There are 2 errors I get all the time when importing existing sites. I verify my platform and when the site is trying to import, I get this error:
This one is pretty easy to figure out, I have the wrong database info in my settings.php file. I probably had my DB password wrong or forgot to capitalize some letter. ...Read more...
Since the release of Aegir 0.3 I've been using Drupals multisite configuration like crazy. Mainly because Aegir uses it but also because it just makes sense. Starting a site in multisite works great, but moving an existing site to multisite configuration can cause some problems.
For example, on a regular Drupal install the images and file uploads are stored in the "sites/default/files" directory. On a multisite install, the files/images are stored in "sites/example.com/files" directory. This causes a problem becuase the links to most images/files that are in content will point to the wrong location:
Links will look like: http://example.com/sites/default/files/myimage.jpg
Aegir .4 Alpha 5 Came out last week and so I thought i would do a quick video for those VPS newbies out. Aegir really is sweet and if you are wanting to ever just test it, this is a good starting point for you.
This can be done w/ almost any linux VPS host. I chose to go with Burstnet for the screencast because they got decent reviews from web hosting forums and is DIRT cheap.
I would recommend Linode if you are looking for a good VPS host. I have a node w/ them and they have always been wonderful. Don't take my word for it, they have hundreds of reviews all over the web bragging them up.
