Running Weblogs With Slash

Slash is the open source software system that drives the hugelypopular Slashdot web site and many others. Slash implements thekind of web site that has come to be called a weblog : a moderatedlist, in reverse chronological order, of timely items with links tofurther discussion on-site, or to further information off-site.Essentially, a weblog is a cooperatively authored daily newspaperfor some defined community on the net.Slash has spawned several imitators. The existence of so manydifferent systems for operating a weblog site demonstrates thatthere are many people and groups on the net who want to run theirown online community newspapers. Slash is based on open sourcetechnologies (Perl, Apache, and MySQL), and it makes use of openprotocols (XML and RDF) for exchanging headlines with other sites.Anyone who wants to get a weblog site up and running will want toread this book, particularly system administrators who may not havethe time or the background to learn all about Slash by reading thesource code. Content managers of Slash sites who want to be ableto use the system more effectively will also benefit from this book, which organizes the knowledge currently distributed throughout the Slashsource code, Slashcode web site, and mailing lists, and provides itin an organized package. Copyright (C) Muze Inc. 2005. For personal use only. All rights reserved.