README
------
-StatusNet 0.9.4 "Orange Crush"
-16 August 2010
+StatusNet 0.9.5 "What's The Frequency, Kenneth?"
+10 September 2010
This is the README file for StatusNet, the Open Source microblogging
platform. It includes installation instructions, descriptions of
http://www.opendefinition.org/ossd
StatusNet, Inc. <http://status.net/> also offers this software as a
-Web service, requiring no installation on your part. The software run
+Web service, requiring no installation on your part. See
+<http://status.net/signup> for details. The software run
on status.net is identical to the software available for download, so
you can move back and forth between a hosted version or a version
installed on your own servers.
of using the software, and if you do not wish to share your
modifications, *YOU MAY NOT INSTALL STATUSNET*.
+Documentation in the /doc-src/ directory is available under the
+Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license, with attribution to
+"StatusNet". See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ for details.
+
CSS and images in the /theme/ directory are available under the
Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license, with attribution to
"StatusNet". See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ for details.
New this version
================
-This is a security, bug and feature release since version 0.9.3 released on
-29 June 2010.
+This is a security, bug and feature release since version 0.9.4 released on
+16 August 2010.
For best compatibility with client software and site federation, and a lot of
bug fixes, it is highly recommended that all public sites upgrade to the new
Notable changes this version:
-- OpenID and OAuth libraries patched for potential timing attack
-- OStatus feed i/o updated for Activity Streams
-- Correctness fixes on XRD, other discovery bits
-- Support for contacting SNI-based SSL virtual hosts when SSL
- certificate verification is enabled (requires PHP 5.3.2+ or
- enabling CURL backend with $config['http']['curl'] = true)
-- Experimental SubMirror plugin
-- Multi-site status_network table mode has been tweaked to support
- multiple tags better
-- Many updates to user interface translation from TranslateWiki
-- Many other bugfixes
-
-A full changelog is available at http://status.net/wiki/StatusNet_0.9.4.
+- Change of license for default themes and documentation from
+ AGPLv3 to CC-By 3.0 Unported.
+- An experimental TinyMCE plugin to do in-browser rich editing of
+ status updates. Does not support StatusNet syntax like @-replies or
+ #hashtags very well.
+- An experimental plugin to add titles to notices.
+- A plugin to support the Echo <http://aboutecho.com/> commenting
+ system.
+- A plugin to support the Disqus <http://disqus.com/> commenting system.
+- Changes to OStatus support to make StatusNet work for the Social Web
+ Acid Test Level 0 <http://federatedsocialweb.net/wiki/SWAT0>.
+- Themes now support a theme.ini file for theme configuration, including
+ defining a "base" theme.
+- Improved two-way Twitter integration, including support for
+ repeats and retweets, replies, and faves going both ways across the
+ bridge, as well as better parsing of Twitter statuses.
+
+A full changelog is available at http://status.net/wiki/StatusNet_0.9.5.
Prerequisites
=============
1. Unpack the tarball you downloaded on your Web server. Usually a
command like this will work:
- tar zxf statusnet-0.9.4.tar.gz
+ tar zxf statusnet-0.9.5.tar.gz
- ...which will make a statusnet-0.9.2 subdirectory in your current
+ ...which will make a statusnet-0.9.5 subdirectory in your current
directory. (If you don't have shell access on your Web server, you
may have to unpack the tarball on your local computer and FTP the
files to the server.)
2. Move the tarball to a directory of your choosing in your Web root
directory. Usually something like this will work:
- mv statusnet-0.9.4 /var/www/statusnet
+ mv statusnet-0.9.5 /var/www/statusnet
This will make your StatusNet instance available in the statusnet path of
your server, like "http://example.net/statusnet". "microblog" or
If you've been using StatusNet 0.7, 0.6, 0.5 or lower, or if you've
been tracking the "git" version of the software, you will probably
want to upgrade and keep your existing data. There is no automated
-upgrade procedure in StatusNet 0.9.2. Try these step-by-step
+upgrade procedure in StatusNet 0.9.5. Try these step-by-step
instructions; read to the end first before trying them.
0. Download StatusNet and set up all the prerequisites as if you were
5. Once all writing processes to your site are turned off, make a
final backup of the Web directory and database.
6. Move your StatusNet directory to a backup spot, like "statusnet.bak".
-7. Unpack your StatusNet 0.9.2 tarball and move it to "statusnet" or
+7. Unpack your StatusNet 0.9.5 tarball and move it to "statusnet" or
wherever your code used to be.
-8. Copy the config.php file and avatar directory from your old
- directory to your new directory.
+8. Copy the config.php file and the contents of the avatar/, background/,
+ file/, and local/ subdirectories from your old directory to your new
+ directory.
9. Copy htaccess.sample to .htaccess in the new directory. Change the
RewriteBase to use the correct path.
10. Rebuild the database. (You can safely skip this step and go to #12
be escaped.
logo: URL of an image file to use as the logo for the site. Overrides
the logo in the theme, if any.
+ssllogo: URL of an image file to use as the logo on SSL pages. If unset,
+ theme logo is used instead.
ssl: Whether to use SSL and https:// URLs for some or all pages.
Possible values are 'always' (use it for all pages), 'never'
(don't use it for any pages), or 'sometimes' (use it for
which means to use the site path + '/theme'.
ssl: Whether to use SSL for theme elements. Default is null, which means
guess based on site SSL settings.
+sslserver: SSL server to use when page is HTTPS-encrypted. If
+ unspecified, site ssl server and so on will be used.
+sslpath: If sslserver if defined, path to use when page is HTTPS-encrypted.
javascript
----------
which means to use the site path + '/js/'.
ssl: Whether to use SSL for JavaScript files. Default is null, which means
guess based on site SSL settings.
+sslserver: SSL server to use when page is HTTPS-encrypted. If
+ unspecified, site ssl server and so on will be used.
+sslpath: If sslserver if defined, path to use when page is HTTPS-encrypted.
xmpp
----
filecommand: command to use for determining the type of a file. May be
skipped if fileinfo extension is installed. Defaults to
'/usr/bin/file'.
+sslserver: if specified, this server will be used when creating HTTPS
+ URLs. Otherwise, the site SSL server will be used, with /file/ path.
+sslpath: if this and the sslserver are specified, this path will be used
+ when creating HTTPS URLs. Otherwise, the attachments|path value
+ will be used.
group
-----
subdir of install dir.
path: path to backgrounds. Default is sub-path of install path; note
that you may need to change this if you change site-path too.
-ssl: Whether or not to use HTTPS for background files. Defaults to
- null, meaning to guess from site-wide SSL settings.
+sslserver: SSL server to use when page is HTTPS-encrypted. If
+ unspecified, site ssl server and so on will be used.
+sslpath: If sslserver if defined, path to use when page is HTTPS-encrypted.
ping
----
'search', 'message', 'settings', 'admin'. Ignored when site
is private, in which case the entire site ('/') is disallowed.
+api
+---
+
+Options for the Twitter-like API.
+
+realm: HTTP Basic Auth realm (see http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2617
+ for details). Some third-party tools like ping.fm want this to be
+ 'Identi.ca API', so set it to that if you want to. default = null,
+ meaning 'something based on the site name'.
+
+nofollow
+--------
+
+We optionally put 'rel="nofollow"' on some links in some pages. The
+following configuration settings let you fine-tune how or when things
+are nofollowed. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nofollow for more
+information on what 'nofollow' means.
+
+subscribers: whether to nofollow links to subscribers on the profile
+ and personal pages. Default is true.
+members: links to members on the group page. Default true.
+peopletag: links to people listed in the peopletag page. Default true.
+external: external links in notices. One of three values: 'sometimes',
+ 'always', 'never'. If 'sometimes', then external links are not
+ nofollowed on profile, notice, and favorites page. Default is
+ 'sometimes'.
+
Plugins
=======
T_STRING") in the browser, check to see that you don't have any
conflicts in your code.
-If you upgraded to StatusNet 0.9.2 without reading the "Notice
+If you upgraded to StatusNet 0.9.5 without reading the "Notice
inboxes" section above, and all your users' 'Personal' tabs are empty,
read the "Notice inboxes" section above.
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