[2016-Goal#1] A NEW Server for Ubuntu GNOME

[Narcis Garcia]

Not going to 3rd party hosting, until there is atleast a demo site, that
Canonical say they can't host.

+1


El 04/01/16 a les 11:58, Tim ha escrit:
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> On 04/01/16 21:13, Ali/amjjawad wrote:
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>>     From what I understood of the thread was you want a new look and feel
>>     to the Ubuntu GNOME website, and are looking at various options both
>>     within Canonical hosting and outside?
>>
>>
>> Not only that but that's the summary of it :)
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>>     is there anything specific I can help with?
>>
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>> So, to be specific here:
>> Myself as the community manager of Ubuntu GNOME and Tim as the co-founder of Ubuntu GNOME both have no access even to update our website, nor
>> install a new plugin, nor do anything special except create new posts and pages. That said, our hands are so tight here and we can't do much
>> with such very limited access.
>>
>> A side from the fact that we need to change the look and feel of Ubuntu GNOME website with totally different theme, as mentioned above, our
>> access is very limited.
> Ali, take a step back for a second, if we actually had a theme to install, it would only take a week at max. The real problem is that we have
> nothing to install, even if Canonical give me and you access to do that, its not going to change much. Ubuntu cloud is massive, I can't possibly
> believe they can't meet our hosting requirements.
> 
> I am 100% not going to commit to 3rd party hosting, until there is atleast a demo site, that Canonical say they can't host. To me the beneift of
> having canonical taking care of the server is huge, because at the end of the day, whoever volunteers to admin the server could disappear just
> as quick.
> 
> If we want to go for a 'paid' wordpress theme, then I reckon that could come out of the community fund, or perhaps we could get a slightly
> customised site via money from that, clearly this is one area we are lacking in volunteers, its only been about 3 years? now, anyway Popey might
> know more about those options.
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