Argh. PHPFog was my goto place for self-hosting Wordpress blogs, is AppFog as simple?
I'm using pagodabox.com it works great for me.
PHP Fog to be discontinued on December 21st
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Re: PHP Fog to be discontinued on December 21st
#22Argh. PHPFog was my goto place for self-hosting Wordpress blogs, is AppFog as simple?
Another alternative might be Wordpress+Heroku:
https://github.com/mhoofman/wordpress-heroku
I've used it for a few projects and it works reasonably well.
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#23Earlier quoted context omitted.
We're PHP/MySQL now, so anything that supports PHP/MySQL (whether solely or as part of a larger offering).
They you've pretty much got unlimited choices. AppFog, Heroku, you name it. Everyone supports PHP and MySQL these days.
I'd prefer something with the simplicity and ease of setup/maintenance as PHP Fog.
Re: PHP Fog to be discontinued on December 21st
#24As a current customer since 7/11 (over a year) I am SHOCKED they aren't working on automating a process to migrate over to AppFog. I guess they don't want my business - off to heroku and/or ec2.
John, I am so sorry for the inconvenience, we are working on some tools to make the process easier, but for now here is a tutorial: http://blog.phpfog.com/2012/11/12/migrating-your-php-apps-fr...
That doesn't really seem to be about migrating, but about setting up an arbitrary php app with AppFog. Here's a few things that are wrong with it:
* It assumes you have the directory locally. Can't it be downloaded from phpfog?
* It doesn't say anything about copying environment variables.
* It doesn't talk about making sure you have at least as much system resources. It should say how to find how much memory you had with phpfog to make sure you have enough with appfog.
* It doesn't cover data migration.
* Even without covering data migration, it could at least have covered migrating the database configuration, but it doesn't.
* It leaves with an appfog domain name. It should say how to switch them.
* Too much of the post is devoted to going through AppFog's features.
* It has some cheesy marketing for AppFog like "af-plus-php-equals-win" and "Lots more functionality where that came from".
I don't think I could bring myself to call it a migration tutorial.
Re: PHP Fog to be discontinued on December 21st
#25Other than dotCloud, what are some other PHP as a platform competitors?
Orchestra.io, Heroku, PagodaBox
Re: PHP Fog to be discontinued on December 21st
#26Other than dotCloud, what are some other PHP as a platform competitors?
dotcloud seems about as close a match as you could get, including the PaaS pricing which seems expensive to people who are comfortable setting up their own server. I have seen Heroku working for PHP but it needs a certain type of application that doesn't need to write files and uses postgres. WordPress can actually live within these requirements, with a plugin that rewrites mysql queries as postgres, but it isn't easy.
There are more options if all you need is WordPress. ZippyKid and page.ly both seem to be high quality and economical.
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#28Earlier quoted context omitted.
Same here. PHP Fog had its share of problems, but AppFog doesn't support Git.
Purely informative but it seems you can add commit hooks to your version control to connect to theirs: http://blog.appfog.com/553/ Seems pretty stupid to drop support of git in favor of their own product.
I only used them for development but at least I never had to worry about the application server and the git workflow worked perfectly. Didn't use their shared database, which didn't support stored procedures etc, but it was easy to connect RDS. They came out with their own "dedicated DB" product but it was just RDS with a 100% markup and no other advantage. Not that I blame them for trying to monetize since it sounds like it they weren't making money off the basic stuff.
Re: PHP Fog to be discontinued on December 21st
#29I had the worst experience with appfog/phpfog. They ignore emails and state things on their hp that are clearly not true (like they would support .NET which they are not).
Should have been warned whem some time ago a 15year old hacked their system and controlled all their servers.
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#30This sucks. But actually, I'm glad to hear it. Over the past 2 weeks (since we upgraded matchist to a PHP Fog dedicated server), their support team has basically dropped off the face of the earth. Their support live chat disappeared. Their phone number goes to voicemail. And there's no way to get a hold of them other than their ticketing system (which they respond to every few days if you're lucky). I loved PHP Fog w…
I'm very sorry to hear about your experience with our support team over the past few weeks. While there have been some changes to live chat we are still available via phone during business hours depending on volume and are highly responsive with tickets (hours turnaround if not quicker on average).
Was there a particular ticket I can review for you to see what happened? I want to make sure we don't drop the ball here.