Setting Up a Blog with Typecho

Typecho is the best choice for a minimalist blog.

First you need a server and a domain bound to it. The server also needs PHP, MySQL, and nginx/Apache downloaded and configured. Here I chose lnmp for a one-click install.

1. Connect to the server over ssh and run the following as the root user:

screen -S lnmp

This keeps the download from being cut off if the ssh connection drops, by running the task in the background.

2. Inside the screen session, run the command below to download and install in one step. Press CTRL+A+D to detach:

wget http://soft.vpser.net/lnmp/lnmp1.5.tar.gz -cO lnmp1.5.tar.gz && tar zxf lnmp1.5.tar.gz && cd lnmp1.5 && ./install.sh lnmp

3. lnmp configuration:
Once the download finishes, start the configuration. This binds the domain, creates the database, sets the site's root directory, and so on:

lnmp vhost add

4. Install Typecho

wget http://typecho.org/downloads/1.1-17.10.30-release.tar.gz

Extracting the archive gives a build directory. Move all the files in it into the site's root directory (by default /home/wwwroot/domain, where domain is your actual domain).

5. Blog configuration
After the installation above, enter your domain in the browser and you will be taken to the Typecho setup page, where you can configure your blog. Under "Permalink settings", select "Enable URL rewriting" to remove index.php from page URLs.

6. Data backup
Typecho data has to be backed up manually on a regular basis. Export the MySQL data on the server:

mysqldump -u root -p typecho > typecho.sql

Save the SQL file to your own machine. When you need to restore the data, run this command to import it into MySQL:

mysql -u root -p typecho < backup.sql