Posted by NC on 01/01/08 00:12

On Dec 30, 5:57 pm, Ming <minghu...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Static output is critical for me because many users, college students,
> do not have access to either PHP or MySQL in their college campus/
> department personal webspace. Most universities only permit pure
> static content (HTML, image, flash, etc) for student web space.
>
> FTP/SFTP/SSH access is a MUST-HAVE feature. Since we want a central
> installation that supports students from all departments.

I think you need to think outside the box on this one... Who says
blogs have to reside on the same physical machine(s) with the
students' Web space? At Harvard, for example, blogging is completely
independent from the rest of the students' and faculty's Web
presence. So much so that Harvard's installation of WordPress MU is
run out of the law school for the benefit of the entire university:

http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/

Anyone with a harvard.edu, radcliffe.edu, or hbs.edu e-mail address
(which includes students, faculty, staff, and alumni) can sign up; the
blogging server operates independently from other systems and does not
share authentication information with any other systems.

Cheers,
NC

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