Cross-posting it from ubuntu-website. ---------- Mesaj înaintat ---------- > De la: Stas Sușcov <[email protected]> > Către: [email protected] > Subiect: LoCo websites services > Data: Wed, 24 Mar 2010 03:37:56 +0200 > > Hi, > I saw that community offers for Ubuntu LoCos hosting and domains. > Following the WordPress local sites[1] model, wouldn't be much easier > creating some kind of service were locos can apply for an already hosted > website (cms with theme and plugins, localised and ready for use). This > way teams, that are mostly at early beginning, can focus on content and > activities and leave the design/configuration stuff to the guys from the > community who are managing those services. > > Pros: > * no hosting/domain administration required from locos > * no web developer knowledges required from locos > * no upgrades/fixes/hacks for web themes after each release > * no headaches with multiple cms's and broken, ugly designs that damage > more than help Ubuntu brand > * real collaboration with community, people's problems will be heard and > they also be able to contribute if they don't want/like something > > Cons: > * requires some time and minds to set up everything, test and deploy a > stable version > > Here are Romanian and Russian WordPress locale sites: > * http://ro.wordpress.org/ > * http://ru.wordpress.org/ > > You can see that using hosted local sites doesn't limit you actually in > anything. > > I'm part of core ubuntu-ro team, and maintaining the webservices and > server since the relaunch of the team (back in ~2007), and in the same > time I'm managing for some months the wordpress-ro project, and > comparing to ubuntu-ro, it's a time saver for me using their web > services. Also I was one of the guys who launched today ubuntu-md loco > website, and I must say, having something like this could save a lot of > time and work. > > The implementation can go as complex as to offer the whole web and email > stack ready for locos right on activation. (I was able to automate the > generation of postfix virtual with the loco team members email from lp > using its api). > > Any thoughts/critic on this topic are welcomed. > > > [1] http://codex.wordpress.org/International_WordPress_Sites >
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