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Authoring/Development - System CGI: blosxom
http://blosxom.sourceforge.net/
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Blosxom [pronounced "blossom" or "blogsome"] is a lightweight yet feature-packed blog application. A 'blog' (also known as a 'Weblog') is an online journal, with the newest entries appearing at the top of the Web page.
You will need to have an active SSH session to the pair Web server where your account is hosted, as well as an active Account Control Center session.
You will need to place the blosxom.cgi script in your web directory.
Issue the following commands in your SSH session to create the
script's data directory and copy it to your account:
mkdir /usr/home/USERNAME/blosxom
cd /usr/www/users/USERNAME/MAPPEDDIRECTORY/
cp /usr/www/cgi-bin/blosxom.cgi .
Please note that you must supply the space and period at the end of the
above command. The period indicates that you are copying the script into
the current directory.
Please note that anywhere you see "USERNAME",
you should substitute the username of your own hosting account.
Also, anywhere you see "MAPPEDDIRECTORY", you should
substitute the name of the directory to which your domain is mapped
in your account. You can find this directory by following these steps
in the Account Control Center:
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Select "Domains".
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Select the domain name you wish to use with Blosxom.
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The directory to which this domain is mapped is designated by the field
"Domain Mapped:".
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The last step in setting up your blog is to customize the blosxom.cgi script
for your website. To accomplish this, you should use your favorite text
editor (such as pico or vi) to modify the script. You will need to set
these variables:
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$blog_title
- This text will appear at the top of your blog.
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$datadir
- This is the directory where you'll store your blog entries.
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$num_entries
- This is how many entries to display on your blog's home page.
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You can now view your blog's home page. Use the following URL to access it,
replacing 'EXAMPLE.COM' with your own domain name:
http://www.EXAMPLE.COM/blosxom.cgi
To add an entry to your blog, simply create a text file in your data
directory. It doesn't matter what it's called, as long as it ends with
".txt". Once it's saved, it will show up on your blog immediately. Create
a new file for each entry. If you don't want an entry in progress to
appear in your blog, save it with an extension other than .txt, then
rename it to .txt when you're ready to publish.
The Unix command to rename a file is "mv" (example: "mv file.tmp file.txt").
You can add style to your blog by replacing the default header and
footer with your own. To do this, create "head.html" and "foot.html"
files in your data directory.
Eventually, you may want to link to archived entries. Specific days,
months, or years can be referenced like this:
http://www.example.com/blosxom.cgi/2002/sep/4
http://www.example.com/blosxom.cgi/2002/sep
http://www.example.com/blosxom.cgi/2002
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