AdminTextDrive

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• textdrive (http://textdrive.com/)
• textdrive KB (http://help.textdrive.com/index.php?pg=kb.book&id=8)
• textdrive forum (http://forum.textdrive.com/)

Table of contents

1 setting up 1.1 previewing domains before moving DNS 2 publishing ical 3 Backups: MySQL & Yr Site 4 unix tips 5 References 5.1 iCal at TD 6 See also

setting up

• Account Logins and Important URLs (http://help.textdrive.com/index.php?pg=kb.page&id=73)

previewing domains before moving DNS

• Previewing a domain prior to moving DNS (http://help.textdrive.com/index.php?pg=kb.page&id=83)

You need to edit the "hosts" file, a little tricky on a Mac. It's in a directory that doesn't show up in the Finder, so you need to use the command line (Terminal):

/private/etc/hosts

The hosts file is locked (read only); to edit it use:

sudo emacs /private/etc/hosts

or whatever (http://inessential.com/?comments=1&postid=2638). Enter your password at the prompt, then insert a line:

##
# Host Database
#
# localhost is used to configure the loopback interface
# when the system is booting.  Do not change this entry.
##
127.0.0.1       localhost
255.255.255.255 broadcasthost
::1             localhost
207.7.107.205    yoursite.tld    www.yoursite.tld

For additional sites under the same account: add additional lines (http://forum.textdrive.com/viewtopic.php?pid=100214#p100214):

207.7.107.205    yoursite1.tld    www.yoursite1.tld
207.7.107.205    yoursite2.tld    www.yoursite2.tld

Next, flush the dns cache:

lookupd -flushcache

And then, restart the browser.

publishing ical

1. Change ownership of yr. TD iCal directory
   • Open a ticket with textdrive and ask them to change the ownership of the iCal directories to "www".
   • Even with your shell account, you don't have the permissions to do this.
2. Publish!
   • In iCal, under "Calendar," choose "Publish":
     • Publish calendar as: [calendar name]
     • Base URL: http://mydomain.com/_ical/private or http://mydomain.com/_ical/public
     • Login: me@mydomain.com

Backups: MySQL & Yr Site

• Roll Your Own Backups (!)
  • Backing up a MySQL database (http://help.textdrive.com/index.php?pg=kb.page&id=113)
  • Backing up your site with rsync and SSH (http://help.textdrive.com/index.php?pg=kb.page&id=125)
  • TD forum: backups (http://forum.textdrive.com/viewtopic.php?id=9972)
  • TD forum: Automated backups and security (http://forum.textdrive.com/viewtopic.php?id=9979)
• Strongspace (http://strongspace.com/)
  • Strongspace forum (http://forum.strongspace.com/)
  • Automated Backups with Transmit (http://weblog.strongspace.com/tips-and-tricks/automated-backups-with-transmit): Backup your Mac
  • Syncing With Rsync (http://weblog.strongspace.com/tips-and-tricks/syncing-with-rsync)
  • weblog (http://weblog.strongspace.com/)

unix tips

from the login screen

• You can `set autologout = 30' to have tcsh log you off automatically if you leave the shell idle for more than 30 minutes.
• Nice tcsh prompt: set prompt = '%n@%m:%~%# ' : didn't change my prompt, actually.

References

iCal at TD

• KB
  • 13.14. Cannot publish iCal data and/or access over WebDAV (http://help.textdrive.com/index.php?pg=kb.page&id=128http://help.textdrive.com/index.php?pg=kb.page&id=128)
    • .htaccess file (doesn't apply)
  • 13.13. WebDAV login problems (http://help.textdrive.com/index.php?pg=kb.page&id=87): "things to check"
    • gives : http://yourdomain.com/dav : doesn't seem to be right
    • says you should "have a user under that domain and he has DAV enabled in Webmin" >> I don't see where to enable DAV for a user in Webmin
• forum
  • problem publishing calendar from iCal (http://forum.textdrive.com/viewtopic.php?id=769), forum
  • Precise iCal Publish parms (http://forum.textdrive.com/viewtopic.php?id=846), forum
    • both give URL as: http://yourdomain.com/ical/
    • shouldn't that be: http://yourdomain.com/_ical/
• elsewhere: http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20020912065811863

See also

• AdminTextPattern
• InstallMediaWiki