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Comparing
Free Blogging Software
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by:
Don Beavers
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With the increased interest in Blogging (web Logging), many web hosting
providers now provide an assortment of free usage, open source blogging
software packages. Among the most popular of these blogging tools are
B2evolution, WordPress and Nucleus. Each of these programs offer
similar basic features, so the question arises as to which one is
easiest to use and would be appropriate for the requirements of your
particular website.
The answer lies in the true purpose of your blog website. If your
primary goal is to share your opinions and ideas with the general
public, you would want to utilize a different blogging tool than a user
who was creating product blogs as a commercial sales effort. A blog for
search engine promotion would have entirely different requirements. All
of these uses are viable reasons to create a blog, however each
requires different features to be successful.
WordPress Blogging Software
Available for free download at: http://wordpress.org/
It is hard to beat WordPress for general personal blogging. WordPress
is an open source, state-of-the-art personal publishing platform with a
focus on presentation and usability. Everything related to creating and
updating your blog is available through an intuitive graphical
interface. With WordPress there is no need to compile your work. You
simply write your column. You then select the features you want and
your blog is instantly created and published to your website.
If you are on vacation, you can schedule your uploads for some date in
the future or even email your column to the server! The system allows
multiple users with multiple blogs divided into categories and
sub-categories. This allows multiple family members or friends to
create their own blogs along with yours.
Easy customization and the availability of many "plug-ins" that provide
more functionality (add new features as you learn) makes this software
a very good choice for most individuals.
B2evolution
Available for free download at: http://b2evolution.net/
B2evolution is another advanced web log tool that features an
integrated XHTML validator. It supports recursive subcategories, cross
posting and has a really cool integrated "skinning" system.
The "skinning" system allows you to create multiple blogs in separate
categories with different appearances for each blog. You simply "change
the skin" for the blog to create a totally new look and feel.
The "skinning" feature, combined with the built in multi-user
administration management tool, makes the system robust enough for more
commercial endeavors, such as product promotion blogs. If you have much
to publish with multiple themes, this is the software you are looking
for.
Nucleus Blogging Software
Available for free download at: http://nucleuscms.org/
Though Nucleus is an extremely robust blogging tool in its own right,
it also contains some powerful features that can provide benefits in
promotion of your blog.
Nucleus offers the ability to optimize its URLS, creating simple page
addresses that do not have and "&" or "=" characters. This
makes the pages search engine (and user) friendly. Another great
feature is the ability to show the contents of multiple weblogs on one
page. This could allow a website owner to manipulate the optimum text /
keyword balance on pages for better search engine rankings.
Nucleus also provides RSS and Atom feeds that can be extremely helpful
when promoting a website. If part of your blog's function is to work as
a search engine marketing and promotion tool, Nucleus is an exceptional
software package.
Each of these blogging software packages offer the basic tools that you
would need to create a successful blog and all three are PHP - MySQL
open source (free to use) packages. You should try to select the
software that helps you achieve the long term goal that you have in
mind for your website based on the unique extra features offered by
each.
About the Author
Don Beavers lives in Bryan, Texas and is an
enterprise level PHP-MySQL programmer at the Datavor Web Directory and at
the Shopping Elf directory Shopping
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