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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

Time for action — leaving comments in your weblog


I know it feels weird to leave comments in your own weblog, but don't worry, no one will find out. It's not as if you were in the supermarket talking to yourself with everybody else staring at you, as if you were some kind of a freak!

  1. Open your web browser, type your dynamic hostname to visit your Roller weblog's main page (in my case, it's http://alromero.no-ip.org) without logging in, and click on the Comments[0] link:

  2. Roller will take you to the POST A COMMENT section for that specific entry. Fill in all the required fields as shown in the following screenshot, just be sure to use your own name and e-mail address instead of mine:

  3. Scroll down to the end of the page, answer the math question provided for authentication and click on Post to leave your comment:

  4. Roller will take you back to the entry, showing your comment followed by the Your comment has been accepted message:

  5. Now scroll up to the beginning of the page, and click on the previous...