I've tested it using Ubuntu on Hyper-V. For those who don't know, Hyper-V can be installed in Windows 8 pro in the Windows Features:
Once installed you get the Hyper-V manager in which you can create new virtual machines.
TIP: Create a snapshot on the clean install, so you can always return to that.
Now that the wiki page is done, I'll be focusing on the building-the-website part.
Cheers,
Luuk