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@@ -2,11 +2,14 @@ blapaste
Very simple pastebin clone written in PHP
+Author: Joe Robinson
+
Source code of http://p.of.je
-Usage: Place in a directory accessible from a web browser, navigate to
-that page, type something into the text area, click submit. This will
-create a file with the contents that you typed into the form.
+Simple site where you can paste text and access it via a browser. Just
+go to http://p.of.je, type/paste text into the form, and press submit.
+It will then take you to a page with your text on a page with a short
+URL.
Can also be used with pastebinit (https://launchpad.net/pastebinit)
which should be available in package managers for most Linux distros.
@@ -18,11 +21,17 @@ df -h | pastebinit -b http://p.of.je
Will copy the output of df -h to http://p.of.je, then return the URL
where it can be viewed
+Alternatively, host it yourself
+
Requirements:
PHP (Tested with 5.5, assumed to work with any recent version)
An HTTP Server (Tested with Apache 2.2)
-
-Author: Joe Robinson
+Clone this repository into a directory
+Configure your HTTP server so that the directory can be accessed via a
+browser
+Ensure the HTTP server has write access to the directory
+Navigate to the directory in your browser, then follow the usage
+instructions above