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--- build:blog [2005/04/18 14:31]
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+++ build:blog [2008/04/08 18:32] (current)
151.145.245.20 Updates for WordPress 2.5 installation. (CMB)
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 ===== Requirements =====
+WordPress 2.5 requires:
   * Apache
-  * PHP
+  * PHP 4.3
-  * MySQL
+  * MySQL 4.0
+  * Apache mod_rewrite (optional, but highly recommended)
+We're going to start with the STLLUG site, because it's simpler than the main SLUUG site.
 ===== Installation =====
-Download the latest WordPress:
+Download the latest WordPress. You can get it from [[http://wordpress.org/latest.tar.gz]], but you won't know what version you're getting. So you can see what versions are available at [[http://wordpress.org/download/release-archive/]] and download from there.
-  # cd /home/www/dev.sluug.org/
-  # wget http://wordpress.org/latest.tar.gz -O wordpress.tar.gz
+  # cd /home/www/
+  # wget http://wordpress.org/wordpress-2.5.tar.gz -O wordpress-2.5.tar.gz
 Unpack the program:
-  # tar xfz wordpress.tar.gz
+  # tar xfz wordpress-2.5.tar.gz
-  # cd wordpress/
+  # mv wordpress wordpress-2.5
+  # ln -sf wordpress-2.5 wordpress
+Set ownership of the directory so Apache can use it:
+  # chown -R www-data:www-data .
 Create the MySQL database (replace $WORDPRESS_MYSQL_USER with the real username, and $WORDPRESS_MYSQL_PWD with the real password):
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 Tell WordPress about the database it will connect to.
-  # mv wp-config-sample.php wp-config.php
+  # cp wp-config-sample.php wp-config.php
-Edit wp-config.php to look like the following:
+Edit wp-config.php and change the following settings:
-  define('DB_NAME', 'wordpress');
+<file>
-  define('DB_USER', '$WORDPRESS_MYSQL_USER');
+define('DB_NAME', 'wordpress');
-  define('DB_PASSWORD', '$WORDPRESS_MYSQL_PWD');
+define('DB_USER', '$WORDPRESS_MYSQL_USER');
-  define('DB_HOST', 'localhost');
+define('DB_PASSWORD', '$WORDPRESS_MYSQL_PWD');
+define('DB_HOST', 'localhost');
+</file>
-===== TODO =====
+Remove some files that aren't needed after installing:
+  # rm license.txt readme.html wp-config-sample.php wp-admin/import*.php
-Test some other blogs:
+Run the installation script by accessing http://dev.sluug.org/wordpress/wp-admin/install.php in a web browser.
+Enter the weblog title ('Saint Louis GNU/Linux Users Group') and email address.
+Record the admin password that is generated. It will be needed to log in to administer the application.
+===== Configuration =====
+Log in as admin with the newly generated password.
+**Options / General**
+  Weblog title: Saint Louis GNU/Linux Users Group
+  Tagline: Open Systems, Open Standards, Open Source
+  Weeks in the calendar should start on: Sunday
+**Options / Permalinks**
+  Structure: /%year%/%monthnum%/%day%/%postname%/
+===== Notes =====
+There are several things that might be problematic trying to use WordPress as a CMS for general content (this is from version 1.5 or so -- 2.5 has likely resolved them):
+  * No way to have the default page be a static page. It's always the latest blog entry.
+  * Any time you create a new page or post, the program has to rewrite .htaccess, and adds a lot of mod_rewrite entries. I mean a **lot**.
+  * List of pages doesn't seem to honor the ordering in the list on the right.
+====== TODO ======
+Complete installation and configuration of WordPress 2.5.
+Use a single deployment of WordPress for several sites. Probably locate the "real" files in ''/usr/local'' and link them into the DocumentRoots for each site.
+Test some other blog software:
   * [[http://www.b2evolution.net/ | b2evolution]]
   * [[http://www.textpattern.com/ | TextPattern]]
   * [[http://www.s9y.org/ | Serendipity]]

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