FireBlog 0.2 Instructions


  1. Prerequisites


Well, I am assuming a few things here:


a) You have a web server with PHP enabled and MySQL database

b) You have downloaded FireBlog from BerliOS.


So, you need those things to set up FireBlog.


  1. Installing FireBlog


Now we are going to install FireBlog. First, unpack the fireblog-x.x.tar.bz2 file onto your webserver. This should create a fireblog-x.x directory.


    1. Setting up the database


In the install directory, there should be a db.sql file. Use a tool like phpMyAdmin to create a new database and run the db.sql file on it.


    1. Setting up your configuration file.


Open the config.php file in your favourite text editor. Fill in the database settings (username, password, database name, hostname), and also put your email address in the site_admin field


    1. Creating the Admin user


In your web browser, enter the path to the install/install.php file and press Enter. You should be presented with a form. Fill in the details, and press Submit to create the Admin user.


3. Setting up your site


Remove the install directory from the server, as it is a huge security risk to leave it there, as somebody could gain Admin privileges through it.


Now go to the root of the fireblog-x.x directory in your web browser. You should see the home page of FireBlog. You can now log in by clicking the side link 'Login'. Login using the details you gave during installation. If all went well, you should be back at the home page, and there should now be an 'Admin CP' link on the sidebar. Click it to reach the Admin Control Panel. You can now delete the sample news articles and comments, and replace them with your own.

  1. Links and Pages


In the admin control panel, there will be a Pages link. This can be used to create pages (HTML can be used in pages). When you create a page, you may think “Well how do I get to my page?”. When creating the page, you should have entered an ID String. To get to your page, point your browser to http://<pathtofireblog>/index.php?module=page&page=<id string>. You can use that to create a link, by setting the link location to the path to your page.