Table of Contents
Installation and administration guide
Installation and upgrade
Appendix: hosting providers
Administration
Management & Maintenance
Administration Appendices
Installation and administration guide
Installation and upgrade
Installation
Installation
Prerequisites
Automatic installation
Standard installation
Installing using the Wizard
Installing from the config.php file
Completing the installation process
Next steps
Multiblog
Blog settings
Appendix : installing a Git copy
Updating
Updating
Preparing for the update
Automatic upgrade
Updating the program
Updating the database
Appendix : updating a mercurial copy
Configuration File (config.php) Parameters
Configuration File (config.php) Parameters
Introduction
Parameters
Database settings
General settings
Advanced settings
Plugin-specific parameters
Adding information to the file
mail() function
Upgrading from Dotclear 1.2 to Dotclear 2
Upgrading from Dotclear 1.2 to Dotclear 2
Local installation
Local installation
Windows
Installing with the wizard:
Installing from the config.php file:
Mac OS X
Prerequisites
Installation
Linux
Installation
Prepare the server to "host" Dotclear
Appendix: hosting providers
Hosting providers
Hosting providers
Specific documentation
Hosting providers supporting Dotclear 2
Test your hosting provider
Administration
Managing users
Managing users
Existing user list
Creating a user
Modifying a user
User permissions
Multiblog Installation
Multiblog Installation
Method 1: one directory per blog
Step 1: Installing Dotclear
Step 2 : Creating one directory per blog
Step 3 : creating the blogs
Step 4 : routing each blog
Method 2: virtual hosts with index.php symlink
Method 3: one virtual host per blog; all admin via SSL
Step 0: Install Dotclear 2 normally
Step 1: Use Shared Paths for Common Resources
Step 2: Set up Virtual Hosts
Step 3: Move ''dotclear2'' out of ''DocumentRoot''
Step 4: Make the Admin Accessible via SSL
Step 5: Configure Dotclear for Higher Security
Managing plugins
Managing plugins
Installing a plugin
Automatic installation
Manual installation
Configuring plugins
Removing a plugin
Updating a plugin
Blog Themes
Blog Themes
Choosing a theme
Installing a theme
Customizing a theme
Blowup
Custom CSS theme
Theme editor
Advanced configuration
Management & Maintenance
Backup and restore
Backup and restore
Import/Export
Exporting your content
Importing data
Note for blog managers
Files
Backup
Restore
Database
Backup
Restoring
Spam comment filters
Spam comment filters
Filter organization
Information
Available spam filters
Syndication
Filter configuration
Fair trackbacks
IP Filter
Bad Words
IP Lookup
Links Lookup
Akismet
Administration Appendices
Migrating from WordPress