...is a worthy goal. Given that LJ's unique selling point is the friends lists, friends-locked posts and all that stuff, The Xhtml Friends Network looks like an interesting stab at the problem.

But how would I go about, given someone's name/url, find out who their FOAFs are? How would I retrieve posts that are locked to friends only, given that I am on a friends list? This would need authentication, yes? Would it be centralised?

Wait, it doesn't do any of that at all? Rats. And I have to go back and edit all old posts when I change friend status? The information isn't stored in one place? Oh well, is anyone else taking another stab at it?

I like WordPress, WordPress gives you loads of functionality with minimal set-up time.

But a shiney new version is out today. No doubt because I installed the last version on Sunday. Sadly, the upgrade instructions don't look as simple as the installation. Drat.

Mort, we need to ask Sticks how to back up the mySQL database that we have created for WordPress.