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• What is a weblog? #1
• What is the Roller? #2
• Who uses Roller? #3
• Who developed Roller? #4
• How is the Roller licensed? #5
• How do I start my own weblog? #6
• How do I download and install the Roller on my server? #7
• What blog editor clients can I use with Roller? #8
• Does Roller Weblogger have an IRC channel? #9
• What is the relationship between Roller and JRoller? #10

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What is a weblog?

A weblog, also known as a blog, is a public diary where you write things that you want to share with others, comment on items of interest to you, and link to recent reading on the web and other weblogs.

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What is Roller?

The Roller Weblogger is a blog server software, designed to be installed on a server and used by multiple weblog authors. Roller is open source software and is written in Javathat allows users to create and maintain their own blogs. See the Roller homepage for the latest intro to Roller.

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Who uses Roller?

Sun Microsystems blogs.sun.com, IBM, N.C. State University, Javalobby JRoller and many othersSee the PoweredByRoller page for a list of individuals and entities presently using Roller.

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Who developed Roller?

Roller was originally written by DaveJohnson Dave Johnson as an example application for an article on open source Java development tools. The article, titled Building an Open Source J2EE Weblogger, was published on O'Reilly's Java.com site in April, 2002. Roller is now developed and maintained (in alphabetical order of first name) by AllenGilliland, AnilGangolli, CraigRussell, DaveJohnson, EliasTorres, HenriYandell, JeffBlattman and MattRaiblebecame an Apache Project in 2007, see the committer list for present-day maintainers of Roller.

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How is Roller licensed?

Roller is open source software that is made available under the Apache Software License.

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How do I start my own weblog?

The easiest way to start your own Roller based weblog is to set up an account on the Javalobby's JRoller site. Then read the Roller UserGuide to get started with Roller.Read the Roller Install Guide to learn how to install Roller and the User Guide to learn how to use it. The documentation links on the left-side of the Roller homepage will take you to those resources (both last release and latest-and-greatest versions.)

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How do I download and install Roller on my server?

Download the software from the Download Page and follow the instructions in the InstallGuideSee the Roller homepage for download and documentation links. Follow the Instructions in the Install Guide (recommend latest-and-greatest version).

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What blog editor clients can I use with Roller?

Ecto, MarsEdit, and WBloggar W.Bloggar are all known to work with Roller. Any blog editor client that supports the BloggerAPI or the MetaWelogAPI should work with Roller.

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Does Roller have an IRC channel?

Yes it does, but it's pretty quiet. There is a #roller channel on the irc.freenode.net IRC network. If you have Mozilla, you can reach the channel via this URL: *irc://irc.freenode.net*^{Image Removed}

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First download IRC software like Pidgin or Konversation, or (less pleasantly) use http://webchat.freenode.net/ from your browser.

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JRoller.com is a service that offers free weblogs using the Roller Weblogger software. JRoller.com is hosted and maintained by the Javalobby and Javalobby volunteers. JRoller was formerly known as FreeRoller and was originally started by AnthonyEden.