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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 — enabling moderation in your weblog


Are you ready for action? Let's learn to defend your weblog space!

  1. Log into your Roller weblog, click on the Preferences tab to go to your Weblog Settings page, scroll down to the Comments section and click on the Moderate comments checkbox to enable it:

  2. Scroll down the page until you locate the Update Weblog Settings button and click on it. Now go to your weblog's front page, click on the Comments[1] link of the first entry in your weblog, and post a new comment as shown in the following screenshot:

  3. Once you answer the math question and click on the Post button, Roller will show you the following message, instead of showing your comment:

What just happened?

Once you enable moderation in your weblog, all comments will be marked as pending, until you log in and approve or delete them, as you saw in the previous exercise. The only drawback to moderation is that visitors to your site will see the same message when they leave a comment and nobody...