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A simple blog platform?

Posted: Tue May 06, 2008 1:36 pm
by Luke
Just about all of the web projects we do these days require a "news" page. Generally I have used wordpress for this, but most of the time it is way overkill for this purpose. Isn't there just a really simple blog application out there anywhere that doesn't have a million features and works easily for borderline retarded clients?

Re: A simple blog platform?

Posted: Tue May 06, 2008 1:44 pm
by Christopher
Maugrim is doing one as a ZF example. Matthijs is working on one for Skeleton. I am sure there are many others.

Re: A simple blog platform?

Posted: Tue May 06, 2008 5:42 pm
by pickle
The Ninja Space Goat wrote:works easily for borderline retarded clients?
Bwa ha ha ha ha :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:


In other news, clients are always going to want to do more and more. If you start out with too simple of a system, you'll need to upgrade it later. Wordpress' wide popularity shows that it's pretty good for a wide range of people - so I'd stick with that.

Give the retarded clients a crayon.

Re: A simple blog platform?

Posted: Tue May 06, 2008 7:06 pm
by Christopher
pickle wrote:In other news, clients are always going to want to do more and more. If you start out with too simple of a system, you'll need to upgrade it later. Wordpress' wide popularity shows that it's pretty good for a wide range of people - so I'd stick with that.
I find that most clients do want something very simple. Much simpler than Wordpress. The additional problem is the wanting "more and more" part. Blog applications are not targeted at developers so they are pretty monolithic. What is needed is a reasonably modular design so you can proved several different level of features.

Re: A simple blog platform?

Posted: Tue May 06, 2008 7:08 pm
by Luke
exactly... but therein lies the problem... what is the "core" feature set and what is add-on. It's all relative.

Re: A simple blog platform?

Posted: Tue May 06, 2008 7:26 pm
by Christopher
I find it is pretty straightforward -- Posts only. Posts with comments. Multiple blogs. Require an account to post. Categories. Dealing with feeds. Search. Posts must be approved.

A lot of the stuff in blog apps is CMS stuff that you don't need in an application...