Comments on: Blogger is Not for Serious Blogging http://etbe.coker.com.au/2007/09/24/blogger-is-not-for-serious-blogging/ Linux, politics, and other interesting things Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:09:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: VE http://etbe.coker.com.au/2007/09/24/blogger-is-not-for-serious-blogging/comment-page-1/#comment-4289 VE Tue, 25 Sep 2007 15:46:05 +0000 http://etbe.coker.com.au/2007/09/24/blogger-is-not-for-serious-blogging/#comment-4289 I evaluated several MultiUser MultiBlog (multiple blogs with multiple authors) solutions about a year ago and ended up settling on Lifetype.[1] It's got a much better security record than wordpress and is much less complicated for the user than B2E.[2] It uses smarty, which is a plus as well. Apache Roller is a league above all the php blog hosting aps, but LAMP is what I was running so I opted to avoid the additional overhead of java. If I'd had a server to dedicate to it, that's the way I'd have gone. I looked at WPMU and Lyceum. The database schema gave me hives. The notion of creating a new set of tables for each new blog is somthing out of the Daily WTF. Doing multiblog the way you describe is much saner. This guy spells it out: http://blogs.howtogeek.com/howtogeek/creating-an-aggregated-blog-feed-in-wordpress-mu/ [1] http://www.lifetype.net/ [2] http://b2evolution.net/ [3] http://rollerweblogger.org/project/ I evaluated several MultiUser MultiBlog (multiple blogs with multiple authors) solutions about a year ago and ended up settling on Lifetype.[1] It’s got a much better security record than wordpress and is much less complicated for the user than B2E.[2] It uses smarty, which is a plus as well.

Apache Roller is a league above all the php blog hosting aps, but LAMP is what I was running so I opted to avoid the additional overhead of java. If I’d had a server to dedicate to it, that’s the way I’d have gone.

I looked at WPMU and Lyceum. The database schema gave me hives. The notion of creating a new set of tables for each new blog is somthing out of the Daily WTF. Doing multiblog the way you describe is much saner. This guy spells it out:

http://blogs.howtogeek.com/howtogeek/creating-an-aggregated-blog-feed-in-wordpress-mu/

[1] http://www.lifetype.net/
[2] http://b2evolution.net/
[3] http://rollerweblogger.org/project/

]]> By: etbe http://etbe.coker.com.au/2007/09/24/blogger-is-not-for-serious-blogging/comment-page-1/#comment-4114 etbe Mon, 24 Sep 2007 12:11:16 +0000 http://etbe.coker.com.au/2007/09/24/blogger-is-not-for-serious-blogging/#comment-4114 ak: Good point. But it does have a good feature set. Anon: Yes, that's a really good solution to the security problem. However it does limit what can be done regarding comments. Phillip: That's a good point. I guess you could consider the requirements of MySQL (in terms of RAM, disk space, and sys-admin time) to be part of the Wordpress requirements. I really don't think that MySQL will compare to the requirements of Wordpress in terms of sys-admin time and RAM. ak: Good point. But it does have a good feature set.

Anon: Yes, that’s a really good solution to the security problem. However it does limit what can be done regarding comments.

Phillip: That’s a good point. I guess you could consider the requirements of MySQL (in terms of RAM, disk space, and sys-admin time) to be part of the WordPress requirements. I really don’t think that MySQL will compare to the requirements of WordPress in terms of sys-admin time and RAM.

]]> By: Philipp Kern http://etbe.coker.com.au/2007/09/24/blogger-is-not-for-serious-blogging/comment-page-1/#comment-4106 Philipp Kern Mon, 24 Sep 2007 10:46:49 +0000 http://etbe.coker.com.au/2007/09/24/blogger-is-not-for-serious-blogging/#comment-4106 Oh well, Wordpress needs MySQL and there is no sign that this will ever change. I prefer PostgreSQL and I dislike having to run two DBMS on a single host just to satisfy Wordpress. Oh well, WordPress needs MySQL and there is no sign that this will ever change. I prefer PostgreSQL and I dislike having to run two DBMS on a single host just to satisfy WordPress.

]]> By: Anonymous http://etbe.coker.com.au/2007/09/24/blogger-is-not-for-serious-blogging/comment-page-1/#comment-4083 Anonymous Mon, 24 Sep 2007 06:33:27 +0000 http://etbe.coker.com.au/2007/09/24/blogger-is-not-for-serious-blogging/#comment-4083 I personally recommend a blog compiler like ikiwiki, which takes your content and statically compiles HTML and RSS files. No database needed; anything that will serve static files can serve your blog. I personally recommend a blog compiler like ikiwiki, which takes your content and statically compiles HTML and RSS files. No database needed; anything that will serve static files can serve your blog.

]]> By: ak http://etbe.coker.com.au/2007/09/24/blogger-is-not-for-serious-blogging/comment-page-1/#comment-4081 ak Mon, 24 Sep 2007 06:24:02 +0000 http://etbe.coker.com.au/2007/09/24/blogger-is-not-for-serious-blogging/#comment-4081 Why are so many people recommending Wordpress? It has such a bad security record, much worse than e.g. Serendipity. Why are so many people recommending WordPress? It has such a bad security record, much worse than e.g. Serendipity.

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