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  • June 17, 2008 at 5:41 pm #22788
    Tortugita
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    I need to put up a blog for a website and since I haven’t done so before, I would like your recommendations/suggestions as to what you use. So far I’m checking into Eblog, WordPress, and the free portion of Expression Engine. What do you use?

    June 18, 2008 at 11:48 am #47970
    Tortugita
    Member

    I do like your blog site and I think it works well. In your experience, was it easy to set up and customize the functionality? I noticed you do not approve messages prior to posting. Do you worry about people posting inappropriate topics/content that are malicious or such in nature? Is there a control mechanism to view/approve messages before they are posted? Why did you pick WordPress? How is the management/back-end? What about errors/problems you have had? I will definitely download and give it a try, but any experiences you would like to share would be greatly appreciated. :D

    June 19, 2008 at 1:34 pm #47993
    Tortugita
    Member

    I appreciate your input! I am definitely going to give WordPress a try. I’m hoping I have PHP support. I’ve never worked with PHP and MySQL before. I think I’m going to have a learning curve. :idea: The auto-approve module sounds great and I’ll give it a try. This way I moderate without stopping the flow of postings. I’ve never heard of Askimet? :?: Does that come with WordPress?

    June 19, 2008 at 7:18 pm #48018
    Tortugita
    Member

    :o HELP! I’ve downloaded WordPress and MySQL (which I’m not familiar with either). I’ve read the Famous 5-minute install. Opened the wp-config-sample.php and then I got lost :? because I do not have a database setup so that I can input the information.
    // ** MySQL settings ** //
    define(‘DB_NAME’, ‘putyourdbnamehere’); // The name of the database
    define(‘DB_USER’, ‘usernamehere’); // Your MySQL username
    define(‘DB_PASSWORD’, ‘yourpasswordhere’); // …and password

    I’m used to working with Access database and Coldfusion and I’m really lost getting started.
    Can you point me in the right direction?

    June 19, 2008 at 7:28 pm #48021
    pab
    Member

    Chris you should do a screencast on setting up a blog with wordpress on a server.

    it would be great.

    June 20, 2008 at 12:23 pm #48054
    Tortugita
    Member

    Yes, a screencast would be great. My problem right now is creating a database in MySQL. In MYSQL Command Line Client for version 5.0.51b-community I entered the command CREATE DATABASE blog and also tried CREATE SCHEMA blog but nothing seems to happen. It seems like a simple thing. Any advice as to what I’m doing wrong?

    June 28, 2008 at 3:27 pm #48188
    angstmann
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    I would prefer a screencast on going from PSD to WordPress theme… or perhaps just frm CSS/HTML to WordPress theme. Or both! Although I know there is an existing PSD to HTML screencast!

    June 29, 2008 at 6:24 am #48196
    Historical Forums User
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    I would get involved with MyPHPAdmin, it makes SQL a breeze. Not that its a hard language to get BUT its nice to have a visual representation.

    June 29, 2008 at 5:13 pm #48204
    Biofobico
    Member

    Are you running locally in your machine? If so, download Mamp (OSX) or Wamp, Xampp (Windows) and create the database.

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