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This is a great contribution but it seems to be tied to a single vendor, and subject to the vendor's pricing. This is fine, fair, good etc. It is not a critici

This is a great contribution but it seems to be tied to a single vendor, and subject to the vendor's pricing. This is fine, fair, good etc. It is not a criticism of the service, but when digital ocean offers a one-click install of django-cms or mezzanine etc, I think we'll know it is in the mainstream.

icc97 10y ago
I love python, and Django is awesome, but to claim that the paid for Aldryn Cloud comes close to the WordPress.org 5 minute installation [1] is stretching it. It's not just about the time taken it's about the almost complete flexibility of any web server anywhere. The Aldryn Cloud is if anything similar to the WordPress.com setup where you just fill in a form and they handle the hosting for you. But WordPress.org had their 5-minute installation sorted out 10 years ago. N.B. That now along with the installation you have a complete choice of what language you want your entire system in. The amount of work that has been put into translation by WordPress and making sure that the entire rather huge ecosystem can be translated is phenomenal. They have some pretty good automated system testing for security flaws in the plugins that are submitted. I've witnessed what happens when one fails. They send you what the problem is and how to replicated it. Bare in mind all of this has been done through open source code with what I'd say is still done with companies that are run with very little greed. You won't find Mark Zuckerberg here answering questions on HN, but Matt Mullenweg has long been giving answers on here [2]. [1]: http://codex.wordpress.org/Installing_WordPress#Famous_5-Minute_Install http://codex.wordpress.org/Installing_WordPress#Famous_5-Min... [2]: https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=photomatt https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=photomatt
- startupdiscuss 10y ago
  You may have the advantage of having tried the Aldryn cloud. Have you tried Mezzanine? I heard that was even easier to set up, and might be a better candidate for a transition to 1 click.

icc97 10y ago

I love python, and Django is awesome, but to claim that the paid for Aldryn Cloud comes close to the WordPress.org 5 minute installation [1] is stretching it. It's not just about the time taken it's about the almost complete flexibility of any web server anywhere. The Aldryn Cloud is if anything similar to the WordPress.com setup where you just fill in a form and they handle the hosting for you. But WordPress.org had their 5-minute installation sorted out 10 years ago. N.B. That now along with the installation you have a complete choice of what language you want your entire system in. The amount of work that has been put into translation by WordPress and making sure that the entire rather huge ecosystem can be translated is phenomenal. They have some pretty good automated system testing for security flaws in the plugins that are submitted. I've witnessed what happens when one fails. They send you what the problem is and how to replicated it. Bare in mind all of this has been done through open source code with what I'd say is still done with companies that are run with very little greed. You won't find Mark Zuckerberg here answering questions on HN, but Matt Mullenweg has long been giving answers on here [2]. [1]: http://codex.wordpress.org/Installing_WordPress#Famous_5-Minute_Install http://codex.wordpress.org/Installing_WordPress#Famous_5-Min... [2]: https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=photomatt https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=photomatt

startupdiscuss 10y ago
You may have the advantage of having tried the Aldryn cloud. Have you tried Mezzanine? I heard that was even easier to set up, and might be a better candidate for a transition to 1 click.