Setup a new website
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OK I am really just completely green - i.e. nearly zero knowledge on setting up a webserver/webpage.
I need an intranet site that looks pretty (for the woman in the office), I think this means supports themes?
The home page needs to be pretty standard - links either down the side or across the top, and the bulk of the home page to be a newletter type interface.The links will go to table of content pages for things like:
Employee Handbook
Policies and Procedures
Safety Data Sheets.each of these pages will have links to other pages (haven't decided if it should all be on one page with links to different areas in the page, or each link to it's own page)
the pages need a back button that returns you to the TOC that brought you there.
Pages that are printable would be a bonusIt needs to be WYSWYG editable for those granted access.
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I want to start with a CentOS install.
Currently downloading CentOS min ISO, once installed, I'll get DokuWiki installed and play with themes and add-ons.
I am open to other options though!
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Most likely, just WordPress is going to be what you want here.
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For WordPress, just a stock LAMP install is all that you need.
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Will this be an internal site only or will it need to be externally visible as well?
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@scottalanmiller said in Setup a new website:
For WordPress, just a stock LAMP install is all that you need.
I have a convenient install guide on here too.
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@gjacobse said in Setup a new website:
Will this be an internal site only or will it need to be externally visible as well?
Internal only.
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@JaredBusch said in Setup a new website:
@scottalanmiller said in Setup a new website:
For WordPress, just a stock LAMP install is all that you need.
I have a convenient install guide on here too.
What no link?
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@Dashrender said in Setup a new website:
@JaredBusch said in Setup a new website:
@scottalanmiller said in Setup a new website:
For WordPress, just a stock LAMP install is all that you need.
I have a convenient install guide on here too.
What no link?
FFS manSiri does not like doing links.
Also, I apparently lied. it was on my jaredbusch.com site, which is currently borked do to some http script when I set a require on https.
https://jaredbusch.com/2014/08/11/how-to-install-wordpress-on-centos-7-minimal/
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@JaredBusch said in Setup a new website:
@Dashrender said in Setup a new website:
@JaredBusch said in Setup a new website:
@scottalanmiller said in Setup a new website:
For WordPress, just a stock LAMP install is all that you need.
I have a convenient install guide on here too.
What no link?
FFS manSiri does not like doing links.
Also, I apparently lied. it was on my jaredbusch.com site, which is currently borked do to some http script when I set a require on https.
https://jaredbusch.com/2014/08/11/how-to-install-wordpress-on-centos-7-minimal/
I can rewrite it later on here.I plan to do my own walk through here in this thread as well.
Thanks
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I'm watching this thread closely as well... An intranet site would be a good training exercise is both installing Centos and creating a simple web page.
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Ive done this a few times recently. One for an internal wordpress site for policies/hat docs, one for a wiki site(related to the wp/hat site), one for a developer to make a web application for equipment installers. I just used debian LAMP for all of them.
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Found this on Digital Ocean for WordPress/LAMP/CentOS.
https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-install-wordpress-on-centos-7
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@NerdyDad said in Setup a new website:
Found this on Digital Ocean for WordPress/LAMP/CentOS.
https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-install-wordpress-on-centos-7
DO documentation misses a lot on a CentOS 7 Minimal install. Their droplets are not the same. I use their stuff as a starting point often, but only a start.
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@RojoLoco said in Setup a new website:
I'm watching this thread closely as well... An intranet site would be a good training exercise is both installing Centos and creating a simple web page.
For a lot of intranets, I recommend DokuWiki. Much easier install than LAMP, it's only LAP as there is no database, and it is very portable. WordPress is easily to make pretty, but DokuWiki is easier for a lot of documentation. Different times each would be ideal, but well work checking out.
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Install a CentOS 7 VM, then install this and you are good to go:
https://bitnami.com/stack/wordpress/installer
My blog uses Wordpress and I chose a pretty simple and readable layout. But the possibilities are pretty much endless (and simple).
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@scottalanmiller said in Setup a new website:
@RojoLoco said in Setup a new website:
I'm watching this thread closely as well... An intranet site would be a good training exercise is both installing Centos and creating a simple web page.
For a lot of intranets, I recommend DokuWiki. Much easier install than LAMP, it's only LAP as there is no database, and it is very portable. WordPress is easily to make pretty, but DokuWiki is easier for a lot of documentation. Different times each would be ideal, but well work checking out.
Yes, once you have Wordpress going, go to add a new template and search for "wiki". The few that show up are pretty decent.
I'm using this one on my blog: https://wordpress.org/themes/nirvana/
It doesn't look nice like that, but I have a lot disabled because I don't have all of my content created, and pages set up yet. I'm just too busy to get it done in good time.
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I was actually considering something like this for external as well for a project portfolio. Something similar to SW, but wouldn't be worried about it disappearing sometime soon.
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@scottalanmiller said in Setup a new website:
@RojoLoco said in Setup a new website:
I'm watching this thread closely as well... An intranet site would be a good training exercise is both installing Centos and creating a simple web page.
For a lot of intranets, I recommend DokuWiki. Much easier install than LAMP, it's only LAP as there is no database, and it is very portable. WordPress is easily to make pretty, but DokuWiki is easier for a lot of documentation. Different times each would be ideal, but well work checking out.
I disagree that there is anything 'hard' about a LAMP stack install on CentOS.
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@JaredBusch said in Setup a new website:
@scottalanmiller said in Setup a new website:
@RojoLoco said in Setup a new website:
I'm watching this thread closely as well... An intranet site would be a good training exercise is both installing Centos and creating a simple web page.
For a lot of intranets, I recommend DokuWiki. Much easier install than LAMP, it's only LAP as there is no database, and it is very portable. WordPress is easily to make pretty, but DokuWiki is easier for a lot of documentation. Different times each would be ideal, but well work checking out.
I disagree that there is anything 'hard' about a LAMP stack install on CentOS.
I guess I'll be the judge of that
