Re: OT: need a simple CMS / website builder
On Sat, Jul 07, 2012 at 01:42:35PM -0600, Glenn English wrote:
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> On Jul 7, 2012, at 1:19 PM, Rob Owens wrote:
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> > On Tue, Jul 03, 2012 at 05:05:09PM -0400, Rob Owens wrote:
> >> My kids want to make their own webpages. I intend to host them on my
> >> own server and limit who has access to them. I need some
> >> recommendations. Wordpress? Drupal? This will be on a Squeeze system.
> >>
> > Thanks for all the advice so far. I intend to test all the
> > recommendations. But for now I'm testing wordpress and I've run into an
> > issue:
> >
> > Apache's default document root is /var/www
> >
> > Wordpress wants to put everything in /srv/www
> >
> > So which location is "correct" for websites?
> >
> > I know how to change Apache's document root. I'm working on how to
> > change Wordpress' default root. I suppose I could solve this by
> > symlinking /srv/www to /var/www, but I'd like to hear some advice before
> > proceeding.
>
> You're using the Debian WP package? I recently went through the same trouble.
> Look at the README that came with the .deb. In there are 3 (IIRC) ways to
> make the Debian package work with Apache.
>
Yep, I'm using the Debian package.
> Debian puts the code in /usr/share, and the configs in /etc/wordpress. It's
> somewhat different from the way WP wants to do it.
>
> The one I used had to do with creating an alias in the main Apache2 config.
> Worked like a champ.
>
I see it, but my eyes and brain are too fried now to try it. I will
test it later. Thanks for the advice.
> Don't pay any attention to what WP says. Not much, anyway.
>
> I wanted to use the .deb so I'd get updates and fixes from the Debian repos.
>
Same here
I did get a blog working, but now I'm trying to set up a multisite.
I'll have to read up on that some more.
-Rob
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