[TYPO3-english] so called TYPO3-supporting providers

Peter Proell peter at typo3.org
Sun Jul 5 19:48:32 CEST 2009


Dear Bernd, dear Ron, dear all,

We have the "Certified TYPO3 Integrators". Why not having Certified
TYPO3 Hosters, too? I personally would say this is a great idea. And for
sure hosters will pay for that. This is advertising for them and they
will benefit from this.

Certification is a full load of work. So a testing-script would be
excellent, too. What we need:

* a concept
* someone to set the program up and (more important:) keep it running
(volunteers)
* a decision and commitment by the Association in the first place :-), I
can only speak for me right here.

So here we go:

* I will put this issue on the agenda of our next meeting.
* We would need volunteers for a "Hosting Provider Certification Team".
This will be work guys. And it needs volunteers that stick to it not
only for a day or so. If you are prepared, please send me a mail to
participation at typo3.org with the subject: "hoster certification team".
Please also mention in your mail if you would have technical skills to
write a testing script.
* If you are interested on results and what is happening with this issue
please stay tuned at http://buzz.typo3.org/teams/boarding/
* Meanwhile, continue to post your ideas on which criteria should be
fulfilled to get certified.

Boarding, please!
Peter

-- 
With best regards on behalf of the
TYPO3 Association

Peter Proell
TYPO3 Association Board Member

http://association.typo3.org




Ron Hall schrieb:
> Hello Bernd,
> 
> First let me say that your suggestion for a testing script is a good
> one. SlideShowPro director has such a script for its application and I
> have found it helpful. It checks for all the required items and also for
> the "nice to have" items. It would even better that it be a stand alone
> file not a T3d file as you could test before you had TYPO3 installed.
> 
> However, I still believe a paid certification is still a good idea. A
> hosting company would not have to be certified. They can still claim
> they support TYPO3 just like non-certified developers can offer TYPO3
> services. I have not yet taken the certification exam, but I am a
> competent TYPO3 developer and advertise as such.
> 
> Non-certification does not mean a company is not competent, but simply
> that, for whatever reason, they have chosen not to be certified. But
> certification would mean that the company has invested the time and
> capital to be certified and that those efforts are officially recognized.
> 
> As for hosting companies deciding on certification or not, there is a
> difference between a hosting company being cheap and being low-cost.
> 
> To be profitable, a low-cost provider depends upon volume, in other
> words, hosting many sites. Since certification fees would be charged per
> host and not per site, these hosts should be able to afford
> certification as easily as premium hosts.
> 
> The hosts that would have trouble would be those that are trying to
> conduct business by being low-cost AND low-volume which is always an
> unprofitable business strategy.
> 
> Ron Hall
> Busy Noggin, Inc.
> 
> 
> On Jul 5, 2009, at 10:58 AM, bernd wilke wrote:
> 
>> Am Sun, 05 Jul 2009 10:37:13 -0500 schrieb Ron Hall:
>>
>>> Hi Andi,
>>>
>>> Athough I believe the Association should not bother itself with policing
>>> hosts who simply say they support TYPO3, I also believe your idea of a
>>> hosting certification has merit. I could see it working like the current
>>> developer certification. The Association could legitimately charge fees
>>> since time would needed for verifying and monitoring the certified hosts
>>> and hosts would gain value by being certified.
>>
>> I don't think that providers which want to be cheap would pay for a
>> certificate.
>> may be we could build up a more complex test than the IM-tests in
>> install-
>> tool? something similar to the acid-test for browsers:
>> a basic webpage as t3d-import which includes the most common
>> functionality (requiring an extension which must be installed before,
>> working on some images, sending a mail (registering), pdf to img, AI to
>> img, ... )
>>
>> Each provider can install this testpage and everyone can see on the
>> resulting website which functions are available, which not.
>>
>> bernd
>> -- 
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