Server Admin 10.4 Help
Setting Up Weblog Service for the First Time
You activate weblogging by starting web service in Server Admin, then establishing a few default weblog settings. You can set up one Weblog server per server computer.
- Open Server Admin.
- If the server on which you want Weblog service to run isn't listed in the Computers & Services list, click Connect to connect with the server.
- Select the server in the list, and then click Web.
- If web service isn't running, click Start Service.
To maximize the security of user interactions with the server hosting weblogs, have users access weblogs through a site that has Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) enabled. Follow the instructions in the web technologies administration guide for how to set up websites and configure them to use SSL. SSL works in conjunction with a digital certificate that provides a certified identity for the server by establishing a secure, encrypted exchange of information.
- Click Settings, click Weblogs, and select Enable Weblogs. This setting enables weblog access through any website that web service is configured to support.
- Choose a default theme.
A theme controls the appearance of a weblog. Themes determine the color, size, location, and other attributes of weblog elements. Each theme is implemented using a style sheet, as Understanding Weblog Service Configuration Files describes.
The default theme is used when a weblog is initially created, but weblog owners can change the theme any time. The default theme also controls the appearance of Weblog service's front page.
- Identify a weblog folder, used to store weblog files.
By default, weblog files are stored in /Library/Application Support/Weblogs/ on the computer hosting Weblog service. You can click Browse to select a different folder, such as a folder on a RAID device or on another computer.
See Understanding Weblog Files for more information about weblog file storage.
- Optionally, specify a default email domain, such as "example.com."
The email domain is used to construct an initial email address for a weblog. For example, a user whose short name is "john" would have an email address of john@example.com displayed on his weblog initially, but the user can change it.
- Click Save.
- Make sure that the Weblog server's Open Directory search path includes directories in which users and group members you want to support with Weblog service are defined. The Open Directory administration guide explains how to set up search paths.
Any user or group member defined in the Open Directory search path is now authorized to create and access weblogs on the server unless you deny them access to Weblog service as Defining Who Can Create Weblogs describes.