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@ -61,16 +61,10 @@ and the URLs are listed here for your convenience.
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- DB_DataObject http://pear.php.net/package/DB_DataObject
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- Validate http://pear.php.net/package/Validate
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- OpenID from OpenIDEnabled (not the PEAR version!). We decided
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to use the openidenabled.com version since it's more widely
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implemented, and seems to be better supported.
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http://openidenabled.com/php-openid/
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- OpenID by Janrain, http://janrain.com/openid-enabled/
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- PEAR DB. Although this is an older data access system (new
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packages should probably use PHP DBO), the OpenID libraries
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depend on PEAR DB so we use it here, too. DB_DataObject can
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also use PEAR MDB2, which may give you better performance
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but won't work with OpenID.
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http://pear.php.net/package/DB
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packages should use PDO), the OpenID libraries depend on PEAR DB
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or MDB2.
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- OAuth.php from http://oauth.googlecode.com/svn/code/php/
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- markdown.php from http://michelf.com/projects/php-markdown/
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- PEAR Mail, for sending out mail notifications
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@ -93,25 +87,25 @@ and the URLs are listed here for your convenience.
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- HTTP_Request2, a library for making HTTP requests.
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- PEAR Net_URL2 is an HTTP_Request2 dependency.
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A design goal of StatusNet is that the basic Web functionality should
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A design goal of GNU Social is that the basic Web functionality should
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work on even the most restrictive commercial hosting services.
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However, additional functionality, such as receiving messages by
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Jabber/GTalk, require that you be able to run long-running processes
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on your account. In addition, posting by email or from SMS require
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that you be able to install a mail filter in your mail server.
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However, additional functionality, such as receiving messages by XMPP,
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require that you be able to run long-running processes on your account.
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In addition, posting by email require that you be able to install a mail
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filter in your mail server.
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Installation
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============
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Installing the basic StatusNet Web component is relatively easy,
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especially if you've previously installed PHP/MySQL packages.
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Installing the basic GNU Social web component is relatively easy,
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especially if you've previously installed PHP/MariaDB packages.
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1. Unpack the tarball you downloaded on your Web server. Usually a
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command like this will work:
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tar zxf statusnet-1.1.1.tar.gz
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tar zxf gnusocial-*.tar.gz
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...which will make a statusnet-1.1.1 subdirectory in your current
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...which will make a gnusocial-x.y.z subdirectory in your current
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directory. (If you don't have shell access on your Web server, you
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may have to unpack the tarball on your local computer and FTP the
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files to the server.)
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@ -119,125 +113,123 @@ especially if you've previously installed PHP/MySQL packages.
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2. Move the tarball to a directory of your choosing in your Web root
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directory. Usually something like this will work:
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mv statusnet-1.1.1 /var/www/statusnet
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mv gnusocial-x.y.z /var/www/gnusocial
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This will make your StatusNet instance available in the statusnet path of
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your server, like "http://example.net/statusnet". "microblog" or
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"statusnet" might also be good path names. If you know how to
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configure virtual hosts on your web server, you can try setting up
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"http://micro.example.net/" or the like.
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This will often make your GNU Social instance available in the gnusocial
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path of your server, like "http://example.net/gnusocial". "social" or
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"blog" might also be good path names. If you know how to configure
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virtual hosts on your web server, you can try setting up
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"http://social.example.net/" or the like.
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If you have "rewrite" support on your webserver, and you should,
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then please enable this in order to make full use of your site. This
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will enable "Fancy URL" support, which you can read more about if you
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scroll down a bit in this document.
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3. Make your target directory writeable by the Web server.
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chmod a+w /var/www/statusnet/
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chmod a+w /var/www/gnusocial/
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On some systems, this will probably work:
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chgrp www-data /var/www/statusnet/
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chmod g+w /var/www/statusnet/
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chgrp www-data /var/www/gnusocial/
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chmod g+w /var/www/gnusocial/
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If your Web server runs as another user besides "www-data", try
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that user's default group instead. As a last resort, you can create
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a new group like "statusnet" and add the Web server's user to the group.
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a new group like "gnusocial" and add the Web server's user to the group.
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4. You should also take this moment to make your avatar, background, and
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file subdirectories writeable by the Web server. An insecure way to do
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this is:
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chmod a+w /var/www/statusnet/avatar
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chmod a+w /var/www/statusnet/background
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chmod a+w /var/www/statusnet/file
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chmod a+w /var/www/gnusocial/avatar
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chmod a+w /var/www/gnusocial/background
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chmod a+w /var/www/gnusocial/file
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You can also make the avatar, background, and file directories
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writeable by the Web server group, as noted above.
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5. Create a database to hold your microblog data. Something like this
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5. Create a database to hold your site data. Something like this
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should work:
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mysqladmin -u "username" --password="password" create statusnet
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mysqladmin -u "root" --password="rootpassword" create gnusocial
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Note that StatusNet must have its own database; you can't share the
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database with another program. You can name it whatever you want,
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Note that GNU Social should have its own database; you should not share
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the database with another program. You can name it whatever you want,
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though.
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(If you don't have shell access to your server, you may need to use
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a tool like PHPAdmin to create a database. Check your hosting
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service's documentation for how to create a new MySQL database.)
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a tool like phpMyAdmin to create a database. Check your hosting
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service's documentation for how to create a new MariaDB database.)
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6. Create a new database account that StatusNet will use to access the
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6. Create a new database account that GNU Social will use to access the
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database. If you have shell access, this will probably work from the
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MySQL shell:
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MariaDB shell:
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GRANT ALL on statusnet.*
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TO 'statusnetuser'@'localhost'
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IDENTIFIED BY 'statusnetpassword';
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GRANT ALL on gnusocial.*
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TO 'gnusocial'@'localhost'
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IDENTIFIED BY 'agoodpassword';
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You should change 'statusnetuser' and 'statusnetpassword' to your preferred new
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username and password. You may want to test logging in to MySQL as
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this new user.
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You should change the user identifier 'gnusocial' and 'agoodpassword'
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to your preferred new database username and password. You may want to
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test logging in to MariaDB as this new user.
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7. In a browser, navigate to the StatusNet install script; something like:
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7. In a browser, navigate to the GNU Social install script; something like:
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http://yourserver.example.com/statusnet/install.php
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http://social.example.net/install.php
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Enter the database connection information and your site name. The
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install program will configure your site and install the initial,
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almost-empty database.
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8. You should now be able to navigate to your microblog's main directory
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and see the "Public Timeline", which will be empty. If not, magic
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has happened! You can now register a new user, post some notices,
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edit your profile, etc. However, you may want to wait to do that stuff
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if you think you can set up "fancy URLs" (see below), since some
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URLs are stored in the database.
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8. You should now be able to navigate to your social site's main directory
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and see the "Public Timeline", which will probably be empty. You can
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now register new user, post some notices, edit your profile, etc.
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Fancy URLs
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By default, StatusNet will use URLs that include the main PHP program's
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name in them. For example, a user's home profile might be
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found at:
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By default, GNU Social will use URLs that include the main PHP program's
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name in them. For example, a user's home profile might be found at:
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http://example.org/statusnet/index.php/statusnet/fred
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http://example.net/gnusocial/index.php/gnusocial/fred
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On certain systems that don't support this kind of syntax, they'll
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look like this:
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http://example.org/statusnet/index.php?p=statusnet/fred
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http://example.net/gnusocial/index.php?p=gnusocial/fred
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It's possible to configure the software so it looks like this instead:
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http://example.org/statusnet/fred
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http://example.net/gnusocial/fred
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These "fancy URLs" are more readable and memorable for users. To use
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fancy URLs, you must either have Apache 2.x with .htaccess enabled and
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mod_rewrite enabled, -OR- know how to configure "url redirection" in
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your server.
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your server (like lighttpd or nginx).
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1. Copy the htaccess.sample file to .htaccess in your StatusNet
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directory. Note: if you have control of your server's httpd.conf or
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similar configuration files, it can greatly improve performance to
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import the .htaccess file into your conf file instead. If you're
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not sure how to do it, you may save yourself a lot of headache by
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just leaving the .htaccess file.
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directory.
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2. Change the "RewriteBase" in the new .htaccess file to be the URL path
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to your StatusNet installation on your server. Typically this will
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be the path to your StatusNet directory relative to your Web root.
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to your GNU Social installation on your server. Typically this will
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be the path to your GNU Social directory relative to your Web root.
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If you are installing it in the root directory, leave it as '/'.
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3. Add or uncomment or change a line in your config.php file so it says:
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3. Add, uncomment or change a line in your config.php file so it says:
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$config['site']['fancy'] = true;
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You should now be able to navigate to a "fancy" URL on your server,
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like:
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http://example.net/statusnet/main/register
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http://example.net/gnusocial/main/register
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If you changed your HTTP server configuration, you may need to restart
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the server first.
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If it doesn't work, double-check that AllowOverride for the StatusNet
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If it doesn't work, double-check that AllowOverride for the GNU Social
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directory is 'All' in your Apache configuration file. This is usually
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/etc/httpd.conf, /etc/apache/httpd.conf, or (on Debian and Ubuntu)
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/etc/apache2/sites-available/default. See the Apache documentation for
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# http://example.com/ => /
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# http://example.com/mublog/ => /mublog/
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#
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RewriteBase /mublog/
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RewriteBase /
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#RewriteBase /mublog/
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## Uncomment these if having trouble with API authentication
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## when PHP is running in CGI or FastCGI mode.
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