[TriLUG] Blogging software recommendation

[Roy Vestal via TriLUG]

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