Recommendations: Simple news/blog app?
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Recommendations: Simple news/blog app?
Not really looking to re-invent the wheel so I'm searching for a simple news posting style script. Features wise, nothing spectacular, the ability to post news (obviously), easily customise the frontend output and that's about it (obviously secure etc.. too). I figure if I can't find a dedicated news app I could use a simple blog app and just disable the features I don't require.
So far, looking around, everything I've looked at is either feature packed (with no simple way of completely disabling those unwanted features) which means it's bloated for my use, or they are very time consuming to rewrite the front end.
So, anybody using anything that might do the trick and is worth raving about?
So far, looking around, everything I've looked at is either feature packed (with no simple way of completely disabling those unwanted features) which means it's bloated for my use, or they are very time consuming to rewrite the front end.
So, anybody using anything that might do the trick and is worth raving about?
- Maugrim_The_Reaper
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Serendipity is what I'm currently using... http://www.s9y.org
Me and a small group of people coded a really simple blog script with admin functions and 1 mysql database. it just allows you to add new entries and for people to comment on them.
View it in action at http://www.open-server.org download at http://www.hotscripts.com/Detailed/54505.html
-steve
View it in action at http://www.open-server.org download at http://www.hotscripts.com/Detailed/54505.html
-steve
- nickman013
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cutenews..
http://www.cutephp.com
http://www.cutephp.com
Thanks,
Wordpress, my initial concern with Wordpress is that requests for it show on a regular basis within my server access logs (it's not installed on my server), the query strings are quite clearly attempting to exploit vulnerabilities. It may be realtively secure, they may release updates often enough that it's not a huge problem but there are obviously bots roaming around trying out these exploits.
Serendipity, I looked at this recently, perhaps I was digging around in the wrong sections of the codebase but it seemed quite a large application for my modest needs.
SimpleBlog, after a quick glance at the main index page, I concluded that this was not the system for my needs.
Cutephp, doesn't seem to offer a simple method for customising layout/frontend.
Wordpress, my initial concern with Wordpress is that requests for it show on a regular basis within my server access logs (it's not installed on my server), the query strings are quite clearly attempting to exploit vulnerabilities. It may be realtively secure, they may release updates often enough that it's not a huge problem but there are obviously bots roaming around trying out these exploits.
Serendipity, I looked at this recently, perhaps I was digging around in the wrong sections of the codebase but it seemed quite a large application for my modest needs.
SimpleBlog, after a quick glance at the main index page, I concluded that this was not the system for my needs.
Cutephp, doesn't seem to offer a simple method for customising layout/frontend.
- Maugrim_The_Reaper
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Not so much modify, but disable features. The obvious quick method would be to simply modify the generated output to not display the bits I don't need/want but then the app itself is still loading and processing these components which is just both pointless and a waste of system resources.
So then the next option/approach is to go through the codebase and disable the unwanted components from loading at all during run time. The only issue with that is that one component/function/feature may be dependant on an other. I haven't looked too closely at Serendipity, I've really just been 'quick scanning' possible apps so far so it may be less effort than first impressions suggest.
Not so much difficult as potentially time consuming hence, the more simplistic the base app is to start with, the (hopefully) less time I'll have to spend on it modifying/disabling it to suit my needs.
So then the next option/approach is to go through the codebase and disable the unwanted components from loading at all during run time. The only issue with that is that one component/function/feature may be dependant on an other. I haven't looked too closely at Serendipity, I've really just been 'quick scanning' possible apps so far so it may be less effort than first impressions suggest.
Not so much difficult as potentially time consuming hence, the more simplistic the base app is to start with, the (hopefully) less time I'll have to spend on it modifying/disabling it to suit my needs.
http://www.blogger.com
Googles version, you can use their version (on their servers) or you can even let it install it onto your own server (no messy setup).
Googles version, you can use their version (on their servers) or you can even let it install it onto your own server (no messy setup).
- RobertGonzalez
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How about myBloggie? It is built on the phpBB framework, uses a system similar to it (templates, themes, etc) and seems to be fairly lightweight. I haven't used it (I much prefer WordPress) but I have downloaded it and the code seems pretty straight forward.