Announcing WordPress Automatic Installer
Good evening peoples.
I’d originally been planning on announcing/releasing this at another time, but plans have fallen through. So instead, Its happening now. This is a small preview video of whats to come, All in all, the script (as you see it below) is ready to go, I have a few more things i want to add to it, but for now, its working quite nicely, Installing WordPress and configuring it all in one sweep, in under 65KB of code (Which might i add, Could be made much smaller, But I’m using WordPress Libraries – HTTP + Filesystem + WP DB + Various Functions for the ease of use they provide)
Now, Onto the video, Its a 1024x800px video, So i’m not sure how this is going to embed, I’m trying out Vimeo for this, But heres a direct link to the file anyway: WordPress Automatic Installer
I’ll be posting a link to download the script/App in the coming days, I’m not going to be very available in the next few days, So i’m delaying it until i’m available to answer questions/etc. If you’ve got any, ask away in the comments, and i’ll write a FAQ up based off them.
I fully expect this Vimeo video to be unwatachable due to the resolution.. So the above xvid may be the only way, Or wait till mid week for a post with images instead.. (I found clicking the full screen icon helps a lot)
Stats:
Over 14,000 lines of code (Much from the WordPrss Libararies)
520KB worth of code before my custom Builder/minimiser hits it
228KB worth of code after my custom minimiser hits it
65KB worth of code after Gzip’d and Base 64′d for distribution.
1 file installer – Yep, No need to upload 8MB of files, just a single 65KB file, and let your web browser do the rest.
Edit: I’ve promised people alpha’s of this, and never gotten around to it, Simple reason has been that i’ve been having less time available for WordPress, and i just need to get things out there rather than letting them be tested, So run a much, go make conspiracies about what my code may bring, But return and review the code when its released in a few days.
Oh one more thing, I need a name! So start suggesting names, “WordPress automatic Installer” it is for now, But i’ve got 3 others in mind, of course, the domains are taken on all of them, So if you’ve got something you think is a go-er, Send me a email via my contact page, I’m sick of people squating on good domain names..
Oh, One more thing! The Carrington Blog theme SUCKS ASS. Not only did i have to recode crap in it, but now i find out the content column is more than just fixed width, its damn scrollbar width…. I wish i had the time to actually code something decent for myself once in awhile instead of giving back to the community..