Re: [xwiki-users] [myxwiki] new wiki request

We would like to move this site from the current farm to community farm: parents2.xwiki.com (Community Site for Parents of Web 2.0 era) to parents2.myxwiki.org My account on community farm is "weihsingwang" Thanks. Wei-hsing -------------- Original message from Vincent Massol : -------------- > Hi Wei-hsing, > > Thanks for pinging me. I'm in SF at the JavaOne conference right now > so I won't have time to do anything for a few days. > > Also you need to go at http://myxwiki.org and read the instructions > there as I told you in my previous email. This farm is not managed by > me. It's a community farm managed by the community which means you > need to ask the community, not me. You'll see that once you send the > email as instructed on myxwiki.org the wikis will get created very > quickly. > > Last, the community will be able to create the new wikis for you but > you'll have to do the migration of data from the old farm to this > farm. Again if you want pro services then you should use the pro farm > and then the XPertNet company can do the migration for you as part of > the hosting cost you'd pay. > > Thanks > -Vincent > > On May 7, 2008, at 4:04 PM, wangwh(a)att.net wrote: > > > Hi, Vincent, > > > > Just to make sure this is on your to-do list. Thank you very much. > > > > Best regards, > > Wei-hsing > > > > -------------- Forwarded Message: -------------- > > From: wangwh(a)att.net > > To: Vincent Massol > > Subject: XWiki farm moves > > Date: Sun, 4 May 2008 00:16:13 +0000 > > > > Hi, Vincent, > > > > We would like to move these sites from the current farm to community > > farm: > > > > parents2.xwiki.com (Community Site for Parents of Web 2.0 era) > > princetongirlscouts.xwiki.com (Community Site for girl scouts at > > Princeton) > > confucius.xwiki.com (Community Site for Chinese traditional culture > > study) > > sos.xwiki.com (Community Site for youth volunteer services) > > > > My account on community farm is "weihsingwang". > > > > Thank you very much. > > > > Best regards, > > Wei-hsing > > > > -------------- Original message from Vincent Massol > > : -------------- > > > > > > > > > > On Apr 29, 2008, at 4:27 PM, wangwh(a)att.net wrote: > > > > > > > Hi, Vincent, > > > > > > > > Thanks a lot. I have been using XWiki for a number of > > applications, > > > > some of them might need pro-farm service in the future. I would > > like > > > > to move a few sites to the Community farm for the up-to-date > > > > features. Then request to move to pro-farm when need comes. Is > > this > > > > direction OK? > > > > > > Sure. > > > > > > Just to repeat myself the community farm has the following rules: > > > * No support warranty. All support is done on the XWiki user > > > mailing list by the community. > > > * No stability warranty. We install the latest milestone version > > > of XWiki Enterprise Manager on this farm and we use it as a > > stability > > > test for the XWiki development team. > > > * No uptime warranty. It's possible the farm will be down a few > > > days in a row although we'll do the maximum so that it doesn't > > happen. > > > * The farm is open to anyone to create wikis on. However the > > > target users are mostly technical people who can support > > themselves to > > > some extent. This farm should never be used for business- critical > > > wikis. For that please use a pro farm service like the one > > provided by > > > XPertNet. > > > > > > If you're ok with these rules just follow the instructions listed on > > > http://myxwiki.org > > > and I'll create the wiki for you. > > > > > > > Should I worry that the current XWiki farm be shut down any time > > soon? > > > > > > We don't have any plan to close it right now. However we're not > > > maintaining it anymore (it's not evolving). > > > > > > Thanks > > > -Vincent Massol > > > > > > > > > > I would like to give my users best experience with XWiki to keep > > > > growing communities on XWiki. > > > > > > > > Best regards, > > > > Wei-hsing > > > > > > > > -------------- Original message from Vincent Massol > > > > : -------------- > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi Wei-hsing, > > > > > > > > > > Just wanted to let you know that the Community farm is now > > online at > > > > > http://myxwiki.org > > > > > . > > > > > > > > > > Thanks > > > > > -Vincent Massol > > > > > CTO XWiki SAS > > > > > > > > > > On Apr 23, 2008, at 6:18 PM, Vincent Massol wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > Hi Wei-hsing, > > > > > > > > > > > > On Apr 23, 2008, at 6:09 PM, wangwh(a)att.net wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > >> Hi, Vincent, > > > > > >> > > > > > >> Thanks a lot for the message. I think what you said is you > > can > > > > help > > > > > >> me get an XWiki site on the community farm with the latest > > > > version > > > > > >> of XWiki. It will have the best design and interface but it > > is > > > > not > > > > > >> guaranteed to be stable. > > > > > >> > > > > > >> I need to upgrade an existing XWiki site, but I am not sure > > what > > > > > >> will the look and feel be when you help me move it over. > > Will the > > > > > >> native search work better? look better? > > > > > > > > > > > > The look will be the one you want. The community farm has the > > > > > > Albatross and Toucan skins ready. See > > > > > http://platform.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Features/Skins > > > > > > Re the search, not sure what you mean by "work better". But > > yes it > > > > > > does work fine. > > > > > > > > > > > >> (the site is at sos.xwiki.com) It is for a non-profit > > group, so, > > > > > >> not business critical. But, I also need to know if we > > choose to > > > > > >> move to the Pro-farm, what will be the lowest charge. (I > > could > > > > not > > > > > >> find the pricing page, could you send a link to me?) What > > will > > > > Pro- > > > > > >> farm give us? > > > > > > > > > > > > Someone from sales will answer you on these points. > > > > > > > > > > > >> Please don't move the site before we have all the > > information. > > > > > >> Thank you very much! > > > > > > > > > > > > Sure. If you were to choose the community offering I > > wouldn't move > > > > > > anything, you'll have to do it. What I would do is simply > > create > > > > an > > > > > > empty wiki for you but you'll have to do all the > > customizations > > > > and > > > > > > content move by exporting/importing your old content. And all > > > > > > questions will have to go through the xwiki users mailing > > list. > > > > > > > > > > > > Hope we can find a solution that will satisfy you! :) > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks > > > > > > -Vincent > > > > > >> -------------- Original message from Vincent Massol > > > > > >> >: -------------- > > > > > >> > > > > > >> > > > > > >> > FYI the community farm has been upgraded and is ready to > > accept > > > > > >> wikis. > > > > > >> > > > > > > >> > Please let me know your usage as described below. > > > > > >> > > > > > > >> > If you decide to go with this farm instead of the pro one > > then > > > > > >> please: > > > > > >> > 1) register on myxwiki.org > > > > > >> > 2) give me your user id that you created in 1) > > > > > >> > 3) let me know the name of your wiki > > > > > >> > > > > > > >> > Thanks > > > > > >> > -Vincent Massol > > > > > >> > > > > > > >> > On Apr 21, 2008, at 4:01 PM, Vincent Massol wrote: > > > > > >> > > > > > > >> > > Hi Wei-hsing, > > > > > >> > > > > > > > >> > > I'm really sorry for not answering sooner. I've been sick > > > > for a > > > > > >> long > > > > > >> > > time now... and I'm trying to catch up with the work. > > > > > >> > > > > > > > >> > > I actually started working on the community farm for you > > > > about 2 > > > > > >> > > weeks ago and I have a first version of the farm working. > > > > > >> > > > > > > > >> > > Today we're upgrading it to the latest snapshot version > > > > since the > > > > > >> > > last one wasn't very stable. I'll ping you when it's > > ready. > > > > > >> > > > > > > > >> > > On your side can you remind us what will be the usage you > > > > would > > > > > >> do > > > > > >> > > on this farm? I want to ensure it'll match your needs. I > > > > remind > > > > > >> you > > > > > >> > > that it's a no guarantee farm, i.e. it can be down for a > > > > few days > > > > > >> > > for example in the worst of cases and it'll always use > > the > > > > latest > > > > > >> > > version of XWiki Enterprise/XEM. Also there's no > > guaranteed > > > > > >> support > > > > > >> > > and all support requests will need to go through the > > xwiki > > > > users > > > > > >> > > mailing list. The farm will be managed by the xwiki > > > > community. > > > > > >> > > > > > > > >> > > For any business wiki we recommend using the Pro XWiki > > farm. > > > > > >> > > > > > > > >> > > Thanks a lot > > > > > >> > > -Vincent Massol > > > > > >> > > CTO & XWiki tech lead/developer > > > > > >> > > > > > > > >> > > On Apr 21, 2008, at 3:05 PM, wangwh(a)att.net wrote: > > > > > >> > > > > > > > >> > >> Hi, > > > > > >> > >> I have sent emails to you but did not get any answer. > > > > > >> > >> > > > > > >> > >> Could you tell me the charges for hosting on XWiki > > farm at > > > > > >> > >> different level? > > > > > >> > >> > > > > > >> > >> Thanks. > > > > > >> > >> Wei-hsing Wang > > > > > >> > >> > > > > > >> > > > > > > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >