The title of this discussion is meant as an honest question, not a slam on the OpenPublish profile. I'm considering moving back to OP after spending time using another platform (its name starts with "W"). That platform is dead-easy to manage and has fine-tuned its updating and maintenance. I'm wondering what (if any) steps I can take to elicit the same ease-of-use (as opposed to ease of modification) with OP? I compare the difference between other online publishing platforms and OP to walking down a street and walking a tight-rope without a net.
I understand I need a regular backup routine, but what else can I do to minimize problems? OP has one of the best "looks" of any online publishing platforms and I'd like to gain the reassure to take another stab at using it for our publication.
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imo first step is to install
imo first step is to install the backup and migrate module and have it run through cron the schedule you like. You can tell it to ftp to whatever you want, so that's the database part.
As for the files, you could do a backup of sites/default/* manually at 1st time and then get something like cvs orso to get it say weekly.
I am using op since 1.7 on a shared host and had no troubles so far.
-Ronald
We are also running OP on a shared host
We've been using OP 2.0 since 04/2010 and haven't ran into any problems either. I can only speak for our experience with OP so far, but we have been very pleased with OP all the way around.
I'm on 2.2 on a shared host
Runs a little slow, and there are some limits, but overall, I am very happy with OP.
Early on, I tried to clone articles and to create sports articles, news articles, etc, etc, etc. But I was advised to use taxonomy to create different sections.
Now I am seeing the limits I have placed on myself by doing that, unless I want to get into the code/theming business.
My recommendations with OP right now:
1) A creation of a section "front page" content landing page that can be managed with context.
2) A good OP gallery set up with quick and easy mass upload potential (I use gallery assist, which would be great if it didn't have major issues with crons).
3) Better embedded videos.
4) A little better integration of content. Say i upload a picture for an article. It doesn't have the same format as an OP image. I like the OP image and would prefer it with articles, without having to node embed.
5) Better slideshows that allow different sized pictures.