![]() ![]() I hope this will help future webtrees users using GoDaddy web hosting (or thinking about a Windows server).ĮDIT: One big drawback is that you will have to do all of your own backups with GoDaddy. You have to go find it (click on the tiny pencil icon associated with your database in GoDaddy) You helped tremendously.ġ) the Economy package works just fine - Deluxe is just more stuff (storage, apps, email accounts, etc.)ģ) Choose "No" for direct database accessĤ) During the webtrees configuration, "localhost" does not work for the database server. Linux with PHP rather than GoDaddy itself.ĭan Haas, thank you very much for sharing your experiences with me. Actually, I believe this will be true for any web hosting provider because it appears to be Windows vs. So the lesson here for any new GoDaddy installations is to STAY CLEAR OF WINDOWS WEB HOSTING. Ok, webtrees is re-installed on the Linux server and I'm very happy to say that it works like a charm. I'm starting to think I've come full circle back to the very first responses to this thread - DUMP MY EXISTING SERVICE.ĭespite my server woes, I'm really quite impressed with webtrees capabilities though. Now I'm picturing my Economy package Windows server as a laptop running W2K in some guy's basement. I also didn't realize that webtrees required so much processing power from the server, so I thought the minimum would do. The best rationale I had was - "I'm running on a Windows machine, so I must need a Windows server?". I didn't know why one would choose either Linux or Windows based, and I couldn't find any explanations why the two are offered. Looks like I made a few bad decisions here. This is my first experience with web hosting beyond what Comcast gives me for free with my internet service (all you can do is FTP HTML files), and also my first time installing a web application. ![]() However, I'm not sure I'm going to necessarily learn anything from this exercise. This appears to show all the configuration settings. To see the settings, click on: "Show MySQL system variables". Please Log in or Create an account to join the conversation. Just my humble opinion based on my own experience. Unless you have software that requires it I see no reason to go with a windows server. Then I switched to linux based servers just to see if there was a difference and try something new and I haven't looked back. So youre Deluxe on Linux, while Im Economy on Windows. Having to do a hack or tweak here and there to get things to work the way they should (as you had to recently). I know how to access phpmyadmin, just not sure where to look for the current settings once I get there. I started out years ago trying to run websites on windows based servers and ran into nothing but problems. I learned a long time ago that most website software is designed to run on a linux or unix based system. ![]() Probably and more than likely why you had to perform the extra step with the php.ini file just to get the install running and I did not. I think there is a lot of probability that this may be where your problems are. So you're Deluxe on Linux, while I'm Economy on Windows. I know how to access phpmyadmin, just not sure where to look for the current settings once I get there. Questions in violation of this rule will be removed or locked.My Account => My Products => Web Hosting =>Launch => Databases => MySQL => Manage via phpMyAdmin Specific assistance questions are allowed so long as they follow the required assistance post guidelines. General open ended career and getting started posts are only allowed in the pinned monthly getting started/careers thread.
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