[SAC] New Wordpress Install this month [Need Volunteers]

[Jeffrey Johnson]

I think 60-300/year is ambitious/unrealistic. To host sites like this
properly, it is usually around $100/month ... but would still require
someone on our side to set things up.

On Tue, Aug 15, 2017 at 8:50 PM, Jody Garnett <jody.garnett at gmail.com> wrote:
> So why wouldn't we host with one of those $60-$300 a year options? Assume we
> still need effort to set up and integrate etc...
>
>
> On Tue, Aug 15, 2017 at 10:11 PM Alex M <tech_dev at wildintellect.com> wrote:
>>
>> The new website overhaul needs a Wordpress instance by the end of August.
>>
>> The related tasks are here:
>>
>> https://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/query?status=!closed&milestone=Website+rebranding+2017
>>
>> 1. We need a volunteer familiar with Wordpress to handle the install and
>> migration OR we need to identify a contractor (There is $3000 USD
>> allocated from the Board for this)
>>
>> 2. We need to decide on the best method of deployment: since a
>> Production and Staging site have been requested, I think we need to do a
>> multi-site install.
>>
>> 3. Simply installing is not the hard part, it's planning for the db, db
>> backup, Wordpress upgrade, and LDAP integration that need some thought.
>>
>> OSGeo7 is still just an idea so that's not an option. So it's seems like
>> OSGeo6 is the logical place for now.
>>
>> Something containerized seems like a good idea but I don't know how to
>> handle the frequent Wordpress upgrades if we do that. A Wordpress docker
>> is available, but if I understand correctly docker is immutable, so to
>> upgrade you replace your docker instance with a copy of the new one.
>> This might work if the docker image includes the plugins we need, media
>> is in a docker volume, and the db is external on the main host (pretty
>> sure a Mysql db is there already).
>>
>> Fallback options include 3rd party hosting like AWS Lightsail,
>> Wordpress.com or Pantheon. I estimate these options would cost $60-$300/yr
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Alex
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