On 15 August 2013 16:18, MJ Ray mjr@phonecoop.coop wrote:
There are a few FOSS panels like DTC (which we use for a few years but Thomas Goirand's gplhost.com are its main developers), ISPconfig and some others whose names I'd have to look up.
I've tried both of these in the past. DTC I never managed to get up and running (it was some years ago), ISPConfig I don't recall now why it didn't stick. I think in the end VirtualMin just worked better. It's very much like the WebMin that sits underneath it, and I'd had some experience of WebMin in the past (not that I would say I like it...)
I'm pretty sure VirtualMin can simply export a site with all of its configuration for import into another VirtualMin, and I'd bet that the backup file would be something that could be opened in any archive manager and make some sense to someone who knew what they were looking at.
I'm not pushing the co-op at your friend because I don't know that PHP package, I'm very wary of hosting other people's PHP these days and it seems like price is a big enough issue that he probably won't afford us
- let me know off-list if that's wrong and I'll send over a quote ;-)
I will take this off-list but I don't think your concerns are necessarily warranted (I can't say he can afford you as I don't know what your charges would be!)
We started out offering and supporting hosting, but it isn't as big a part of our business any more - we still do it mainly for WordPress and our own CMS, ecommerce and libraries software because anyone cheaper is far worse, although we take some paying outside customers too - so I might be a bit behind the news on control panels.
That's pretty much where we were a few years back; hosting our customers stuff because it was easier than letting someone else do it. We got out of that market a couple of years ago to focus on other things and the friend in question was a customer prior to that and moved around that time, and he'd like to come back but I really don't want to get back into that game.
If anyone in ALUG has noticed the launch of a brilliant standards-based control panel, please tell the list ;-)
A half decent one would be a good start!