As many people know Wordpress has their Wordpress.com service where you can get a free blog hosted via their free service. Where is Habari.com (this domain is registered, it is a figure of speech)?
I'd like to propose an attempt to start a hosting service for free content hosting using Habari. The restrictions may have to be talked about, so we can do so here, but I myself would be willing to host these users. I currently have multiple servers I pay an overpriced hosting bill for to have them hosted at my local datacenter. I have enough resources to maintain hosting for multiple hundreds of Habari's until I would have to even consider getting an upgrade. Managing all these users would be my problem though. When Habari updates come around I would easily create a script to go in and modify all the files and what not, but that may prove to be an issue with custom modifications. Though I can of coarse not permit FTP/SSH access to the blog files which would simplify this. Maybe access to the user directory only, where they can modify plugins, themes, custom classes, and files on their own. Meaning all System files could be replaced. Support would become an issue to, I would need help from the Habari Community to give these users support. From common questions to debugging their mess ups users would be emailing support. Costs might become a problem if we as a community decide to host somewhere else for this service. As I mentioned I could host this but that is only one suggestion, we would do things in many ways. I am new the community but am trying to get myself involved, however there are users who have been here for years who might think it better not to start a service with someone who hasn't been around long, completely understandable. In any case, I think a service such as this would increase the number of Habari users quickly. Please vote if you would think this is an idea we should talk more about or drop it now and potentially bring it up at a later date. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/habari-dev -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
