Idea: News announcements for resellers/dedicated users

**frankiejr** · November 11th, 2004, 7:41 PM

Just a suggestion:

A forum and/or mailing list, private or otherwise, specifically for Dedicated Server users and/or resellers. This forum could be updated with info on what kinds of things are being done to the servers (shared or dedicated) that will eventually affect resellers and users dedicated servers.

Why would this be important? Well, from a reseller's standpoint, it's important for us to know what we're offering our customers, and when any of that is subject to change. I spent quite a bit of time building up a section of my hosting site dedicated to Scripta, including full descriptions of all programs and forum/help links for each application. I was planning on really pushing the Scripta thing to help push customer sign-up. The work itself isn't a huge deal; I can re-use the layouts & framework for the Fantastico replacement.

There are, of course, other issues.

I can only imagine the problems a reseller would have if that'd happened to a finished site of theirs. An unannounced pull of Scripta could hurt, especially if it's thrown at them unexpectedly. Fantastico is a great, stable replacement, but having to scurry around to reconfigure a substantial part of one's business is a scary thought.

This doesn't just apply to Scripta/Fantastico, though. There are numerous issues that could pop up at any time. Even a short notice would be helpful, just to let us know what's coming so we can prepare for it. Browsing the forum helps some, as well as taking a good look at the server every so often. But having a forum and/or mailing list for dedicated & reseller news would be invaluable to us, and I'm pretty sure a lot of people would stand by me on that one.

Thanks for listening,
Frankie Benevides Jr.
http://www.ninevoltplus.com/

**fwwebs5** · November 11th, 2004, 9:29 PM

I second that. It's a very good point. In the Scripta/Fantastico example, this was an overnight change, with no forewarning. Maybe the reasons are valid, but I hope the decision wasn't made on a whim. And assuming that it wasn't, there was plenty of time to send out a notice.

November 11th, 2004, 7:41 PM	#1 (permalink)
frankiejr dork. Comfy Contributor Joined in Apr 2004 Lives in Boston, MA Hosted on nvplus01 158 posts Gave thanks: 0 Thanked 0 times	Idea: News announcements for resellers/dedicated users Just a suggestion: A forum and/or mailing list, private or otherwise, specifically for Dedicated Server users and/or resellers. This forum could be updated with info on what kinds of things are being done to the servers (shared or dedicated) that will eventually affect resellers and users dedicated servers. Why would this be important? Well, from a reseller's standpoint, it's important for us to know what we're offering our customers, and when any of that is subject to change. I spent quite a bit of time building up a section of my hosting site dedicated to Scripta, including full descriptions of all programs and forum/help links for each application. I was planning on really pushing the Scripta thing to help push customer sign-up. The work itself isn't a huge deal; I can re-use the layouts & framework for the Fantastico replacement. There are, of course, other issues. I can only imagine the problems a reseller would have if that'd happened to a finished site of theirs. An unannounced pull of Scripta could hurt, especially if it's thrown at them unexpectedly. Fantastico is a great, stable replacement, but having to scurry around to reconfigure a substantial part of one's business is a scary thought. This doesn't just apply to Scripta/Fantastico, though. There are numerous issues that could pop up at any time. Even a short notice would be helpful, just to let us know what's coming so we can prepare for it. Browsing the forum helps some, as well as taking a good look at the server every so often. But having a forum and/or mailing list for dedicated & reseller news would be invaluable to us, and I'm pretty sure a lot of people would stand by me on that one. Thanks for listening, Frankie Benevides Jr. http://www.ninevoltplus.com/

November 11th, 2004, 9:29 PM	#2 (permalink)
fwwebs5 Surpass Fan On a golden path... Joined in Nov 2003 432 posts Gave thanks: 0 Thanked 0 times	I second that. It's a very good point. In the Scripta/Fantastico example, this was an overnight change, with no forewarning. Maybe the reasons are valid, but I hope the decision wasn't made on a whim. And assuming that it wasn't, there was plenty of time to send out a notice. __________________ Fw Web Solutions http://fwwebs.com

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