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Originally Posted by Carpetsmoker
Stuff like "cblog" or "nanoblogger" work by taking some source file, and outputting a static HTML file.
This is different from for example WordPress which fetches the content from the database and generates it dynamically.
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That is good to know. I was just starting to look into what the differences were - although since a couple people have already suggested WordPress - and I'd like it to be db-driven anyways - I'm leaning in that direction.
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My advice would be KISS: Keep It Simple Stupid.
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Oh I assure you, I can insert plenty of Stupid regardless of how simple it may appear
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Just write your stuff in HTML, or some easier tag format (markdown, txt2tags, etc.)
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That is what I've been doing so far. The result is now my blog is four pages of plain text. Eventually the flat files just become a royal PITA to try to maintain; I think I've reached that point. For that matter, pages that I call my "blog" look very little like anything else (I know blog software won't solve this for me on its own), and even between different "blogs" I have varied appearance and whatnot.
So basically what I'm aiming for with the blog software is easier maintenance - I should mention also I'd like it to be something that my wife could use as well if she'd want - as well as a more consistent (and easier to change across-the-site) appearance.
While I'm sure I could probably do something clever with Perl or PHP to improve on some of this, I'm about to start building a new home server anyways and I think that adopting a more common piece of software for it would be advantageous.