Comments on: Hosting my WordPress blog entirely on Amazon S3

By: Desinle

Desinle — Sun, 23 Sep 2012 18:27:00 +0000

you might as well get on linode wagon, much cheaper than amazon.. better disk i/o rates than amazon..when you would want to scale, it is less costlier than amazon..

By: vinit kumar

vinit kumar — Sun, 23 Sep 2012 18:19:00 +0000

Considering that you are using it just for blogging, why not use something like jekyll ? why take so much trouble?

By: Steve Marx

Steve Marx — Sun, 23 Sep 2012 17:30:00 +0000

Thanks!

By: spindritf

spindritf — Sun, 23 Sep 2012 17:26:00 +0000

Really cool, and you only request access to a single Dropbox folder

“This app will create a folder named site44 in your Dropbox. The app will only have access to this folder.”

which is nice of you, not many app authors bother.

By: Ahmet Alp Balkan

Ahmet Alp Balkan — Sun, 23 Sep 2012 16:31:00 +0000

This is really cool.

By: iqbalmohomed

iqbalmohomed — Sun, 23 Sep 2012 16:04:00 +0000

Thanks for the pointer Steve. I checked out the video on your site and Dropbox integration seems seamless!

By: iqbalmohomed

iqbalmohomed — Sun, 23 Sep 2012 15:53:00 +0000

Since I only completed the transfer yesterday, I can’t say for sure. I’m anticipating about $1 a month now. Amazon charges for both data storage and HTTP requests (GET requests are cheaper than PUTs), but this is much much cheaper than paying for a VM.

By: Steve Marx

Steve Marx — Sun, 23 Sep 2012 15:36:00 +0000

If you would prefer using a folder in Dropbox versus uploading with s3cmd, consider Site44 (www.site44.com), my startup.

By: Gonewest

Gonewest — Sun, 23 Sep 2012 15:24:00 +0000

Why don’t you put the vm you created for editing back in EC2 and launch it when needed?

By: Jon

Jon — Sun, 23 Sep 2012 15:17:00 +0000

How much are you spending now after moving your blog?