Hi All, I understand Apache Roller is soliciting volunteers to assist with the likes of documentation. I have a proposal that may be of mutual benefit.
Existing documentation doesn't appear to explain the 'multiple domain' functionality of Roller 5. If someone here is gracious enough to assist me with configuring httpd/mod_proxy/tomcat/roller to host multiple domains (see below), I will document the process. Along with screenshots, this could then perhaps form part of the Roller 5 documentation which, presently, seems not to deal with this one vital topic. We would dearly like to add weblogging to the list of features offered to clients whose websites we host. Savvy clients, though, expect to have URLs of the form blog.their-domain.com. Of course this is easily achieved with Wordpress - multiple instances of. But this quickly becomes unwieldy, consuming more and more disk space. Hoping Roller 5 is the answer. Regards, Chris Dodunski. > Hi Dave, > > Thank you for your reply. I took the plunge, and installed Roller 5 RC2. > It is the multiple domain URL feature that most interests me - starting > off with six. But I have had only partial success. So here is how one of > the six was configured. > > 1) Created a weblog with a handle of "christopher". Confirmed as working > fine under the URL http://www.optomus.com:8080/roller/christopher > > 2) Configured a subdomain on my DNS - http://blog.christopher.net.nz > > 3) Established an Apache virtual host for this URL, and set the following > mod_proxy directives: > > ProxyPass / ajp://127.0.0.1:8009/roller/christopher/ > ProxyPassReverse / ajp://127.0.0.1:8009/roller/christopher/ > > 4) Added the following directive to roller-custom.properties: > > weblog.absoluteurl.christopher=http://blog.christopher.net.nz > > 5) Restarted Apache and Tomcat. > > If you browse to http://blog.christopher.net.nz you will see what I mean > by partial success. The correct weblog loads, but the CSS hasn't loaded, > and the links don't work. I'm guessing my configuration isn't right, as > you are successfully operating several domain URLs from a single instance > of Roller, yes? > > Looking forward to finding a solution. > > Thanks & regards, > > Chris. > > >> Hi Chris, >> >> Roller 5.0 is basically ready for release and we are at the stage of >> making "release candidates" available for testing and then fixing bugs >> and problems that people encounter. These candidates are not supposed >> to be used in production, but I'm running my site on one right now. I >> would guess that we'll go through 2-3 more RCs and do the official >> release sometime in the next 2 months, but that is just a guess. >> >> Custom themes are stored in the database and that database upgrade >> will take care of migrating them. >> >> Obligatory warning: If you do try an RC, make sure you backup >> everything including your database. >> >> Thanks, >> Dave >> >> >> On Sat, Sep 25, 2010 at 6:04 AM, Christopher Dodunski >> <chrisfromsquir...@christopher.net.nz> wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> I'm currently running Roller 4. >>> >>> I'm wondering if anyone here had an idea as to when Roller 5.0 might be >>> officially released. If it is likely to be a fair way off, and release >>> candidate 2 is generally considered stable, I might upgrade now rather >>> than wait. >>> >>> Also, are custom themes stored in the database, or do I have to migrate >>> templates/stylesheets across? >>> >>> Thanks & regards, >>> >>> Chris. >>> >>> >> > >
