Blogs

TriedandTested · 11 Jan 2009 at 17:32

Are there any blogs out there that you can set up to be edited/viewed by named people only?

I'd like to set one up that three people can log in to, post their blog and comment on each others entries.

Edit: this is for Mac users.

Sinque · 11 Jan 2009 at 17:34

Most blogs will let you give accounts certain rights, allowing posting etc.

David91 · 11 Jan 2009 at 17:41

Wordpress allows you to put passwords on each of your posts.

BlackDragon · 11 Jan 2009 at 17:50

LiveJournal lets you restrict who can view it. Not sure about editing though.

TriedandTested · 11 Jan 2009 at 17:55

Thanks for the replies. Will have a look in to those.

And thanks for moving thread. Oops.

TriedandTested · 11 Jan 2009 at 17:58

Are these all accessible via OSX (Mac)?

gumbald · 11 Jan 2009 at 18:01

Yeah, everything's web-based.

TriedandTested · 11 Jan 2009 at 18:11

Ah OK. So you install Wordpress to your own domain? That would be ideal!

Tripnologist · 11 Jan 2009 at 18:54

Yup, wordpress is great. It's the most used blogging software for a reason.

TriedandTested · 18 Jan 2009 at 18:51

Right. I've paid for a MySQL database, named it, passworded it etc.

Edited the wp-config.php to match the above. Now get the error 'Error establishing a database connection' when navigating to mydomain.com/blog

Is there a physical database that can be seen via FTP or is it something stored by the hosting company?

Thanks. Help would be appreciated!

EDIT: from the config file:
/** MySQL hostname */
define('DB_HOST', 'localhost')
Should that be localhost? I presume it should be but just checking.

EDIT AGAIN: just noticed fasthosts have given me a server name of mysql-xxx-xx (x = numerical value). Should that be used somewhere?

Chaos · 18 Jan 2009 at 19:16

The hostname is usually localhost but might depend on your hosting.

When I set up wp I had to create a database and a user/password with the hosting companys control panel then edit the wp-config.php file and put in the details.

TriedandTested · 18 Jan 2009 at 20:04

Got it working now. I had to use the IP address fasthosts supplied.

Any idea how to show the user who made the post to the blog? I want their name underneath it. Doesn't show it currently. Just testing etc before going live.

TriedandTested · 18 Jan 2009 at 20:05

Ignore that. It was the theme I was using.

TriedandTested · 18 Jan 2009 at 20:13

Is there any way of making the blog only viewable by those logged in?

fini · 18 Jan 2009 at 20:18

Make all the posts private.

TriedandTested · 18 Jan 2009 at 20:34

Can that be done in admin so it's across the board rather than hoping the users will do it themselves? ie default to 'private' for each post.

There's only three people accessing it.