Boy What A Week Update From Cpanel to Plesk
Update Time! You might want to glance at the post below to know what I mean 
I’ve spent the past week plus getting a cram course from my brother who (thank god!) understands coding, hosting, windows (which I’m not using), and Plesk and Linux (though he hates the latter).
I (using the term losely) am moving the entire Whole Hog Blogs network of massive wordpress blogs to new servers – bigger, faster, just all in all great to make the move AND save some cash in the process. Of course in the beginning, it was me doing the data gathering and him sewing it all back together.
But the learning curve has been brutual with 16-20 hour days for what seems like my life. I’m sure my brother is thinking the same thing.
I actually interrupted him while he puts together a HUGE website/blog (that I will write all about in the very near future since he’s looking of course for not only readers but WRITERS).
I am pleased to say that with only short/quick phone calls now (and not every single time LOL), I believe I have come close to mastering the art of moving small, medium, and large (well organized) wordpress blogs. There was an instance, or two, where he patiently put back together anywhere from 30,000 to 90,000 lines of code! Thank you Bob!
So the move is almost accomplished! I loved where I was hosting everyone at Rackforce, it’s just that it was impossible to pass up the bargain of a brand new server built from the ground up with over six times the storage and 10 times the backbone (for much less).
I’ve been a cpanel person all my online life, but you know even when you want to give up and run back to what’s “safe” it’s worth it to stick to your guns and learn something new! Now I’m comfortable with another way to do business using Plesk! TaDa!
Tags: blogging, cpanel, databases, hosting, hosting companies, mysql, plesk, wordpress
October 1st, 2009 at 4:48 am
Any headaches? Way to go!
October 1st, 2009 at 11:51 am
Good luck with the move
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October 1st, 2009 at 8:41 pm
I remember before my first host is plesk and I don’t know how to use it until I dropped it out. And then comes along, cpanel which is easier to use and since then it is my choice of panel.
October 3rd, 2009 at 12:33 pm
Another great reason to have WHB manage my blog!! I have NO desire to learn plesk or any other techie behind the scenes program. Theresa, you guys take care of your customers and we appreciate it
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October 3rd, 2009 at 7:20 pm
Again, Theresa, great work and thanks!
October 6th, 2009 at 7:45 pm
You are the best. I’m glad this is the stuff that you do…so I don’t have to! LOL
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October 6th, 2009 at 10:22 pm
Hey all! Thanks for the comments and support! Actually did my first “Putty” tonight (okay my second). Haven’t used command line prompts in… well let’s say a decade or two LOL! You know it’s a shame. While Windows made the computer and internet accessible to just about anyone, not learning the coding (or forgetting it after so many years like me) is really too bad. Those pretty pictures have some hard-based coding and commands that get them to be where they are… programming and/or at least the basics in a more “DOS-like” environment should be taught to all.