Re: Website for Wikibookians

On Dec 5, 2007 2:00 PM, mike.lifeguard <[email protected]> wrote:
> At this point, anyone who asks can probably be considered "established" (and
> I'm not kidding) But yes, this could be very useful, if only for email
> aliasing and the IRC client. I also like the idea of hosting WB-specific
> tools, though I don't think we currently have any.
> How would this be paid for, though?
> -Mike

The issue of pay is a tricky one. Veropedia uses some advertising to
offset the cost of hosting, mostly unobtrusive book links from Amazon.
I think we could go a similar route, using advertisements from Amazon
or Google to try and offset costs a little. We certainly wouldn't want
any crazy flashing banner ads or anything. A small hosting package,
with a basic HTML-based site, some blog software, and email aliasing
would not cost too much to operate. I would need to get some quotes,
and I would also like to see if there were ways we could get hosting
donated. We could use a free site such as google pages or geocities or
something to start.

--Andrew Whitworth