Various text improvements to documentation.

* Minor text improvements to faq.rst
* Fixed minor mistake to faq.rst
* Minor grammar fixes to troubleshooting.rst
* Minor grammar improvements to quickstart.rst
* Minor text changes to install.rst
* Improved text in multiple-sites.rst
* Misspelled word
* Minor text changes
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jasdeepgill 4 years ago committed by Jelmer Vernooij
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@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Deployment
Isso ships with a built-in web server, which is useful for the initial setup
and may be used in production for low-traffic sites (up to 20 requests per
second). Running a "real" WSGI server supports nice things such as UNIX domain
sockets, daemonization and solid HTTP handler while being more stable, secure
sockets, daemonization and solid HTTP handler. WSGI servers are more stable, secure
and web-scale than the built-in web server.
* gevent_, coroutine-based network library
@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ The Apache configuration will then be similar to the following:
</VirtualHost>
You will need to adjust the user and group according to your Apache installation and
security policy. Be also aware that the directory containing the comments database must
security policy. Be aware that the directory containing the comments database must
be writable by the user or group running the WSGI daemon process: having a writable
database only is not enough, since SQLite will need to create a lock file in the same
directory.

@ -22,12 +22,12 @@ libraries, but most likely not all required by Isso (or in an up-to-date
version looking at you, Debian!).
That's why most Python developers use the `Python Package Index`_ to get their
dependencies. But the most important rule: never install *anything* from PyPi
dependencies. The most important rule to follow is to never install *anything* from PyPi
as root. Not because of malicious software, but because you *will* break your
system.
``easy_install`` is one tool to mess up your system. Another package manager is
``pip``. If you ever searched for an issue with Python/pip and Stackoverflow is
suggesting your ``easy_install pip`` or ``pip install --upgrade pip`` (as root
suggesting you ``easy_install pip`` or ``pip install --upgrade pip`` (as root
of course!), you are doing it wrong. `Why you should not use Python's
easy_install carelessly on Debian`_ is worth the read.
@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ don't use FastCGi or uWSGI:
If you're writing your own init script, you can utilize ``start-stop-daemon``
to run Isso in the background (Isso runs in the foreground usually). Below you
find a very basic SysVinit script which you can use for inspiration:
will find a very basic SysVinit script which you can use for inspiration:
.. code-block:: sh

@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ What's Isso?
Isso is a lightweight commenting server similar to Disqus. It allows anonymous
comments, maintains identity and is simple to administrate. It uses JavaScript
and cross-origin ressource sharing for easy integration into static websites.
and cross-origin resource sharing for easy integration into static websites.
No, I meant "Isso"
------------------

@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ Quickstart
==========
Assuming you have successfully :doc:`installed <install>` Isso, here's
a quickstart quide that covers the most common setup. Sections covered:
a quickstart guide that covers the most common setup. Sections covered:
.. contents::
:local:
@ -18,7 +18,8 @@ sane defaults.
.. code-block:: ini
[general]
; database location, check permissions, automatically created if not exists
; database location, check permissions, automatically created if it
does not exist
dbpath = /var/lib/isso/comments.db
; your website or blog (not the location of Isso!)
host = http://example.tld/
@ -62,7 +63,7 @@ Migration
Isso provides a tool for importing comments from Disqus_ or WordPress_.
You can also import comments from any other comment system, but this topic is more
complex and covered in :doc:`advanced migration <extras/advanced-migration>`.
complex and is covered in :doc:`advanced migration <extras/advanced-migration>`.
To export your comments from Disqus, log into Disqus, go to your website, click
on *Discussions* and select the *Export* tab. You'll receive an email with your
@ -140,7 +141,7 @@ a comment to see if the setup works. If not, see :doc:`troubleshooting`.
Going Further
-------------
There are several server and client configuration options uncovered in this
There are several server and client configuration options not covered in this
quickstart, check out :doc:`configuration/server` and
:doc:`configuration/client` for more information. For further website
integration, see :doc:`extras/advanced-integration`.

@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ Multiple Sites
--------------
Isso is designed to serve comments for a single website and therefore stores
comments for a relative URL to support HTTP, HTTPS and even domain transfers
without manual intervention. But you can chain Isso to support multiple
comments for a relative URL. This is done to support HTTP, HTTPS and even domain transfers
without manual intervention. You can chain Isso to support multiple
websites on different domains.
The following example uses `gunicorn <http://gunicorn.org/>`_ as WSGI server (

@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Troubleshooting
For uberspace users
-------------------
Some uberspace users experienced problems with isso and they solved their
issue by adding `DirectoryIndex disabled` as the first line in the `.htaccess`
issues by adding `DirectoryIndex disabled` as the first line in the `.htaccess`
file for the domain the isso server is running on.
pkg_ressources.DistributionNotFound
@ -29,9 +29,9 @@ encoding either in :envvar:`LANG`, :envvar:`LANGUAGE`, :envvar:`LC_ALL` or
$ env LANG=C.UTF-8 isso [-h] [--version] ...
If none of the mentioned variables is set, the interaction with Isso will
If none of the mentioned variables are set, the interaction with Isso will
likely fail (unable to print non-ascii characters to stdout/err, unable to
parse configuration file with non-ascii characters and to forth).
parse configuration file with non-ascii characters and so forth).
The web console shows 404 Not Found responses
---------------------------------------------

@ -4,14 +4,14 @@ Frequently asked question
Why SQLite3?
------------
Although partially answered on the index page, here a more complete answer: If
Although partially answered on the index page, here is a more complete answer: If
you manage massive amounts of comments, Isso is a really bad choice. Isso is
designed to be simple and easy to setup, not optimizied for high-traffic
designed to be simple and easy to setup, it is not optimized for high-traffic
websites (use a `dedicated Disqus`_ instance then).
comments are not big data
Comments are not big data.
For example, 209 threads and 778 comments in total only need 620K (kilobyte)
memory. Excellent use case for SQLite.
For example, if you have 209 threads and 778 comments in total this only needs 620 kilobytes
of memory. This is an excellent use case for SQLite.
.. _dedicated Disqus:

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