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README
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StatusNet 0.9.5 "What's The Frequency, Kenneth?"
10 September 2010
StatusNet 0.9.6 "Man on the Moon"
19 October 2010
This is the README file for StatusNet, the Open Source microblogging
platform. It includes installation instructions, descriptions of
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New this version
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This is a security, bug and feature release since version 0.9.4 released on
16 August 2010.
This is a security, bug and feature release since version 0.9.5 released on
10 September 2010.
For best compatibility with client software and site federation, and a lot of
bug fixes, it is highly recommended that all public sites upgrade to the new
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Notable changes this version:
- Change of license for default themes and documentation from
AGPLv3 to CC-By 3.0 Unported.
- An experimental TinyMCE plugin to do in-browser rich editing of
status updates. Does not support StatusNet syntax like @-replies or
#hashtags very well.
- An experimental plugin to add titles to notices.
- A plugin to support the Echo <http://aboutecho.com/> commenting
system.
- A plugin to support the Disqus <http://disqus.com/> commenting system.
- Changes to OStatus support to make StatusNet work for the Social Web
Acid Test Level 0 <http://federatedsocialweb.net/wiki/SWAT0>.
- Themes now support a theme.ini file for theme configuration, including
defining a "base" theme.
- Improved two-way Twitter integration, including support for
repeats and retweets, replies, and faves going both ways across the
bridge, as well as better parsing of Twitter statuses.
- Site moderators can now delete groups.
- New themes: clean, shiny, mnml, victorian
- New YammerImport plugin allows site admins to import non-private profiles and
message from an authenticated Yammer site.
- New experimental plugins: AnonFavorites, SlicedFavorites, GroupFavorited,
ForceGroup, ShareNotice
- OAuth upgraded to 1.0a
- Localization updates now include plugins, thanks to TranslateWiki.net!
- SSL link generation should be more consistent; alternate SSL URLs can be
set in the admin UI for more parts of the system.
- Experimental backupuser.php, restoreuser.php command-line scripts to
dump/restore a user's complete activity stream. Can be used to transfer
accounts manually between sites, or to save a backup before deleting.
- Unicode fixes for OStatus notices
- Header metadata on notice pages to aid in manual reposting on Facebook
- Lots of little fixes...
A full changelog is available at http://status.net/wiki/StatusNet_0.9.5.
A full changelog is available at http://status.net/wiki/StatusNet_0.9.6.
Prerequisites
=============
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1. Unpack the tarball you downloaded on your Web server. Usually a
command like this will work:
tar zxf statusnet-0.9.5.tar.gz
tar zxf statusnet-0.9.6.tar.gz
...which will make a statusnet-0.9.5 subdirectory in your current
...which will make a statusnet-0.9.6 subdirectory in your current
directory. (If you don't have shell access on your Web server, you
may have to unpack the tarball on your local computer and FTP the
files to the server.)
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2. Move the tarball to a directory of your choosing in your Web root
directory. Usually something like this will work:
mv statusnet-0.9.5 /var/www/statusnet
mv statusnet-0.9.6 /var/www/statusnet
This will make your StatusNet instance available in the statusnet path of
your server, like "http://example.net/statusnet". "microblog" or
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If you've been using StatusNet 0.7, 0.6, 0.5 or lower, or if you've
been tracking the "git" version of the software, you will probably
want to upgrade and keep your existing data. There is no automated
upgrade procedure in StatusNet 0.9.5. Try these step-by-step
upgrade procedure in StatusNet 0.9.6. Try these step-by-step
instructions; read to the end first before trying them.
0. Download StatusNet and set up all the prerequisites as if you were
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5. Once all writing processes to your site are turned off, make a
final backup of the Web directory and database.
6. Move your StatusNet directory to a backup spot, like "statusnet.bak".
7. Unpack your StatusNet 0.9.5 tarball and move it to "statusnet" or
7. Unpack your StatusNet 0.9.6 tarball and move it to "statusnet" or
wherever your code used to be.
8. Copy the config.php file and the contents of the avatar/, background/,
file/, and local/ subdirectories from your old directory to your new
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T_STRING") in the browser, check to see that you don't have any
conflicts in your code.
If you upgraded to StatusNet 0.9.5 without reading the "Notice
If you upgraded to StatusNet 0.9.x without reading the "Notice
inboxes" section above, and all your users' 'Personal' tabs are empty,
read the "Notice inboxes" section above.
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* mEDI
* Brett Taylor
* Brigitte Schuster
* Siebrand Mazeland and the amazing volunteer translators at TranslateWiki.net
* Brion Vibber, StatusNet, Inc.
* James Walker, StatusNet, Inc.
* Samantha Doherty, designer, StatusNet, Inc.
Thanks also to the developers of our upstream library code and to the
thousands of people who have tried out Identi.ca, installed StatusNet,