Goal: make sure as many people as possible have an easy experience to install Tiki.

Sometimes, shared hosts can have a certain configuration/setup which makes Tiki more difficult to install. Ex.: Site5 and thus people will end up not using Tiki because they can't install it.

There are many benefits for a hosting company to offer Tiki and we want as many as possible Tiki Friendly Hosts.

1. Identify hosts with most shared hosting customers

We are not concerned with v-servers of dedicated servers as people that get these can configure them as they please.

2. Test

• Get accounts with those companies and do test installs and upgrades
• Document how it went, and important to note any exceptions
• Link to known-good sites (such as those listed as Featured Tikis

3. Get in touch with these companies

• Try to be part of their installers.

4. Improving handling of LTS versions

• When people install/upgrade, they should indicate if they want LTS or frequent updates
  • We need to improve the Update notifier

5. The list

Go Daddy

• http://godaddy.com
• http://hostingconnection.godaddy.com/
• http://support.godaddy.com/help/article/1724
• http://help.godaddy.com/article/3979?locale=en

1 & 1

• http://1and1.com
• Click-n-build applications
  • Tiki is in the list, but which version?
• http://www.apsstandard.org/
• 1and1 install

Bluehost

http://www.bluehost.com/
http://tutorials.bluehost.com/simplescripts/

Dreamhost

• http://www.dreamhost.com/
• http://www.dreamhostapps.com/free-web-app-hosting.html
• http://wiki.dreamhost.com/Available_One_Click_Installs
• http://wiki.dreamhost.com/Tiki_Wiki_CMS_Groupware

Hostgator

• http://www.hostgator.com/
• Hostgator offers QuickInstall, an in-house script auto-installer, which is like Fantastico.
  • Tiki is offered, but which version?
  • In the list, it should be called Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware

IPOWERWEB

http://www.ipowerweb.com/

HostMonster

http://www.hostmonster.com/

Site5

• Site5

Powweb

• http://www.powweb.com/

Also to investigate

SiteGround

• SiteGround
• http://blog.siteground.com/softaculous-replaces-fantastico/

Arvixe

• http://www.arvixe.com/tikiwiki_hosting

Webhostingpad

http://www.webhostingpad.com/

6. On list?

Do these people have significant shared hosting offers (although they have lots of dedicated servers)

OVH

Funio

Funio is the shared hosting spin-off of iWeb
These people have grown significantly in the past 15 years. They serve French, English and Spanish customers. The Tiki installation is by FTP.

• Here is an invitation to place Tiki in forefront of their cPanel prefered download

Rackspace

Related links

• http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2009/05/14/whos-got-the-most-web-servers/
• http://www.webhosting.info/webhosts/tophosts/global/
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shared_web_hosting_service
• http://royal.pingdom.com/2008/08/07/a-look-at-the-size-and-growth-of-the-largest-us-hosting-companies/
• http://www.simplescripts.com/articles/simplescripts_system_requirements