corzblog (about)
itstory, and a whole lot more besides..
Installation
three steps..
1: unzip
preferably unzip in place, where it will be used. alternatively, unzip it locally, and drop/upload the "blog" folder into the root of your web server. You can put it anywhere inside your web space, but in the root is cooler.
corzblog tries to figure out where in the server it is operating, but possibly this mechanism isn't foolproof, so a preference is provided for this in the config.php file. You can access your blog right away if you like, an example..
cooler still, you could create a virtual host or sub-domain specifically for your blog, something like..
or ..
2: edit your preferences.
open "config.php" in a text editor and edit in your own details. pick a good password.
important: if you create or edit a blog at an internet café or other public place, ensure that your password hasn't been saved in the machine's memory. check this by clicking the "add blog" link one more time and begin typing the blog title in that field, if a menu pops up, choose your title from that menu and watch to see if the password is entered automatically. If it is, complain to the management and have them remove the password and the password autocomplete functionality immediately.
or just leave it and let everyone edit your blogs.
3: ensure the "blogz" file is writable
you should be good to go; permissions being stored in the zip; but it's possible that something happened to them in transit, getting moved around or uploaded, or whatever. simply; if the blog file isn't "writable", nothing you write can be saved! this is easy to fix..
In a unix/linux/mac os x shell, that would be:
cd /path.to.webserver/blog/
chmod 777 blogz.blog
(yeah, standard code tags work in a blog too)
You can use your FTP client for this too, it's sometimes under "attributes" (set them to "ALL" for "EVERYONE", or equivilent). In aqua (Mac OS X) you can use the "get info" dialog. On Windoze servers, pop up a properties dialog for the file and go to the security tab, or you may prefer DOS "attrib".
You'll want to open "blogz.blog" (the name is configurable in the prefs) in a text editor and DELETE the contents. Then you can start blogging afresh.
alternatively, use the archiving function (click "edit blogs" in the sidebar). If all goes to plan, the intro file should be archived to whatever.blog in the /arc folder, leaving you a nice clean blog to start afresh. you can delete the test archive afterwards.
note: the archive folder also needs to be set to chmod 777 or equivilent. If I remember, there's an informative errror message if it isn't.
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