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  • Hi,

    We are planning to use WordPress for our company Intranet and I have been given the task to make this happen.

    I have set up my own WordPress on a hosted webserver but just wanted to ask few questions for setting up on Internal Network.

    I need to install SQL on a server for the database but was wondering if I have to buy SQL or can I use the free open license edition? Just thinking of people using the Intranet if it matters cause its a company.

    Thats it for now.

    Tom

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  • MySQL Server is available as free software under GPL.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MySQL#Support_and_licensing

    You might also find the following Codex page useful:
    http://codex.wordpress.org/WordPress_Installation_Techniques#Installing_WordPress_Locally

    tomhopes,

    I can attest to the fact that WordPress works fantastically in an intranet situation. esmi is right on the money. None of the applications should cost you a dime, and all are available during installation and server setup if you intend to use an Linux environment. The same is true for windows, but the rewards and satisfaction in a windows environment, in my opinion, are just, well… not all that rewarding.

    If you have a choice and some experienced IT staff to help you out, I highly, nay, emphatically …(that’s my two dollar word for the day!)… recommend a Linux server. If your guys don’t have access to supported RHEL, and your project support will be purely “in-house”, CentOS is a solid winner. If you’re on your own, and this is all new to you, all I can say is just weather out the learning curve. It will definitely be worth the pay-off in the end.

    Holy Cow! I guess I didn’t realize I get that excited about WordPress! 😛

    Good luck to you!

    Thread Starter tomhopes

    (@tomhopes)

    Thanks for your advice and help – I am a IT Professional and I know you will moan and give reasons but I am a Microsoft man so to speak and not that hot on Linux.

    One last question, what type of server spec would I need to run WordPress Intranet fast for 100 users? a server for WordPress all on its own?

    Thanks for your advice and help

    preor

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