Comments on: This was too easy. http://dlnorman.ucalgaryblogs.ca/2007/10/03/this-was-too-easy/ Blogging from the Teaching & Learning Centre Tue, 27 Oct 2009 16:44:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: dnorman http://dlnorman.ucalgaryblogs.ca/2007/10/03/this-was-too-easy/comment-page-1/#comment-8 dnorman Mon, 08 Oct 2007 22:53:47 +0000 http://dlnorman.ucalgaryblogs.ca/2007/10/03/this-was-too-easy/#comment-8 <p>@Cole, in theory it should scale just fine. WordPress.com runs a variant of the same software, with 1.5 million blogs on the service. It won't scale on one scavenged VM server, but if we need to, we can scale up.</p> <p>I'm also using WP-Cache to make it spit out static files rather than hitting the database every time it needs to generate a page. That alone should take almost all of the server load off, helping to scale quite a bit.</p> @Cole, in theory it should scale just fine. WordPress.com runs a variant of the same software, with 1.5 million blogs on the service. It won’t scale on one scavenged VM server, but if we need to, we can scale up.

I’m also using WP-Cache to make it spit out static files rather than hitting the database every time it needs to generate a page. That alone should take almost all of the server load off, helping to scale quite a bit.

]]> By: Cole http://dlnorman.ucalgaryblogs.ca/2007/10/03/this-was-too-easy/comment-page-1/#comment-7 Cole Mon, 08 Oct 2007 18:53:06 +0000 http://dlnorman.ucalgaryblogs.ca/2007/10/03/this-was-too-easy/#comment-7 <p>Congrats on the bold move! How do you think this will all scale? I have no idea what the user population is, but we were a little put off by the dynamic publishing nature of WP -- and you know it is what I use for my personal site. Keep me posted via an email when you get a chance. Great to see though.</p> Congrats on the bold move! How do you think this will all scale? I have no idea what the user population is, but we were a little put off by the dynamic publishing nature of WP — and you know it is what I use for my personal site. Keep me posted via an email when you get a chance. Great to see though.

]]> By: dnorman http://dlnorman.ucalgaryblogs.ca/2007/10/03/this-was-too-easy/comment-page-1/#comment-6 dnorman Thu, 04 Oct 2007 18:47:15 +0000 http://dlnorman.ucalgaryblogs.ca/2007/10/03/this-was-too-easy/#comment-6 <p>Jim, you KNOW I'm going to be coming at you for help/tips/hints. Where's that rumoured series of WPMU Howto blog posts? ;-)</p> Jim, you KNOW I’m going to be coming at you for help/tips/hints. Where’s that rumoured series of WPMU Howto blog posts? ;-)

]]> By: dnorman http://dlnorman.ucalgaryblogs.ca/2007/10/03/this-was-too-easy/comment-page-1/#comment-5 dnorman Thu, 04 Oct 2007 18:46:03 +0000 http://dlnorman.ucalgaryblogs.ca/2007/10/03/this-was-too-easy/#comment-5 <p>Jim, you KNOW I'm going to be coming to you for lots of help, suggestions, tips. Where's that rumoured WPMU series of blog posts? ;-)</p> Jim, you KNOW I’m going to be coming to you for lots of help, suggestions, tips. Where’s that rumoured WPMU series of blog posts? ;-)

]]> By: Jim http://dlnorman.ucalgaryblogs.ca/2007/10/03/this-was-too-easy/comment-page-1/#comment-4 Jim Thu, 04 Oct 2007 12:40:34 +0000 http://dlnorman.ucalgaryblogs.ca/2007/10/03/this-was-too-easy/#comment-4 <p>Oh boy! Looks like we are off to the races, and my back is just tingling thinking about what you will uncover, D'Arcy.</p> <p>Welcome to the light!</p> Oh boy! Looks like we are off to the races, and my back is just tingling thinking about what you will uncover, D’Arcy.

Welcome to the light!

]]> By: admin http://dlnorman.ucalgaryblogs.ca/2007/10/03/this-was-too-easy/comment-page-1/#comment-3 admin Thu, 04 Oct 2007 00:47:38 +0000 http://dlnorman.ucalgaryblogs.ca/2007/10/03/this-was-too-easy/#comment-3 <p>Haven't tried subdirectory install. I was really quite surprised - this is the first time I installed an app where EVERYTHING worked, from registering a domain, setting up DNS, configuring apache, installing files, setting config, and populating database. Amazing.</p> Haven’t tried subdirectory install. I was really quite surprised – this is the first time I installed an app where EVERYTHING worked, from registering a domain, setting up DNS, configuring apache, installing files, setting config, and populating database. Amazing.

]]> By: Rob Wall http://dlnorman.ucalgaryblogs.ca/2007/10/03/this-was-too-easy/comment-page-1/#comment-2 Rob Wall Thu, 04 Oct 2007 00:34:44 +0000 http://dlnorman.ucalgaryblogs.ca/2007/10/03/this-was-too-easy/#comment-2 <p>It Just Worked™ is my favourite flavour! I've tried installing WPMU before in a sub-directory but it never worked. Have you ever tried installing it in a sub-directory?</p> It Just Worked™ is my favourite flavour! I’ve tried installing WPMU before in a sub-directory but it never worked. Have you ever tried installing it in a sub-directory?

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