Weblogs

Migrating from MT-constantvzw.com to WP-www.constant.irisnet.be

• url redirect through htaccess, from the folder name and per-post redirection through the search engine(see http://www.constantvzw.com/blog_archive/000012.php ) thecompleted for hupomnemata and kris_search
• show irisnet blogs feeds on constantvzw.com homepage + blog page completed
• chmod constantvzw.com blog pages to read only
• posts with media files are empty.qt files are dropped, for example:

http://www.constant.irisnet.be/~constant/westenberg/?p=20 (after verif: files still exist on constantvzw.com host)

• foto's larger than 450 wide, slip under categories

http://www.constant.irisnet.be/~constant/westenberg/?cat=7

Scripts to maintain/install/update WP

• backup.sh : makes backup of the databases and wp files
• install.sh : install WP from latest source
• update.sh : copy latest source from WP; keeps old wp-content files

@TODO:

• solve name collisions between blogs with same folder names: /blog and /agent_future/blog
• centralize array of blog informations to only update once when changes occur
• move blogs living in ~sound to ~constant to bee able to perform creation/backup/updates without being root.

Using weblogs

• gather blog users from constant for a live meeting/tutorial
• gather global categories, ie to produce the miscellaneous downloads page with text
• how to make distinction with feeds from outside cn, how to integrate 'tresor' feed into 'our weblogs' list?
• using trackback or pingback?

What Is Trackback? In layman’s terms, trackback is a way to notify a website when you publish and entry that references it. When you send it a trackback, a link with a short excerpt of your entry will appear on the referenced website. read more

• how to secure trackbacks/pingbacks? to limit the trackback between certain hosts?(risk of spam).