Install Movable Type Blog in Windows
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I installed the Weblog called 'Movable Type', which is implemented in Perl.
I configured it to use Berkeley DB as the database. DB_File module of Perl is needed to be installed.
Installation of DB_File
Windows
Suppose Active Perl has already been installed.
- launch command prompt
- exec 'ppm'
- at ppm prompt, type 'install DB_File'
Cygwin/Unix/Linux
Suppose Perl has already installed.
Install Weblog
- make a dir in cgi-bin called 'weblog'
- extract all files to the above dir
- make a dir outside cgi-bin but in web-accessable area, called 'weblog' which holds static files
- move 'images', 'docs' and 'styles.css' from cgi-bin/weblog to <site-root>/weblog.
- modify config file: mt.cfg
- modify CGI scripts
perl -pi~ -e 's;#!/usr/bin/perl;#!e:/perl/bin/perl;' *.cgi
rm -f *~
- make a dir for database: f:/data/mysite/weblog/db
- change mode of cgi files to '755'
Start Weblog
- start 'http://<hostname>/cgi-bin/weblog/mt-check.cgi' to verify the installation and configuration
- start 'http://<hostname>/cgi-bin/weblog/mt-load.cgi' to init
- delete mt-load.cgi
- start weblog for the first time at http://<hostname>/cgi-bin/weblog/mt.cgi, using 'Melody/Nelson' to login
- click 'Edit your profile', modify username and password