############################################################################ ##### ##### ##### bbbbbbbb bbbbbbbb ##### ##### b::::::b lllllll b::::::b ##### ##### b::::::b l:::::l b::::::b ##### ##### b::::::b l:::::l b::::::b ##### ##### b:::::b l:::::l b:::::b ##### ##### b:::::bbbbbbbbb l::::l ooooooooooo b:::::bbbbbbbbb ##### ##### b::::::::::::::bb l::::l oo:::::::::::oo b::::::::::::::bb ##### ##### b::::::::::::::::b l::::l o:::::::::::::::ob::::::::::::::::b ##### ##### b:::::bbbbb:::::::b l::::l o:::::ooooo:::::ob:::::bbbbb:::::::b ##### ##### b:::::b b::::::b l::::l o::::o o::::ob:::::b b::::::b ##### ##### b:::::b b:::::b l::::l o::::o o::::ob:::::b b:::::b ##### ##### b:::::b b:::::b l::::l o::::o o::::ob:::::b b:::::b ##### ##### b:::::b b:::::b l::::l o::::o o::::ob:::::b b:::::b ##### ##### b:::::bbbbbb::::::bl::::::lo:::::ooooo:::::ob:::::bbbbbb::::::b ##### ##### b::::::::::::::::b l::::::lo:::::::::::::::ob::::::::::::::::b ##### ##### b:::::::::::::::b l::::::l oo:::::::::::oo b:::::::::::::::b ##### ##### bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb llllllll ooooooooooo bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb ##### ##### ##### ############################################################################ blob is a simple, free micro-blogging service. Join now to share notices about yourself with friends, family, and colleagues! ########### # License # ########### blob is a micro-blogging service where you can share notices about yourself with friends, family, and colleagues! Copyright (C) 2011 Avinash Joshi <avinashtjoshi@gmail.com> blob is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. blob is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. ################ # Installation # ################ There are two way of getting the source code. 1. Mercurial: hg clone https://bitbucket.org/avinashjoshi/blob 2. Download files and extract: http://bitbucket.org/avinashjoshi/blob The easiest way to install blob is to download and install 'XAMPP' if you do not already have a web server setup. XAMPP is a very easy to install Apache Distribution for Linux, Solaris, Windows and Mac OS X. The package includes the Apache web server, MySQL, PHP, Perl, a FTP server and phpMyAdmin. XAMPP can be downloaded from: http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp.html Once you setup your database, and move the files to your document root directory, go to http://localhost/blob. Read the next step to setup the database. Admin User name = root Admin password = toor ################## # Database Setup # ################## To set up the database, go to http://localhost/blob/setup.php then click on the 'Create / Reset Database' button. This will create / reset the database for you with some data in. Note: 1. Make sure to delete/rename the setup.php file after installation! 2. The /hackable/users folder must be writable (777) If you receive an error while trying to create your database, make sure your database credentials are correct within /config/config.inc.php The variables are set to the following by default: $_BLOB[ 'db_database' ] = 'blob'; $_BLOB[ 'db_user' ] = 'root'; $_BLOB[ 'db_password' ] = 'toor'; ########### # Contact # ########### # Contact: mail@avinashjoshi.co.in # More Info: http://avinashjoshi.co.in # Demo: http://avinashjoshi.co.in/blob # Download: https://bitbucket.org/avinashjoshi/blob/downloads # Mercurial Repo: `hg clone https://avinashjoshi@bitbucket.org/avinashjoshi/blob` # Created by: Avinash Joshi.