From Easy To Not Quite So Easy

Weblog Software Options

Aaron Schmidt
http://www.walkingpaper.org/presentation/blogu

September 18th, 2005

Blog Tool & Hosting (Blogger, LiveJournal, DeadJournal and Xanga)
Server-Side Application (Movable Type, WordPress, Drupal, Serendipity and Textpattern)
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Cost
Install
Ease of use
Flexibility
Advantages/disadvantages
Examples

free and pay version
no install (server based) but SFTP/FTP option
high ease of use - MS Word plugin
least flexible
no categories, URL issue, won't freak out your IT dept.
http://www.marincountyfreelibrary.blogspot.com/

personal version free/licensing scheme, including not-for-profit $50+
install failrly complicated (web server requirements)
easy to use basics
highly flexible
takes effort to familiarize/powerful when mastered
http://www.fordlibrary.org

Free. Period. Open Source.
"famous 5 minute install" - PHP and MySQL
farily easy to use
highly flexible
not as much customer support as MT/active community for plugins
http://www.westernspringshistory.org

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blog#Creating_and_publishing_weblogs

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