The Blog is Dead!

[Chris Harvey]

http://www.yongfook.com/items/view/94/the-blog-is-dead

Warm Regards
Chris

[Michael Coghlan]

I'm not going to argue about whether or not the blog is dead. I just wanna install the Sweetcron/Lifestream thing but it's just too hard for someone with my level of IT skills *&^% Very frustrating. When are these guys gonna release a version that the masses can use?

- Michael

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[Bee]

Hi Chris,
Thanks a lot for the link. I have just downloaded it and you can see
the result here.
http://barbaradieu.com/lifestream
I forwarded it.
Andy got it thru Twitter and has blogged about it
http://distributedresearch.net/blog/2008/12/02/reclaim-your-lifestream-feeds-with-sweetcron-software
Warm regards from Brazil,
Bee

On Nov 30, 6:42 am, Michael Coghlan <micha...@chariot.net.au> wrote:
> I'm not going to argue about whether or not the blog is dead. I just
> wanna install the Sweetcron/Lifestream thing but it's just too hard
> for someone with my level of IT skills *&^% Very frustrating. When
> are these guys gonna release a version that the masses can use?
>
> - Michael
>

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>
> At 06:49 PM 11/30/2008, you wrote:
>

> ><http://www.yongfook.com/items/view/94/the-blog-is-dead>http://www.yongfook.com/items/view/94/the-blog-is-dead

>
> >Warm Regards
> >Chris
>
> >No virus found in this incoming message.

> >Checked by AVG -http://www.avg.com

[Chris Harvey]

good work Bee :D

I didn't see Michaels msg on the list.

Some people who dont want to host their own "life/activity stream" use friendfeed and some other wordpress plugins...

If you don't have the skill to install it then just ask someone who has already installed it for some help, you might learn something.

Warm Regards
Chris

[Chris Harvey]

good work Bee :D

I didn't see Michaels msg on the list.

Some people who dont want to host their own "life/activity stream" use friendfeed and some other wordpress plugins...

If you don't have the skill to install it then just ask someone who has already installed it for some help, you might learn something.

Warm Regards
Chris

On Tue, Dec 2, 2008 at 10:26 AM, Bee <beeo...@gmail.com> wrote:

[Michael Coghlan]

At 11:40 AM 12/2/2008, Chris wrote:

good work Bee :D

I didn't see Michaels msg on the list.

Some people who dont want to host their own "life/activity stream" use friendfeed and some other wordpress plugins...

If you don't have the skill to install it then just ask someone who has already installed it for some help, you might learn something.

Ouch! I guess Bee showed me up then :-) I love to learn things but

1. I don't have my own domain
2. when I go to http://code.google.com/p/sweetcron/wiki/Installation and see stuff like

Config & .htaccess

Using FTP or a similar tool, copy the contents of the sweetcron folder to your web server. This step-by-step guide assumes you want to install Sweetcron as your main site (in the root of your public folder). If you would like to install Sweetcron in a subfolder instead, please see the notes after this guide. IMPORTANT: careful you don't miss the .htaccess file in the base of the folder

If you are unable to locate the .htaccess file (it should be sitting right next to index.php, but most operating systems hide this file type from view) then you will need to create it on your server manually. It should look like this:

Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine On

RewriteBase /

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php?/$1 [L]

my eyes glaze over and I realise I don't really don't want to learn this. So my Lifestream will have to wait till something easier comes along. In the meantime there is Friendfeed of course.

- Michael

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[Chris Harvey]

Well I decided to install it for you if you want to use/check it out Michael.

http://www.networkedlearner.org/michael/

I added your twitter feed.

Just tell me if you want to use it or not and I'll send the pw.

Mine is here. http://lifestream.superuser.com.au/

I'm really just checking it out myself, so we could kind of do it together in a way. I'm thinking I'll just add the links and stuff to it and then just let it do its thing.

Warm Regards
Chris

[Michael Coghlan]

Aha!! That explains why I got an email from Sweetcron telling me I had a Lifestream!! Thanks Chris. That's fantastic. So how do I add all the spaces I have content in? Can I do that it? Like - is it easy? :)

Or do I need to send it all to you? I'm willing to give it a go if it's not too tricky. Like  - I know how how to copy and paste RSS feeds. LOL

- Michael

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[Chris Harvey]

Its easy, I'll send the pw so you can see.

This video might help.
http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=VqFd6EDQimU

Chris

[Barbara Dieu]

>I'm really just checking it out myself, so we could kind of do it together in a way. I'm thinking I'll just add the links and stuff to it and then just let it do its thing.

I'd love to work on it together...one of the questions I have is how
far does the aggregation go? Does it recover all we have posted until
now? Does it store it all on our server?
How do I configure a true cron on virtualmin?

Warm regards from Brazil,
Bee

--
Barbara Dieu
http://barbaradieu.com
http://beespace.net

[Barbara Dieu]

Maybe we could have a wiki page to jot down all the questions we have
or would like to work on and write down the answers as we go along.
I'm afraid I will be the one making many questions - not many answers
to give :-(
B.
Some more questions:

Can I thread the rss feeds to special pages (like have everything on
the same front page but also separate under microblogging, blogging,
photos, videos)
Can I recover all my photos from Flickr?
Can I also recover all the comments from these places together with
the post?How do I insert Disquus (I have an account)

[Chris Harvey]

Hey Bee,

I'm kinda short of time atm but I've been getting to know how to customize sweetcron.

Theres a few free themes around, I installed one last night.

http://lifestream.superuser.com.au/

I haven't customized it yet. Hopefully I'll get a moment to share my notes soon.

Here's some sweet themes, Im not sure which ones are free/gpl etc

http://www.carbongraffiti.com/notebook/2008/11/24/25-of-the-best-sweetcron-powered-lifestreams/

Maybe join the sweetcron googlegroup too.

Warm Regards
Chris Harvey

[Barbara Dieu]

Thanks Chris...I am also running now getting things ready for family
reunion at the end of the year. Thanks for the tips on themes - will
join the list but keep us posted on your experiments :-)