tell it what  
database to use (or configure a new one), then in a few minutes  
you'll get an email to say the files are in place with a link to the  
final setup page with complete instructions on how to finish the  
install.  I was really quite impressed with it myself.

In addition to doing the basic install, they also keep track of  
software revisions and make newer editions available for you to  
upgrade to, so the next time you go to their One-Click Installs page  
it'll tell you if anything needs to be upgraded.

As an example, on my site I've got gallery, activecollab and  
wordpress all installed through their system, so when I go to the One- 
Click Installs page it first shows me the status of these installs,  
including whether they are up-to-date or not, and then a section to  
install a new app.

Other hosts have similar systems, almost every host that uses CPanel  
has a system called Fantastico, but I've not used it to know whether  
it also has Dreamhost's "update" feature: http://netenberg.com/ 
fantastico_features.php

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Damien McKenna, husband, father, geek.
damien at mc-kenna.com - http://www.mc-kenna.com/