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alex.barylski
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PHP blogging software

Post by alex.barylski »

Before you answer, please avoid just submitting links as I too know how to use Google...

What I am looking for is hardened experience with people that have used blogging software...

Here are my requirements:
1) Nice interface (hard to judge as my tastes are likely differ than yours)...but...I hate using software with a crappy interface...gimme a CLI already :P

2) Articles...Not nessecarily sorted by date, but categorized with breadcrumb support for easy navigation and comments allowed for each.

2) Templated using Smarty or similar...I need total control over the way the articles are displayed and generated

3) I would like the ability to add photos for the blogging section...

Basically, I need a CMS but not the stupid over head...so simple blogging software should work ok...

I want an articles section where I can post some of my own articles, and if they could be paginated into *pages* that would be awesome too...

I also need a blogging section where I can post personal comments of the day...like god I hate bannana's or what music i'm listening too, etc...

Also if people could leave comments for both blogs and articles that would super cool

Remember I need a distinction between articles (and pages) from blog posts...

Blogs don't need to be paginated and should be sorted chronologically...

Articles should be initially sorted by date, but also be categorized...offering some form of breadcrumb navigation...

Multiple users would be cool, or rather I should say editors...incase I ever let anyone submit an article, they can edit their own...public signup is NOT required as I would only allow a limited few actually submit articles...but obviously access to the blogging section would not be cool...

The blogging section would be best if left to a sub-domain whereas articles, etc, would likely be left in main directory...

I imagine most blogs/CMS use a single index.php approach, so as long as I can copy the index into the sub-domain directory and change some configs and giver go...thats cool too :)

Anyways...not looking for just links, but your own personal experiences...

What did you like and why...what features did you most appreciate...or find handy or hate...

Ideally i'm looking for something nice and simple...to learn and use...

Cheers :)
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Post by AKA Panama Jack »

You don't want to hear this but...

You could always write your own. :)

That what I did for the AATraders site. For me it was easier that trying to get something someone else created that was usually overly cvomplex for what it does to fit in with the site. Especially since I designed it so everyone with a blog has their own subdomain automatically as soon as they signed up. Couldn't find any blog software that really allowed that.

You will probably never find anything that fits what you want.
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Post by alex.barylski »

I'm in the process of writing a CMS which will do everything *I want* :P

For now however, I just need something quick and dirty...

Cheers :)
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Post by RobertGonzalez »

I haven't found anything that uses Smarty. Wordpress, is of course, probably the most popular blog software. Serendipity is also a very well known platform. I think Mambo allows for blogs and template, but I am not sure about Smarty. And there is always MyBloggie. It uses a template system that is taken straight from phpBB. Not smarty, but a similar template system nonetheless.

I know it is not exactly what you want, but these might be able to point you in the right direction. As for me, I am sold on Wordpress. No templating, but otherwise very easy to use and very cleanly coded. Also it is very well documented and styling is really easy (in my opinion).
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Post by Roja »

http://www.bblog.com/

Easy to install, Smarty driven.
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Post by RobertGonzalez »

So I lied. I had run across that one. But at the time I was totally against using Smarty, so I clicked away.

Have you used it? Is it any good?
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Post by alex.barylski »

Roja wrote:http://www.bblog.com/

Easy to install, Smarty driven.
Funny cause I looked at that one, but for whatever reason...the Smarty thing just didn't click :P
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