Anyone use Media Temple?

I can't really speak for their dedicated servers as I use their shared server plan. I can assest however that they are the best, most responsive, most helpful host I've ever used. Screaming fast, redundancy up the ying, great tech support. They even wrote a piece of code for me so I could function more in a chmod environment at no charge.

I will probably never use anyone else and am pleading with my company to upgrade to a dedicated.

I am guessing that you have already looked into 1and1? Never had one problem yet from them. More then 3 years of free service from them. Top Notch.

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Originally Posted by WannaBe_80z

I am guessing that you have already looked into 1and1? Never had one problem yet from them. More then 3 years of free service from them. Top Notch.

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:thumbsdow BOOO!

Reading is fundamental, wannabe.

its hard to read through all the tears.

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Originally Posted by silverx2

its hard to read through all the tears.

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Chuckle.

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Originally Posted by WannaBe_80z

I am guessing that you have already looked into 1and1? Never had one problem yet from them. More then 3 years of free service from them. Top Notch.

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*SLAP*
Those hijacking nimrod euros couldn't host a Tupperware party.

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Originally Posted by jAQUAN

*SLAP*
Those hijacking nimrod euros couldn't host a Tupperware party.

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No, for that I think you should call GenniF5 ;)

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Originally Posted by jAQUAN

*SLAP*
Those hijacking nimrod euros couldn't host a Tupperware party.

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Really? I seriously was considering their managed server II plan atm... please expand if you can jAQUAN.

I just signed up for the dv (Dedicated Virtual) Rage Plan at Media Temple.

:thumbsup:

Ive been impressed with my relatively no-name host OLM. I'm not in the set-up-hosting business so its a shared plan for personal use but I see they have dedicated plans. The control panel i have isnt as fancy looking as plesk but I believe most of the same functionality is in there. I only really open the thing once or twice a year anyway. :)

Too late to consider anyway. The MT guys seem pretty cool.

Alright so i have had this damn 1and1 like pro service for years and I have no idea when it will be taken down :) it has been so long since I got it. So my friend is trying to set up a pixel post photoblog and I offered my server to host his stuff since all I have so much space and all I host is my photoblog as well...but after he bought his domain and went through all this bull**** it ends up the account I got only has access to only setup one sql database. So what I am asking is doesn't matter how crappy the interface is or bleh bleh I need a free(if possible) hosting site that we can just through his photoblog onto that has SQL...so anyone?

I found this but seems sketchy www.freesql.org

Wannabe, you can install another Pixelpost that uses the same database...

Put his pixelpost in a different directory, and change the

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$pixelpost_db_prefix = "pixelpost_"; 


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on line 44 in the 'includes/pixelpost.php' file to something else... it will append that prefix to his tables in the database... for example

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$pixelpost_db_prefix = "myfriendsdatabase_"; 


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btw the Media Temple Plesk interface rocks.
Setting it up now, I can tell already it's really fast.

media temple is the shizzle fo'shizzle

Well this is what my database listing looks like now. If I change that one line of code ALL those things will change to hissite_ban, hissite_etc, hissite_bleh....?

Yup, that's what I am saying.

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Originally Posted by pixelpost/doc/ReadMe_install.txt

1. Edit the pixelpost.php file (located in /includes/), enter the
database information there:

these are the fields, where you must enter the necessary data:

$pixelpost_db_host = "localhost"; // database host, often "localhost"
$pixelpost_db_user = "replace_me"; // database user
$pixelpost_db_pass = "replace_me"; // database user password
$pixelpost_db_pixelpost = "replace_me"; // database

If you choose another name for your PixelPost-Tables, change it here,
replace "pixelpost_" by the table-name-prefix of your choice:

$pixelpost_db_prefix = "pixelpost_"; // table prefix, leave as is unless you want
to install multiple blogs on the same database

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you installed sith the default 'pixelpost_' prefix.
change that, and put it all in a new directory and upload.
Make sure you upload EVERYTHING to a new directory for his site.

Oh, and you might want to make a backup of your current database before you do anything incase you fk it up. Go to the export menu in MyPhpAdmin, save as a sql file structure and data to your computer.

Yeah I go backup crazy. All backed up. I need to go to work soon but I will try that out when I return. Thanks

WannaBe_80z, maybe you can benefit from this tutorial to install and configure Pixelpost:

Pixelpost Tutorial

Good luck!

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Originally Posted by fl00r

WannaBe_80z, maybe you can benefit from this tutorial to install and configure Pixelpost:

Pixelpost Tutorial

Good luck!

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I think I have him squared away, how is it working out btw Wannabe?

It is working PERFECTLY. Thanks again. :)