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build:blog [2005/05/29 21:50] 64.85.219.77 Fixed up some installation issues (Craig) |
build:blog [2008/04/08 18:32] (current) 151.145.245.20 Updates for WordPress 2.5 installation. (CMB) |
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| ===== Requirements ===== | ===== Requirements ===== | ||
| + | WordPress 2.5 requires: | ||
| * Apache | * Apache | ||
| - | * PHP 4.1 | + | * PHP 4.3 |
| - | * MySQL 3.23.23 | + | * 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 ===== | ===== 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: | 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: | Set ownership of the directory so Apache can use it: | ||
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| Edit wp-config.php and change the following settings: | 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> | ||
| Remove some files that aren't needed after installing: | Remove some files that aren't needed after installing: | ||
| # rm license.txt readme.html wp-config-sample.php wp-admin/import*.php | # rm license.txt readme.html wp-config-sample.php wp-admin/import*.php | ||
| - | Run the installation script by accessing http://dev.sluug.info/wordpress/wp-admin/install.php in a web browser. | + | Run the installation script by accessing http://dev.sluug.org/wordpress/wp-admin/install.php in a web browser. |
| - | Weblog title: Saint Louis UNIX Users Group | + | Enter the weblog title ('Saint Louis GNU/Linux Users Group') and email address. |
| - | Your email: webmaster@sluug.org | + | |
| Record the admin password that is generated. It will be needed to log in to administer the application. | Record the admin password that is generated. It will be needed to log in to administer the application. | ||
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| Log in as admin with the newly generated password. | Log in as admin with the newly generated password. | ||
| - | **Options / General** | + | **Options / General** |
| - | Weblog title: Saint Louis UNIX Users Group | + | Weblog title: Saint Louis GNU/Linux Users Group |
| Tagline: Open Systems, Open Standards, Open Source | Tagline: Open Systems, Open Standards, Open Source | ||
| Weeks in the calendar should start on: Sunday | Weeks in the calendar should start on: Sunday | ||
| - | **Options / Permalinks** | + | |
| + | **Options / Permalinks** | ||
| Structure: /%year%/%monthnum%/%day%/%postname%/ | Structure: /%year%/%monthnum%/%day%/%postname%/ | ||
| ===== Notes ===== | ===== Notes ===== | ||
| - | There are several things that I consider to be problematic trying to use WordPress as a CMS for general content: | + | 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. | * 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**. | * 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**. | ||
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| ====== TODO ====== | ====== TODO ====== | ||
| - | Test some other blogs: | + | Complete installation and configuration of WordPress 2.5. |
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| + | 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. | ||
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| + | Test some other blog software: | ||
| * [[http://www.b2evolution.net/ | b2evolution]] | * [[http://www.b2evolution.net/ | b2evolution]] | ||
| * [[http://www.textpattern.com/ | TextPattern]] | * [[http://www.textpattern.com/ | TextPattern]] | ||
| * [[http://www.s9y.org/ | Serendipity]] | * [[http://www.s9y.org/ | Serendipity]] | ||
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