Which Blog Software
I decided to use WordPress because it was popular, seems easy to use and millions of users can’t be wrong. Right?
WordPress works well and seems to do everything that blog software should. It’s is easy to use and there’s plenty of help available for when things don’t work, but is it the right choice for you?
For me it seems perfect. It’s also free but there are many other choices that may do the job just as well. A quick Google for blog software brings up over 250,000,000 hits. Wow, that could take some time to sort through but I suspect there will be an awful lot of bad links in that list.
Fortunately there’s a website that has already done a lot of the work and has a list of blog software to choose from. OpenSourceCMS lists 16 blog tools:
- b2evolution
- bBlog
- BirdBlog
- boastMachine
- Dotclear
- LifeType
- Loudblog
- Nucleas CMS
- Pixelpost
- sBlog
- Serendipity
- Simplog
- Textpattern
- TruBlog
- Wheatblog
- WordPress
That is quite a list, and there is a whole load of other software for running a website from content management systems to wikis.
Fortunately OpenSourceCMS also provide a demo of each tool so you can check them out without having to download each one and install it.
Great site - check it out!
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October 9th, 2006 at 10:34 pm
I know the site and spent many hours there
My choice: WordPress and Serendipity. And Thingamablog too, of course.
October 10th, 2006 at 1:29 am
A great one not on the list is sNews, solucija.com
WordPress is awesome. . .but sometimes I feel overloaded with features using it. . .
October 14th, 2006 at 8:19 am
I’ve heard of that site on the WP channel. I used WP because Viper007Bond told me about it
Saying that I’m glad he did, it’s worked out great.
February 28th, 2007 at 9:33 pm
That is in fact a great site! Thanks so much for the tip. Been thinking about changing my software for a long time. This will help a lot.