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StatusNet 0.9.0 ("Stand")
4 Mar 2010

This is the README file for StatusNet (formerly Laconica), the Open
Source microblogging platform. It includes installation instructions,
descriptions of options you can set, warnings, tips, and general info
for administrators. Information on using StatusNet can be found in the
This is the README file for StatusNet, the Open Source microblogging
platform. It includes installation instructions, descriptions of
options you can set, warnings, tips, and general info for
administrators. Information on using StatusNet can be found in the
"doc" subdirectory or in the "help" section on-line.

About
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- Sphinx Search. A client for the sphinx server, an alternative
to MySQL or Postgresql fulltext search. You will also need a
Sphinx server to serve the search queries.
- bcmath or gmp. For Salmon signatures (part of OStatus). Needed
if you have OStatus configured.

You will almost definitely get 2-3 times better performance from your
site if you install a PHP bytecode cache/accelerator. Some well-known
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- PEAR Validate is an oEmbed dependency.
- PEAR Net_URL2 is an oEmbed dependency.
- Console_GetOpt for parsing command-line options.
- libomb. a library for implementing OpenMicroBlogging 0.1, the
predecessor to OStatus.
- HTTP_Request2, a library for making HTTP requests.

A design goal of StatusNet is that the basic Web functionality should
work on even the most restrictive commercial hosting services.
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1. Unpack the tarball you downloaded on your Web server. Usually a
command like this will work:

tar zxf statusnet-0.8.2.tar.gz
tar zxf statusnet-0.9.0.tar.gz

...which will make a statusnet-0.8.2 subdirectory in your current
...which will make a statusnet-0.9.0 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-0.8.2 /var/www/mublog
mv statusnet-0.9.0 /var/www/statusnet

This will make your StatusNet instance available in the mublog path of
your server, like "http://example.net/mublog". "microblog" or
This will make your StatusNet instance available in the statusnet path of
your server, like "http://example.net/statusnet". "microblog" or
"statusnet" might also be good path names. If you know how to
configure virtual hosts on your web server, you can try setting up
"http://micro.example.net/" or the like.

3. Make your target directory writeable by the Web server.

chmod a+w /var/www/mublog/
chmod a+w /var/www/statusnet/

On some systems, this will probably work:

chgrp www-data /var/www/mublog/
chmod g+w /var/www/mublog/
chgrp www-data /var/www/statusnet/
chmod g+w /var/www/statusnet/

If your Web server runs as another user besides "www-data", try
that user's default group instead. As a last resort, you can create
a new group like "mublog" and add the Web server's user to the group.
a new group like "statusnet" and add the Web server's user to the group.

4. You should also take this moment to make your avatar, background, and
file subdirectories writeable by the Web server. An insecure way to do
this is:

chmod a+w /var/www/mublog/avatar
chmod a+w /var/www/mublog/background
chmod a+w /var/www/mublog/file
chmod a+w /var/www/statusnet/avatar
chmod a+w /var/www/statusnet/background
chmod a+w /var/www/statusnet/file

You can also make the avatar, background, and file directories
writeable by the Web server group, as noted above.
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MySQL shell:

GRANT ALL on statusnet.*
TO 'lacuser'@'localhost'
IDENTIFIED BY 'lacpassword';
TO 'statusnetuser'@'localhost'
IDENTIFIED BY 'statusnetpassword';

You should change 'lacuser' and 'lacpassword' to your preferred new
You should change 'statusnetuser' and 'statusnetpassword' to your preferred new
username and password. You may want to test logging in to MySQL as
this new user.

7. In a browser, navigate to the StatusNet install script; something like:

http://yourserver.example.com/mublog/install.php
http://yourserver.example.com/statusnet/install.php

Enter the database connection information and your site name. The
install program will configure your site and install the initial,
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name in them. For example, a user's home profile might be
found at:

http://example.org/mublog/index.php/mublog/fred
http://example.org/statusnet/index.php/statusnet/fred

On certain systems that don't support this kind of syntax, they'll
look like this:

http://example.org/mublog/index.php?p=mublog/fred
http://example.org/statusnet/index.php?p=statusnet/fred

It's possible to configure the software so it looks like this instead:

http://example.org/mublog/fred
http://example.org/statusnet/fred

These "fancy URLs" are more readable and memorable for users. To use
fancy URLs, you must either have Apache 2.x with .htaccess enabled and
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You should now be able to navigate to a "fancy" URL on your server,
like:

http://example.net/mublog/main/register
http://example.net/statusnet/main/register

If you changed your HTTP server configuration, you may need to restart
the server first.
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1. Run the SQL script carrier.sql in your StatusNet database. This will
usually work:

mysql -u "lacuser" --password="lacpassword" statusnet < db/carrier.sql
mysql -u "statusnetuser" --password="statusnetpassword" statusnet < db/carrier.sql

This will populate your database with a list of wireless carriers
that support email SMS gateways.
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config section below for how to configure to use STOMP. As of this
writing, the software has been tested with ActiveMQ.

Sitemaps
--------

Sitemap files <http://sitemaps.org/> are a very nice way of telling
search engines and other interested bots what's available on your site
and what's changed recently. You can generate sitemap files for your
StatusNet instance.

1. Choose your sitemap URL layout. StatusNet creates a number of
sitemap XML files for different parts of your site. You may want to
put these in a sub-directory of your StatusNet directory to avoid
clutter. The sitemap index file tells the search engines and other
bots where to find all the sitemap files; it *must* be in the main
installation directory or higher. Both types of file must be
available through HTTP.

2. To generate your sitemaps, run the following command on your server:

php scripts/sitemap.php -f index-file-path -d sitemap-directory -u URL-prefix-for-sitemaps

Here, index-file-path is the full path to the sitemap index file,
like './sitemapindex.xml'. sitemap-directory is the directory where
you want the sitemaps stored, like './sitemaps/' (make sure the dir
exists). URL-prefix-for-sitemaps is the full URL for the sitemap dir,
typically something like <http://example.net/mublog/sitemaps/>.

You can use several methods for submitting your sitemap index to
search engines to get your site indexed. One is to add a line like the
following to your robots.txt file:

Sitemap: /mublog/sitemapindex.xml

This is a good idea for letting *all* Web spiders know about your
sitemap. You can also submit sitemap files to major search engines
using their respective "Webmaster centres"; see sitemaps.org for links
to these resources.

Themes
------

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1. Add a directory outside the web root where your file uploads will be
stored. Usually a command like this will work:

mkdir /var/www/mublog-files
mkdir /var/www/statusnet-files

2. Make the file uploads directory writeable by the web server. An
insecure way to do this is:

chmod a+x /var/www/mublog-files
chmod a+x /var/www/statusnet-files

3. Tell StatusNet to use this directory for file uploads. Add a line
like this to your config.php:

$config['attachments']['dir'] = '/var/www/mublog-files';
$config['attachments']['dir'] = '/var/www/statusnet-files';

Upgrading
=========
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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 0.8.2. Try these step-by-step
upgrade procedure in StatusNet 0.9.0. 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
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maildaemon.php file, and running something like "newaliases".
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 "mublog.bak".
7. Unpack your StatusNet 0.8.2 tarball and move it to "mublog" or
6. Move your StatusNet directory to a backup spot, like "statusnet.bak".
7. Unpack your StatusNet 0.9.0 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.
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name: the name of your site, like 'YourCompany Microblog'.
server: the server part of your site's URLs, like 'example.net'.
path: The path part of your site's URLs, like 'mublog' or ''
path: The path part of your site's URLs, like 'statusnet' or ''
(installed in root).
fancy: whether or not your site uses fancy URLs (see Fancy URLs
section above). Default is false.
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T_STRING") in the browser, check to see that you don't have any
conflicts in your code.

If you upgraded to StatusNet 0.8.2 without reading the "Notice
If you upgraded to StatusNet 0.9.0 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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* The #statusnet IRC channel on freenode.net <http://www.freenode.net/>.
* The StatusNet wiki, http://status.net/wiki/
* The StatusNet blog, http://status.net/blog/
* The StatusNet status update, <http://status.status.net/status> (!)
* The StatusNet status update, <http://status.status.net/> (!)

Feedback
========

* Microblogging messages to http://identi.ca/evan are very welcome.
* Microblogging messages to http://support.status.net/ are very welcome.
* The microblogging group http://identi.ca/group/statusnet is a good
place to discuss the software.
* StatusNet's Trac server has a bug tracker for any defects you may find,
or ideas for making things better. http://status.net/trac/
* e-mail to evan@status.net will usually be read and responded to very
quickly, unless the question is really hard.

Credits
=======
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//exit with 200 response, if this is checking fancy from the installer
if (isset($_REQUEST['p']) && $_REQUEST['p'] == 'check-fancy') { exit; }

define('STATUSNET_VERSION', '0.9.0beta6+bugfix1');
define('STATUSNET_VERSION', '0.9.0');
define('LACONICA_VERSION', STATUSNET_VERSION); // compatibility

define('STATUSNET_CODENAME', 'Stand');
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