[OFBiz] Users - Expertise required

[Andrew Walker]

A year ago I went through the (then) very painful process of trying to get
my own brochure-ware site up and running on ofbiz as a learning exercise and
because I wanted some simple content management.  Very painful from a
hosting point of view, the ofbiz bit was easy :)

My requirements were very similar to yours (probably even more junior in
terms of money to spend).

At the time there were no ofbiz specialists, so I evaluated a whole bunch of
general hosting providers and gradually settled on those specialising in
java and servlet containers like tomcat.

They all seemed very professional on the way in, but without exception they
sucked sour grapes from then on - right up to the point of trying to get
refunds for the "free trial periods".

I gave up after setting the whole thing up three times and converted my site
to server-side includes on apache and went for my friendly corner store
provider (cornerhost).

In the process I came to the conclusion that you're better off with a
whole-box hosting service.  In the UK, something like uk2.net who will give
you total access (admin shell, dns, firewall etc) so you can do what you
want - for around £30-£40/mth entry level depending on term of contract.
Having said this, I didn't do it because it requires a level of OS expertise
that I don't have yet.  Doh!

If I was tempted to do this again, I'd start with an Ofbiz specialist (no
plug intended), though I've never spent any time looking through features
for price, so perhaps you've already been there.

A.


> From: <yaakovtemp at tbitechnologies.com>
> Reply-To: OFBiz Users / Usage <users at lists.ofbiz.org>
> Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2004 22:30:02 +0200
> To: OFBiz Users / Usage <users at lists.ofbiz.org>
> Subject: Re: Re: [OFBiz] Users - Expertise required
> 
> 
> Matthew,
> 
> I am not judging all by one provider. I am just trying to find a
> solution that would fit my needs right now. The other one I clicked
> said something around $300 a month. This is not what I am looking for.
> 
> What about my main question? Can something like eapps.com or similar
> services out there handle OFBiz?
> 
> Thanks,
> Yaakov.
> 
> "Matthew E. Porter" <matthew.porter at metissian.com> wrote on 09/21/2004,
> 09:41:19 PM:
>> Try one of the other "Premier Hosting Providers".  Don't just us all by
>> someone's site being broken.
>> 
>> 
>> Cheers,
>>    Matthew
>> 
>>> 
>>> As far as the "Services" section of ofbiz.org, I was a little concerned
>>> that when I clicked on one of the "Premier hosting providers" and
>>> clicked on their hosting icon, I got a 404.
>>> (http://www.serversusa.com/hostingwin.asp)
>>> 
>> 
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