2011/One-Click Install of your IndieWeb Site

 One-Click Install of your IndieWeb Site  was one of the idea brainstorming sessions at IndieWebCamp 2011.

Wordpress five-minute install
Wordpress's famous five-minute install is the bar for how easy it should be to get your own instance of a personal indie website. Our job is to make it at least that simple or we will exclude all but the most technically savvy. This session was dedicated to identifying a UX flow so we can start building a working prototype.

WORDPRESS MODEL of custom installation
 * download the zip
 * have domain & hosting
 * upload files via FTP
 * set up a dbase via cpanel
 * Falcon uses a flat file db architecture that removes this step

Info for an install
INITIAL INFO that must be gather from user
 * name
 * email
 * password
 * domain
 * hosting credentials
 * payment for hosting ?

Open questions
OPEN QUESTIONS
 * Is there a indieweb subdomained model similar to subdomain.tumblr.com that would make an indieweb site available to those not willing or able to do their own custom install?
 * What language/stack? PHP favored for its low cost of hosting. Other options include github and AWS bc it has a completely web-based interface and would eliminate the need for users to understand FTP.
 * How far can we get with just static hosting and a CNAME, with a CPU at home doing smart stuff? (ie. Amazon S3, Rackspace Cloud Files, NearlyFreeSpeech.net)
 * Are VMs unreasonable to build on? Consider Vagrant + Puppet. Build a friendlier installer around Amazon EC2, Rackspace Cloud Servers, or even a home PC running VirtualBox + pagekite.net