Newbie guide to select hosting

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A guide for small to medium-sized NGOS on choosing a hosting provider for their website

Outputs

An updated guide that walks users from A ("I need help!") to Z ("I learned a lot and solved my problem") that was tested by at least two potential users. Plus dissemination plan. Stretch goals: additional elements, e.g. boxes, illustrations, pictures or concepts for those

Connection to previous RDFs

The guide rests on a previous version created during the RDF on Hosting in Amsterdam. It has been published here: http://internetprotectionlab.net/considerations-when-picking-a-hosting-provider/

Notes

- pad for editing: https://pad.riseup.net/p/rdf-hosting

Audience

Personas, use cases, context

Next steps

Contributors

Food for thought

  • concepts, problems
  • questions to ask frequently
  • preventions: what do you actually do in concrete terms to prevent these things from happening
  • reactions: responsible responses for when things go wrong

Resources (we <3 links!)

Feel free to link any and all background material, additional info, useful resources, etc. The more the merrier!