Where to start…

Ok, start over might be better.  Decided, after some thought over time, that the “old” Mac OS X Server blog / wiki just didn’t cut it.  I really wanted to add Woopra, but for the life of me haven’t been able to figure how to edit that wealth of CSS, PHP, and other components of the Leopard Server installation.  Even extensive searches of Google didn’t lead me to the answer.  Surely, somewhere someone has added it, but I didn’t stumble upon the “easy” install (or even anyone who had done it.)

So, after the WordPress.org “five minute installation” which has taken a couple of days, I am up and running.  To be fair, it really was simple, even for me.  But then I had to deal with PHP issues, and MySQL, and on and on.  But, wearing Google out the past couple of days has really paid off.  My PHP installation on Leopard Server 10.5.7 was crippled and Mark’s package added features and security. (Get Mark Liyanage’s excellent package here => Entropy PHP)

Still have a lot to figure out, and probably some configuration faux pas, but overall it really is simple to get something on the Internet.  There is a plethora of themes and widgets, or you can program your own code, although that’s a bit beyond my reach.  

Over time, I hope to refine the blog and maybe even write something every once in a while.  Found out how to post via email, so that should make mobile blogging fun.  Next challenge to master is the inclusion of images.  Haven’t been impressed with the initial efforts, but once I get that down, I hope to add gallery pages and more.  

This is definitely a work in progress.  Don’t be at all surprised to see it change over time.