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Contributing to WordPress, a Letter to Matt
An open letter to Matt Mullenweg arguing the WP Engine controversy has harmed the community and proposing cost-sharing for WordPress.org infrastructure, placing the site under the WordPress Foundation, and broadening what counts as a contribution under Five for the Future.
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Transferring IMAP Messages
The final phase of migrating to Dreamhost involved using imapsync with a caching and sync command to transfer all IMAP mail, completing successfully for all users after a minor hiccup with moving mail accounts between domains.
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Dreamhost, WordPress and WebDAV
Setting up nested password-protected WebDAV directories on Dreamhost required only a small .htaccess tweak to coexist with WordPress, after which a hierarchy of directories with per-user access was configured successfully through the Dreamhost panel.
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Transferring WordPress
A step-by-step walkthrough of successfully migrating a multisite WordPress installation to Dreamhost using WP Migrate DB Pro for the database and SFTP for plugins and themes, tested on a spare domain before going live.
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Not Running a Server
After more than five years of self-hosting, the decision was made to move to Dreamhost and let professionals handle server administration, with transferring existing IMAP email being the biggest concern.