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communitycloud:services:etherpad_lite [2012/02/05 01:25]
tkilla
communitycloud:services:etherpad_lite [2012/02/05 04:24]
tkilla
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 ====== Etherpad Live Editor ====== ====== Etherpad Live Editor ======
  
-Etherpad **Lite - node.js alternative** to a fat java beast :-D+Etherpad **Lite - node.js alternative** to a fat java beast :-D "//...really real-time document collaboration for groups of users.."//
  
  
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     * you need space in /tmp/ when 'npm install * ' downloads the modules ^^     * you need space in /tmp/ when 'npm install * ' downloads the modules ^^
  
-  * create a etherpad user +  * **create a etherpad user** 
   * run as etherpad user:     * run as etherpad user:  
     * su etherpad     * su etherpad
-    * etherpad-lite/bin/run.sh+    * etherpad-lite**/bin/run.sh**
  
-  * visit http://localhost:9001+  * **visit http://localhost:9001**
  
-  * trouble?+  * **trouble?**
     * wait > 30sec, before etherpad is up!     * wait > 30sec, before etherpad is up!
     * errors from etherpad?     * errors from etherpad?
     * check logs     * check logs
     * check your firewall: port 9001 must be open     * check your firewall: port 9001 must be open
-    + 
 +  **mysql** - **IF** you like: 
 +    * CREATE DATABASE `etherpad` CHARACTER SET='utf8'; 
 +    * CREATE USER 'etherpad'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'PUT YOUR PASS HERE!'; 
 +    * GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON `etherpad` . * TO 'etherpad'@'localhost' WITH GRANT OPTION ; 
 +    * **Edit settings.json** in your Etherpad Lite root folder and change the database settings to these values 
 + 
 + 
 +  * **branches do not work** currently (02.2012) :: no headline buttons, not tables, yet :-/ 
 + 
 +  * **development templates:** look in **/static/custom**. These template files are included in index, pad and timeslider pages   
 +    * https://github.com/Pita/etherpad-lite/wiki/How-to-customize-your-Etherpad-Lite-installation 
 + 
 + 
 +\\ 
 +=== Importing and Exporting === 
 + 
 + 
 +  aptitude install abiword 
 + 
 + 
 +**Edit settings.json to point to abiword:** 
 + 
 +  "abiword" : "/usr/bin/abiword", 
 + 
 +\\ 
 +**Export current pad as**  
 +  * HTML 
 +  * Plain text 
 +  * Microsoft Word 
 +  * PDF 
 +  * OpenDocument 
 +  * DokuWiki text 
 +  * Wordle 
 + 
 +**works completly!!** 
 + 
 +\\ 
 +**Import from**  
 +  * text file 
 +  * HTML 
 +  * PDF   -- not much formatting, but text is complete 
 +  * Word  -- works!! - even russian texts :-) 
 +  * ODT   -- encoding probs 
 +  * RTF 
 + 
 +\\ 
 +sometimes abiword dies, - most often when importing ODT: "Abiword died with exit code null" 
 + 
 + 
 +\\ 
 + 
 + 
 + 
  
communitycloud/services/etherpad_lite.txt · Last modified: 2012/02/05 04:43 by tkilla