README
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-Laconica 0.7.0 ("Rockville")
-30 January 2009
+Laconica 0.7.1 ("West of the Fields")
+6 February 2009
This is the README file for Laconica, the Open Source microblogging
platform. It includes installation instructions, descriptions of
New this version
================
-This is a major feature release, and includes some bug fixes from the
-previous version (0.6.4, released December 14 2008.)
+This is a minor bug-fix release since version 0.7.0, released Jan 29
+2009. Notable changes this version:
+
+- Vast improvement in auto-linking to URLs.
+- Link to group search from user's group page
+- Improved interface in Facebook application
+- Fix bad redirects in delete notice
+- Updated PostgreSQL database creation script
+- Show filesize in avatar/logo upload
+- Vastly improved avatar/logo upload
+- Allow re-authentication with OpenID
+- Correctly link hashtabs inside parens and brackets
+- Group and avatar image transparency works
+- Better handling of commands through the Web and Ajax channels
+- Fix links for profile page feeds
+- Fixed destroy method in API
+- Fix endpoint of Connect menu when XMPP disabled
+- Show number of group members
+- Enable configuration files in /etc/laconica/
+
+Changes in version 0.7.0:
- Support for groups. Users can join groups and send themed notices
to those groups. All other members of the group receive the notices.
1. Unpack the tarball you downloaded on your Web server. Usually a
command like this will work:
- tar zxf laconica-0.7.0.tar.gz
+ tar zxf laconica-0.7.1.tar.gz
- ...which will make a laconica-0.7.0 subdirectory in your current
+ ...which will make a laconica-0.7.1 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 laconica-0.7.0 /var/www/mublog
+ mv laconica-0.7.1 /var/www/mublog
This will make your Laconica instance available in the mublog path of
your server, like "http://example.net/mublog". "microblog" or
needs as a parameter the install path; if you run it from the
Laconica dir, "." should suffice.
-This will run six (for now) queue handlers:
+This will run eight (for now) queue handlers:
* xmppdaemon.php - listens for new XMPP messages from users and stores
them as notices in the database.
of registered users.
* xmppconfirmhandler.php - sends confirmation messages to registered
users.
+* twitterqueuehandler.php - sends queued notices to Twitter for user
+ who have opted to set up Twitter bridging.
+* facebookqueuehandler.php - sends queued notices to Facebook for users
+ of the built-in Facebook application.
Note that these queue daemons are pretty raw, and need your care. In
particular, they leak memory, and you may want to restart them on a
# Update Twitter friends subscriptions every half hour
0,30 * * * * /path/to/php /path/to/laconica/scripts/synctwitterfriends.php>&/dev/null
+Built-in Facebook Application
+-----------------------------
+
+Laconica's Facebook application allows your users to automatically
+update their Facebook statuses with their latest notices, invite
+their friends to use the app (and thus your site), view their notice
+timelines, and post notices -- all from within Facebook. The application
+is built into Laconica and runs on your host. For automatic Facebook
+status updating to work you will need to enable queuing and run the
+facebookqueuehandler.php daemon (see the "Queues and daemons" section
+above).
+
+Quick setup instructions*:
+
+Install the Facebook Developer application on Facebook:
+
+ http://www.facebook.com/developers/
+
+Use it to create a new application and generate an API key and secret.
+Uncomment the Facebook app section of your config.php and copy in the
+key and secret, e.g.:
+
+ # Config section for the built-in Facebook application
+ $config['facebook']['apikey'] = 'APIKEY';
+ $config['facebook']['secret'] = 'SECRET';
+
+In Facebook's application editor, specify the following URLs for your app:
+
+- Callback URL: http://example.net/mublog/facebook/
+- Post-Remove URL: http://example.net/mublog/facebook/remove
+- Post-Add Redirect URL: http://apps.facebook.com/yourapp/
+- Canvas URL: http://apps.facebook.com/yourapp/
+
+(Replace 'example.net' with your host's URL, 'mublog' with the path
+to your Laconica installation, and 'yourapp' with the name of the
+Facebook application you created.)
+
+Additionally, Choose "Web" for Application type in the Advanced tab.
+In the "Canvas setting" section, choose the "FBML" for Render Method,
+"Smart Size" for IFrame size, and "Full width (760px)" for Canvas Width.
+Everything else can be left with default values.
+
+*For more detailed instructions please see the installation guide on the
+Laconica wiki:
+
+ http://laconi.ca/trac/wiki/FacebookApplication
+
Sitemaps
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If you've been using Laconica 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 Laconica 0.7.0. Try these step-by-step instructions; read
+procedure in Laconica 0.7.1. Try these step-by-step instructions; read
to the end first before trying them.
0. Download Laconica and set up all the prerequisites as if you were
T_STRING") in the browser, check to see that you don't have any
conflicts in your code.
-If you upgraded to Laconica 0.7.0 without reading the "Notice inboxes"
+If you upgraded to Laconica 0.7.1 without reading the "Notice inboxes"
section above, and all your users' 'Personal' tabs are empty, read the
"Notice inboxes" section above.
* Meitar Moscovitz
* Ken Sheppardson (Trac server, man-about-town)
* Tiago 'gouki' Faria (i18n managerx)
+* Sean Murphy
Thanks also to the developers of our upstream library code and to the
thousands of people who have tried out Identi.ca, installed Laconi.ca,
projects / quix0rs-gnu-social.git / blobdiff