Here are the slides from my presentation at WordCamp Atlanta

1. Shared Hosting
and
WordPress
Presented by Al Davis

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Who is this guy?
Shared Hosting Product Manager for more than 13 years
Intro to WP Instructor at George Brown College in Toronto
One of the organizers of WordCamp Toronto 2011
Co-Organizer of Toronto WordPress Meetup
Organizer of the Toronto WordPress Developers Meetup
Recently launched wpteach.com (Jan 2012)

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What we will cover
What is Shared Hosting?
Why use Shared Hosting?
What to look for in a Shared Hosting provider
Things you should know a
Hints on how to pick a provider
How to set up WordPress- 4 different methods
How to migrate a site

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What is Shared Hosting?
Many websites reside on a web server
connected to the internet.Each site sits on its
own partition, or section, of the server to keep
it separate from other sites.
This is generally the most economical option for
hosting as many people share the overall cost of
server maintenance.
- Wikipedia

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Why Shared Hosting?
Cost Effective
The cost of servers, internet connectivity, maintenance and manpower is shared
over many customers.
The cost to run a server in a secure, redundant environment can easily run to tens
of thousands of dollars per month.
Run your business, not your technology
Shared Hosting allows you to focus on running your business, not learning how to run
a web server.
All told, it’s the simplest way to have a website, ideal for small businesses.

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What is required?
Minimum requirements for WordPress
Version 3.2 ( released July 4)
•PHP version 5.2.4 or greater
•MySQl version 5.0 or greater

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Things you should know But providers don’t tell you
All that storage and bandwidth?...You’re never going to use it all.
Text is cheap ... but pictures and video will kill your storage
FTP Access...never needs to be capped
Email storage...shouldn’t be bundled up
MSAccess...is simply wrong. Don’t use it for your website. Ever. And I mean ever!!!!

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Things you should look forFrom a hosting provider
Call support
How long did it take to talk to a live person?
Do they even have live support?
Call when you are most likely to be working on your site. Calling at 10 am when
you are going to be working at 7pm will not give you an accurate idea
Ask to be transferred to the sales department
How was that experience?
Did sales know why you were transferred?
Don’t get locked in
Don’t commit for any more than 12 months maximum.

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Installing WordPress
4 different methods
One-Click Installer FTP
SSH Using a plug-in

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One-Click Installer
What is it?
An application that installs software for the end user (WordPress, Joomla, Drupal etc.)
Why Use it?
Simple to use
Fast
Why Not to use it
No control of what is installed
No control of how it is installed
Can be tough to go back and change the installation

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One-Click Installer

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One-Click Installer

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One-Click Installer

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FTP
What is FTP?
Stands for File Transfer Protocol
Fancy way of saying “moving files from your computer to the server via the
internet”
What do you need?
FTP Client. There are many out there for Windows and Mac—some are even free
Why use FTP?
Fine control over what is installed
When you’ve uploaded your files, you get to use the famous 5-minute install for WP
Why NOT to use FTP
Can be slow depending upon your Internet connection
Requires greater technical knowledge than One-Click
Need to set up your own database for WP to work

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FTP

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FTP

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FTP

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FTP

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FTP

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FTP

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FTP

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FTP

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FTP

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FTP

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SSH
What is SSH?
Stands for Secure Shell
Fancy way of saying “A secure channel to connect to your web server space.”
Command line based ( Advanced users)
What do you need?
Command Line Tool-
PuTTY – Windows
Terminal - Mac
Why use SSH?
Much faster than FTP
Guarantees you always get the latest version of WordPress
Why NOT to use SSH?
Not all hosting providers offer full access (unable to connect to other sites)
Requires greater technical knowledge
Requires command line use

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SSH

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SSH
wget http://wordpress.org/latest.zip

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SSH
unzip latest.zip

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SSH
Move all the files out of the wordpress folder
cp –rf ./wordpress/* ./
Delete downloaded files
rmlatest.zip
rm –rfwordpress/

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SSH Edit wp-config-sample.php
then save it as wp-config.php

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SSH
Navigate to yourdomain.com/wp-admin

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Backup Buddy
What is Backup Buddy?
A WordPress plugin developed by ithemes ( www.ithemes.com)
Like getting 3 plugins in one
Installations
Backups
Migration tool
Why use Backup Buddy?
Allows you to develop locally, deploy to a web server
Takes all of your themes, custom CSS, plugins, content over in one smooth move
Why NOT to use Backup Buddy?
No custom installation of WordPress

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Backup Buddy

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Backup Buddy
Navigate to domain/importbuddy.php
after you have FTPed the backup file and
the import file to your webserver space

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Backup Buddy

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Backup Buddy

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Backup Buddy

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Backup Buddy

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Backup Buddy

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Backup Buddy
Everything is moved over to the new server, including plug-ins!!

41. Questions?

42. Contact Me
www.wpteach.com
al@wpteach.com
Skype adavis3105
Twitter @adavis3105