What will I learn to do?
In this lesson you will learn how to choose the platform on which you can install your SPIP site.
This platform will be suited for your needs:
Required softwares
Bandwidth capacity
RAM capacity
Memory storage
Processor capacity
Mailing capacity
Upload capacity
Why would I do this?
Taking the time to choose your configuration for your SPIP site is extremely important.
First, you must make sure you are going to install SPIP in a place where all conditions for SPIP to work are present.
Second, don’t forget that editors are going to work on the platform you are going to set up, this space is going to be nothing less than their workplace; it means a place where they are going to spend a lot of time. If this one is slow, generates a lot of bugs, you are going to produce useless frustrations and loose productivity.
In the other hand if you choose a platform which is far too strong regarding your need you will spend money for nothing.
What are the basics I need?
During this entire lesson we are going to use the Dream Host company like host provider to illustrate our examples.
This host is very well known around the world and can provide a very big range of hosting solutions from very small to very big need.
Of course many others provide excellent service as well. Especially if your country is out of Europe or USA you should consider a more local provider.
Dream Host presentation
The first thing you need to check is:
MySQL version 3 or greater, and the authorizations to create and access one database.
PHP version 4 or greater, (SPIP 1.8 should work with PHP version 3 but we do not recommend that solution).
Even if 15 Mo of disk capacity is enough to get started, you should go for 50 Mo of disk capacity.
The database grows slowly, because it stores only textual information, but the IMG folder of SPIP grows much more quickly, because it stores a lot of images and documents (PDF files, movies and so on).
A minimum of 15 Mo of disk capacity.
Nearly all providers propose these features or more, as soon as you choose a package that includes PHP and MySQL, but you must check that first.
