[TriLUG] Blogging software recommendation

[Robert Dale via TriLUG]

There's also github pages using something like http://jekyllbootstrap.com/


Robert Dale

On Fri, Jan 6, 2017 at 5:31 PM, William Sutton via TriLUG <trilug at trilug.org
> wrote:

> for that matter, nothing gets simpler than apache and hand-edited static
> web pages :-)
>
> if you want to get slightly more involved, you could run mediawiki and
> allow collaborative editing of your notes...
>
> William Sutton
>
>
> On Fri, 6 Jan 2017, Ken MacKenzie via TriLUG wrote:
>
> There are literally thousands of options.  Wordpress has been mentioned.
>> Drupal is another.
>>
>> For something simple that does not involve multi user stuff you can always
>> look at the lightweight ones like RazorCMS or CMS made simple.  There used
>> to be several websites for blogging and CMS software comparisons that you
>> could use to test drive and demo.
>>
>> I will mention you could also just used something like Tumblr or nomerous
>> other blogging services.  I mean unless you are in the business of running
>> your own server for other web sites an outsourced even free service might
>> be the better way to do it.  IN fact isn't there free wordpress hosting.
>>
>> Ken
>>
>> On Fri, Jan 6, 2017 at 5:24 PM, James Jones via TriLUG <trilug at trilug.org
>> >
>> wrote:
>>
>> Wordpress has been good for me.
>>>
>>> I have five websites running wordpress.
>>>
>>> jcj
>>>
>>> On Fri, Jan 6, 2017 at 4:54 PM, Ron Kelley via TriLUG <trilug at trilug.org
>>> >
>>> wrote:
>>> > Greetings all,
>>> >
>>> > I have collected a ton of notes over the last few years and need to
>>> consolidate it to a single entity (blog/website/etc) so I can reference
>>> it
>>> later.  This is more for me than anyone else (however, I *hope* other
>>> people find it useful)..
>>> >
>>> > I setup a VM running Ubuntu 16.04 with internet access and a valid
>>> domain name this week.  I was hoping to find an easy-to-use blogging tool
>>> (Wordpress, Joomla, etc) to publish my info but have had a heck of a time
>>> getting the system template in place.  I spent probably 3hrs today
>>> reviewing Joomla videos on youtube trying to unwrap the mystery behind
>>> menus, categories, articles, plugins, templates, etc - my eyeballs are
>>> spinning!
>>> >
>>> > Can someone please recommend a straight-forward, easy-to-use blogging
>>> system I can get running in an hour or so?  I don’t need any fancy stuff
>>> (social media plugins, e-commerce, etc).  I just need a page to write
>>> down
>>> my thoughts, add some pics, and post.  It would be nice to see a
>>> menu-type
>>> system on the right to look at recent articles.  A search button would be
>>> nice as well.
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > Suggestions?
>>> >
>>> > Thanks.
>>> >
>>> > -Ron
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