What blogging script does everyone use?

RedCherry · 2006-03-20, 02:07 PM

I'm thinking of starting a portal site, that has a blog on it, and I want to do it on a stand alone site, not on one of the free blogger sites.

What script does everyone use? I haven't a clue where to start, everything seems to lead me to back to the free blogging sites.

Simon · 2006-03-20, 02:16 PM

A lot of folks will recommend this to you...
http://wordpress.org/

It's the one I'm figuring out now.

alessandro · 2006-03-20, 03:05 PM

I use wordpress blog script on 2 domains and it's great

walrus · 2006-03-20, 03:46 PM

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Originally Posted by RedCherry

I'm thinking of starting a portal site, that has a blog on it, and I want to do it on a stand alone site, not on one of the free blogger sites.

What script does everyone use? I haven't a clue where to start, everything seems to lead me to back to the free blogging sites.

WordPress seems to definately be the adult bloggers choice script but if you are looking for something simple, SE friendly with RSS feeds there are any number of scripts that will work great. If I were to start over, I would probably take a close look at Boast Machine.

Ms Naughty · 2006-03-20, 05:35 PM

I use Wordpress 2 on my blog but I've been playing around with Joomla just to see how it works. It's really quite massive in terms of what it can do. It has a blog component but it also has so many other bits that you could conceivably use it as a portal.

I just wish I knew more about PHP, I'd be making Joomla sites all over the place.

walrus · 2006-03-20, 05:59 PM

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Originally Posted by grandmascrotum

I use Wordpress 2 on my blog but I've been playing around with Joomla just to see how it works. It's really quite massive in terms of what it can do. It has a blog component but it also has so many other bits that you could conceivably use it as a portal.

I just wish I knew more about PHP, I'd be making Joomla sites all over the place.

I've been playing with Joomla on a couple projects and am really getting into it. I probably wouldn't use it for just a blog component mainly because it works counter-intuatively for me, for that purpose...or maybe it's just because it works backwards from my current blogging software. But if you want to build a community around your blog it's definately quite capable.

From a look and feel standpoint, the Joomla templates are pretty cool too. My blogging tools site is a Joomla site and I personally think the template rocks.

RedCherry · 2006-03-20, 10:22 PM

Thanks all, going to look at them. Thanks too whoever moved this thread, I feel like a doofus, I didn't even notice this had a blogging section, lol.

walrus · 2006-03-21, 01:49 AM

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Originally Posted by RedCherry

Thanks all, going to look at them. Thanks too whoever moved this thread, I feel like a doofus, I didn't even notice this had a blogging section, lol.

Oh, you mean there is more to this board than the blogging section? Where!

ronnie · 2006-03-21, 07:50 AM

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Originally Posted by walrus

Oh, you mean there is more to this board than the blogging section? Where!

LOL Blogging on the brain...

I use Movable Type for my blogs, love it.

ronnie

Ms Naughty · 2006-03-21, 01:01 AM

It's a very hush-hush, secret, shifty-eyed, special gadgets part of the board...
Psst. Would you like to buy an "O"?

bunky2u · 2006-03-21, 01:34 AM

I use drupal for http://www.strippedgalleries.net/ and http://www.deletedbrain.com/

you can get it here. http://drupal.org/ it's not just a blogging script but a content management system. Very easy to use.

u-Bob · 2006-03-26, 08:58 AM

I use my own custom scripts, but if you want to start a portal with a blog, I recommend you check out www.cmsmatrix.org

Cleo · 2006-03-26, 09:27 AM

Movabletype here. Not the easiest to setup but has lots of plugins and features.

kbbq · 2006-03-28, 02:23 PM

I think i'm the only one that uses blogger.com and i've got a pretty complex site. The only thing that blogger.com can't do like WP can is the scheduling of posts. but it's a good start.

I don't like WP for the simple mod_rewrite thing it does to achieve SE friendly URLs. I just don't like it. *shrug*

2006-03-20, 02:07 PM	#1
RedCherry Of all the things I've lost, I miss my mind the most. Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Middle of the Desert, Pahrump, NV Posts: 3,187	What blogging script does everyone use? I'm thinking of starting a portal site, that has a blog on it, and I want to do it on a stand alone site, not on one of the free blogger sites. What script does everyone use? I haven't a clue where to start, everything seems to lead me to back to the free blogging sites. __________________ Our 3D Comics and Props on Renderotica

2006-03-20, 02:16 PM	#2
Simon That which does not kill us, will try, try again. Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Conch Republic Posts: 5,150	A lot of folks will recommend this to you... http://wordpress.org/ It's the one I'm figuring out now. __________________ "If you're happy and you know it, think again." -- Guru Pitka

2006-03-20, 05:35 PM	#5
Ms Naughty old enough to be Grandma Scrotum Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Australia Posts: 1,408	I use Wordpress 2 on my blog but I've been playing around with Joomla just to see how it works. It's really quite massive in terms of what it can do. It has a blog component but it also has so many other bits that you could conceivably use it as a portal. I just wish I knew more about PHP, I'd be making Joomla sites all over the place. __________________ Promote Bright Desire

2006-03-20, 10:22 PM	#7
RedCherry Of all the things I've lost, I miss my mind the most. Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Middle of the Desert, Pahrump, NV Posts: 3,187	Thanks all, going to look at them. Thanks too whoever moved this thread, I feel like a doofus, I didn't even notice this had a blogging section, lol. __________________ Our 3D Comics and Props on Renderotica

2006-03-21, 01:01 AM	#10
Ms Naughty old enough to be Grandma Scrotum Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Australia Posts: 1,408	It's a very hush-hush, secret, shifty-eyed, special gadgets part of the board... Psst. Would you like to buy an "O"? __________________ Promote Bright Desire

2006-03-20, 03:05 PM	#3
alessandro I don't have to be careful. I got a gun Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: The 3rd planet from the sun :) Posts: 365	I use wordpress blog script on 2 domains and it's great

2006-03-21, 01:34 AM	#11
bunky2u Hey, can you take the wheel for a second, I have to scratch my self in two places at once Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Alberta Canada Posts: 183	I use drupal for http://www.strippedgalleries.net/ and http://www.deletedbrain.com/ you can get it here. http://drupal.org/ it's not just a blogging script but a content management system. Very easy to use. __________________ XXX Link Dump submit away! =)

2006-03-26, 08:58 AM	#12
u-Bob Shut up brain, or I'll stab you with a Q-tip! Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 118	I use my own custom scripts, but if you want to start a portal with a blog, I recommend you check out www.cmsmatrix.org __________________ Payoneer Sponsors.

2006-03-26, 09:27 AM	#13
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2006-03-28, 02:23 PM	#14
kbbq I'm going to the backseat of my car with the woman I love, and I won't be back for TEN MINUTES Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 86	I think i'm the only one that uses blogger.com and i've got a pretty complex site. The only thing that blogger.com can't do like WP can is the scheduling of posts. but it's a good start. I don't like WP for the simple mod_rewrite thing it does to achieve SE friendly URLs. I just don't like it. shrug __________________ KBBQ nick - at - silvercash.com