Directadmin - Falling behind?

I agree,

The purpose of this thread was to enlighten Directadmin to create a new skin, and they are working on it.

I wouldn't mind if the staff wanted to close this thread, but I also don't mind if people still have the need to express their thoughts.

I would like to thank everyone for participating, in any case, and I would also like to thank John and company for listening to all of us.

Viva Directadmin !!
 
To be honest i rather prefer DA and recommend it then any other panel. The simple reason is i like the major opensource approach, the clear view/way in how things are built and compiled and flexibility. I also like that bug/security fixes are priority 1 instead of overloading people with fancy crap :)

Only thing right now is i'm looking for a howto concerning clamav integration.
 
This thread gives you a way to do the ClamAV install.

At some point in the future DirectAdmin will probably include and manage ClamAV.

Jeff
 
Hi guys,

we are using da for many years, and we think that stability of a system is the most important thing, more than useless fancy stuff!
And DA is stable!
 
Sorry to bump this up, but I was about to open a thread with the exact same purpose as this one.

I've read through and I cant for the life of me understand why no DirectAdmin reps have taken 2 minutes out of their day to reply!

I have to say, as much as I LOVE DirectAdmin, it seems as though the developers have become too set in their ways. Its fantastic that they do all the bug fixes and such, but I'm sure they are making enough money that they can hire a marketing team to improve DA's image, and obviously a new designer (sorry, regardless of what anyone says to me, I still really dislike the old skin, and I've had a bunch of customers say the same).

Now, I know I'm now going to get a few 'regulars' moan at me, but my point will still stand.
 
I think that as long as skins like Marina and Capri keep coming out DA is still the best panel out there.

But I really wish DA had not only a new skin, but a marketing person, like you say. You can tell not much marketing is done. This would help us enormously. The more DA gets out there, the less prospects we get with "You don't have cpanel?", and the more we get saying "Oh yeah, I love Directadmin"

The better.

Here in Spain, Directadmin is very little know. Thanks to a few companies like mine, Ran Networks, and maybe another one I have missed, Directadmin is starting only to get known.

But this lack of marketing is not helping us.
 
What you talking about Cpanel looks like complete crap.... There are other 3rd party skins out there. Directadmin shouldnt have to make a new one. They should focus on features.
 
Here's what I've learned about CPanel vs DirectAdmin, from recent additions to this thread, and from other threads in these forums :):

1) CPanel isn't that good

but...

2) CPanel uses marketing

and

3) CPanel is expensive

whereas

4) DirectAdmin is better value.

Marketing is not cheap.

Are you suggesting that JBMC, the company that publishes DirectAdmin, hire more people, and raise the price to cover the cost?

:D

Jeff
 
They should hire people. They have horrible support. Why not at least invest in a ticket system at a minimum? Guess you cant expect much in a 2man run show.
 
floyd said:
That will drive the costs up so be prepared for that.
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At the end of the day, if it provides new enhancements (both in design, features and support) I cant see a price increase being an issue. People are willing to pay cPanels (rather hefty) price tag, and its clearly working for them. They are storming ahead (again in customer base).
 
I've never had a problem with support, although a ticket system would be nice.

jlasman said:
Are you suggesting that JBMC, the company that publishes DirectAdmin, hire more people, and raise the price to cover the cost?
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No. I suggest doing more marketing. Whether that means hiring 1 person to do it, or do it themselves. And yes, I know that requires money.But, marketing, if well done, pays for itself. What they might need is investment. I don't know, I don't run the company,. I can only tell you what I see from the outside, just like everyone else.

I wouldn't mind paying more if that means DA get out more and starts competing seriously with the other "crappy" panels. Becuase in the long run, that will help my sales.

Now let me ask you this (jeff):

Are you implying that everything is just perfect and why bother with this bullcrap thread?

:)
 
I dont get why they need to market it when you are the one selling the service that should be marketing it to your customers? As long as you know about it thats all that matters.
 
I think Dell probably sells more computers than they normally would because Microsoft does a lot of marketing.

I think DA hosts would gain more customers if DA had more name recognition.

But I also think DA is already gaining name recognition. It is mentioned a lot over at Web Hosting Talk.
 
I don't market hosting control panels. I market hosting products.

I thought that was obvious.

Come on people. Quit asking dumb question you already know the answers to, quit acting like there's nothing wrong with DA.

It would help us all for DA to get on the ball and start making this look like a serious product, and not a serious project.

Everyone here, including myself, knows DA is the best. But there's a whole world outside of this community that doesn't. That's why the other panels are STILL more famous, and are STILL more purchased and are STILL more used.

So we can either keep this attitude of "it's all perfect, making things better is redicouls becuase DA is the best" or we can start pressuring DA to make things better.

Do car dealers promote VW engines ? NO. VW does. Car dealers promote CARS with VW.

Does VW promote their engines ? Of course they do. So people buy cars with VW engines.
 
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floyd said:
I think Dell probably sells more computers than they normally would because Microsoft does a lot of marketing.

I think DA hosts would gain more customers if DA had more name recognition.

But I also think DA is already gaining name recognition. It is mentioned a lot over at Web Hosting Talk.
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DA is gaining recognition beucase companies like mine and yours are promoting it.

We need help.
 
If DA is going to start doing a lot more marketing I want to know in advance so I can buy some lifetime licenses now at the current rate before they go up.
 
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