Running DW code

[denise]

At OSCON, Mark and I were discussing adoption of the DW code by other sites, and a little bit of how we could work to that point. Mark's interested in cross-site federation and open social-media protocols, but I'm thinking a bit more about making it easier for people to install and run the DW code.

Right now, the code we 'ship', in dw-free, is pretty fully functional. Somebody could grab that code, install it, and have a working and running site without a ton of custom work. It's not easy, though, and there are a lot of "gotcha"s in place during the install process.

Better install documentation is a must, and that's something we can work on, but I'm throwing the option open to the field: what else can we do to improve the DW install process, with the end goal of having someone be able to get the code and get it running with as little hassle as possible? We have a bunch of bugs open to do that, but what (besides documentation and an installer) do you think people would be looking for?

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[denise]

Dear Dreamwidth

I just wanted to thank you for the simple but oh so wonderful way you have started handling what happens if I log in to one of my two accounts while viewing content that is only visible to the other. No "you do not have access to view this protected entry", no clicking around to get back to DW home, just my own details in full view at all times so I can easily navigate back to where I want to go.

It's the attention to all these little details that makes DW so easy and wonderful to use, and easily the best journalling service on the net bar none!

The specific fb is about the new protected-content page, but the overall sentiment goes to all y'all, so i asked the user if I could share. Pat yourselves on the back!