You can have your own digg-like site running on your hosting space by installing pligg. Here I walk you through the steps to install the current latest version of pligg. See a Demo before you try
Version: Pligg beta 7.2 using Mollio-Beat Template 1.3
1. Download.
2. Ensure that you have a MySQL DB, DB user and pass, host name handy.
3. Modify config.php file by changing:
//see http://www.pligg.com/forum/showthread.php?p=4143.
Ex.: If I were to install at http://www.tech-buzz.net/addons/scripts/pligg, my_base_url would be http://www.tech-buzz.net
Ex.: If I were to install at http://www.tech-buzz.net/addons/scripts/pligg, my_pligg_base would be /addons/scripts/pligg
- any other config parameters you may want to. By default gravatars are set to be displayed and I find that broken images appear on the site because of that. So you may want to change this line: define(’Enable_Gravatar’, true);
Here is a slightly dated explanation of config options available.
4. To change the site name which reads ‘Pligg Beta 7′ by default, open libs\lang.conf and change this line: PLIGG_Visual_Name = ‘Pligg Beta 7′.
5. Upload the files to where you want pligg installed.
6. chmod 777 /templates, /templates_c, config.php, /libs/dbconnect.php and /libs/options.php.
7. Open
8. Delete your /install folder.
9. chmod 655 libs/dbconnect.php
10. Log into the god account. Login: god – Password: 12345. Go into “god profile”, “modify personal information” and change your password.
Usage:
- If you want to change the admin username from ‘god’ to something else like ‘admin’, you can do so by using phpmyadmin and modifying the record in ‘users’ table of the DB.
- Go to admin panel and add categories and then you can start posting links. While adding a category, make sure you hit the ‘insert’ button and not just the return key.
- Once a new story is submitted, it will be in queued status by default. To publish it, click on the small ‘admin links’ link and Admin: Change the status..
- Note that a blank category (that has no stories under it) doesn’t appear in the site.
If you need help then please contact me.
Update: You can download Pligg Templates here
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