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====== WordPress ======

===== Requirements =====

WordPress 2.5 requires:
  * Apache
  * PHP 4.3
  * 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. 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/
  # wget http://wordpress.org/wordpress-2.5.tar.gz -O wordpress-2.5.tar.gz

Unpack the program:
  # tar xfz wordpress-2.5.tar.gz
  # 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):

  # mysqladmin create wordpress
  # mysql
  	GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON wordpress.* TO $WORDPRESS_MYSQL_USER@localhost IDENTIFIED BY '$WORDPRESS_MYSQL_PWD';
  	FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
  	EXIT;

Tell WordPress about the database it will connect to.
  # cp wp-config-sample.php wp-config.php

Edit wp-config.php and change the following settings:
<file>
define('DB_NAME', 'wordpress');
define('DB_USER', '$WORDPRESS_MYSQL_USER');
define('DB_PASSWORD', '$WORDPRESS_MYSQL_PWD');
define('DB_HOST', 'localhost');
</file>

Remove some files that aren't needed after installing:
  # rm license.txt readme.html wp-config-sample.php wp-admin/import*.php

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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