What is the best blogging software? [Archive]

netnexus

July 3rd, 2005, 23:12

I don't care about whether or not you have to pay for it, I am just wondering what the best blogging software is?

Right now I'm looking at boastMachine, it seems quite cool, but are there any other more fully featured weblog softwares?

Thanks.

notnamed

July 3rd, 2005, 23:47

Dunno what you mean by fully-featured and all, but I use and love WordPress (http://wordpress.org).

R4g1ng

July 4th, 2005, 03:20

Something tells me that this is the wrong forum but I could be wrong.
WordPress is used often and its a great blog script considering that its free. I use my own script based from tutorials, so much more customizable :P

Becca

July 4th, 2005, 03:59

It depends on what you want from a blogging software. Do you want something very easy to use? or that doesn't matter? what do you want to be able to do with it?

netnexus

July 4th, 2005, 04:21

Well, I wanted easy to use with good customizability.

I went with wordpress. Check it out: http://www.blogbloom.com

Becca

July 4th, 2005, 05:11

Yes, I saw. Wordpress is a good choice. I use it as well. (I also use other ones too.)

Robert

July 4th, 2005, 08:51

I like using blogger.com (with w.blogger). Sadly I'm finding blogger to be down more and more when I try to publish. I may switch to wordpress.org

Blank Verse

July 4th, 2005, 12:42

Notepad :p

[ah] phu

July 4th, 2005, 17:25

Movable Type is also another good blog script.
http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/

jmiller

July 4th, 2005, 17:43

I personally stick with Livejournal, mostly out of convenience.

Hasn't failed me yet.

Mrlinux

July 6th, 2005, 07:54

We are using on all websites that we own Wordpress. I definitevely recommend that blog script

GibboNet

July 7th, 2005, 04:11

I've been using wordpress for about 6 months now, haven't had any problems.

netnexus

July 8th, 2005, 10:53

Wordpress seems awesome.

Just 1 Q: Is there any way to put HTML into writing? I cant seem to include a google adsense code.

notnamed

July 8th, 2005, 14:52

You shouldn't put stuff like adsense in posts... do it in a header, footer or sidebar file. You'll find them in /wp-content/themes/[your-theme]/header.php, footer.php, and sidebar.php

StaticAnthony

July 8th, 2005, 16:02

Wordpress is the best one to run, they have a great community and especially because it is free.

rhianna

July 9th, 2005, 02:50

Wordpress is the best one to run, they have a great community and especially because it is free.

Does Wordpress have a community similar to Live Journal?
What features would entice someone to abandon Blogger?
Does Wordpress have features that are better than Blogger's?

What would be the reasons someone would leave Blogger for a different type of blogging software?

Thanks :-)

jmiller

July 9th, 2005, 02:58

Does Wordpress have a community similar to Live Journal?
What features would entice someone to abandon Blogger?
Does Wordpress have features that are better than Blogger's?

What would be the reasons someone would leave Blogger for a different type of blogging software?

Thanks :-)
Wordpress is just software, while Live Journal provides both their software as well as a hosting service.

rhianna

July 9th, 2005, 03:14

Why did StaticAnthony say,
they [i.e. Wordpress] have a great community? How can software have a community or did StaticAnthony really mean technical support as opposed to community?

I currently use Blogger. Is there a software out there that I should switch to?

jmiller

July 9th, 2005, 03:44

I would assume he means technical support.

Last I checked, wordpress didn't offer anything similar to what livejournal.com does.

Ignite

July 9th, 2005, 07:15

I second WordPress, running it on my site without a problem.

HexBoards

July 10th, 2005, 04:59

May I suggest HexJournals? (http://hexjournals.com) It's not much now, but Version 3 will have more features than WordPress.

No one criticize the features of v3 yet either. There's crucial information missing.