[geeklog-users] First time user newbie type person's question

[Tony Bibbs]

George,

Glad to hear you gave Geeklog a go.  While Geeklog's documentation isn't 
100% complete it does get most users up to speed quickly but, you are 
right, how to do the common tasks within Geeklog hasn't be documented. It 
think this is due, in large part, to some assumptions we've made about 
what users know.  Most GL admins are half-way tech savy and many have 
already tried using other systems before giving us a try.

Anyway, I realize those assumptions we've made don't always hold so if you 
have specific questions on how to do something, just ask this list and 
you'll likely get answers.

To start, here is how you set up an RSS/RDF/XML newsfeed.

1) find the URL of a newsfeed you want
2) log into Geeklog as an administrator
3) click the 'blocks' link in the administration sectino
4) click 'new block' link
5) enter a title, name for block.
6) select Portal block as the block type
7) in portal block section, add URL from step #1 above to URL field
8) hit save button

That's it,

--Tony

 On Mon, 17 Feb 
2003, scroff wrote:

> Hi folks,
> This is my first question, and it may be my last. I just installed Geeklog and everything so far is going better than I expected. Very easy install once I got past my $_CONF['path_html'] confusion. Here's my question:
> How do I use it? Let me say I know nothing about PHP or RSS or XML or anything too far beyond html. Geeklog looks like it could be very cool and the sites I've seen it used on look fantastic, but I'm having a hard time finding how to use it other than the docs and the overwhelming oodles of info spread out. Is there a palce where I can get step by step info on how to, say, set up a newsfeed? (just an example)
> Anyway, hope there's help for a newbie like me.
> George 
> 

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