[HLUG] Hosting the LUG Site

[Paul Stenning]

The hosting I'm offering can run durpal with no problems.  I know 
because a friend had a durpal site on there for a while.



Julian Robbins wrote:
> dicegeorge at hotmail dot com wrote:
>> yes i know someone who would probably host it
>> but i dont want to put the details here...
>>
>> is it mathew or julian or who??
>>   
> Well I'm co-ordinating getting our website back up properly, but Matthew
> has already offered to set it up, dependent on the time he has. We are
> still looking at hosts and type of website CMS to deploy.
> 
> Our old /current non active site was fine, setup by Mark Broadbent and
> myself. It used Drupal, and we hopefully will be able to get it back
> from the lug.org.uk people ..... eventually.
>> but all hosts have occassional problems
>> so why not wait till whoever used to do it sorts it out?
>>   
> Well that's the problem. lug.org.uk are generous, but to be honest
> hopelessly overworked and thus poorly organised. Lug.org is currently
> run completely by volunteers and lack manhours. The lug.org.uk hack
> really sunk them for a while, having to wipe their server and starting
> again. they have about 70 lug sites to set up. But now, approx 3 months
> later, we still have no MySQL access and no word from the last two
> months of what is happening. we do have simple SFTP access, so i can add
> things, but its certainly not what we want. I asked them on Monday night
> to tell me the situation politely, so we can at least get a plan
> arranged, but as usual I have heard nothing back so far. I have had to
> mail a couple of times to get a response, and the SLUG (Shropshire)
> Lugmaster mentioned it took 6 emails to get a response simply about
> setting up website forwarding. Many Lugmasters are very frustrated with
> the situtaion and many have moved or are moving their sites elsewhere.
> 
> It also sounds pretty much like lug.org.uk will not now be able to offer
> dynamically hosted websites. I've heard this now from two sources which
> goes along with my thinking. I havent heard anything from them on the
> lugmaster mailing list for about two months which really doesnt help either.
> 
> As far as I see it we don't want to burn our bridges though. Our
> herefordshire.lug.org.uk URL is useful, and the mailing list that i am
> replying to you on now is also hosted by lug.org.uk, and it has been
> reliable, and excellent for our lug. So the plan is just to get another
> website setup, pointed to from our herefordshire.lug.org.uk site for
> now. Hopefully we can get the dns pointed elsewhere eventually rather
> than just a simple redirect, but this will take time, knowing how things
> are there.
> 
> I would like to use our old drupal site if we can, but
> 
>    1. We dont have access to it at the moment
>    2. We would need to check it through carefully to see if it had been
>       hacked. Its unlikely, but quite possible as the lug.org.uk
>       attacker could have compromised our site.
> 
> That said, if Matthew is happy, or would prefer to use another CMS, then
> it may get things moving quickly. The foremost aim is get another site
> up quickly first and even a Wordpress site could suffice for a while ...
> 
>> dont change horses int he middle of a stream!
>>   
> So, it is broken and we will fix it! to quote another proverb.
> 
> Julian
> 
>>                   
>> --------------------------------------------------
>> From: "Matthew Macdonald-Wallace" <matthew at truthisfreedom.org.uk>
>> Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2008 8:12 PM
>> To: "Herefordshire Linux Users Group." <herefordshire at mailman.lug.org.uk>
>> Subject: [HLUG] Hosting the LUG Site
>>
>>   
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> Before I get started, I want to make it quite clear that this email is  
>>> not an offer (although if/when I find a job that allows me to get a  
>>> co-lo server it may become one!).
>>>
>>> At organisations I've worked with in the past, they've had what's been  
>>> referred to as a "dirty LAN" - basically a section of the network that  
>>> can be used for "external projects" as long as they remain legal.
>>>
>>> Does anyone on the LUG know of any companies/organisations that may be  
>>> able to host/sponsor the LUG website in return for a "hosting  
>>> sponsored by" or "hosted by" link back to their own site?
>>>
>>> Just a thought,
>>>
>>> M.
>>> -- 
>>> Matthew Macdonald-Wallace
>>> matthew at truthisfreedom.org.uk
>>> http://www.truthisfreedom.org.uk/
>>>
>>> -- 
>>> Herefordshire LUG mailing list
>>> Web:  http://www.herefordshire.lug.org.uk
>>> List: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/herefordshire
>>>
>>>     
>>   
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