So I Think I've Found Another Use For DropBox

scottalanmiller

LOL, um, okay.

Bill Kindle

Okay, so I stumbled upon this little gem as I am contemplating redoing my existing blogger page or creating a brand new blog over the spring / summer using WordPress:

http://www.instantwp.com/

I downloaded the installer, and thought, "Hey, I wonder if I can install this on DropBox and run it from anywhere I want to toy with WordPress from without having to install it again on every workstation?"

So I installed it to a folder on my DropBox account, and behold, it works and works well. Even updated to the latest WordPress build! And I got to thinking, "Hey, I could turn this into another How-To similar to my KeePass & DropBox tutorial I created last year for a poor man's synced password database."

I'm doing some more testing and capturing a few good quality screenshots. Will link it when I'm done.

scottalanmiller

Hmmm... I saw easier just to have a web server

Joy

@scottalanmiller Do you think i can try to do this?

scottalanmiller

@Joyfano said:

@scottalanmiller Do you think i can try to do this?

If you want to. I don't think that it will be very useful for you. Local on Mint would be better for you.

Bill Kindle

@scottalanmiller said:

Hmmm... I saw easier just to have a web server

True, but this isn't meant to host a WordPress page, but have a dev environment that you could make changes or design one, then export the XML and re-import on your actual hosting provider's instance. So for a pure dev setup, this is done in less than a minute or two.

@Bill-Kindle said:

Okay, so I stumbled upon this little gem as I am contemplating redoing my existing blogger page or creating a brand new blog over the spring / summer using WordPress:

http://www.instantwp.com/

I downloaded the installer, and thought, "Hey, I wonder if I can install this on DropBox and run it from anywhere I want to toy with WordPress from without having to install it again on every workstation?"

So I installed it to a folder on my DropBox account, and behold, it works and works well. Even updated to the latest WordPress build! And I got to thinking, "Hey, I could turn this into another How-To similar to my KeePass & DropBox tutorial I created last year for a poor man's synced password database."

I'm doing some more testing and capturing a few good quality screenshots. Will link it when I'm done.

Cool stuff bill!!!

Joy

@scottalanmiller said:

@Joyfano said:

@scottalanmiller Do you think i can try to do this?

If you want to. I don't think that it will be very useful for you. Local on Mint would be better for you.

Dashrender

Nice way to be able to work on it from anywhere.

scottalanmiller

Is this an itch that needs scratched? I've support WP for nearly a decade and never lacked access to it before. Is this a challenge that people have of which I am just not aware?

lance

@Bill-Kindle said:

Okay, so I stumbled upon this little gem as I am contemplating redoing my existing blogger page or creating a brand new blog over the spring / summer using WordPress:

http://www.instantwp.com/

I downloaded the installer, and thought, "Hey, I wonder if I can install this on DropBox and run it from anywhere I want to toy with WordPress from without having to install it again on every workstation?"

So I installed it to a folder on my DropBox account, and behold, it works and works well. Even updated to the latest WordPress build! And I got to thinking, "Hey, I could turn this into another How-To similar to my KeePass & DropBox tutorial I created last year for a poor man's synced password database."

I'm doing some more testing and capturing a few good quality screenshots. Will link it when I'm done.

Interesting idea.

@Bill-Kindle said:

Okay, so I stumbled upon this little gem as I am contemplating redoing my existing blogger page or creating a brand new blog over the spring / summer using WordPress:

http://www.instantwp.com/

I downloaded the installer, and thought, "Hey, I wonder if I can install this on DropBox and run it from anywhere I want to toy with WordPress from without having to install it again on every workstation?"

So I installed it to a folder on my DropBox account, and behold, it works and works well. Even updated to the latest WordPress build! And I got to thinking, "Hey, I could turn this into another How-To similar to my KeePass & DropBox tutorial I created last year for a poor man's synced password database."

I'm doing some more testing and capturing a few good quality screenshots. Will link it when I'm done.

@Bill-Kindle said:

Okay, so I stumbled upon this little gem as I am contemplating redoing my existing blogger page or creating a brand new blog over the spring / summer using WordPress:

http://www.instantwp.com/

I downloaded the installer, and thought, "Hey, I wonder if I can install this on DropBox and run it from anywhere I want to toy with WordPress from without having to install it again on every workstation?"

So I installed it to a folder on my DropBox account, and behold, it works and works well. Even updated to the latest WordPress build! And I got to thinking, "Hey, I could turn this into another How-To similar to my KeePass & DropBox tutorial I created last year for a poor man's synced password database."

I'm doing some more testing and capturing a few good quality screenshots. Will link it when I'm done.

Bill Kindle

@scottalanmiller said:

Is this an itch that needs scratched? I've support WP for nearly a decade and never lacked access to it before. Is this a challenge that people have of which I am just not aware?

It's not really about a lack of access, it's more about just having a ready to go dev environment quickly. You leave your live site alone while working with a backup copy in a test environment.

scottalanmiller

@Bill-Kindle we just run a dev instance side by side on the web server.

Bill Kindle

@scottalanmiller said:

@Bill-Kindle we just run a dev instance side by side on the web server.

How quickly can you have a dev environment setup? The referenced installer is done in about 2 minutes, fully functional and if you use it with dropbox, the dev environment follows you anywhere you can access dropbox. Need another one, just run the instlall again and give it a new folder name. Done.

scottalanmiller

@Bill-Kindle said:

@scottalanmiller said:

@Bill-Kindle we just run a dev instance side by side on the web server.

How quickly can you have a dev environment setup? The referenced installer is done in about 2 minutes, fully functional and if you use it with dropbox, the dev environment follows you anywhere you can access dropbox. Need another one, just run the instlall again and give it a new folder name. Done.

Five minutes or less and it is persistent and can be used by the while team, shown to approvers, etc.