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I am now the proud owner of two domains that are fluteloop related. I own them.. well kind of… as much as you can "own” anything on the internet I guess. Anyway, I learned a lot during the process of transferring my old domain into my name. When I got the email saying it was finally complete I was overjoyed. I immediately started planning the content and look. I also started thinking about what content management system I would like to use. I have blogged on Blogger for years now and I don’t have many complaints. I also have a few test blogs set up on Wordpress. In general I feel like Wordpress has more of the options I need and a nicer dashboard interface. But Blogger gives me access to modify my HTML which has made modifying templates so much easier and it connects me to my word (gmail, reader, photos). I also blog on livejournal which is great for the community but not even in the running as far as I’m concerned. I started looking around and I found that I could download wordpress, install it on my own site and have unrestricted access to it! No compromise necessary, I can have every thing I want and need!
Woo freaking Hoo!
***snag***
You knew it was coming right? I logged into my GoDaddy account and found that my hosting plan was not compatible.
What?
How is that possible.. I looked at the comparison charts and my economy plan had a big ol’check mark next to PHP and Wordpress. So I assume there is some mistake (on my part of course). I do what I always do when I don’t understand something… I turned to google. I found an article from March 2, 2009 on Michael’s Techbox called Thinking of hosting with GoDaddy?.
GoDaddy won’t install WordPress on IIS 6.
I started by signing up for a Deluxe Windows Hosting Package, so that I could test out some MVC stuff, and play around with new .net stuff. At the same time I was told that it was “no problem” to install a wordpress blog in the Windows package. It was a matter of a few clicks. Unfortunately the GoDaddy software requires you to select IIS 7 during the account setup, if you intend to run PHP. There were no warnings or prompts about this. Technically PHP is capable of running on either IIS 6 or 7. So this is a GoDaddy specific issue. I installed IIS 6, hoping to install an older version for maximum compatibility. The only way to resolve this is to completely delete the account and restart. This implies getting refunded on money spent and repurchasing the package. If you don’t believe this - here is offical GoDaddy communication to confirm this.
Upon review of the currently hosting plan you have with us, it is not compatible with WordPress. WordPress requires PHP language support. Your hosting account is an IIS6 Windows hosting account, which does not support PHP scripting. If this website is using only non-Windows based programming, then it is advisable to migrate the account to a Linux hosting account. If you must use Windows for any ASP.NET, Microsoft databases or other specific Windows scripting, then this account will need to be canceled, repurchased and then setup as an IIS7 configuration for Windows which does support PHP 5 scripting (not PHP 4). We do not offer an upgrade from IIS6 to IIS7. Please use the steps below for the different options suggested to resolve this connectivity issue.
No matter how you look at this, its totally unacceptable. But could have been avoided if I had a support technician on the line with me during setup. I would also like to again remind you that You absolutely cannot blame the support engineers for this type of answer, instead the real reason behind this, the outdated software that drives GoDaddy.com. I decided it was easier (cheaper too) to migrate to Linux.
A GoDaddy representative actually commented on his article!
Considering this is problem is GoDaddy specific I think they should fix it or at least put something about it in the set up screen. But that is my non-tech savvy opinion. I have no idea what that would entail. I sent a support email, hoping that they have somehow found a better solution than deleting my account and starting over. I will have my answer sometime in the next 24 hours or so. Overall, I am disappointed. I have only used GoDaddy in the past for domain registration. My hosting experience thus far has not been positive. If I am told I need to delete and start again I will be looking at other hosting companies. I should have done my homework before setting up my account with GoDaddy.
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