Looking for a Linux expert

Hey,

I've setup Wordpress before (on Linode, even) and I'd be glad to help you out if I can. You can email me at ghan.04@gmail.com if you like.

First you need to set up your database. The most common is MySQL, almost everything uses it, including WordPress. At the very least, you'll need to create a database for WordPress, along with a database user through which WordPress can access the database. This will probably be the most confusing part because most of the tutorials (at least in my opinion) are a bit vague and/or confusing, but we can help here.

Once that is taken care of, you need to put WordPress into your web root (e.g. where your web site will be loaded from). So, if WordPress will be under /srv/www/wordpress.mydomain.com/html, put them there. Look to see if there's an install.php or some such (I'm not sure where WordPress places it's installer since I don't use it). After that, you need to go to WordPress's installer, e.g. http://wordpress.mydomain.com/install.php. Follow through with the installer, and provide it with the database name and user when it asks.

Hello

Will it be difficult for a non linux or non tech person to use your service? What do I do without a cpanel? Is it more difficult to use?

Dustin

Linux is extremely easy if you know how to utilize your sources of help. Linode has it's Linode Library to help you get started, and Google can be a great thing for finding help. There is also Linode's IRC and forum, along with plenty of other forums and IRC networks.

cpanel (and other things like it) are developed for people who find using a command line scary. Once you know the basics, the Linux command line is very good for doing stuff. The main downside is speed – in most cases, the command line can be more powerful and efficient at doing stuff, but then you have to type out what you want to do, and sometimes look up how to use a command. You can have cpanel on your Linode (i think they charge a fee), and there are other similar tools such as Webmin that you can also use.

Hello

I am looking for someone who can help me set up Cpanel. I want to set up a new Linode account, the entry level account.

I will need help installing wordpress as well.

Please contact me if you are interested in helping.

Dustin

Hello

Can anyone tell me how to set up the operating system in Linode? I plan to set up a new account with Linode, but I don't know how to set up the OS.

Dustin

@dustinmattison:

Can anyone tell me how to set up the operating system in Linode? I plan to set up a new account with Linode, but I don't know how to set up the OS.
I don't know what it looks like to a brand-new customer, but when I add a new Linode, the dashboard asks me which OS I would like to use. I just select Ubuntu (for example) and it's automatically installed.

By the way, it seems that you still haven't found anyone to help you move your site to Linode. I doubt that you will get many bids especially if you include cPanel as a requirement. Most people here wouldn't touch cPanel with a 10 foot pole. Using cPanel can easily increase your monthly cost by $15/mo or more, not only because of cPanel licensing fees, but also because cPanel consumes a lot of resources which sometimes makes it necessary to upgrade to a larger plan sooner than you would otherwise have.

But if it's just one WordPress site, and if you don't have e-mail accounts with your current cPanel host, a Linux server can be set up without cPanel in a way that requires virtually no knowledge of Linux on your part. Besides, if you run into problems beyond your skills, you can always ask the guy who set it up in the first place. (Job security, wink wink nudge nudge…) So unless something really bad happens (like a hacker breaking into your server), maintaining a Linux server with one WordPress blog on it should take no more than a few minutes a week.

PM me your website's address, and I'll try to estimate what it would take to move it here.

I plan to install a wordpress multi-site. In the beginning it will be small, maybe a few subdomain sites. But I want to be ready for when I finally get users and they create their own sites in the network as well.

I frequently have to use Cpanel to install wordpress plugins, upload files, etc. I am not sure how I could handle all of these tasks without Cpanel. I have enough trouble as it is just getting things set up using Cpanel.

So how would I install plugins, upload files, etc? It just seems there are so many cases that I haven't thought of yet where without cpanel I would be stuck.

What do you think?

Dustin

@dustinmattison:

I plan to install a wordpress multi-site. In the beginning it will be small, maybe a few subdomain sites. But I want to be ready for when I finally get users and they create their own sites in the network as well.
Ah, multi-site (now called "Network"). That makes things slightly more complicated. How complicated it gets depends on what you already have on your site. But since WordPress 3.0, it's become much easier to run a Network. It also takes all of 5 minutes for an experienced sysadmin to prepare your server for multiple WordPress blogs.

@dustinmattison:

I frequently have to use Cpanel to install wordpress plugins, upload files, etc. I am not sure how I could handle all of these tasks without Cpanel. I have enough trouble as it is just getting things set up using Cpanel.
You have trouble as it is because you're uploading files with cPanel. cPanel is a horrible tool to upload files with. A proper Linux server will come with one or more SSH/SFTP accounts, which allows you to upload files using programs such as FileZilla. It's as easy as dragging and dropping a file or folder.

Too many help requests to one threaf, much easier to get people to help by posting a problem-specific thread :-)