From: Bethany A LaPenta Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2011 19:21:40 +0000 (-0500) Subject: Import from TextPattern X-Git-Url: https://scripts.mit.edu/gitweb/www/raw.git/commitdiff_plain/5a451c9b9068097cd068bebcaff80589db91d78f Import from TextPattern --- diff --git a/start/38.mdwn b/start/38.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 0000000..0a0f1e4 --- /dev/null +++ b/start/38.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,129 @@ +[[!meta title="Getting Started with scripts.mit.edu"]] +The scripts.mit.edu automatic installers allow you to get popular +software up-and-running quickly. + +You can easily try out a new wiki, blog, forum, photo gallery, or +other piece of software by simply running two commands at an Athena +prompt (you must use an Athena computer to run these commands; we +recommend using a cluster workstation or +[athena.dialup.mit.edu](http://athena.dialup.mit.edu/ssh.html)): + +athena% **add scripts** +athena% **scripts-start** + +(If you are confused about how to run the above commands on Athena, +e-mail scripts@mit.edu for assistance. You must have an +[Athena account](http://web.mit.edu/olh/Register/) and understand +the +[MITnet rules of use](http://web.mit.edu/olh/Welcome/rules.html) in +order to use the service.) + +The quick-start installer will then present a menu and ask you to +select from the following popular software packages: + +#### [Wikis](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki) and [Blogs](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blog): + +- [MediaWiki](http://www.mediawiki.org/) + ~[demo](http://www.wikipedia.org)~ – wiki software from the + Wikimedia Foundation that helps users to create and edit content on + the web. Mediawiki is especially suited for collaborative writing. + +- [WordPress](http://wordpress.org/) + ~[demo](http://wordpress.com/)~ – a blog publishing system. + +#### Photo Galleries: + +- [Gallery2](http://gallery.menalto.com/) + ~[demo](http://gallery.menalto.com/gallery/samples)~ – enables + simple management and publication of photographs and other digital + media. Gallery2 features automatic thumbnails, resizing, rotation, + and flipping. Albums can be organized hierarchically and + individually controlled by administrators or privileged users. + +#### [Forums](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forums): + +- [phpBB](http://www.phpbb.com/) + ~[demo](http://www.phpbb.com/phpBB/)~ – a high powered, fully + scalable, and highly customizable bulletin board package. phpBB has + a user-friendly interface, a simple and straightforward + administration panel, and a helpful FAQ. + +#### [Content Management Systems](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Content_management_system) (CMS’s): + +- [Joomla](http://joomla.org/) ~[demo](http://demo.joomla.org/)~ + – a content-publishing system featuring page caching, web indexing, + RSS feeds, printable versions of pages, news flashes, blogs, + forums, polls, calendars, website searching, and language + internationalization. + +#### [Software Issue Trackers](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Issue_tracking_system): + +- [Trac](http://trac.edgewall.org/) + ~[demo](http://www.hosted-projects.com/trac/TracDemo/Demo)~ – an + integrated wiki, ticket tracker, and source code viewer for various + revision control systems (including + [Subversion](http://subversion.tigris.org/) and + [Git](http://git-scm.com/)). + +#### [Web Application Frameworks](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_application_framework): + +- [TurboGears](http://turbogears.org/) – + [Python](http://www.python.org/) based rapid webapp development + framework + +- [Django](http://www.djangoproject.com/) – another + [Python](http://www.python.org/) based rapid webapp development + framework + +- [Ruby on Rails](http://rubyonrails.org/) – + [Ruby](http://www.ruby-lang.org/) based rapi webapp development + framework + +#### Miscellaneous + +- [PHP iCalendar](http://phpicalendar.net/) + ~[demo](http://phpicalendar.net/phpicalendar/)~ – calendar software + that displays iCal files in a logical, clean manner with day, week, + month, and year navigation. phpiCal is available in 13 languages + and includes support for printing, searching and RSS news feeds. + +(If you would like us to create an automatic installer for a +software package that is not currently on this list, you can let us +know by e-mailing scripts@mit.edu. Alternatively, you can use the +[web script service](/web) to immediately set up whatever software +you want to have installed.) + +### After the Install + +You should add yourself to the +[scripts-announce mailing list](https://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/scripts-announce) +if you would like to receive announcements of major service changes +and outages. This list receives only a few messages per year. + +If you set up a site for your group using scripts.mit.edu and you +would like to be able to use a URL of the form +http://YOUR\_GROUP.mit.edu/ +please visit this page on +[how to obtain a shorter URL](http://scripts.mit.edu/faq/14) + +### Technical Details + +For more information, see our list of +[Frequently Asked Questions](../faq/). + +Each of these installers does the following: + +- signs you up for the [web script service](../web) +- places the desired software into your web\_scripts directory +- signs you up for the [MySQL service](http://sql.mit.edu) if + necessary (all of the installers except the one for PHP iCalendar + use MySQL) +- signs you up for scripts.mit.edu [security updates](/faq/44) + +The installers place your MySQL account password in a .sql/my.cnf +file in your Athena locker. You may use this password to manage +your MySQL account at the +[sql.mit.edu web interface](http://sql.mit.edu). + + +