diff --git a/README.markdown b/README.markdown index 0ccb2bd..23d461c 100644 --- a/README.markdown +++ b/README.markdown @@ -1,30 +1,3 @@ # Wordpress on Heroku -Wordpress on Heroku--you know, when you want to run Wordpress on Heroku. - -## List of Heroku-specific customizations - -* `SMTP over Sendgrid` - Sendgrid for email. -* `MySQL` - ClearDB for MySQL -* `Nginx` - Nginx for serving up content. Depends on a custom Nginx build, see [heroku-buildpack-wordpress](http://github.com/mchung/heroku-buildpack-wordpress) for further details. -* `PHP-FPM` - Automagically manage PHP processes with PHP-FPM. No more mucking around with PHP_FCGI_CHILDREN and PHP_FCGI_MAX_REQUESTS. - -## Can I use this or what? - -Yes. But there are a few constraints. - -## Okay, hit me with them. - -Anything to do with the [ephemeral filesystem](http://devcenter.heroku.com/articles/dyno-isolation) - -* Cannot upload media files. WORKAROUND: Upload to S3 and embed content. -* Cannot update themes or plugins from the admin page. WORKAROUND: Add them to `wp-content/themes` or `wp-content/plugins` then deploy. - -## TODO - -* Handle image uploads to S3 instead (plugin or custom code). If you know of a Wordpress S3 plugin that actually works, I'd be happy to add it in. - -## I thought Heroku was only for Ruby applications? - -Not anymore. Heroku's latest offerings (See [Celadon Cedar stack](http://devcenter.heroku.com/articles/cedar)) makes it easy (well, easyish) for developers to install and run any language, or actually any service. - +For everything you ever wanted to know about running Wordpress on Heroku, check out my [heroku-buildpack-wordpress](http://github.com/mchung/heroku-buildpack-wordpress)