[wp-forums] Doing it for free.

[petit at petitpub.com]

TechGnome <tg at tannagh.com>: says:

> Because not everyone has control over database creation. I know that 
> with my host, the db servers are behind a firewall and can only be 
> accessed from within my domain. Secondly, because they have a DB 
> server farm, I have no idea what server it will end up on - I 
> currently have 2 databases with them and both are on two different 
> servers. Not to mention the database names are automatically 
> assigned. There's no way for WP to be able to any of the DB creation 
> automatically in cases like this. Granted, my situation maybe a 
> one-off case, but it still requires knowledge that the user may or 
> may not be able to control.
>
> -tg

So, I missed something.
While auotomation would be nice, we have to leave that approach then.
The hands on installation service should still be doable and a good thing to
offer.
/Petit

> petit at petitpub.com wrote:
>> Podz <podz at tamba2.org.uk>: says:
>>
>>> Podz wrote:
>>>>
>>>> This issue was raised at #meetup.
>>>> I do not think we should support upgrades.
>>>>
>>>
>>> I should have been clearer - it was raised but no discussions or 
>>> decisions were had. The 'I' above just means me, it's not a 
>>> collective term :)
>>>
>>> P.
>> I think this kind of service would be great for the proliferation of 
>> WordPress.
>>
>> One more thought ( maybe less silly ;) crossed my mind.
>>
>> To simplify installation and install help, the wp-install.php could 
>> be changed,
>> to not only create the database tables, but the database itself. Why 
>> would we
>> need phpMyAdmin or other applications for that?
>> That way the install script would also write neccessary data to wp-config.
>>
>> Did I miss something?
>>
>> /Petit