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PilgrimsPolitics
02-15-2006, 01:54 PM
On Bluehost, Fantastico, the four choices are b2evolution, Nucleus, pMachine Free and Wordpress.

Which do you use and why?

OR, do you use another blog software still using Bluehost as your blog host?
JCsDesignz
02-15-2006, 02:00 PM
Im just setting up Wordpress and have to say that so far it seems pretty easy to use :)
WebJDC
02-15-2006, 02:16 PM
I messed with wordpress and b2evolution
neither of them seemed to be what i was looking for

the blogs that you can install with fantastico seem to be ones that will create a blog website for you.
i was looking for more of ones aimed at you using SSI to include in your alredy made webpage.
macgyver2
02-15-2006, 02:19 PM
Wordpress...I like the documentation, nice selection of plugins, and I've found that WP has the best import feature to grab stuff from Blogger.
petcampbell
02-15-2006, 02:23 PM
Once again WP because it's easy to use, there is tons of documentaion support, as well as great site support.http://codex.wordpress.org/New_To_WordPress_-_Where_to_Start
lineman12kv
02-15-2006, 03:27 PM
I have heard from my family (which are webmasters) and they prefer Wordpress.....just my 2 cents. :)
jdh
02-15-2006, 07:37 PM
I started with WordPress on my own server as it seemed to be not only a fairly popular and easy-to-use-and-setup choice, but also seemed to be pretty compatible with a large number of blogging client software.

When I changed over to Bluehost for my hosting, installing WordPress through Fantastico was the logical choice, and in fact I just used a MySQL client to transfer my local WordPress database up to the Bluehost database and carried on.

Now with v2, I find that WordPress has only gotten better. I'd definitely recommend it unless you have some specific needs that it won't address.
DarkMattr
02-15-2006, 10:34 PM
On Bluehost, Fantastico, the four choices are b2evolution, Nucleus, pMachine Free and Wordpress.

Which do you use and why?
I'm using Nucleus here. I have a lot of experience with HTML/CSS and web programming, and Nucleus seems very customizable if you understand how to look "under the covers" a bit. It's not too tough even if you're not deep into the HTML. It's been fairly easy, once I understood how things were put together, to customize my weblog to match the rest of my site's look and feel.

I have also heard very good things about WordPress.
DrSuSE
02-15-2006, 11:51 PM
I use Serendipity for no other reason than that it was probably the first or second result to a google search of php-based blogs. It has worked well, though.

--DrSuSE
tom.bcn
02-17-2006, 06:43 AM
WordPress is great. I've tried a few alternatives and I'm really happy with its ease of use, versatility and 'customisability'.
sean
02-17-2006, 05:08 PM
i've tried most blogging packages around and WordPress has easily come out on top, imho.
Roscoe79
02-17-2006, 08:20 PM
No great reason I suppose - just started a blog and it's done what I asked of it, and wasn't hard to get going. Not an expert, so maybe as I learn things will change....
dat
02-18-2006, 12:33 PM
That depends. If you just want to have your own personal blog site, almost any of the packages are decent. But if you want to have yourself and 10 of your friends blogging on your site, that's a different story.

Of the choices mentioned, b2evo is the easiest one to use for multi-user multi-blogging system. But really, none of them are that great for this. I've tried setting up a multi-user blog on Nucleus and b2evo but it takes a lot of work to get it to look how you want it to look. I just said forget it. Wait until the software matures. WordpressMU might be promising, but it's in alpha stage and it looks like no one is really working on it.
whiteape
05-20-2006, 06:12 AM
Once again WP because it's easy to use, there is tons of documentaion support, as well as great site support.http://codex.wordpress.org/New_To_WordPress_-_Where_to_Start



Hi...

Can you tell me how I can use Fantastico - or the best and simplest way/process/procedure to host a WordPress blog with BlueHost? I get a bit overwhelmed with the technical aspects - I'm more a designer... actually html is not the problem, it's just having a clear map or steps to take so I can do it. I have WP downloaded already and am ready to go, domains set up on BH. Couldn't find much on this at the BH knowledge base... thanks so much for any help - much appreciated.

Martin Hurley
http://hurleypix.com
The Original Aboriginal :-)
KnowProSE
05-20-2006, 08:38 AM
On Bluehost, Fantastico, the four choices are b2evolution, Nucleus, pMachine Free and Wordpress.

Which do you use and why?

OR, do you use another blog software still using Bluehost as your blog host?

Drupal can be setup as a blog as well - it just has a lot more features related to categorizations, RSS, etc.

I don't use Fantastico; when I came to BlueHost in December I already had been running Drupal 4.x.x on sites for about 2 years after too many problems with MovableType.
phyzz
08-20-2006, 02:52 AM
Hi, I had a previous site on my current domain and i tried changing it to a blog using wordpress however whenever i open up my webby, instead of the new wordpress blog i had created what was displayed was still the old webpage although i had already deleted its index.html file.

Help anyone?
alexvf
08-21-2006, 11:51 AM
Hello,

If you're still unsure of what to use, I have a small list of 15 free blog scripts with a little description of all of them.

You can check it here: Free blog scripts (http://www.cms-zone.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=8&Itemid=65).
cjtinkle
08-22-2006, 12:54 PM
I like WordPress because it integrates right into my website, instead of just being a stand alone blog. I use Xoops.