Ocassionally, I like to pooh-pooh Windows admins and their “wizards”. Relying on wizards to get work done can, in my humble opinion, stunt your growth as an admin. You should know how to use the command line and edit config files by hand. The day your wizards fail you is the day you regret that lack of knowledge.
So. Today I went to install WordPress on a FusedNetwork account and the installation wizard failed me. It turns out the wizard relies on DNS working the way it should, but at this point we’ve not yet pointed the existing domain to the new site. We need to test before we do that. Completely forgetting the above, I emailed the support guys at Fused. They, of course, reminded me politely that a manual install would suffice.
I fell into my own trap.
An hour later, WordPress was installed and we’re ready to go with site testing. WordPress’s famous “5 Minute Install” takes an hour when you’re bouncing things off a client machine in Viet Nam. If I had full net access with decent bandwidth, it probably would have been pretty close to 5 minutes.
As an aside, FusedNetwork rocks. Their support guys are great. They are incredibly responsive. They’re not the cheapest hosts, but their customer service is what makes them stand out. It is, truly, second to none.
Takes me about 15-30 minutes to get a Wordpress site installed unto a US server from Vietnam, depending on the time of day.
One good thing with WP is that you no longer have to do manual upgrades.