Testing Tiki installations
Goal: make sure as many people as possible have an easy experience to install Tiki.
Sometimes, shared hosts can have a certain configuration/setup which makes Tiki more difficult to install. Ex.: Site5 and thus people will end up not using Tiki because they can't install it.
There are many benefits for a hosting company to offer Tiki and we want as many as possible Tiki Friendly Hosts.
This is related to 1-click installers.
1. Identify hosts with most shared hosting customers
We are not concerned with v-servers of dedicated servers as people that get these can configure them as they please.
2. Determine ideal criteria list
- Must work well with Tiki
- Recent versions of PHP/MySQL
- Buy domain names
- SSH is quite important
- Should work with TRIM (SVN, etc.)
- E-mail is standard (with redirect)
- .htaccess support
- Cron job support
- One-click backups
- Must work with 1-click installers
- Support
- Affordable pricing but doesn't need to be the lowest
- Ideally, have reseller plan to make it easier for consultants
- And/or Affiliate commissions
3. Test
- Get accounts with those companies and do test installs and upgrades
- Document how it went, and important to note any exceptions
- Link to known-good sites (such as those listed as Featured Tikis)
- Test the upcoming Test server compatibility script.
4. Get in touch with these companies
To be part of their installers and see if they can adopt the same LTS cycle than Tiki has.
5. Improving handling of LTS versions
- When people install/upgrade, they should indicate if they want LTS or frequent updates
6. The list
Go Daddy
1 & 1
Bluehost
HostMonster
Dreamhost
Hostgator
Funio
Funio offers forum for installers who wish to self serve themselves with the cPanel technology.
And most importantly, when you have a real problem and you don't want to start searching in these static info pages, they provide personal service
- Funio offers personal service. When you have a specific problem, there is a person at the end of the email request (they have a ticket system which makes the personal communication easy) who answers and goes to the end of the problem, guiding you to find a solution. This makes the difference that makes one developper stick around.
Site5
IPOWERWEB
Powweb
Also to investigate
SiteGround
Arvixe
Webhostingpad
7. On list?
Do these people have significant shared hosting offers (although they have lots of dedicated servers)
OVH
- Prices are very low
- Pro service a bit more expensive
Rackspace
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