From b98fcffcd20eca741e3089bfcc87cbc4b95dbf22 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Evan Prodromou Date: Thu, 4 Mar 2010 13:34:05 -0500 Subject: some more editorial on README --- README | 27 +++++++++++++++------------ 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-) (limited to 'README') diff --git a/README b/README index 44bdd8fe2..cfc05246c 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -621,14 +621,10 @@ not visible to non-logged-in users. This might be useful for workgroups who want to share a microblogging site for project management, but host it on a public server. -Note that this is an experimental feature; total privacy is not -guaranteed or ensured. Also, privacy is all-or-nothing for a site; you -can't have some accounts or notices private, and others public. -Finally, the interaction of private sites with OStatus is -undefined. Remote users won't be able to subscribe to users on a -private site, but users of the private site may be able to subscribe -to users on a remote site. (Or not... it's not well tested.) The -"proper behaviour" hasn't been defined here, so handle with care. +Total privacy is not guaranteed or ensured. Also, privacy is +all-or-nothing for a site; you can't have some accounts or notices +private, and others public. The interaction of private sites +with OStatus is undefined. Access to file attachments can also be restricted to logged-in users only. 1. Add a directory outside the web root where your file uploads will be @@ -693,10 +689,10 @@ instructions; read to the end first before trying them. reversed. YOU CAN EASILY DESTROY YOUR SITE WITH THIS STEP. Don't do it without a known-good backup! - If your database is at version 0.7.4, you can run a special upgrade - script: + If your database is at version 0.8.0 or above, you can run a + special upgrade script: - mysql -u -p db/074to080.sql + mysql -u -p db/08to09.sql Otherwise, go to your StatusNet directory and AFTER YOU MAKE A BACKUP run the rebuilddb.sh script like this: @@ -761,10 +757,17 @@ Configuration options The main configuration file for StatusNet (excepting configurations for dependency software) is config.php in your StatusNet directory. If you -edit any other file in the directory, like lib/common.php (where most +edit any other file in the directory, like lib/default.php (where most of the defaults are defined), you will lose your configuration options in any upgrade, and you will wish that you had been more careful. +Starting with version 0.9.0, a Web based configuration panel has been +added to StatusNet. The preferred method for changing config options is +to use this panel. + +A command-line script, setconfig.php, can be used to set individual +configuration options. It's in the scripts/ directory. + Starting with version 0.7.1, you can put config files in the /etc/statusnet/ directory on your server, if it exists. Config files will be included in this order: -- cgit v1.2.3-54-g00ecf