19 Feb
2014
19 Feb
'14
12:47 p.m.
Hi Matthew,
On Wed, Feb 19, 2014 at 12:24:08PM +0000, Matthew Moore wrote:
On 19/02/14 12:04, Andy Smith wrote:
Ahh.
In that case it would almost be worth me hosting it for him, since
£10+VAT a month for an install of Joomla with no added extras aside
from hardware support seems rather steep.
*Almost* - I've no interest in doing the constant vigilance that PHP
web app hosting requires, that this host won't be doing either…
http://www.rochenhost.co.uk/joomla-hosting
which although doesn't keep the Joomla core up to date for you, does
at least purport to have "one click upgrade", so if I drum it into
him not to use third party plugins and to hit the upgrade button
every time it is available, he may be okay?
Andy,
Just to be clear, *all* of the current Joomla software has one click
upgrade. It's still horrible software and even if
you're totally up to
date, you can still get hacked. I got hacked on a core component
when totally up to date.
Worrying. I shall tell him to ask his designer if it really has to be
Joomla.
Just bear in mind that this is someone who needs some simple web
sites for his (non-Internet) hobby businesses just to have a web
presence; he doesn't need anything fancy and has no real interest in
the web side of things. He knows he needs some web sites and he
knows someone who will make them for him (in Joomla). If he hits
barriers then he will give up and just spend his time on something
else.
So, in terms of actually getting his sites out there, he may still
be better off getting the guy he knows now to put some imperfect
Joomla sites up, as opposed to losing the guy he has, having to
start from scratch and giving up for another year.
And I doubt your user will have no 3rd party plugins
for long.
Not my user. Just someone asking me for advice. :)
Cheers,
Andy
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