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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

Trackbacks


Now, it's time to see the real power invested in comments—trackbacks. These are basically comments that other bloggers send to your weblog, or vice versa. When you find an interesting post in some other weblog, and that post relates to something you wrote or plan to write in your own weblog, you can write a post about it and send a trackback to that other weblog in the form of a comment. Then, the other weblog's owner will see your trackback and he/she will be aware that you're writing about the same subject! That's how blogs can help an entire community to contribute new ideas and build strong relationships between their members.

Enabling comment notification via e-mail

Before starting to send trackbacks, let me show you how to enable comment notification via e-mail in Roller. This way, you'll be aware of every comment sent to your weblog and take appropriate action as soon as possible.