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LiveJournal Server

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Abstract

This part of the documentation covers installation, customization, and maintenance of a LiveJournal server.

Table of Contents

Preface

I. Introduction to LiveJournal

1. What is LiveJournal?

2. The Story Behind LiveJournal

3. Why Use LiveJournal?

1. Features

4. Frank the Goat

II. LiveJournal Installation

5. Requirements

6. Perl

1. Installing Perl
2. Installing Perl Modules

7. General Setup

1. $LJHOME Environment Variable
2. Installing the files

8. Apache

1. Installation

1.1. mod_perl
1.2. Apache suEXEC Support
1.3. Virtual Hosts

2. Example httpd.conf

9. Configuring ljconfig.pl

1. $LJ:: Variables

1.1. User-Configurable
1.2. Auto-Configured

2. %LJ::HELPURLS

3. %LJ::DISABLED

4. Configuring %LJ::DBINFO

5. Setting Capabilities

10. MySQL

1. Install MySQL
2. Create the LiveJournal Database
3. Populate the Database

11. Scheduling Maintenence tasks

12. Finishing Up

III. Customizing Your Installation

13. Using your own CVS directory

1. cvsreport.pl: Adding & Overlaying

14. Using your own images and icons

1. Using imageconf.pl

15. Customizing LJ's Content

1. Using site-specific text

16. Setting your own Limits

17. Setting Site-Specific Hooks

1. Writing Hooks
2. Hooks Reference

18. BML Schemes

1. Writing a BML Scheme
2. BML Template Reference

19. Running your own Maintanence Tasks

IV. Administering a LiveJournal Site

20. Creating Users

21. Capabilities Classes

1. Introduction
2. Setting Capabilities
3. Capabilities Reference

22. Administrating Privileges

1. Using privs effectively
2. A list of all Privs

23. The Administrative Console

1. Taking control of the Console
2. Console Command Reference

24. Banning Users

V. LiveJournal Features

25. Internal Support System

1. Introduction

26. Topics System

A. GNU Free Documentation License

1. PREAMBLE
2. APPLICABILITY AND DEFINITIONS
3. VERBATIM COPYING
4. COPYING IN QUANTITY
5. MODIFICATIONS
6. COMBINING DOCUMENTS
7. COLLECTIONS OF DOCUMENTS
8. AGGREGATION WITH INDEPENDENT WORKS
9. TRANSLATION
10. TERMINATION
11. FUTURE REVISIONS OF THIS LICENSE
12. How to use this License for your documents

List of Tables

6.1. Required Modules

List of Examples

7.1. Creating the $LJHOME directory:
7.2. Tarball Install:
7.3. CVS Install:
9.1. Sample %LJ::DBINFO hash
9.2. Sample %LJ::CAP_DEF
9.3. Sample %LJ::CAP
17.1. Sample hook: userinfo_html_by_user
18.1. Sample _config-local.bml
23.1. Using the console to suspend a user