Comments on: DreamHost offers Status.net as a 1-click install. Great step towards distributed micromessaging

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 13:30:00 +0000

The plugin to do that is included with status.net (it’s in plugins/TwitterBridge/). You also have to add a couple of things to your config.php file and configure your Twitter account to let that plugin read from and write to your Twitter account.

It’s possible but it’s not straightforward.

There is also the problem of Dreamhost not letting people run long jobs (which you need to do for that bridge plugin to run). I wish I knew PHP because the plugins/TwitterBridge/daemons/* scripts need to be modded to run for a few seconds and then terminate – that way, they could be run as cronjobs and not continually.

By: Daniel

Daniel — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 00:01:00 +0000

I added that to my .htaccess file some time ago. It did not have any affect in regard to fixing my problem.

By: Daniel

Daniel — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 00:01:00 +0000

I added that to my .htaccess file some time ago. It did not have any affect in regard to fixing my problem.

By: sam

sam — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 21:35:57 +0000

@arvychile A better place for statusnet support is probably their support forums

http://forum.status.net

StatusNet is definitely the software you want if you’re wanting to run your own microblogging (tweeter like) install.

And as side note, @tris and any else who find they’re not really excited about administering such a site on your own, don’t overlook that in addition to just using identi.ca, you can also set up your own “cloud” hosted install at http://status.net/cloud and the same folks who write the software will be your personal admins.

By: sam

sam — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 21:35:00 +0000

@arvychile A better place for statusnet support is probably their support forums

http://forum.status.net

StatusNet is definitely the software you want if you’re wanting to run your own microblogging (tweeter like) install.

By: sam

sam — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 21:27:46 +0000

The API thing is probably because your using cgi for your php (forced on all shared dreamhost web accounts.)
The fix is to add this rewrite rule to your .htaccess file:

RewriteCond %{HTTP:Authorization} ^(.*)
RewriteRule ^(.*) – [E=HTTP_AUTHORIZATION:%1]

I think the latest 1-click is doing this. (Also the latest 1-click fixes the no admin thing.)

More info here:
http://forum.status.net/discussion/311/api-not-working-otherwise-ok

By: sam

sam — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 21:27:00 +0000

The API thing is probably because your using cgi for your php (forced on all shared dreamhost web accounts.)
The fix is to add this rewrite rule to your .htaccess file:

RewriteCond %{HTTP:Authorization} ^(.*)
RewriteRule ^(.*) – [E=HTTP_AUTHORIZATION:%1]

I think the latest 1-click is doing this. (Also the latest 1-click fixes the no admin thing.)

More info here:
http://forum.status.net/discussion/311/api-not-working-otherwise-ok

By: arvychile

arvychile — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 20:01:07 +0000

Tris,

Would you recommend another tweeter like software?

Haven`t tried status, so I have no opinion on its usefulness.

By: arvychile

arvychile — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 20:01:00 +0000

Tris,

Would you recommend another tweeter like software?

Haven`t tried status, so I have no opinion on its usefulness.

By: Tris Hussey

Tris Hussey — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 19:56:15 +0000

Wow, umm … well I haven’t looked at it in a while nor was terribly successful. Though I’m glad that DH thinks so highly of me.

By: Tris Hussey

Tris Hussey — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 19:56:00 +0000

Wow, umm … well I haven’t looked at it in a while nor was terribly successful. Though I’m glad that DH thinks so highly of me.

By: arvychile

arvychile — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 19:53:03 +0000

DH support gave me this place to find answers, so I can configure status and add the missing admin account.

Can you please give me a hand on this?

Ruben

p.s I hate those newsletters, thou once in a while they bring good news.

By: arvychile

arvychile — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 19:53:00 +0000

DH support gave me this place to find answers, so I can configure status and add the missing admin account.

Can you please give me a hand on this?

Ruben

p.s I hate those newsletters, thou once in a while they bring good news.

By: Tris Hussey

Tris Hussey — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 21:12:07 +0000

Yeah those daemons always get you. I think a salt circle and candles are called for in this case.

In seriousness, status.net isn’t ready for mere mortals to muck with yet. But that’s okay. Eventually it will become an option like having your own pop server tied to your domain, but all configured for us.

Well at least I hope so.

By: Tris Hussey

Tris Hussey — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 21:12:00 +0000

Yeah those daemons always get you. I think a salt circle and candles are called for in this case.

Well at least I hope so.