About this Document
This document is the 17th in a series of documents describing the
process of installing and configuring a Mac OS X 10.5 Server in a school environment.
Other documents in this series are available at:
servernotes.wazmac.com
This document is a guide to enabling and editing blogs and wikis on your server.
Before continuing with this guide you will need to have setup some users and groups, as described in previous documents.
Wazza’s QuickStart
Other documents in this series
• Installing the Mac OS X Server Software & Configuring DNS • Initial software Installation
• Enabling and configuring DNS • Updating the OS X Server software • Setting up Services - 1
• Services overview • Setting up Services - 2
• AFP, Web & SMB (Windows) • Setting up Services - 3 • DHCP • Setting up Services - 4 • Open Directory • Setting up Sharepoints - 1 • Groups folder • Home directories
• Setting up Users and Groups • Setting up Sharepoints - 2
• Netrestore folder
• Group folder permissions • Client Imaging
- Create a master image - Create a NetBoot image - Configure NetBoot - Prepare Server
- Deploy a master image • Managing Preferences
• Connecting from Windows XP - WorkGroup
• Configuring Mac OS X Server as a Primary Domain Controller • Backing up your Data drive
• Configuring your Intranet
1. Start and Configure the Web Service.
Blogs and Wikis need to have the web service operating. Wikis also need to have the server configured as an Open Directory Master.
1.1. Open Server Admin.
1.2. Click on the Web service, then click on the Start Web button.
1.3. Click on the Sites icon at the top of the window, click on the default domain - which is likely to be Enabled, but not have a name.
1.4. Enter the Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN) of the server in the Domain Name field, and click on the Save button.
2. Configuring the Web Service for the Blogs and Wiki service. 2.1. In Server Admin > Sites, click on the Web Services tab, and
tick to enable the Blog service for Users, and the Wiki and
blog service for Groups.
2.2. You can also add specific Users and Groups that are able to create wikis on the server, if required.
For the purposes of this document, we will leave this blank, enabling everyone to create wikis.
3. Enabling Group Blogs and Wiki 3.1. Launch Workgroup Manager.
3.2. Click on the Groups button, and select a Group from the list.
3.3. Click on the pop-up menu box to Enable the following
services for this group on. (In the Accounts > Basic
window)
3.4. Select the wiki and blog, and the Web calendar options.
3.5. Choose who is able to edit and view the blogs and wiki.
4. Viewing and Editing a Blog.
4.1. On a network computer, enter the address of the server.
4.2. Click on the Users button.
4.3. Click on the Create Your Weblog button.
4.4. Enter your username and password.
4.6. Click on the + button to add a new entry.
4.7. Give the entry a title.
4.8. Add some text, and click on the Save button.
4.9. To return to your main blog page, click on your name in the top left corner of the window.
4.10. You can edit an existing blog entry by clickng on the title of the entry, then clicking on the “pencil” editing button.
4.12. You can change the settings of your blog by clicking on
Settings, in the Admin area on the right of the screen.
4.13. Click on the Edit button (the “pencil”) to change the setting options.
4.14. Click on Save to preserve your changes.
4.15. The name of each user who creates a blog will be added to the blog index, which can be viewed by clicking on the Users button at the top right corner of the main page.
4.16. To edit your blog, when you are not already logged in, click on the Log In button at the bottom of the window.
5. Viewing and Editing a Wiki.
5.1. On a network computer, enter the full address of the server. (The full domain address is critical - you will not be able to see the wiki if you use the server IP address)
5.2. Group Wikis and Blogs will be displayed in the top right corner of the window. You can click on a Group to see, or edit the wiki (depending on your permissions to do so).
5.3. Alternatively, click on the Groups button to see links to Group wikis.
5.4. If you have created your own main Intranet page, replacing the default Mac OSX Server page, the link to the Groups Wiki index is in the form: http://full.server.name/groups
5.5. Click on the Group name to see the wiki, if you are permitted to do so, as set by the preferences in WGM.
5.6. There are variety of editing buttons at the top of the editing window.
5.7. You can also document the changes that you have made to the wiki entry.
5.8. Click on the Save button when your changes are complete.
5.9. The theme of the wiki can be changed in Server Admin >
