Comments on: How I setup blogs for my friends http://www.nata2.org/2007/01/15/how-i-setup-blogs-for-my-friends/ Harper Reed: Software, PHP, MySQL, YoYo, Juggling, Baphomet Sat, 06 Sep 2008 21:40:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7-hemorrhage hourly 1 By: Maria http://www.nata2.org/2007/01/15/how-i-setup-blogs-for-my-friends/#comment-16800 Maria Fri, 02 Mar 2007 17:09:56 +0000 http://www.nata2.org/2007/01/15/how-i-setup-blogs-for-my-friends/#comment-16800 ohhh such good info. I need to spruce up my blog. I just started it. Im going to reread your suggestions and aspire to have it as on point as yours . you are awesome and im adding you to my sites that inspire. ohhh such good info. I need to spruce up my blog. I just started it. Im going to reread your suggestions and aspire to have it as on point as yours . you are awesome and im adding you to my sites that inspire.

]]> By: Harper http://www.nata2.org/2007/01/15/how-i-setup-blogs-for-my-friends/#comment-15857 Harper Fri, 16 Feb 2007 05:40:54 +0000 http://www.nata2.org/2007/01/15/how-i-setup-blogs-for-my-friends/#comment-15857 I guess i have ran through most of the softwares... I host sites for friends - so i want the easiest and least painful way to allow them to blog. With that said: I used to love movable type - and when it came out i migrated all my friends to it - from greymatter. MOvable type was amazing and easy. It just worked. I still have friends rocking it as a content manager. It is amazing and robust. But eventually i realized that it was causing crazy load on my servers - it being perl/cgi and what not. So i started looking for alternatives. I found wordpress around the same time that movable type went pay - and i haven't looked back. I think that wordpress is a bit harder to use off the bat. But it is just as featureful. Now in regards to services like typepad and wordpress.com - i think that you can't really compare it. There is nothing like hosting and running your own blog. However, some great blogs are on those services so obviously it isn't bad. i just like to think that its mine... hope this helps I guess i have ran through most of the softwares… I host sites for friends - so i want the easiest and least painful way to allow them to blog.

With that said: I used to love movable type - and when it came out i migrated all my friends to it - from greymatter. MOvable type was amazing and easy. It just worked. I still have friends rocking it as a content manager. It is amazing and robust. But eventually i realized that it was causing crazy load on my servers - it being perl/cgi and what not.

So i started looking for alternatives. I found wordpress around the same time that movable type went pay - and i haven’t looked back. I think that wordpress is a bit harder to use off the bat. But it is just as featureful.

Now in regards to services like typepad and wordpress.com - i think that you can’t really compare it. There is nothing like hosting and running your own blog. However, some great blogs are on those services so obviously it isn’t bad. i just like to think that its mine…

hope this helps

]]> By: Dean http://www.nata2.org/2007/01/15/how-i-setup-blogs-for-my-friends/#comment-15788 Dean Thu, 15 Feb 2007 06:23:10 +0000 http://www.nata2.org/2007/01/15/how-i-setup-blogs-for-my-friends/#comment-15788 Harper, How, in your opinion, do you rank Wordpress to other services such as TypePad, MoveableType, etc.? I get this question all the time when people inquire about a blogs and blog software. I've only used Blogger and WordPress, however, would be interested to hear your take on the issue. Seems to me that a lot of sites on TypePad, MoveableType, etc often have the same look and feel, although I assume that most are general users and dont bother with customization. Just wondering. Harper,

How, in your opinion, do you rank Wordpress to other services such as TypePad, MoveableType, etc.? I get this question all the time when people inquire about a blogs and blog software. I’ve only used Blogger and WordPress, however, would be interested to hear your take on the issue. Seems to me that a lot of sites on TypePad, MoveableType, etc often have the same look and feel, although I assume that most are general users and dont bother with customization. Just wondering.

]]> By: Dean http://www.nata2.org/2007/01/15/how-i-setup-blogs-for-my-friends/#comment-15714 Dean Wed, 14 Feb 2007 06:13:30 +0000 http://www.nata2.org/2007/01/15/how-i-setup-blogs-for-my-friends/#comment-15714 Harper, Great synopsis on setting up a blog. Good point about using Askimet...One thing that I've noticed is that som hosts disable editing your WordPress blog from the admin and rarely give access to .htaccess, which can be a problem and throw a 500 error and the eventual support call. This happened to me with one host when changing the permalink structure from ID to name based...Great article! Harper,

Great synopsis on setting up a blog. Good point about using Askimet…One thing that I’ve noticed is that som hosts disable editing your WordPress blog from the admin and rarely give access to .htaccess, which can be a problem and throw a 500 error and the eventual support call. This happened to me with one host when changing the permalink structure from ID to name based…Great article!

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