/how-to-run-news

 1To run News:
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 3tar xvf arc3.1.tar
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 5cd arc3.1
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 7mkdir arc
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 9echo "myname" > arc/admins
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11mzscheme -f as.scm
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13at the arc prompt:
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15(load "news.arc")
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17(nsv)
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19go to http://localhost:8080
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21click on login, and create an account called myname
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23you should now be logged in as an admin
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25manually give at least 10 karma to your initial set of users
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27don't worry about "user break" messages when restarting News
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31To customize News:
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33change the variables at the top of news.arc
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37To improve performance:
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39(= static-max-age* 7200)    ; browsers can cache static files for 7200 sec
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41(declare 'direct-calls t)   ; you promise not to redefine fns as tables
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43(declare 'explicit-flush t) ; you take responsibility for flushing output
44                            ; (all existing news code already does)