Mine is a Writefreely instance at https://abcro.cloud. As WF uses, thus far, Mailgun only I have a subscription there. My question is about config. I am not a developer but I do know my way around terminal and how to set up email if I can find it in the software. Being as this is my weakest point, understanding code that isn’t pre-written, how do I set up email in my instance? What do I enter to bring up the config .ini for email? Thanks for helping me, ACrowe
No worries, it’s pretty straightforward – just a few lines to add / change in your config.ini file! Here’s an example with the values you need to set:
[email]
domain = your-domain.com
mailgun_private = key-...
Then, once you’ve filled these in, you’ll restart your WriteFreely server and it should all be set up. You can find a little more info about it in Configuration docs. But let me know if anything doesn’t make sense.
Matt . . . Thank you! A couple of things, I am an old man and on many of the forums I have tried I get rather a snub due to ignorance on my part. I understand an IT person being busy and preoccupied but I don’t find this here and I am grateful.
Down to it: what command should I use to get into the config on WriteFreely? These are questions I ask once and write down for the future. Again, thank you.
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You have to edit the config.ini file in a text editor separately, save the changes, then restart writefreely for it to use the updated config.
config.ini should be in the same directory as writefreely itself.
Yep, just your command-line text editor (e.g. nano or vi) should be fine for editing the config! Did that answer everything, @Crow?
I am really just getting started with coding and servers and file systems. I have learned much but not the particulars of commands as well as I would like. If I were to enter into terminal: “nano config.ini” would that be all I needed? Once I know I get it done and don’t forget but the nuance escapes me at times. The command line in total would help immensely. Thank you. ACrowe
You need to be in the writefreely install directory, I get to mine (logged in as root because #YOLO) by cd /var/www/lowkey.party as that is where I installed it.
running ls will show you whats in your writefreely install directory, which mine is like this:
From there you can run nano config.ini in there and scroll down and edit this bit:
I hope this helps!
Appreciated, Nigel. I put these instances up and take them down as the only way I’ve found to get readership is to advertise the URL on other software. WP, for instance. SEO is a thing I am not sure how it works on WF. I want to put together a few suggestions but I really am not any type of IT pro. I am just a guy who has the time to learn from doing. I am fairly certain that nobody using WF wants it to be WP or any type of CMS, for that matter. Just a few new additions as we go. It’s fun! ACrowe
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I have found the best thing for “SEO” reliability, is leaving it up long term. New domains and screwing with urls kills your search engine reputation. Not that I care, particularly. It’s just a blog.
Well, I’m always thinking I can do it better the second time and end up tripping the light fantastic with repetition and end up falling on my face . . . as usual. It’s the getting back up that moves me forward. Of course, it takes a few bandages here and there.