How to install Dotclear in Ubuntu
To install Dotclear in Ubuntu
Dotclear is an open source web publishing application. It aims to develop a web-based software with multilingual interface and publishing capabilities. Installation of Dotclear in Ubuntu is explained in this article.
Features
- User-friendly administration
- Flexible template system
- Media management
- Built-in anti spam
- Localization
- Presentation widgets
- Themes and plugins
- Tags and categories
To install Dotclear
Before installing Dotclear, install LAMP server via below link.
https://www.linuxhelp.com/how-to-install-lamp-setup-in-ubuntu-15-10/
Now start the Apache web server with the following command.
root@linuxhelp:/home/user1/Desktop# /etc/init.d/apache2 start
[ ok ] Starting apache2 (via systemctl): apache2.service.
To create database for Dotclear
Utilize the following command to create database for Dotclear application.
root@linuxhelp:/home/user1/Desktop# mysql -u root -p Enter password: Welcome to the MySQL monitor. Commands end with or g. Your MySQL connection id is 9 Server version: 5.6.28-0ubuntu0.15.04.1 (Ubuntu) Copyright (c) 2000, 2015, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Oracle is a registered trademark of Oracle Corporation and/or its affiliates. Other names may be trademarks of their respective owners. Type ' help ' or ' h' for help. Type ' c' to clear the current input statement. mysql> CREATE DATABASE dotclear Query OK, 1 row affected (0.02 sec) mysql> exit Bye
Then change the directory into /var/www/html/
root@linuxhelp:/home/user1/Desktop# cd /var/www/html/
Now its time to Dotclear package with the respective link.
root@linuxhelp:/var/www/html# wget http://download.dotclear.org/latest.tar.gz
--2016-10-27 01:56:21-- http://download.dotclear.org/latest.tar.gz
Resolving download.dotclear.org (download.dotclear.org)... 88.191.250.71
Connecting to download.dotclear.org (download.dotclear.org)|88.191.250.71|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 303 See Other
Location: http://download.dotclear.org/latest/dotclear-2.10.2.tar.gz [following]
--2016-10-27 01:56:23-- http://download.dotclear.org/latest/dotclear-2.10.2.tar.gz
Reusing existing connection to download.dotclear.org:80.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 2778496 (2.6M) [application/x-gzip]
Saving to: ‘ latest.tar.gz’
latest.tar.gz 100%[===============================================================> ] 2.65M 672KB/s in 4.8s
2016-10-27 01:56:28 (569 KB/s) - ‘ latest.tar.gz’ saved [2778496/2778496]
Immediately extract the downloaded package with ' tar' command.
root@linuxhelp:/var/www/html# tar -xvzf latest.tar.gz
./dotclear/
./dotclear/db/
./dotclear/db/.htaccess
./dotclear/inc/
.
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./dotclear/plugins/simpleMenu/simplemenu.js
./dotclear/CREDITS
./dotclear/CONTRIBUTING.md
Again you need to change directory into Dotclear. Then add the write permissions for the following directories.
root@linuxhelp:/var/www/html/dotclear# chmod a+w cache/
root@linuxhelp:/var/www/html/dotclear# chmod a+w inc/
root@linuxhelp:/var/www/html/dotclear# chmod a+w public/
Open the web browser and navigate to http://localhost/dotclear. Set the Database information as shown below,
Next enter the following details to create user for Dotclear.
Click on Manage your blog now option to complete the installation process.
Once the Dotclear is installed, open the Dashboard to view the advanced features as shown below,
Media manager
Preferences
Plugins Management
The function crypt() (/inc/core/class.dc.auth.php) no more give the same results with the same parameter. If you need an "old fashion" encrypted password, you have to use cryptLegacy() function (same file).
On each of the main pages of the plugins, provided you have the rights to access them
Antispam plugin
'settings' => array (
'self' => '',
'blog' => '#params.antispam_params'
)