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Set up an online diary on minds

This is a seven step guide to putting your own blog on Minds. We will try to make it as painless as possible. We are using the serendipity blog, also known as s9y

Before we start, you will need a Minds username and password, if you haven't got one see here. Secondly you will also need a minds database account. Contact vishal@cs.may.ie to get one.

The 6 step guide

  1. Download the program

    To do this , simply login to the minds machine and type the following 2 commands.
    cd ~/public_html/
    wget http://www.minds.may.ie/~dez/serendipity-0.8.1.tar.gz
     This will download the program into your webdirectory.

  2. Decompress the program

    To do this , run the command
    tar -xvzf serendipity-0.8.1.tar.gz

  3. Unrestrict the blog

    You must make it world readable for it to work. To do this run the command chmod 770 serendipity

  4. Use the auto-configure tool

    Visit this website to continue configuring your diary. Be sure to replace USERNAME with your username.
    http://www.minds.may.ie/~USERNAME/serendipity/

  5. Important Change

    When you are configuring, there is one important change you must make. When it asks for your homedir , change it from /usr/home/minds/USERNAME to /home/minds/USERNAME.

  6. Join Planet Minds

    Your blog should be configured at the end of this process. When you are happy with its contents, contact Aidan (Aidans email address), and he will add you to planet Minds

    7. And that is all