Hi Thanks a lot for the quick reply and the advice. Real helpful,
cheers Steve On Feb 22, 3:06 am, Keenan Brock <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Stephen, > > To turn off the banner: > > Create config/heroku.yml > toolbar_public: false > toolbar_collaborators: false > > I'm pretty sure you don't need to put a link to heroku. Rember it > mentioned, but I put some not on the about page. (People tend to do > that with non-free sites too for some reason) > > I think the reason you were auto moved is because the old heroku > became herokugarden, and heroku is now their v2 product. I don't think > it will auto move you to herokugarden. > I don't know when it will cost money. > > --Keenan > > On Feb 21, 2009, at 9:15 PM, stephen murdoch wrote: > > > > > Hi > > > I had a few test apps running on heroku a while back and had forgotten > > about them until I got an email informing me that they had been moved > > to herokugarden - fine with me I don't mind > > > Then today, I set up a new app on heroku (not herokugarden) and was > > wondering if this app will get moved by some daemon to herokugarden at > > any point > > > It's not going to be a problem, I was just wondering > > > Also, I notice that if you create a custom domain name for an app on > > Herokugarden, the page will have a pervasive heroku banner link at the > > bottom whilst custom domain names hosted on Heroku do not. > > > Whilst I understand why you do that (you are giving free hosting and > > nothing's really free right?) what can we do in the event that it > > clashes with the site colour scheme? Lets say I had a bright pink > > background or flourescent green etc... > > As a suggestion I recommend the following: > > > 1) allow users to alter the colours of the Heroku banner bar at the > > bottom of the page (perhaps have a set of banners from which they can > > choose, even allow people to develop their own within strict > > guidelines using some custom banner generator tool) - this solves the > > problem of my page background clashing with your banner > > > 2) or, make a requirement that every page of every site must contain a > > visisble link to herokugarden along with some buttkissing statement > > about how much they love heroku, instead of having to have the > > banner..... a bot or perhaps a rails test could verify that the > > visible link is displayed and could be set up to lock the site down if > > the user removed it > > > just thinking > > > so my questions are: > > 1) will my app on heroku be moved to herokugarden suddenly one day? > > 2) in the event that my app on heroku is not going to be moved to > > herokugarden, how long do I have before it ceases to be hosted for > > free? > > > finally, I have a podcast that I want to host, I was thinking about > > using dreamhost as I've got other apps running there but now that I've > > spent the last 12 hours immersing myself in the ways heroku, dreamhost > > seems like a total PITA. the best solution is probably going to be > > the heroku commercial option you guys have planned, can you give me > > any info about what to expect for pricing? also do you have any idea > > what will happen in the event that my users should exceed my download > > limit? will I get fined or will my app just stop running until the > > next month? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Heroku" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/heroku?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
