WORDSMITH

Weblog & Publishing Tool

Version 1.1 BETA



License

This software is released under the BSD license.

System requirements

Due credits

This software relies on 3rd party software:

  1. ADODB database library by John Lim
  2. HTMLArea by InteractiveTools.com
  3. XMenu, XLoadTree, TabPane, Sortable Table by Erik Arvidsson
  4. XML-RPC libraries by Edd Dumbill, Keith Devens. Only one of them is going to make it to the next release, but I haven't decided which one (yet:)
  5. GeoIP Free Country for the tracker module (get a country from an IP address)
Copyright to these libraries belongs to their respective authors.

Installation

The installation procedure is very simple. Please follow these steps:

  1. Unzip the downloaded file and copy everything to your webserver. You can rename the root weblog folder to anything you like (ie. "blog")
  2. Make these directories writable (CHMOD 777): 'archive', 'files', 'images', 'manage/lib/magpierss/cache'
  3. Make files 'index.xml', 'index.rdf' writable (CHMOD 666) if you want to be able to syndicate your content
  4. Create or pick a MySQL database
  5. Load "INSTALL_DIR/wordsmith.sql" via your favorite client tool into the database
  6. Edit "INSTALL_DIR/startup_db.inc.php" to fit your configuration
  7. In your browser, open http://your-site/weblog_directory/manage
  8. Login with username "admin", password "password"
  9. Edit weblog configuration and change your password
  10. Edit templates (eg. upload and link your logo) and start playing with it

Implemented features

WORDSMITH follows the conventions and implements most of the standard blog functionality. It allows posting using rich text edit component (HTMLArea), extensive archiving for quick page loads, integrated blogroll and more. It's highly customizable as it uses templates and css styles for display. You can edit the look and feel of both the weblog and the administration pages if you don't like the standard setup.

New in this version

Feedback

Feel free to download, test-drive and modify this software. Visit project weblog for updates and information.