Using Capistrano with PHP, specifically Wordpress
Here at Made By Many we are technology agnostic. Primarily because we believe a client should use the best technology solutions to fit them and fit the problem we are trying to solve. We work with lots of in-house technology teams and out-sourced partners for clients, offering technology consultancy wrapped into a holistic offering on next-generation website problems.
That’s not to say we don’t have technology preferences. With all things being equal for greenfield deployments we can work with the best technology to do the job. That’s why we have delivered several solutions using Ruby On Rails and use Wordpress for delivering blog solutions, such as this one.
I’ve spent some time making Wordpress deployments as easy as Ruby On Rails using the excellent Capistrano, this also lets me control environments which are hosting both Wordpress and Ruby On Rails in the same way.
Capistrano 2, while built for Ruby On Rails, can be used as a generic deployment tool with a little work. It adds capabilities to open-source infrastructures which were previously only available to things like high-end J2EE application servers. Here are some of the things to make Wordpress deployments with Capistrano.