Server Testing
June 14th, 2006
The new release (0.7) of BambooInvoice has been written for days now. Probably the most significant addition is an installation script that runs through the tasks of setting up your database tables and entering your admin password, etc. I’ve also written a nice (well, I think its nice) installation guide to walk non-programmers through the process. So that’s all well and good. So where is the new release?
I’m bogged down in trying to make the system work as easily on as many possible environments as possible. This is a surprisingly complex process! It isn’t the PHP versions that’s killing me. Its the server configurations! Some servers have .htaccess disabled. One I tested on enables .htaccess, but disables mod_rewrite. Who’s ever heard of such things? Create a new folder on the server… sure I can do that. OH, you wanted to write something into that folder… just a minute, all the hoops you’re going to need to jump through are in the back?
Adoption of Bamboo is probably its highest compliment (well… aside from the actual compliments that is : ) but a major barrier to adoption is all the possible variations of a hosting environment! I hope I get it sorted out soon. Now then, for an example of how to do installation scripts right, take a look at Wordpress. My hat is off to you guys!
This entry was made on June 14th, 2006 @ 11:36 and filed into BambooInvoice, PHP.
