[TriLUG] Blogging software recommendation

Mike Perry via TriLUG trilug at trilug.org
Mon Jan 9 01:31:11 EST 2017


That feeling when you send a reply to all and meant to say Pelican and not
Python. Rip. /embarrassed

On Mon, Jan 9, 2017 at 12:29 AM, Mike Perry <michael at davidmichaelperry.com>
wrote:

> Definitely agree with Igor on Python, as that is something that I use for
> my professional blog as well. Though, git + jekyll is pretty nice as well.
>
> On Sun, Jan 8, 2017 at 10:24 PM, Roy Vestal via TriLUG <trilug at trilug.org>
> wrote:
>
>> Hey Ron,
>>
>> A few suggestions to look at that may do what you want:
>>
>> 1.  I use a wiki based on PMWiki, from pmwiki.org to share internal
>> stuff with my colleges at work. I like it because it is a file based and
>> you can get it up in minutes. I use it internally at the office for sharing
>> notes and such.
>>
>> 2. A simple CMS that I've used for clients from time to time is RazorCMS.
>> It is a file based CMS, where Joomla and Droopal are mysql/postgresql based.
>>
>> 3. Check out the Jupyter Notebook  (used to be called IPython Notebook).
>> It was originally designed to share computational designs, but I've seen a
>> few websites and blogs using it.
>>
>> 4. I'd also suggest creating a simple blog on wordpress.com and
>> blogspot.com and try out their software before setting something up. The
>> nice thing is you can backup these blogs and move the content to a private
>> blog at a later date and then delete the "free" blog. I've helped a few
>> folks do this a few times.
>>
>> HTH,
>>
>> -Roy
>>
>>
>> On 1/6/17 4:54 PM, Ron Kelley via TriLUG 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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