Ten Edges

Bulb ON/OFF

macenable — Sat, 26 Jan 2013 06:01:55 +0000






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Bash (Unix shell)

macenable — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 08:04:42 +0000

Bash is a Unix shell written by Brian Fox, distributed widely as the default shell on Linux and Mac OS X.

Bash is a command processor, typically run in a text window, allowing the user to type commands which cause actions.

Bash can also read commands from a file, called a script.

Like all Unix shells, it supports filename wildcarding, piping, here documents, command substitution, variables and control structures for condition-testing and iteration.

The acronym stands for Bourne-Again SHell, and is also descriptive of what it did, bashing together the features of sh, csh and ksh.

gnu.org/software/bash/

Thank you Wikipedia.

WP.com vs. WordPress.org

ggrogy — Tue, 01 May 2012 20:33:59 +0000

Blogging

From time to time, updating a website with the writing & posting of new content consisting of text, photos, and/or audio/visual media; and accepting comments from visitors.

WP.com

Free Hosted Service, Themes, and Widgets
Optimal Resource Utilization, Load Balancing
Automatic Version Updating

WordPress.org

Self-Hosting on webserver of your own choosing
Purchase Plugins, Templates, eCommerce
Unlimited Customization

7) Welcome

macenable — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 03:44:37 +0000

Finally, a successful configuration, ready to install:

An email is received from wordpress (?)

http://zapmap.com

6) error

macenable — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 02:57:18 +0000

Oh, oh!

What could be wrong with these settings?:

phpMyAdmin is some help, but also misleading:

PhpInfo is no help:

Good thing I made a screen shot of my password after adding user:

5) configuration file

macenable — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 02:27:39 +0000

Secret Key Online Generator: https://api.wordpress.org/secret-key/1.1/salt/

4) create database

macenable — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 01:28:29 +0000

3) download files

macenable — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 01:09:44 +0000

Moving beyond WordPress.com and its all-in-one convenience:

If you don’t mind the challenge of having separate hosting & security, go with self-hosting WordPress.org for its maximum customization & autonomy, and potential for very special functionality.

Download the latest version from WordPress.org

2) WordPress.org

macenable — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 00:55:39 +0000

WordPress.org Pros:

Complete control and flexibility.
Do whatever you want with your website. Hack the code, upload files to your web space, rearrange folders, and make your installation as flexible as you want. Since WordPress is open source, there are thousands of themes created for it. Some can drastically alter the appearance of your website.

Maximum extensions via plugins.
Thousands of plugins available to extend your website. Add a shopping cart, or membership option. Realize your dreams with WordPress + some plugins.

Pure autonomy.
Follow your own policies. With the exception of your hosting provider’s rules.

WordPress.org Cons:

Requires more time and work to maintain.
You have to do the updating & maintenance. If something goes wrong, no company or service is going to do it for you for free. You’ll need to take time out of your day. And due to human error and/or laziness to update, this leads into…

Greater security risk.
Malware (malicious software) targets self-hosted websites because it has potentially the lowest security.

More expensive.
Services that are hosted by a company are often offered at a flat-rate, unless there’s a bandwidth or traffic limit. As your website traffic grows, so does your expenses.

1) WP.com -OR- install WordPress.org?

macenable — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 00:52:22 +0000

WordPress.com Pros:

Convenient all-in-one solution.
Just get a WordPress.com account and you’re good to go. There’s an excellent selection of themes to start with.

More stable and secure than self-hosted.
WordPress.com will have better servers than you, and will maintain & update the software so it’s more stable & secure than a self-hosted installation. Traffic spikes will not take your website down.

Cheapest solution.
WordPress.com is the cheapest solutions. Low annual fee to map your own domain if you so choose. Some (paid) features to customize style and prevent advertising.

WordPress.com Cons:

Limited design choices.
Changing how your blog looks is limited to a number of themes and their built-in features.

No extensions.

If you need specific functionality or to add special code, look into hosting your own WordPress.org software.

Less autonomy.
Automattic, the company that created and manages WordPress.com, will have it’s own policies that you wouldn’t have if you were self-hosted.