Posted by dp on 01/23/06 03:03

Jeff wrote:
> Do you know any CMS systems (for blogging) you can recommend? My
> motivation to create the CMS system was that I thought that it would
> be cheaper to create it myself... But creating it myself can take
> time, and time is money... So I would be happy to learn that there
> are a very good CMS system out there and it's cheap...
>
> Jeff
>
> "David Dorward" <dorward@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:dr0qhi$96n$1$8302bc10@news.demon.co.uk...
>> Jeff wrote:
>>
>>> When it comes to blogging I'm a newbie, but I'm not a newbie to
>>> webdesign... I thought I should create my own blog... (program the
>>> software)....
>>
>> Why? Given the rest of your post, you don't seem to be really sure
>> what one
>> is, so I'm having trouble understanding your motivation. There is
>> also a glut of blogging software on the market already.
>>
>>> I know a blog is some kind of a website where people can add
>>> their thoughts etc...
>>
>> Typically one person.
>>
>>> and CMS manage the content.
>>
>> Usually, but that is only because a CMS makes it easier to create a
>> website.
>> Its perfectly possible to handcraft a blog without any automation.
>>
>>> But IS there something more....??
>>
>> Almost inevitably, entries are arranged in reverse chronological
>> order and an RSS feed is provided.
>>
>>> Let's say one person wants to use google to search for blogs,
>>> how can google see what is a blog
>>
>> It can't (other then making educated guesses).
>>
>> --
>> David Dorward <http://blog.dorward.me.uk/> <http://dorward.me.uk/>
>> Home is where the
>> ~/.bashrc is

Movable Type, Wordpress, and Blogger all are free for installation on your
website. I just did some recent testing against all 3.
All are available for both Windows and Unix servers.
Movabletype is perl/cgi based and can be awkward to set up on windows
servers. The other 2 are php based.
Wordpress 2.0 has a "5 minute install" that works as advertised.
Blogger has some feature links that return you to the blogger site.

For a new blog installer, Wordpress 2.0 is hard to beat. Doesn't scale that
well if there are many people blogging on it though.
Includes the blogger api that enables you to add entries through email, one
of the firefox "blog this" extensions, or through one of many free desktop
apps.

Couple of other things you may want to look at if you roll your own...
"Search Engine Friendly" urls.
The ability to accept and send "linkbacks" to other blogs.
The ablity to sustain "Permalinks"

--
dp

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