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

[Jasper Backer]

Hi,

Indeed. I highly doubt that Canonical cannot provide for this on their 
infrastructure. I feel like we've made too much assumptions to begin with.

So let's get things straight and assume they can host the website 
perfectly well, we'd need to go and develop things so we at least have 
something to show. Do we have that expertise somewhere in the team? Any 
way to get that if not?

Greets,
Jasper

On 04-01-16 13:28, Narcis Garcia wrote:
> 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:
>>
>> On 04/01/16 21:13, Ali/amjjawad wrote:
>>>      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 :)
>>>   
>>>
>>>
>>>      is there anything specific I can help with?
>>>
>>>
>>> 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.
>>