eggBlog

Themes

Wed, 21 Nov 2007 13:37:26 +0000

The following are available themes to customise your eggBlog installation.

To install, unpack the theme to your /themes/ folder so that you have a list of files similar to:

/themes/new_theme/style.css
/themes/new_theme/print.css

Available themes to download:

marten 0.2.3 download
balloonr 0.1.2 download
timesonline 0.1.2 download
garden 0.1 download

Docs & Guides

Fri, 16 Nov 2007 12:41:30 +0000

The following documentation and guides reffer to eggblog v4. Any previous versions are no longer supported.

Introduction Video
Requirements
Installing
Upgrading
- Upgrading from eggBlog v3
- Upgrading from eggBlog v4
Language Files
Administration
Templates
- Sidebar
- Footer (Traffic Monitoring)
Change Log

Introduction Video
Below is a video to act as an introduction to eggBlog v4.

This shows how to edit an article, how to create (and then delete) an article, and finally how to change themes for your blog.

Requirements
The following are required:

Installing
The installation instructions are as follows:

Download either the .zip, .7z or .tar.gz compressed package from:
http://eggblog.net/download.php
Unpack the package to your chosen directory on your web server.
Copy /config.inc.php to /config.php and edit to complete all fields:
- $config['lang'] - the filename of the language file in /langs/
- $config['theme'] - the name of the folder in /themes/ containing the theme
- $config['email'] - your email address
- $config['title'] - the title of your website
- $config['subtitle'] - the subtitle of your website
- $config['meta_desc'] - a short description of your website for meta tags
- $config['meta_keys'] - comma seperated words for meta tags
- $config['forums'] - set to 1 to enable the forums, or 0 to disable
- $config['photos'] - set to 1 to enable the photo albums, or 0 to disable
- $config['mysql_host'] - hostname/ip of your MySQL server
- $config['mysql_user'] - username for your MySQL account
- $config['mysql_pass'] - password for your MySQL account
- $config['mysql_db']- your MySQL database name
- $config['uri'] - URL of your website with trialing slash, e.g. http://eggblog.net/demo/
Change permissions for the following to read, write and exectuable (chmod 0777):
- /config.php
- /photos/full/
- /photos/category/
- /photos/thumbnail/
- /photos/uploads/
Open your browser to http://www.your-server/eggblog4/install.php
Delete /install.php and upgrade_3to4.php

Upgrading from v4
The upgrade from eggBlog4 instructions are as follows:

Download either the .zip, .7z or .tar.gz compressed package from:
http://eggblog.net/download.php
Unpack the package and upload all files except /photos/.
Delete /install.php and upgrade_3to4.php
If upgrading from v4.0b, v4.0RC1 or v4.0RC2, you will need to make adjustments to the config.php file:
1. if using "en-uk.php" language file, change to the new lUK language file "en_gb.php"
2. change $config['mysql_table'] to $config['mysql_db']
3. enter the administration area of your installation and save the settings - this will ensure the config file is complete.

Upgrading from v3-v4
The upgrade from eggBlog3 to eggBlog4 instructions are as follows:

Download either the .zip, .7z or .tar.gz compressed package from:
http://eggblog.net/download.php
Unpack the package to your chosen directory on your web server.
If you are upgrading to the same location as your previous installation, delete all files/folders except /photos/.

If you are installing to a different location you will need to copy the /photos/ directory to your new folder.
Copy /config.inc.php to /config.php and edit to complete all fields:
- $config['lang'] - the filename of the language file in /langs/
- $config['theme'] - the name of the folder in /themes/ containing the theme
- $config['email'] - your email address
- $config['title'] - the title of your website
- $config['subtitle'] - the subtitle of your wbesite
- $config['meta_desc'] - a short description of your website for meta tags
- $config['meta_keys'] - comma seperated words for meta tags
- $config['forums'] - set to 1 to enable the forums, or 0 to disable
- $config['photos'] - set to 1 to enable the photo albums, or 0 to disable
- $config['mysql_host'] - hostname/ip of your MySQL server
- $config['mysql_user'] - username for your MySQL account
- $config['mysql_pass'] - password for your MySQL account
- $config['mysql_db'] - your MySQL database name
- $config['uri'] - URL of your website including the trialing slash, e.g. http://eggblog.net/demo/
Change permissions for the following to read, write and exectuable (chmod 0777):
- /config.php
- /photos/full/
- /photos/category/
- /photos/thumbnail/
- /photos/uploads/
Open your browser to http://www.your-server/eggblog4/upgrade_3to4.php
Delete /install.php and upgrade_3to4.php
If you are running apache web server, you can use the .htaccess file to autoamtically redirect visitors to your new website:
- Edit .htaccess_3to4 and change http://www.your-domain.com/eggblog4/ to your new url
- Rename .htaccess_3to4 to .htaccess to automatically redirect traffic to your new pages.

Language Pack
eggBlog supports the use of language files, enabling you to run eggBlog in a variety of languages at a single click.

Download the latest language pack and extract them to your eggBlog installation; i.e. all language files (e.g. en_gb.php) should be in the /lang/ folder.

Administration
On installing eggBlog, you will be given your administrative email address and password.

On logging in, you are presented with an "administration" link as shown to the right. Clicking this will take you to the administration options from where you can:

Configure your website
Add a new article
Add a new photo album
Add a new photo
Edit registered members
Check for updates

Editing and deleting photo's, forum topics/posts and articles can be done directly from the item itself using the "Edit" and "Delete" links.

Templates
Templates can be used to include HTML on all pages. These are safe guarded against future upgrades meaning any eggBlog updates will automatically include your custom aditional HTML.

Templates - Sidebar
Any HTML you would like to include at the bottom of the sidebar should be saved as HTML as /_lib/inc_side.php. This file can include PHP where required.

For example, to include the SourceForge message as used to the right of this website, the following text makes up the /_lib/inc_side.php file:

<div class="box">
<strong>Sourceforge</strong>
<p>Download bandwidth is kindly supplied by <a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/eggblog">sourceforge.net</a>.</p>
</div>

Templates - Footer
The same can be done for the footer to run javascript based statistics by placing HTML in /lib/inc_foot.php.

For example, to use Google Analytics on eggBlog, I need to include the following text in all pages before the </body> tag so I simply copy this text into /_lib/inc_foot.php:

Change Log
The full change log can be found at:
http://eggblog.net/CHANGELOG

See our support guide if you encounter any errors.

If your preffered language file is not available, please help create one!

Support

Thu, 15 Nov 2007 16:43:07 +0000

Support for eggBlog is available online through our forum at:
eggblog.net/forum.php

Docs & Guides
Please ensure you have checked the docs and guides page before requesting any help.

Download

Thu, 15 Nov 2007 16:40:56 +0000

Download the latest version of eggBlog at:
eggblog.net/download.php

Language Files
These are now integrated int he main package above. Out-dated language files can be found here.

License.
Reffer to the license page for details.

About

Thu, 15 Nov 2007 16:33:22 +0000

eggBlog is the free php & mysql blog software package, allowing you to create your own online website, journal or weblog (blog) using your own web-space.

easy to use web-based administration to add, edit and delete news articles
easy to use web-based configuration to manage your web site settings
WYSIWYG easy-to-use text editor for publishing or editing news articles
download themes to easily change the style, layout and colours of your site
download additional language files (where available)
optional forum to allow discussion
optional comments on news articles to allow feedback on announcements
optional sticky articles that remain fixed on all pages
optional tags/categories on articles
registered users allowed to leave comments on news articles
registered users allowed to post messages in the forum
automatic archiving of all news articles
check for eggBlog updates through the administration panel
valid HTML 1.1, valid CSS 1.0 and WAI friendly
valid XML RSS 1.0 feeds for both articles and forum topics

The only requirements of eggblog are acess to a web server running PHP v4.1.0+ (with the php-gd library fo rimage manipulation) and MySQL v3.23.32+.

License
Reffer to the license page for details.

License

Thu, 15 Nov 2007 16:16:42 +0000

This package/software is provided in accordance with the following license.

You are permitted to:

to Share
to copy, distribute and transmit the work
to Remix
to adapt the work

Under the following conditions:

Attribution
You must attribute the work with a "powered by eggBlog.net" link in the footer of the website.
Noncommercial
You may not use this work for commercial purposes.
Share Alike
If you alter, transform, or build upon this work, you may distribute the resulting work only under the same or similar license to this one.

Full details are available online at:
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/legalcode

Paid License
The "powered by eggBlog.net" footnote can be removed upon purchase of a license.

You can order a licence using one of the following methods:

This helps to fund this website and the project it hosts.

Please email info at tenfourzero dot net for details or questions.

Anyone found to be breaking this license will be sent an email warning asking for the link to be replaced. Failing this, contact will be made with the relevent service provider and alle fforts will be made to cease your internet services.

Shutter - the php image photo gallery

Thu, 14 May 2009 10:42:45 +0100

This is a package I created for myself which I thought would be nice to share.

Shutter is an image hosting package which allows users to upload photos in an unlimited number of albums and receive user comments.

In short, it's like flickr but something that YOU have control over.

Here is a video showing hpow easy it is to create an album and upload some photos:

Please give this a try and leave your thoughts in the forum.

eggBlog Demo Update

Wed, 13 May 2009 17:17:01 +0100

There was a problem with the photo gallery in the online demo of eggBlog as reported by James.

This has been fixed and the demo is now back and working as it should.

v4.1.1 Released - Several Fixes and Integrated Langugage Pack

Tue, 24 Feb 2009 12:09:19 +0000

eggBlog 4.1.1 has been released and is now available to download.

The language pack has been integrated with the main release (now including SV and FA_IR), system errors are now supressed and the reported $3 link bug has been fixed (tbc).

When updating from pre-v4.0rc3, you will need to manually update your /config.php file to the new language file (from en-uk to en_gb). Then edit your config file through the administration area and save - this will create the neccessary new "tag flag" and "MySQL Database" setting.

Download
Download the latest version of eggBlog from:
http://eggblog.net/download.php

Installation & Upgrading
Full details are available online at:
http://eggblog.net/news.php?id=5

Themes
Download additional themes to completely change the look of your site.

The full change log:

4.1.1 (2009-02-24)
- unnecessary comments removed from all files
- bug: links corrected in README
- bug: "$3" added to some links
http://eggblog.net/forum.php?topic=150
+ language pack integrated with main package
+ all php system errors supressed
+ google ads added to news and forum pages

v4.1.0 Released - New Article (WYSIWYG) Editor

Mon, 29 Sep 2008 14:55:13 +0100

eggBlog 4.1.0 has been released and is now available to download - now only 93k (.7z package).

There is a compelty new WYSIWYG text editor which is smaller, quicker and supports image URL's for subdomains.

Download
Download the latest version of eggBlog from:
http://eggblog.net/download.php

Installation & Upgrading
Full details are available online at:
http://eggblog.net/news.php?id=5

Themes
Download additional themes to completely change the look of your site.

The full change log:

4.1.0 (2008-09-29)
- bug: incorrect embedded orum rss link
- bug: WYSIWYG image urls supported in sub-domains
- FCKeditor replaced with openwysiwyg