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Ashish Cherian
1,709 PointsGitHUB for Wordpress
This is in response to- http://blog.teamtreehouse.com/using-github-pages-to-host-your-website ? ? Could anyone please tell me if it is advisable to host my wordpress website on Github as i host it currently on Siteground.com and they take quite a lot for both of my sites Kindly tell me if i should just you know go to github and what problems will i have if i do
3 Answers
Christopher Hall
9,052 PointsGithub pages are great for hosting static or statically generated websites, but I believe they do not include MySQL database support. That is a requirement for Wordpress, so I don't think WP will work on Github pages.
Nathan F.
30,773 PointsGithub Pages won't be sufficient to host a WordPress installation, as Github Pages is a static-site generator that takes Markdown content and outputs it to static HTML files.
If you're looking for cheap/free webhosting and git access, you could try deploying your Wordpress site on Openshift or PagodaBox
Nathan F.
30,773 PointsMind you, both of these are cloud PaaS systems. If you get boatloads of traffic, the free resources will get eaten up rather quickly and you'll have to scale up. But if you have a relatively low-traffic site, like a personal portfolio or blog, it should work just fine.
Adam Sackfield
Pro Student 19,663 PointsTo add to these you could look at asmallorange cheapest package is $35 a year for shared hosting and offers everything needed for WP hosting. Never had an issue with ASO. :)
Ashish Cherian
1,709 PointsI am ready to shift to gitHUB and its OK for static pages and all But how can i transfer my wp blog to github with all the posts and URL intact ?