Can we move The website to a sharing hosting? Also i suppose we are a large community so if we donate each one aroud 10$ we surely cover all website costs
Mar, 22 oct. 2019, 16:47 Paul Louden via rockbox-dev < rockbox-dev@cool.haxx.se> a scris: > I can't speak to the hosting costs and donation rates, but as someone who > ran the forums for a long time, I can see a very real benefit to 'retiring > the old and starting over.' People often want to respond to extremely old > threads, not realizing that the information is outdated and no longer > relevant. Also, as the project changes over the years, there's real value > in re-evaluating the entire layout, looking at which parts are most active > (and seeing if they can be split) and which parts are least active (and > seeing if they can be merged into other areas, or re-focused, etc). I mean, > looking at the forums, they're still more or less the layout I set up more > than a decade ago. > > The forums are old, and most of what's in them is, at best, only of > historical interest, and not useful to current and potential future users. > > On Tue, Oct 22, 2019 at 8:23 AM Jason Arthur Taylor via rockbox-dev < > rockbox-dev@cool.haxx.se> wrote: > >> I'm skeptical of this. Is there proof of this expense? I'm also >> skeptical of this idea of removing forums. I'm even skeptical of the >> motives of those in charge here. It is unacceptable to me that the paypal >> donations are not both public and in realtime. If you compare this random >> post about hosting prices >> https://www.websitebuilderexpert.com/web-hosting-services/cost-to-host-a-website/ >> it's also real hard to explain $700/year. >> >> My $0.02. Ban me if you want. >> >> On Tue, Oct 22, 2019 at 2:43 AM Wilgus William via rockbox-dev < >> rockbox-dev@cool.haxx.se> wrote: >> >>> Scorche is currently paying $700 / year to host rockbox.org >>> >>> Propose some of the donated money go towards the hosting bills >>> >>> Anyone have a better idea? >>> >> >> >> -- >> Jason Taylor >> 301-277-1909 (Work Landline Telephone) 240-471-5613 (textable cellphone) >> I respond in some fashion to all emails with new subjects directed >> specifically to me within 48 hours, so try again by phone if I don't >> respond, because it means that I didn't get your message. >> >>
