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Apache Roller 4.0 - Beginner's Guide

You're reading from   Apache Roller 4.0 - Beginner's Guide A comprehensive, step-by-step guide on how to set up, customize, and market your blog using Apache Roller

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Product type Paperback
Published in Dec 2009
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781847199508
Length 388 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Table of Contents (16) Chapters Close

Apache Roller 4.0
Credits
Foreword
About the Author
About the Reviewers
1. Preface
1. An Introduction to Weblogs FREE CHAPTER 2. Installing Roller on Windows 3. Installing Roller on Linux 4. How to Start Working with Roller 5. Spicing Up Your Blog 6. Roller Themes and Blog Promotion 7. Working with Templates 8. Comments and Trackbacks Pop Quiz Answers
Index

Summary


In this chapter, you learned how to change your Roller weblog theme, download additional themes, and promote your weblog on all the popular bookmarking services.

Specifically, we covered:

  • How to choose a weblog theme from Roller's administration interface

  • How to download additional themes and install them on your Roller weblog server

  • How to create an account in No-IP.com, which is a dynamic DNS service provider used to run your Roller weblog from your own PC

  • How to open the web port (80) via port forwarding on your DSL modem/router firewall

  • How to add a Digg It button to your weblog, so visitors can vote for your posts on the Digg.com social bookmarking website

From now on, everything you do on your weblog can be seen by anyone connected to the Internet, so be careful and write good posts to attract all the visitors you can! Also be sure to check all the popular social bookmarking sites and search engines regularly, to see if your weblog is gaining popularity and to add more buttons for...

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