Day 10

Implement and test salient today... and the weeks goals will be complete.

Just starting to do this is the completion of the goals I believe... double check...

Okay, 2 extra things:

1. -Do I still need the links, data, etc?  How does Google Analytics play into all this?"

So there is data that should be saved, affiliate links to retrace, and content to recover.  This is definitely going to take a while and may be the big focus of next week.

Analytics runs separate and all that data is saved.  I just need to begin a new analytics project for the new site, and that can be on the same account.

2. What else, if anything, do I need to do to get everything operating on AWS?

Biggest missing piece is the advanced AWS stuff -- how to install PHP, SQL, and other required features into my AWS site so it's configured properly to run wordpress, my theme, etc.  As I have just discovered.

And I am starting right now by starting a new post that defines all the technical terms I am coming across... since I clearly don't understand basic shit like:

-"WTF is SDK?" (It's software developer's kit.  See definition I found.  Thank you, Google.)

-"WTF is this Composer Amazon is talking about?"

-"WTF are dependencies?"

...etc

http://entrepreneurisback.blogspot.com/2015/01/developer-terminology.html

Final Goal: Begin Implementation

I am going to do a compromise here since there's like... an hour's worth of training and making accounts JUST TO START installing the codes I need on my AWS.

The compromise is this: A list of what needs to be done to finish implementation next week.

And here it is:

Salient REQUIRES WORDPRESS.

WORDPRESS REQUIRES:

• PHP 5.2.4 or greater
• MySQL 5.0 or greater
• The mod_rewrite Apache module

HOW TO:

^ includes wordpress

ALL SDKs: Basically, the software developer kits for ANY platform that can work with AWS... kind of the "go to" page for "How to install X on AWS"

http://aws.amazon.com/tools/


PHP:
(recommended: install composer: https://getcomposer.org/)

Amazon SDK for PHP: http://aws.amazon.com/documentation/sdk-for-php/


SQL: See video above first.

This may help or may be completely unnessary / do nothing: http://aws.amazon.com/rds/sqlserver/


MOD REWRITE APACHE MODUAL

see video above... so tired... all I see is "apache helicopter model" right now.

:)

Good week.  All objectives complete.