On Tue, Aug 26, 2008 at 6:30 AM, Niels Reedijk <niels.reedijk@xxxxxxxxx>wrote: > Hello, > > 2008/8/26 Jorge Mare <kokitomare@xxxxxxxxx>: > > On Mon, Aug 25, 2008 at 3:18 PM, Gavin James <gavin.james@xxxxxxxxx> > wrote: > >> Hi guys, > >> > >> On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 3:39 PM, Niels Reedijk <niels.reedijk@xxxxxxxxx> > wrote: > >>> 2008/8/19 Austin Bales <arbales@xxxxxxxxx>: > >>>> Does haiku presently used shared hosting? It might be worth > investigating > >>>> low-cost VPS (a la slicehost) since Haiku's web presence and network > demands > >>>> continue to grow. > >>> > >>> Hosting is currently not an issue. We will move to another host before > >>> October, but this has to be coordinated a bit more. When the alpha 1 > >>> discussion dies out (a little bit), I will activate this topic. > >> > >> I offered to do this a few months back and I'm certainly still willing > >> to do it. I've moved the Drupal installation before so I'm well aware > >> of what needs to be done as well as the likely issues. > >> > >> Regardless of who does it I'd strongly suggest it's done either well > >> before the release of alpha 1 of well after. With October pretty much > >> being a fixed deadline (that's when the WebFaction accounts are up for > >> renewal) it makes more sense to get it done now IMHO. > > > > I think what happened is that we were going to try to do the server > > migration and upgrade to Drupal 5.x at the same time. But it does not > > look like we are upgrading Drupal anytime soon, so we might as well do > > the server migration and get over with it first (that way we can kiss > > WF goodbye!). IIRC, we will have to migrate the email (to Gmail?), > > right? > > I would like to gently disagree about not upgrading Drupal soon. The > test migration I did a while back, which can be found at > http://experimental.web.haiku-os.org/, is pretty good. It needs some > polishing, but basically the data and the functionality migrate. > Things to do are: > - I found two instances where we lose some data. > - Several modules have not yet been enabled again (such as the phpbb > module). > - The theme still needs some minor tweaks: the one on the main website > evolved since I did the port. I would suggest actually doing the > development of the theme in the mercurial repository in order to keep > track of the changes. > > So basically I imagined it like this: I'd suggest I fix the last known > issues in the theme. Then we plan a weekend where we do the migration. > I'd suggest just finding a web of volunteers that try the migrated > site and through an IRC channel communicate with a few of us admins so > we can touch up the site where needed. I would most likely be able to volunteer some time to help test a site migration. I too think it would be a good idea to upgrade soon rather than later, so long as it's properly planned :) > > > N. > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > haiku-web@xxxxxxxxxxxxx - Haiku Web & Developer Support Discussion List > > -- Dennis d'Entremont IT Professional CNA, MCP, A+, ITIL LinkedIn Profile - http://www.linkedin.com/in/dennisdentremont http://www.techalpha.net - Tech Alpha Computer Forums http://epcsolutions.ca - EasyPC Solutions http://eComStation.ca - Your Canadian Source for eCS and OS/2 Software! http://Haikuware.com - Software for Haiku http://Haiku-OS.org - Haiku Operating System