Well, this is handy. I don't feel like adding a new dev note when I really only need this for myself, so this marks the beginning of my own thread for setting up Urania.info. It's relatively private, but there's still the sense of permanence that I like about online diaries.

The installation has turned out to be the easiest part. The configuration and customization a little more difficult. Knowing perl and more html would help, but perhaps scoop will help this along.

Current Status:

Apache and mod_perl configured and not giving me any problems. When things go wrong, I re-run the install.pl script and just drop and rebuild the db. Note that with Apache I had problems with cookie host. It must match the host being used to access the site. Konqueror has weird bug described in this story. Odd.

Now the hard part is getting to know scoop and learning enough perl and html to customize it. To this end, read hurstdog's Intro To Scoop Development. Looks like a good place to start.

To Do:

• Work out color scheme. See if it's possible to setup a way of changing colors as described here. Right now, it's fairly complicated. Doing the boxes is simple, editing the various templates is a chore and error-prone.
• Read the latest greatest admin guide and all the docs. Thoroughly. janra seems to be taking care of documentation.
• Work on logo. Where will it go? Center or left? Properties.
• Develop structure. Determine sections. Boxes..how to add new boxes? Visit other scoop sites
• Read this for a starting point in useability. This issue needs to be tackled since the bulk of the community are non-technical. A good starting point can be found here.This at least is a good working guide for a new user.