<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"></head><body ><div>Only way to be sure is to contact Canonical legal. AskUbuntu is a StackExchange thing, but I'm not sure if they had to get approval. Maybe all the Trademark disclaimers are enough. At Ubuntu Forums we are "official" and hosted on Canonical's servers.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div style="font-size:9px">Sent from my Samsung Galaxy S®4.</div><br><br><div>-------- Original message --------</div><div>From: James Bradley <jim@oregoncanoesport.com> </div><div>Date:09/10/2014 11:50 AM (GMT-08:00) </div><div>To: Ubuntu Oregon LoCo Team <ubuntu-us-or@lists.ubuntu.com> </div><div>Subject: Re: [Ubuntu Oregon] Ubuntu-us-or Digest, Vol 151, Issue 2 </div><div><br></div>The only advantages I'd see, offhand, are independence and local<br>control. The wiki markup language used at Ubuntu is obscure and only<br>slightly less arcane than Hittite, making customization problematic.<br>There would also be fewer hoops to jump through in giving people access<br>rights. On the other hand, I'm not sure how Canonical would feel about<br>us using the Ubuntu name on something they didn't fully control.<br><br>JVLB<br><br>On 09/10/2014 11:07 AM, Patrick Olson wrote:<br>> Thanks for the detailed review of WordPress. Perhaps that's something the<br>> team would want if it has some advantage over the wiki, but the point I<br>> was getting at was actually just making it easy for folks who might need<br>> to type in a URL and pull up the wiki. After reading your message, it<br>> finally came to me: TinyURL.<br>><br>> tinyurl.com/ubuntuoregon now points to the Ubuntu Oregon wiki. It isn't<br>> case sensitive, so it should be easy for anyone who needs to type it in.<br>> The only thing is, TinyURL didn't ask for any verification, validation,<br>> login or registration; so I don't know what the process would be if it<br>> ever needed to point somewhere else.<br>><br>> On Wed, September 10, 2014 10:19 am, James Bradley wrote:<br>>> On the issue of hosting an independent Ubuntu Oregon website, you might<br>>> want to consider Automattic's free WordPress hosting. In case you aren't<br>>> familiar with that service, let me elaborate.<br>>><br>>> Automattic is a primary vendor of WordPress-based hosting and products.<br>>> They offer free hosting under a wordpress.com URL. WordPress offers a<br>>> number of advantages, along with some limitations.<br>>><br>>> On the plus side, with WordPress site maintenance is greatly simplified.<br>>> In the case of Automattic's offering, they take care of updating all the<br>>> software. WordPress itself is extremely easy to implement and manage.<br>>> Designed to facilitate blogging, it also supports more presentational<br>>> formats. It allows for granular permissions to accommodate multiple<br>>> authors and administrators. The ability to control comments and limit<br>>> spam is well designed. A wide variety of themes are offered and many<br>>> incorporate responsive design characteristics, allowing for hassle-free<br>>> support of multiple device parameters.<br>>><br>>> On the downside, WP is bloated and not particularly efficient. It is<br>>> written in PHP and some customizations require at least a superficial<br>>> knowledge of that rather arcane and inefficient language. Additionally,<br>>> properly implementing customizations requires some knowledge of WP's<br>>> internal functioning. In some cases, it is difficult to prevent<br>>> customizations from being overwritten by updates. For the most part,<br>>> these considerations only affect the primary administrator of the site.<br>>><br>>> So, there it is, for your consideration.<br>>><br>>> JVLB<br>>><br>>><br>>> On 09/10/2014 09:38 AM, Patrick Olson wrote:<br>>>> On Wed, September 10, 2014 8:38 am, ∅ wrote:<br>>>><br>>>>>> Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2014 10:28:20 -0700<br>>>>>> From: "Patrick Olson" <compman42@linuxusers.us><br>>>>>> The URL that I think would be the easiest to give people verbally (for<br>>>>>> example you meet someone who seems interested in learning more) is<br>>>>>> probably facebook.com/ubuntuoregon as it's simpler than the other<br>>>>>> URLs.<br>>>>> Disagree. Not everyone wants to be on Facebook. In fact, some people<br>>>>> are vehemently opposed to it.<br>>>> OK I was just trying to make the URL simpler for cases where someone is<br>>>> going to have to remember it and/or type it in. If you tell someone<br>>>> wiki.ubuntu.com/OregonTeam and they type it in without capitalizing the<br>>>> O<br>>>> and the T, it says the page doesn't exist.<br>>>><br>>>><br>>><br>>> --<br>>> Ubuntu-us-or mailing list<br>>> Ubuntu-us-or@lists.ubuntu.com<br>>> Modify settings or unsubscribe at:<br>>> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-or<br>>><br>><br>><br><br><br>-- <br>Ubuntu-us-or mailing list<br>Ubuntu-us-or@lists.ubuntu.com<br>Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-or<br></body>