B2evolution

b2evolution How To

Under Construction

b2evolution is a free blog tool for the next generation of blogs.

It includes all the features of traditional blog tools, and extends them with evolved features such as file & photo management, advanced skinning, multiple blogs support as well as detailed user permissions... Not to mention third party plug-ins!

Plus, it's free, open-source (GPL), it runs on virtually any webserver featuring PHP+MySQL and it's available in many languages!

Download b2evolution

mkdir /tmp/downloads

cd /tmp/downloads

wget http://downloads.sourceforge.net/evocms/b2evolution-1.9.3-2007-03-10.zip

unzip b2evolution-1.9.3-2007-03-10.zip

mv /tmp/downloads/b2evolution /opt/

Create a Custom Template

cd /etc/e-smith/templates-custom/etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf/

pico 89b2evolution

 # b2evolution

Alias /blog /opt/b2evolution/blogs
<Directory /opt/b2evolution/blogs>
    Options -Indexes
    AllowOverride None
     order deny,allow
     deny from all
     allow from all
     AuthName "b2evolution"
     AuthType Basic
     AuthExternal pwauth
     Satisfy all
     AddType application/x-httpd-php .php .php3
     php_flag  magic_quotes_gpc  on
     php_flag  track_vars        on
</Directory>

Save by pressing Ctrl x, press y to save changes and press enter

expand-template /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf

/etc/rc.d/init.d/httpd-e-smith restart

Create Database

mysql -e "create database b2evolution"

mysql -e "grant all privileges on b2evolution.* to bloguser@localhost identified by 'yourpassword'"

mysql -e "flush privileges"

Still Under Underconstruction

chown -R www.www /opt/b2evolution

chmod 755 /opt/b2evolution

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