The Trouble with Change…
August 12, 2006
As I mentioned in the previous post, I’d intended to move away from Quickblog and set up WordPress instead. Having got some direction on this from the technical support guys at GoDaddy, I figured the best way to migrate with minimum downtime was to setup a Linux web, php and mysql server on my own network, load it up with WordPress and prepare the new blog there before switching off Quickblog with my web host.
As someone who has only tinkered with the periphery of Linux in the past, this is proving to be easier said than done… I’ve built and rebuilt my Ubuntu server at least 3 times now, and have ended up hosing it because of some weird config change that I’ve made in trying to get mysql working. The problem I’ve found with much of the documentation out there is that it starts off assuming no user knowledge at all, but drops that assumption half way through. I can’t blame it all on the documentation though – I’ll bash away at something and refer back to the docs only when the system is on its knees, by which time its usually unrecoverable!
So, I’m on my fourth rebuild but this time, I’m noting down everything I’m doing so that I can go back and undo it – TiddlyWiki is great for this type of project. You never know; it might turn out to be a useful reference for other Windows admins who want to setup an Ubuntu host.
In short, the last week or so has been frustrating, time consuming, but I haven’t enjoyed myself this much for ages! I guess I’ll be sticking with Quickblog for a little while yet.
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