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Why not use WordPress? It's simple to install, configure, and deploy. Works on any web host. Internal comments. Auto-updates to keep you running on the latest

by edent 13y ago

Why not use WordPress? It's simple to install, configure, and deploy. Works on any web host. Internal comments. Auto-updates to keep you running on the latest version if you want.

ekianjo 13y ago
wordpress as default does not handle lots of traffic without crashing. You need to use cache plugins to make it work well with lots of visitors. Not a "solid" solution out of the box.
- brudgers 13y ago
  If your blog crashes from too many hits, congratulations. Few people write that well. Their audiences tend to forgive them. Most blogs die from loneliness- even more never launch because it's so much easier not to write.
  - hengheng 13y ago
    I've seen default wordpress installations on simple vhosts crash at 50 daily visitors, basically every time two people visited at the same time. You do need caching, and you need to set it up manually, and that's probably Wordpress.com's sales pitch nowadays.
    - brudgers 13y ago
      If your blog is getting 50 daily visitors, congratulations.
      - ekianjo 13y ago
        Really ? That's kind of low, though. I would have thought most blogs get at least a couple of hundred visits (and not bots) every day.
  - ekianjo 13y ago
    Here's an example from a couple of months back when I received too much traffic from HN on my wordpress install and it made the server explode: http://pandoralive.info/?p=2243 http://pandoralive.info/?p=2243 It went up to 133 simultaneous visitors and then... poof! After that I installed a Cache plugin, and since then I've had a couple of articles hitting HN again and going over 200 simultaneous visits with the CPU remaining at low levels. So yeah, Wordpress can scale, with the right plugins :)
- pacomerh 13y ago
  Assuming millions will read your articles yes.
- bprieto 13y ago
  I had a "wordpress as default" blog hosted at DreamHost and it handled up to 1.000 visits a day without crashing. More than that, and DreamHost turned it off to prevent it to impact other users. Now it lives in a Digital Ocean's $20 VPS, fine tuned to serve WordPress and with W3 Total Cache plugin. Blitz.io tests say it could handle 80 million pages served a day. I know that's not really true, but it handles 60.000-80.000 real visits (more than 100k pages) every month without problems.
deckiedan 13y ago
Honestly, This. If you're really interested in /writing/, then just go with one of the hosted solutions such as Wordpress.com, blogger, whatever. It's easy enough to use, requires virtually no set up time to get running, and lets you forget about any techy details. I know that it's often more fun and more interesting as a hacker-type to think about the optimum way to blog, rather than actually doing it... This is my problem too. But what you want to establish is the habit of writing. Once you've got that, you can easily port your posts over to another system (and clean up any on the way). I've recently set up a few Wordpress sites for some people. And much as I despise the insanity underneath, if you're just wanting to write, then it's a very nice platform.

by edent 13y ago

Why not use WordPress? It's simple to install, configure, and deploy. Works on any web host. Internal comments. Auto-updates to keep you running on the latest version if you want.

ekianjo 13y ago

wordpress as default does not handle lots of traffic without crashing. You need to use cache plugins to make it work well with lots of visitors. Not a "solid" solution out of the box.

brudgers 13y ago
If your blog crashes from too many hits, congratulations. Few people write that well. Their audiences tend to forgive them. Most blogs die from loneliness- even more never launch because it's so much easier not to write.
- hengheng 13y ago
  I've seen default wordpress installations on simple vhosts crash at 50 daily visitors, basically every time two people visited at the same time. You do need caching, and you need to set it up manually, and that's probably Wordpress.com's sales pitch nowadays.
  - brudgers 13y ago
    If your blog is getting 50 daily visitors, congratulations.
    - ekianjo 13y ago
      Really ? That's kind of low, though. I would have thought most blogs get at least a couple of hundred visits (and not bots) every day.
- ekianjo 13y ago
  Here's an example from a couple of months back when I received too much traffic from HN on my wordpress install and it made the server explode: http://pandoralive.info/?p=2243 http://pandoralive.info/?p=2243 It went up to 133 simultaneous visitors and then... poof! After that I installed a Cache plugin, and since then I've had a couple of articles hitting HN again and going over 200 simultaneous visits with the CPU remaining at low levels. So yeah, Wordpress can scale, with the right plugins :)
pacomerh 13y ago
Assuming millions will read your articles yes.
bprieto 13y ago
I had a "wordpress as default" blog hosted at DreamHost and it handled up to 1.000 visits a day without crashing. More than that, and DreamHost turned it off to prevent it to impact other users. Now it lives in a Digital Ocean's $20 VPS, fine tuned to serve WordPress and with W3 Total Cache plugin. Blitz.io tests say it could handle 80 million pages served a day. I know that's not really true, but it handles 60.000-80.000 real visits (more than 100k pages) every month without problems.

deckiedan 13y ago

Honestly, This. If you're really interested in /writing/, then just go with one of the hosted solutions such as Wordpress.com, blogger, whatever. It's easy enough to use, requires virtually no set up time to get running, and lets you forget about any techy details. I know that it's often more fun and more interesting as a hacker-type to think about the optimum way to blog, rather than actually doing it... This is my problem too. But what you want to establish is the habit of writing. Once you've got that, you can easily port your posts over to another system (and clean up any on the way). I've recently set up a few Wordpress sites for some people. And much as I despise the insanity underneath, if you're just wanting to write, then it's a very nice platform.