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Apache Roller 4.0 - Beginner's Guide

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Apache Roller 4.0 - Beginner's Guide

Overview of this book

Apache Roller enables you to build a fully-featured, multi-user blog server apt for all kinds of blogging sites. It is an ideal tool to create your own blogging network with unlimited users and blogs, forums, photo galleries, and more! While it is exciting to have a list of interesting features it can offer you, it might be a little difficult to get started with it by your self. This book will teach you how to get started with Apache Roller and make the most of all its features using step-by-step, detailed instructions. You will learn how to establish your internet presence with an Apache Roller blog and use the latest web tools to enhance your posts and attract visitors. You will also learn how to promote your blog on popular social bookmarking services and customize it to suit your need. This hands-on and practical book introduces you to Apache Roller. Starting off with the configuration and installation of your own blog, you'll then quickly learn how to add interesting content to your blog with the help of plenty of examples. You'll also learn how to change your blog's visual appearance with the help of Roller themes and templates and how to create a community of blogs for you and your colleagues or friends in your Apache Roller blog server. The book also looks at ways you can manage your community, and keep your site safe and secure, ensuring that it is a spam-free, enjoyable community for your users.
Table of Contents (16 chapters)
Apache Roller 4.0
Credits
Foreword
About the Author
About the Reviewers
Preface
Pop Quiz Answers
Index

Installing Apache, Java, Tomcat, and MySQL


Finally, it's time to start working. In the following exercises, you will download and install all the software components required to run Apache Roller on a Linux PC. There are a lot of similarities between Windows and Linux installations, but there are a lot of differences also. As strange as that may sound, don't worry, I'll guide you all the way through.

Apache web server

The Apache web server (or HTTP server) is the most popular open source web server for Linux and Windows. Trust me, I've been using it since the year 2000 and have never had a performance problem, not even on slow hardware and low memory systems. Now it's your turn to try it on your PC. I'm sure you won't be disappointed.

Note

In case you didn't know, a Linux distribution, or "distro", is a collection of software applications included with the Linux operating system, and each distro is oriented towards a specific class of users. For example, the Ubuntu Linux distribution is oriented...