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Getting NNS working on my own server

append delete monty

Hello all,

I represent Bristol Braille Technology, a small not-for-profit creating a radically cheaper refreshable Braille display*. We have recently had a surge in interest in our work via e-mail and have decided to go for a more public conversation by integrating a forum into the site. I like the design and the methods of NNS --- and appreciate Kroc's work more generally --- so have opted for this.

Initially its just going to be running as a seperate forum in a subdomain ( http://discuss.bristolbrailletechnology.com). I've dumped all the files from the latest release into the FTP directory and followed the README.txt file therein. You will see, however, that this has not worked. I would like some advice on what might be causing this.

Having spent two hours 'talking' (mostly waiting) to server administrators from IX Web Hosting**, I was finally told that its an issue with the .htaccess file that came with the forum. I don't believe them, but I suppose it could be some sort of incompatibility with their system.

The curious thing about our server (which is a standard LAMP jobbie) is that there are no 'public_html' or 'www' directories as you'd normally expect, just the domain name as a directory, everything within which is publically visible. There are no .htaccess files viewable either.

So, my question is; is there something I'm mising from the install procedure, and is the server set up I describe a normal one.

Thanks in advance,

Ed Rogers,

P.S. I can't resist using the same username as I initially used to post on here many months ago.

* http//bristolbrailletechnology.com
** http://ixwebhosting.com

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append delete #26. Kroc

Test. (replies are not showing in this thread!?)

Kroc added on

There's a page-slicing bug!

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@monty

“[is] there is a way to convert a linked image (perhaps from the file extension) into a img tag?”

Yes, but depends. It's not wise to allow _anybody_ to insert images due to abuse; but it would not be difficult at all to only allow moderators to post images, by searching for any URLs that end in .jpg/png/gif and converting them into img elements.

append delete #28. Ben

“it would not be difficult at all to only allow moderators to post images, by searching for any URLs that end in .jpg/png/gif and converting them into img elements.”

This would be a lovely feature.

append delete #29. monty

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... it would not be difficult at all to only allow moderators to post images, by searching for any URLs that end in .jpg/png/gif and converting them into img elements
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That would certainly solve the issue. However I think in my case I would like to cross my fingers and allow anyone to post images. It is unlikely to become a ultrabusy forum any time soon, but any traffic that does come along is extremely likely to want to illustrate their ideas.

I will have a look into how you did hyperlinks and try to do the same.

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