Thanks Vinny and alon for the suggestions. Tom On Sunday, July 14, 2013 4:55:42 AM UTC-4, alon wrote: > > Consider using http://wordpress.org/plugins/google-app-engine/ for a much > easier transfer. > > - > Cheers, > > def AlonCarmel(request) > import simplejson as json > contact = {} > contant['email'] = 'a...@aloncarmel.me <javascript:>' > contact['twitter'] = '@aloncarmel' > contact['web'] = 'http://aloncarmel.me' > contact['phone'] = '+972-54-4860380' > return HttpResponse(json.dumps(contact)) > > * If you received an unsolicited email from by mistake that wasn't of your > matter please delete immediately. All E-mail sent from Alon Carmel is > copyrighted to Alon Carmel 2008. Any details revealed in e-mails sent by > Alon Carmel are owned by the Author only. Any attempt to duplicate or > imitate any of the Content is prohibited under copyright law 2011. > > word. > > > On Sun, Jul 14, 2013 at 9:40 AM, Vinny P <vinn...@gmail.com > <javascript:>>wrote: > >> Hello Tom, >> >> On Fri, Jul 12, 2013 at 2:30 PM, Tom <> wrote: >> >>> Is Wordpress on GAE/PHP ready enough for me to consider migrating his >>> site? His site is a fairly straight-forward wordpress site >>> >> The App Engine staff run their own blog on GAE/PHP at >> http://gaeforphp-blog.appspot.com/, so it certainly seems ready enough. >> >> I have a PHP application on GAE (not a Wordpress instance, but a custom >> application) and I find the PHP runtime to be quite stable. As an anecdotal >> experience, the PHP runtime is faster with instance startup than the Java >> runtime. >> >> >> On Fri, Jul 12, 2013 at 2:30 PM, Tom <> wrote: >> >>> Will the cost of running this low volume site be roughly similar to >>> running it in a WPS at godaddy. >> >> >> >> It's difficult to estimate cost comparisons without knowing what Godaddy >> package + any addons you're using now, and without your definition of >> "low-volume" (ballpark numbers would be very helpful here). Broadly >> speaking, I would bet that App Engine would be reasonably competitive in >> regards to price. >> >> I briefly skimmed the site you linked to, and it doesn't look too >> complicated in regards to server-side processing. If you installed a >> caching plugin such as W3 Super Cache and configured the free version of >> Cloudflare CDN to sit in front of the site, you could probably serve a >> majority of the site hits entirely from cache/static pages. >> >> >> On Fri, Jul 12, 2013 at 2:30 PM, Tom <> wrote: >> >>> Is there a forum frequented by GAE/PHP devs where I might find someone >>> who I could pay do do this? I think most activity on this topic is at >>> stackoverflow and that is not a suitable place for such a query. >> >> >> >> You said earlier in your email that you know Java/Python, but not PHP. >> Still, consider trying this project yourself. Uploading a Wordpress install >> to GAE doesn't require too much PHP knowledge, and once Wordpress is >> installed, it largely configures itself/offers a GUI to configure most >> other things. There's a guide to uploading Wordpress here: >> https://developers.google.com/appengine/articles/wordpress . Try it out. >> >> >> >> ----------------- >> -Vinny P >> Technology & Media Advisor >> Chicago, IL >> >> App Engine Code Samples: http://www.learntogoogleit.com >> >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Google App Engine" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to google-appengi...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. >> To post to this group, send email to >> google-a...@googlegroups.com<javascript:> >> . >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> >> > >
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