Setting Up a Blog: Software Options & Reviews

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Discussion Overview

The discussion revolves around setting up a self-hosted blog, with participants sharing their experiences and opinions on various blogging software options. The focus includes comparisons of functionality, customization capabilities, and installation processes of different platforms.

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Main Points Raised

  • One participant expresses a desire for self-hosted blogging software with functionality comparable to Blogger, mentioning options like 'Simple PHP Blog' and 'Blogsphere'.
  • Another participant inquires about the FTP function on Blogger, questioning whether it provides full control over the blog's page on their site or if it is limited to Blogger's standard posting capabilities.
  • A suggestion is made to consider using a CMS like Drupal for blogging needs.
  • A participant shares their experience with MovableType, highlighting its flexibility, customization options, and the challenges of installation, particularly for users unfamiliar with command line interfaces.
  • WordPress is mentioned as another PHP-based alternative, noted for its easier installation, although the participant has not personally used it.
  • A follow-up inquiry seeks suggestions for blogging tools that allow for multiple blogs on a single site without enabling user-created blogs, expressing dissatisfaction with Drupal's capabilities for this purpose and mentioning b2evolution and Nucleus as less customizable options.

Areas of Agreement / Disagreement

Participants present multiple competing views on the best blogging software, with no consensus reached on a single preferred option. Different experiences and preferences regarding customization and installation challenges are evident.

Contextual Notes

Some participants express limitations in their experiences with specific software, such as installation difficulties and customization constraints, but these points remain unresolved and subjective.

Who May Find This Useful

Individuals interested in setting up a self-hosted blog and exploring various software options, particularly those seeking customizable solutions and insights into installation processes.

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I am trying to set up a blog. I was just wondering if anyone had any experience of the different software available out there, like 'Simple PHP Blog', 'Blogsphere' etc.

I want to be able to host the blog myself so I am not keen on Blogger and the other free hosted blogging tools out there. I am after a user hosted one that would have the same level of functionality as blogger. Thanks!
 
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blogger ftp

I found http://help.blogger.com/bin/answer.py?answer=121" on Blogger. Does anyone use the ftp function on Blogger?

Does it give you full control of the page on your site where it posts the blog or is it just like it would have been like posting in Blogger itself. The reason I ask is I want full control of my blogs in terms of ads.
 
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you could use a CMS like Drupal.
 
I use MovableType, which is very flexible and customizable. The templating system uses a combination of it's own template commands and Smarty, so the look and functionality of your blog can be customized fairly easily. CSS is used extensively to control appearance.

If you're familiar with navigating around *nix with a shell and installing Perl modules, installation will be largely trivial. Can also be installed under Windows, but from what I've seen installation there is a little more effort. Most complaints about installing MT that I've seen come from people who've never stepped foot inside a command shell and have no idea about how *nix works.

Wordpress is another alternative (PHP based), which I've heard is an easier installation. I've never used it though.
 
Thanks!

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you could use a CMS like Drupal.

Are you familiar with Drupal? I got round to trying it but it doesn't seem to be able to do what I want.

I am trying to set up a site with three different blogs but I do not want to allow users to have their own blogs on the site.

I am looking into tools like b2evolution and nucleus but they don't seem to be as customisable as Drupal. Do you have any suggestions?
 

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