[Klug-general] hosting your own wordpress

[Alan]

On 14/10/13 19:41, Alan wrote:
> On 14/10/13 19:01, Kevin Groves wrote:
>>
>>> 1) Register a free yourdomain.dyndns.org and get any device on your 
>>> network to keep it updated with changes, usually the router has a 
>>> facility for this, but Linux also has loads like dd-client or ipcheck.
>>
>> What this option. I have a dyndns free account and now it appears I 
>> have to go to a web site each month to keep the account live. 
>> Previously the dd-client was fine but they say they are preventing 
>> them from working now to force you to go to them where they try and 
>> sell you the paid account. Not a problem and you do get an email a 
>> week before to remind you. If the host is important to you then you 
>> will most likely need to pay.
>>
>> Kev
> Good point Kev. Might be worth checking out afraid.org which look like 
> they are not going to turn to naggers anytime soon - they use freebsd 
> after all ;)  A
Ah, whats more the DNS update is done with wget or curl, no more 
proprietary client software! I also read it's best to use only those 
domains ownded by the dev, the funky third party ones are liable to failure.