On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 7:35 PM, Michael Nacos <[email protected]> wrote:
> Thanks for the response, guys. I have used wordpress a lot in the past, > including doing some mod_rewrite based multi-blog hack for wp 1.5 circa > 2005, before the mu stuff. I gradually grew out of touch with blogging > software, until I recently decided to migrate a couple of personal blogs > from wp.com to a private server. Because I spend a lot of hours developing > for postgres, I started looking for a good blogging tool that may run on > this DMBS. > > I don't like Moveable Type (I don't even know why). Platforms like drupal > and serendipity make me claustrophobic. Roller sounded good, but too java-y > enterprise. I guess I was looking for something slick, something elegant, > powerful and userfriendly like wordpress... for postgres. I guess I didn't > even consider the possiblity of finding something with a clean codebase and > a rational database design. > > And then I had a look at habari. First impression (demo) was good. Nice > interface. Check. Standards compliant. Check. Clean code. Check. Hackable. > Runs on Postgresql. Check? > > To answer Owen, I am already sold and willing to use habari to a. migrate > my personal blogs to something Postgresql-based, b. migrate a small > multi-author blog I support c. experiment using Habari as the front-end for > multi-blog farms and eventually a Postgresql-based content engine. The only > catch is I've got to get it to work. > > I have checked out revision 3482 from > http://svn.habariproject.org/habari/trunk/htdocs and tried installing on a > lighttpd virtual host. After including some rewrite rules in the virtual > host configuration, I managed to install, but I started getting warnings > once I logged into the admin pages and wrote my first post. I'll have > another look tomorrow. > > Would you rather I checked out from a different location just in case I was > able to fix something in time for the 0.61 release, or shall I just carry on > with the latest? > Nope, trunk is the best for developing. > > cheers, Michael > > PS. UK-based, and I do sleep sometimes, too :-) > Ewww, another Brit! :P > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/habari-dev -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
