Visi and Wordpress MU
The Mighty Mo! Design Co.
simple WPMU installation running fine on their servers, except we are
having all sorts of file permission issues. The biggest issue is that
we so far have been unable to get the server to allow uploading of
files via the Wordpress backend.
Also, there are random chmod issues. For example, I am unable to edit
wp-config.php or add folders within certain folders.
We have spent hours on the phone with Visi's support people who tried
all sorts of different permissions configurations, but they so far
have been unable to fix the issues.
So, I am wondering - Has anyone had a installed WPMU on a Visi
server? If so, did you experience similar issues? How did you solve
them?
Thanks!
Toby
Tony Thomas
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plugins and themes from the backend. Turns out their account was set
to use
PHP4 even though PHP5 was available.
Select a hosting company whose focus is a LAMP (Linux Apache MySQL
PHP)
stack CMS (Content Management System) like Wordpress.
A lot of smaller and "old school" hosting companies write their own
control
panels or service Windows/ASP/Coldfusion sites so they don't know the
in's
and out's of the open source platform.
I setup WPMU (Wordpress Multi User) in 2008 and didn't have any issues
creating new blogs, modifying the .htaccess files or any of the wp-
____.php
files.
Grab a VPS (Virtual Private Server) package from a hosting company
that
offers cPanel and WHM (Web Host Manager) and you're good to go.
I've spelled out the acronyms as not everyone on the MSPWordpress list
is a
developer/website designer.
Adria Richards
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Sherman B.
so it's doable. The random permissions issues on visi are curious.
Questions: What hosting package do you have with them: is it their
Linux server (as Adrian says below) or are you on a windows package?
Another question for visi and mediatemple: was this a clean install
into the web directory using the wordpress MU installer or were the
sites ported (copied) over. If they were copied from another host /
site / server the permissions issues make more sense.
You may need to perform a CHOWN command on the root web directory to
reclaim ownership of all the folders and files: http://www.computerhope.com/unix/uchown.htm
On Mar 9, 7:13 am, Tony Thomas <truet...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I've run into similar permissions problems with Mediatemple. I.e., unable to
> upload images.
>
> The best solution I've found is modifying the group on the server that has
> permission to write
> files<http://hereshowi.com/wordpress/fix-wordpress-permissions-on-mediatemp...>.
> If you're on a shared server, that might not be an option however.
>
> On Mon, Mar 8, 2010 at 9:35 PM, The Mighty Mo! Design Co. <
>
> themightymo.desig...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Does anyone have experience running WPMU on Visi's servers? I have a
> > simple WPMU installation running fine on their servers, except we are
> > having all sorts of file permission issues. The biggest issue is that
> > we so far have been unable to get the server to allow uploading of
> > files via the Wordpress backend.
>
> > Also, there are random chmod issues. For example, I am unable to edit
> > wp-config.php or add folders within certain folders.
>
> > We have spent hours on the phone with Visi's support people who tried
> > all sorts of different permissions configurations, but they so far
> > have been unable to fix the issues.
>
> > So, I am wondering - Has anyone had a installed WPMU on a Visi
> > server? If so, did you experience similar issues? How did you solve
> > them?
>
> > Thanks!
> > Toby
>
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The Mighty Mo! Design Co.
I know a little bit about SSH and can probably find some friends who
can fill in the gaps. I will attempt to do what you outline below.
Thanks again and have a great weekend!
Toby
On Mar 12, 2:05 pm, Sherman Bausch <sherman.bau...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hey Toby,
>
> Well you're in the right place on VISI; a good start. I've since moved on
> from VISI (and MediaTemple) so I can't show you a hosted site there. I'm
> fascinated that this happened on a clean install.
>
> My VISI snags mostly had to do with the limited amount of storage they
> provided.
>
> Are you familiar with SSH access? If you are you can do the CHOWN command
> yourself. If you connect to your VISI account with a terminal program using
> your uber-super-master-admin account you should be able to perform the
> command on the root web folder and use the *-R *switch to recurse through
> all of it's contents.
>
> Cheers
> = Sherman
>
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> On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 1:59 PM, Toby Cryns <tcr...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Sherman, Tony, and Adria - Thanks for your replies! (...and sorry for the
> > delay on mine!)
>
> > *Sherman* - We are working on one of Visi's Linux hosting packages,
> > although I don't know which package. I was brought in after the package was
> > purchased. Also, we are working from a clean WPMU installation.
>
> > I will ask Visi about reclaiming ownership of all the files. Did you run
> > into any similar snags with your Visi WPMU installation? Also, might you be
> > willing to provide the url of your Visi-hosted WPMU site so that we can
> > reference that when we talk with Visi's customer support team? Perhaps that
> > might help them figure out how to set the permissions.
>
> > Thanks for your help!
> > Toby
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