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

[Leo Francisco]

It's super easy to transfer Wordpress sites to a different host. Perhaps
we could set up a site using one of the volunteers hosting to
immediately begin development on the new site and then transfer it to
the Canonical hosted "production" instance once it's done. That's
similar to what I do for my projects.


On 04/01/16 13:32, Jasper Backer wrote:
> 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.
>>>
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