[TriLUG] Blogging software recommendation

[William Sutton via TriLUG]

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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