We've tried the Wordpress ami, but it isn't working out for us. So I'm looking for some other recommendations. Our requirements follow:
- Our site is housed in Wordpress, which we prefer to install ourselves as a stack.
- We use Smart Fox Server 1.6.9 to manage java apps, and want to mirror the setup we have on a couple of other sites where we use the same version of SFS. We do not wish to move to SFS 2.x.
- We need to be able to use PEAR locally, which we can install and configure ourselves. We use it locally, because we're trying to make everything in our sites as portable as possible for installation on mirrors. We can install and configured this ourselves.
- We use Simple Machines Forum (1.1.16) with Wordpress, but don't bridge the logins. We do not wish to upgrade to 2.x, for the reasons previous stated. We can install and configured this ourselves.
- We need to be able to use the mysql connector, using the old hashing algorithms. Our existing sites also do so, and we need to be able to tie in the SMF forum database that's located on a shared host. MySQLnd and MySQL won't play well together in this instance, because of the difference in the size of the hashed passwords (41 vs. 40). We also cannot upgrade the hashing on the shared host for obvious reasons (e.g., the remote MySQL database is use by more than one shared hosting account, and support for that has already declined to do so).
That's pretty much it. Any sound recommendations are welcome and would be greatly appreciated.
Cheers,
Jan C.