On Thu, 01 Jun 2006 18:30:35 +1200 Ben Bodley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >> > >> Ben > > Blimey, that took a lot of installing! Just waiting for wordpress.org to > > come online for some new themes. > > > > Thanks for that one. > > > > I guess it does depend on distribution, package management, along with > the inevitable custom tweaks of the odd config file. LAMP is pretty > well supported on most dists., mine has wordpress also [as a package] > although I have used tarball on some sites due to their particular > setups (vps's, etc) > > Steve, if you want there are a _lot_ of places around that will put up > your blog and manage all the hosting for you, even wordpress. I would > say wordpress is the easiest to install at home from the few I've tried, > but in some circumstances it is often easier to go for free hosted, > especially when you count the cost of ongoing maintenance at your hourly > rate... > > Ben Sorry Ben, I meant exactly the opposite to the way you took it. I thought you'd have gathered that from the fact that I was answering you less than 30 minutes after you posted, in which time I'd made a new virtual host, updated my dns server, downloaded the software, created the database and installed it. It looks great, and now the Wordpress site's back up, I'll look at the other themes and plugins available. Cheers, Steve
