Mostly Harmless

I tried installing Lyceum a few months back but couldn’t get it working right. Decided this evening to give the latest version (0.34) a whirl and I’m pleased to report it installs smoothly. Simply point the webroot at src/lyceum, pop the database info in the config file and go through the installation wizard and you’re done.

Now that’s complete you have a working system that lets you easily run a blogging community. Creating a new blog is as simple as filling in a registration form and checking your email for the password. There is also a plugin to hook up with LDAP - which must be very exciting if you’re into that sort of thing

It’s interesting that whilst Wordpress has it’s own multi user version in Wordpress MU (used on wordpress.org) that even has a supported Enterprise version someone has felt it necessary to provide an alternative solution with a substantially altered structure. Lyceum has a FAQ entry on the differences.

I’ll be giving installing MU a go tomorrow and then fiddling with er… appraising each system to see which is best for my purposes.

Rowan :: Apr.30.2007 :: Lyceum, Web Apps :: 1 Comment »

I’ve spent the last day trying to get support for a Tracks install on Servage that went from running a little bit slow to not running at all, here is what I found out. It also provides a little insight into how not to deal with customers problems with third party scripts.

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Rowan :: Mar.29.2007 :: Web Apps, Web Hosting :: 3 Comments »

Looks like one of the worst things that can happen to a web app project has happened to wordpress - one of their releases was compromised by a “cracker”

http://wordpress.org/development/2007/03/upgrade-212/

I was in the “at risk” group of recent installs so have upgraded as soon as I saw the news post. The difficulty for server admins of tracking down vulnerable web apps installed on their service is worth a bit of further examination.

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Rowan :: Mar.03.2007 :: Security, Web Apps, Web Hosting :: No Comments »