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

[scroff]

Thanks, Tony,
 I'm finding that by playing with the different functions I can pretty much
figure them out. The newsfeed was easy to set up, thanks. My next question
is do I have to set up a cronjob to get the new headlines each day or is
this done throught the link?
I have an idea what a cronjob is but I need to do some more studying. One
thing is for sure with this, I'm going to learn alot.
Thanks again.
George

----- Original Message -----
From: "Tony Bibbs" <tony at tonybibbs.com>
To: <geeklog-users at lists.geeklog.net>
Sent: Tuesday, February 18, 2003 9:23 AM
Subject: Re: [geeklog-users] First time user newbie type person's question


> 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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