On 10/18/2012 03:52 PM, Andrew Pennebaker wrote:
What I'm saying here is that relying on 3rd parties solutions
while a very cheap (or even free) VPS would be sufficient is
asking for unnecessary trouble.
I agree that we should opt for convenient, preferably free hosting.
I don't mean to start a technical argument about "static" vs "dynamic"
web pages. What I'm trying to convey is that GitHub, while an
incredibly easy CMS, only supports static web pages, not wikis, which
require a running system that can modify a database for wiki edits.
Probably because they provide their own separate tool for wikis.
That's why I call "dynamic", if you prefer to call this something
else, I'm open to better terminology.
I'm not trying to start a troll on anything, but I'm a bit fed up by the
whole hype "all-dynamic-web" tendancy in the IT nowadays. Not everything
must be done dynamically, and there is no need of state-of-the-art
over-expensive servers to run a simple static content with automated
processing upon update. ;)
Joyent is a simple service offering free cloud hosting for Node.js
applications. I'm not saying we have to use Joyent, Node.js, or even
JavaScript for our website. I'm just saying it's an easy option.
If we'd overall prefer a whole VPS solution, that's fine too. If we're
just interested in a basic CMS, that's also fine.
If one can provide us with a free VPS, it would be the best solution
without any doubt.
What are our options for domain names? markdown.com
<http://markdown.com> is unfortunately taken <http://www.markdown.com/>.
I was gonna suggest markdown.tk, but it's taken too... maybe mdwn.tk ?
Or, this site <http://www.1x.net/> has several second level TLDs
available for free... ' Carful though, some of them are "premium"
(charged), like markdown.co.de.
Also, the eu.org second level tld is free and easily available (but it
takes quite some time to get a domain, from my own experience) but they
don't provide DNS servers (they could be set up on the VPS though).
Oh and about .tk, it's WAY better to have a website running BEFORE
asking dot.tk for a domain, since they check very quickly if everything
is in order; and if not, the website is taken down without prior notice
(you get a mail AFTER it's done).
--
Cheers,
Andrew Pennebaker
www.yellosoft.us <http://www.yellosoft.us>
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