blogrh v0.0.0

blogrh

node module plugs into express app adds backend to manage blog entries and media flexible - use of objects is up to you multilpe user runs using mongodb and redis

blogrh is a simple blogging cms that plugs into yourx express app and adds a backend to create and modify blog entries, as well as upload and tag images. How you display the created information is up to you. Simply query the objects you want to display in your route. blogrh runs on mongodb and uses redis for caching. You might as well use the same database for multiple instances of blogrh, since it offers a mutiple user system.

blogrh is a simple, pluggable NodeJS blogging and gallery content management system. It's highly flexible as it plugs in a backend to handle a blog and gallery only. How you use the created entries is up to you.

Check out the Demo!

Prerequisite

You have a Express Application set up. This is necesarry, since blogrh only plugs into your existing app. This gives you total flexibility how to use the created objects.

If you haven't set up an express app yet, check out the demo or head over to expressjs to get started.

Additionally, you'll have to have a mongodb available. This plugin uses mongodb to store users, blog entries and media. Instructions how to install mongodb are here.

blogrh uses Redis as cache for piwik requests and sessions. Be sure to have redis up and running before starting the app. By default the app connects to a redis instance running at localhost:6379. You can change the host and port in the configs.

Commandline

By default all changes from the command line happen under mongodb://localhost/blogrh. Reading: The database blogrh on localhost. If you want to change the host and/or database add the parameter --database <mongodb://host/database> to your command. For instance:

// To create an Account in the database mydatabase
rouveherzog createAccount --database mongodb://localhost/mydatabase
// To create a User in the database mydatabase
blogrh createUser <accountid> --database mongodb://localhost/mydatabase

Installation and Set up

Install the plugin from npm

npm install blogrh [--save]

In order to login you need to create an account and at least one user first. blogrh offers a command line interface to do these tasks. Read the paragraph about the commandline first to make sure you're adding objects to the right database. Now navigate with a console into your application directory and run the following commands. You will be prompted to insert the required information during the process.

blogrh createAccount // This outputs an account id ..
blogrh createUser <accountid> // .. insert this id here

Why do you have to create an account? This plugin works with multiple sites sharing one database as well. Additionally you might of course change the database field whilst registering the plugin to specify a database per site. Up to you. In any case you'll have to provide the account id when registering the backend. Only objects that are linked to that account will be displayed and editable.

Now in your apps configuration, require and register the plugin.

    // Example configuration. Check below for details
    var config = {
	    account: 'objectId',
	    uploaddir: __dirname + '/static/uploads',
	    uploadroot: '/static/uploads',
	    piwik: {...},
	    secrets: {
	        cookie: 'secretCookieKey',
	        session: 'secretSessionKey'
	    },
	    redis: {
	        host: 'localhost',
	        port: '6379'
	    }
	};
	
	var blogrh = require('blogrh');
	blogrh.register(app, config);

There are two fields that are required in the config block. These are account and uploaddir. As stated above, account is the account id you generated. All objects created in the backend will be linked to this account and only objects linked to this account will appear in the backend. If you forgot the id run this command to list the Accounts you created:

blogrh listAccounts

uploaddir is the directory all images in the backend get uploaded to. This directory needs the same rights as the webserver to write files. Usually this is www-data. Run into problems here?

Configuration

Further

For furhter information head over to the wiki.

Piwik

If you track the visiters on your site you can fetch recent information and display them on the backends dashboard. Piwik is a free, open soure analytics tool that provides a variety of functionality to analyse user behaviour on your site. To enable the Piwik dashboard simply provide your information when registering the backend. You find these information when you log in to piwik.

blogrh.register( app, {
    ...,
    piwik: {
        siteUrl: piwik.myurl.com, // The base url your piwik is installed at
        siteId: 1, // The id of the site you are tracking
        authToken: 'randomAuthKey' // The authentication key generated by piwik
    }
}