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[git.ikiwiki.info.git] / doc / tips / nearlyfreespeech.mdwn

diff --git a/doc/tips/nearlyfreespeech.mdwn b/doc/tips/nearlyfreespeech.mdwn
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--- a/doc/tips/nearlyfreespeech.mdwn
+++ b/doc/tips/nearlyfreespeech.mdwn
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+[[!meta date="2008-05-05 14:51:26 -0400"]]
+

 [NearlyFreeSpeech.net](http://NearlyFreeSpeech.net) is a shared hosting
 provider with very cheap pay as you go pricing. Here's how to install ikiwiki
 there if you don't have a dedicated server.
 [NearlyFreeSpeech.net](http://NearlyFreeSpeech.net) is a shared hosting
 provider with very cheap pay as you go pricing. Here's how to install ikiwiki
 there if you don't have a dedicated server.


@@ -14,7 +16,8 @@ After you [get an account](https://www.nearlyfreespeech.net/about/start.php),
 create a site using their web interface. 
 
 Mine is named `ikiwiki-test` and I used their DNS instead of getting my
 create a site using their web interface. 
 
 Mine is named `ikiwiki-test` and I used their DNS instead of getting my

-own, resulting in <http://ikiwiki-test.nfshost.com/>
+own, resulting in <http://ikiwiki-test.nfshost.com/>. (Not being kept up
+anymore.)

 
 They gave me 2 cents free funding for signing up, which is enough to pay
 for 10 megabytes of bandwidth, or about a thousand typical page views, at
 
 They gave me 2 cents free funding for signing up, which is enough to pay
 for 10 megabytes of bandwidth, or about a thousand typical page views, at


@@ -49,9 +52,9 @@ because the system has most modules installed already.
 So, you might want to skip this step and come back to it later if ikiwiki
 doesn't work.
 
 So, you might want to skip this step and come back to it later if ikiwiki
 doesn't work.
 

-       PERL5LIB=`pwd`/ikiwiki:`pwd`/ikiwiki/cpan:`pwd`/lib/perl5 PERL_MM_USE_DEFAULT=1 perl -MCPAN -e 'CPAN::Shell->install("Bundle::IkiWiki")'
+       PERL5LIB=$HOME/ikiwiki:$HOME/ikiwiki/cpan:$HOME/lib/perl5 PERL_MM_USE_DEFAULT=1 perl -MCPAN -e 'CPAN::Shell->install("Bundle::IkiWiki")'

        
        

-       PERL5LIB=`pwd`/ikiwiki:`pwd`/ikiwiki/cpan:`pwd`/lib/perl5 PERL_MM_USE_DEFAULT=1 perl -MCPAN -e 'CPAN::Shell->force(install => "Bundle::IkiWiki::Extras")'
+       PERL5LIB=$HOME/ikiwiki:$HOME/ikiwiki/cpan:$HOME/lib/perl5 PERL_MM_USE_DEFAULT=1 perl -MCPAN -e 'CPAN::Shell->force(install => "Bundle::IkiWiki::Extras")'

 
 This will take a while. As long as the first command succeeds, ikiwiki will be
 usable. The second command adds extra modules that some plugins use, so it's
 
 This will take a while. As long as the first command succeeds, ikiwiki will be
 usable. The second command adds extra modules that some plugins use, so it's


@@ -76,19 +79,19 @@ Here is an example of how I set up a wiki:
 
        mkdir ~/wiki
        cd ~/wiki
 
        mkdir ~/wiki
        cd ~/wiki

-       cp ~/ikiwiki/doc/ikiwiki.setup .

        cp -r ~/ikiwiki/doc/examples/blog/* .
        cp -r ~/ikiwiki/doc/examples/blog/* .

+       ikiwiki --dumpsetup ikiwiki.setup

        nano ikiwiki.setup
        # Set destdir to /home/htdocs
        # Set srcdir to /home/private/wiki
        nano ikiwiki.setup
        # Set destdir to /home/htdocs
        # Set srcdir to /home/private/wiki

-       # Set url to http://yoursite.nfshost.com/ , set cgiurl likewise
-       # Uncomment the `rcs => "git"` line, and the cgi and git
-       # post-update wrapper blocks.
-       # Set the cgi wrapper path to /home/htdocs/ikiwiki.cgi
-       # Set the git wrapper path to /home/private/wiki.git/hooks/post-update
+       # Set url to http://yoursite.nfshost.com/
+       # Set cgiurl to http://yoursite.nfshost.com/ikiwiki.cgi
+       # Uncomment the `rcs => "git"` line.
+       # Set the cgi_wrapper path to /home/htdocs/ikiwiki.cgi
+       # Set the git_wrapper path to /home/private/wiki.git/hooks/post-update

        # Configure the rest to your liking and save the file.
        ikiwiki-makerepo git . ../wiki.git
        # Configure the rest to your liking and save the file.
        ikiwiki-makerepo git . ../wiki.git

-       ikiwiki -setup ikiwiki.setup
+       ikiwiki --setup ikiwiki.setup

 
 ## Clean up
 
 
 ## Clean up