[BLU/Officers] Revisiting WordPress, Other Apps

[abreauj at gmail.com (John Abreau)]

Hi, Will.

Take a look at http://bb.blu.org and let me know what you think.
I just updated it to the latest version of phpbb, deleted the test
forum I created last year, and created some new forums.

Does this suit your needs?


On Thu, Oct 25, 2012 at 10:46 AM, Will Rico <willrico at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi John,
>
> Below is a discussion we had last year regarding the possibility of
> installing WordPress and other apps, perhaps on a guest server instead of
> the main BLU server.  I'm considering doing some blogging for our BLU
> desktop SIG.  If installing WordPress (or an alternative) isn't in the
> cards, perhaps we could use a CNAME entry to host offsite (e.g. I have spare
> server space), or create a .wordpress.com account (e.g. blu.wordpress.com or
> blublog.wordpress.com)?
>
> Your thoughts from last year are below.
>
> What are your thoughts this year?
>
> Will
>
> On Thu, Dec 22, 2011 at 5:52 AM, John Abreau <abreauj at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hi, Will.
>>
>> I don't want user-installed applications like that on our primary
>> server. We had a security breach about 10 years ago due to
>> a misconfigured wiki install that someone had installed without
>> my knowledge.
>>
>> I've considered setting up a couple of apps on the guest server.
>> I installed phpbb on the guest server a while ago, but I haven't
>> finished configuring it yet. I haven't looked at any blogging software
>> like WordPress yet.
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Dec 13, 2011 at 1:12 PM, Will Rico <willrico at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >
>> > Would it be OK for me to install WordPress in that directory?  Not
>> > absolutely required.  I just want to know my options.
>> >
>>
>>
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