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--- doc:techfaq [2020/04/15 21:06] – arvid
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 ====== Frequently Asked Technical Questions ======
-Find answers to //technical// questions about FlatPress here. If you're looking for general FAQ about FlatPress, please see [[doc:faq|this page]]. And for answers to more specific technical questions, please see the [[doc:tips|Tips and giudes]] page.
+Find answers to //technical// questions about FlatPress here. If you're looking for general FAQ about FlatPress, please see [[doc:faq|this page]]. And for answers to more specific technical questions, please see the [[doc:tips|Tips and guides]] page.
 ===== General technical questions =====
+==== What is required to run FlatPress? ====
+FlatPress 1.3 will happily run on **any web server that supports PHP from 7.1 to 8.3**.\\
+//The PHP [[https://www.php.net/manual/de/book.intl.php|intl extension]] is mandatory.//
+For best results (but not mandatory), the web server should also have a rewrite engine (such as [[https://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/mod/mod_rewrite.html|mod_rewrite]]) enabled; this is needed by the PrettyURLs plugin to create, well, pretty URLs. Also, [[https://www.php.net/manual/en/book.image.php|GDlib]] should be installed for the creation of image thumbnails.
+Since all data is stored in files, no database is needed.
+==== How to install FlatPress? ====
+Installing FlatPress [[en:doc:basic:installation|is very easy]].
 ==== Are multiple users supported? ====
 The short answer is no. FlatPress is a single user system by design.
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 ==== I've lost my password! ====
 Delete **%%setup.lock** from fp-content/, backup your fp-content/config/ if you heavily customized FlatPress and then restart setup (point to index.php or setup.php); once asked create a user with the same username of the old one and it will be overwritten. Restore your config/ dir backup once done.
+==== How to backup my FlatPress blog? ====
+There a three things you can do against data loss: Backup, backup, and: backup.\\
+Fortunately, [[en:doc:basic:backup|backing up your FlatPress blog is quite easy]].
 ==== I've found a bug! ====
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 A static page is an entry completely unlinked from the normal blog entry flux and that can't be commented. Examples would be the "About" and the "Imprint" page.
   * Static page example on flatpress.org: https://www.flatpress.org/download
+===== Plugins =====
+[[doc:plugins:standard#standard_plugins|Standard plugins]]
+[[res:plugins|There are also a lot plugins contributed by the community!]]
+==== What is a Plugin? ====
+// In the FlatPress administration area -> Plugin administration: Create new article (What is a plugin?). //
 ===== Widgets =====
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 ===== Comments =====
+FlatPress offers very effective mechanisms against spam comments.
+Preventively, as a first step, the commenter has to solve a simple math problem (Accessible Antispam Plugin) to be able to send his comment. However, if a spam bot has passed this first stage, you can either block all comments until they are approved or filter them using appropriate guidelines and/or have them checked by the Akismet service. Only then will this comment appear under your entry.
+==== Approve comments ====
+=== I have received an e-mail that a comment from me must be approved. ===
+As of FlatPress 1.3 Andante, comments are blocked by the comment center plugin until you approve or delete them or change the policy.
 ==== How to handle spam comments? ====
-//To be written: Comment Center, how to work with Akismet plugin.//
+To do this, go to Posts -> Manage posts in the administration area. Now find the post that contains spam comments. Now copy the ID of the post (FlatPress 1.3 required).
+Now go to the comment center -> Manage comments. Search for the post using the ID. You can now search for the comment, send it to Akismet and delete it.
+==== Where can I get an Akismet API key? ====
+FlatPress offers you the comment center and [[https://akismet.com/|Akismet]] to effectively fend off spam comments. To be able to use the Akismet service, you need an Akismet API key. For personal websites and blogs, this API key is **free** of charge (personal). If your FlatPress blog is not personal, for example if it represents a company, you will need a paid subscription. If you don't have an Akismet key yet, go to the [[https://akismet.com/pricing/|Akismet website]] and choose an anti-spam solution that suits you.
+After you have received the key, you can enter it in the comment center in the configuration.
+===== Character encoding =====
+==== Which character encoding standards are supported by FlatPress? ====
+FlatPress currently supports four character encoding standards. [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO/IEC_8859-15|ISO-8859-15]] (Latin-9), [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows-1252|Windows-1252]], [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO/IEC_8859-7|ISO-8859-7]] and [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UTF-8|UTF-8]]. UTF-8 is recommended. Other character sets have not yet been tested (?).
+To change the character encoding, log in to the administration area and open the "Configuration" menu.